Monthly Archives: February 2020

Road Conditions, 28.02.2020

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on 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 are ...

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No New Coronavirus Patients, House Quarantines Issued

Thursday evening, test results for person that traveled from Rome and contacted the Infectious Diseases Clinic with signs of the flu were being processed. The results will be ready in an hour and a half after which the public will be informed, Health Minister Venko Filipce said at an afternoon press conference. Two patients who were tested previously, a truck ...

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Spanish Congress of Deputies Ratifies Macedonia’s NATO Protocol

Spain’s Congress of Deputies ratified Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol on Thursday. Now all that remains is for the Senate of Spain to do the same. 279 voted in favour of the NATO accession protocol, one against and 51 abstained. Spain is the last NATO member state that has not ratified the Protocol yet.

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SDSM and BESA Reach Agreement for Pre-Election Coalition

SDSM and BESA entered into pre-election coalition, signed by their respective leaders, Zoran Zaev and Bilal Kasami. This is the first pre-election coalition of parties from the Macedonian and Albanian blocs. Zaev and Kasami say the cooperation was created on the basis of principles, mostly due to the rule of law and European integration, and with it ethnic prejudice in ...

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Road Conditions, 27.02.2020

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on 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 are ...

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Dendias: Western Balkans is Integral Part of Europe

The Chief of Greek diplomacy, Nikos Dendias, at the opening of the conference titled “From Thessaloniki to Zagreb”, where FM, Nikola Dimitrov also participated, stated that the Western Balkan countries European neighbours confirm that the region is integral part of Europe. Speaking at the session “Furthering European integration of the Western Balkans: Current challenges and perspectives”, Dendias underlined that Thessaloniki ...

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Spasovski-Palmer: EU Accession Talks Decision Expected Soon

Technical PM, Oliver Spasovski met US Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer at the margins of the EBRD’s Western Balkan Investment Summit 2020 in London. Palmer informed PM Spasovski that due to the reforms and their implementation results, positive decision is expected for EU accession talks as a logical step, and because the NATO membership criteria and standards ...

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Renew Europe President Ciolos Meets Government and Party Representatives

President, Stevo Pendarovski met with EP MPs, Parliamentary Group “Renew Europe” President, Dacian Ciolos and EP Rapporteur for the country, Ilhan Kyuchyuk. According to the press-release from the President’s Cabinet, opinions on the aspirations of the country toward EU membership were exchanged during the meeting. President Pendarovski underlined the importance of the principle support by the EP in the enlargement ...

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Accused of 27 April Case Arrive at Court, Hearing Delayed Until 26 Feb

Former PS, Trajko Veljanovski, former Transport and Connections and Education minister, Mile Janakievski and Spiro Ristovski, as well as former UBK Director, Vladimir Atanasovski who are accused with organizing the violence on 27 April at Parliament had their hearing delayed until 26 February by Judge Ilija Trpkov because of insufficient time for evidence revision by the defence. “The suspects as ...

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Ahmeti, Osmani and Bajrami Testify in Monster Case

DUI Leader, Ali Ahmeti, Deputy PM for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani and Prosecutor, Xhelal Bajrami testified in case Monster. Ahmeti stated that he found out about the quintuple murder at Lake Smilkovsko the following day from mediums. As party leader he was concerned that the situation might escalate after the event, and he discussed on that topic with high representatives ...

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