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A new meeting over the text of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) law will be held on Friday. The remarks resulting from the two-day public debate will be discussed. On Thursday, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev called for the document to be adopted because of its importance to both the European future and the rule of law in the country. His ...

At Thursday’s meeting in Sofia with Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov, Italian PM Giuseppe Conte said Skopje and Tirana should join the EU as soon as possible. Also, he welcomed Bulgaria’s role and support regarding enlargement and the issue of opening negotiations with Macedonia and Albania. Borissov said his country and its western neighbour would this year co-chair the Berlin Process. ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani says for Kathimerini that Greece had a very positive stand at the EU Summit in October. “I’m highlighting this because your country was presenting the new government and all of us feared there would be a more different approach. However, it offered full support for a start of negotiations to us,” he tells ...

On Thursday, caretaker PM Oliver Spasovski said it was important to adopt a Public Prosecutor’s Office law that would primarily mean that there would be justice for all citizens and that wouldn’t allow any individual to be protected. “The Government and I are absolutely against any law that will prevent criminal procedures against anybody,” he said, adding that everyone should ...

In the frames of his first day of his visit to Berlin, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov held a meeting with German Minister for Europe Michael Roth. “On several occasions in the past year and a half, we were exceptionally close to achieving success and valorising the joint efforts for opening of EU negotiations with North Macedonia,” he said. As Dimitrov ...

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said on Thursday that the Defence Law was not a precondition for NATO membership. According to him, it is preferred for the document to be adopted because, according to the decision-making principles in NATO, competences are supposed to be transferred to the Government because of the quickness in terms of decision-making. Regarding the changes to the ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on mostly wet roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists ...

The furniture found in ex-Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva’s home had been selected by suspect Bojan Jovanovski. It needed to be paid by 1TV. The owner of the furniture store recognised it on the photos. It cost around 5,000 euros, but the medium wasn’t paying the invoice. As a guarantee of the payment, 2,750 euros were given, which was registered on ...

The Javna soba (Public Room) group on the Telegram service was shut down today upon a request of the Interior Ministry, the institution confirmed on Wednesday. The Ministry added that the request had been sent during the weekend. Two days prior, the group’s admin and creator had been detained. They’re expected to face charges. The investigation is being carried out ...

NATO Sec Gen Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that he really hoped Macedonia would become a full-fledged member of the organisation in the near future. “I’m absolutely certain it will become a member,” he said, adding nonetheless that the ratification process at a parliamentary level in the 29 countries had to be respected. However, the NATO Sec Gen stated that ...