Monthly Archives: February 2020

Several EU Members Starting Diplomatic Offensive Aiming at Date for Skopje

Several EU Member States, led by Poland, with visits to Skopje and Tirana, are starting a diplomatic offensive aiming at a date for Macedonia and Albania as early as March. As Kanal 5 TV said on Tuesday, citing sources from Brussels, a delegation of foreign ministers are planning to visit the two countries towards the start of next month in ...

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Varhelyi Optimistic Skopje and Tirana Capable of Delivering Reforms

Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi is optimistic that Albania and Macedonia are capable of delivering reforms asked of them to join the EU. “I am very encouraged by my visits to both countries,” he said on Tuesday Brussels. The Commissioner added that the two countries did not give up on reforms. Varhelyi also pointed out Skopje and Tirana would deliver. “If ...

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Ambassador Zbogar Welcomes Adoption of Laws

On Tuesday, the Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador Samuel Zbogar voiced satisfaction with the adoption of laws in Parliament, including the Public Prosecutor’s Office one. “With the Sobranie now dissolved ahead of the April 12 elections, I welcome its adoption of several important reform laws including those on the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Council of Public Prosecutors and the ...

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SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE Gearing up for Election-related Activities

On Tuesday, SDSM’s Jagoda Sahpaska voiced satisfaction with the work of the parliamentary composition led by her party. “It will be remembered for the key decisions that have brought back our country on the world map,” she said, describing Macedonia as a positive example both in the Balkans and around the world. At the press-conference, Sahpaska, talked about many, as ...

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Extortion Case: Process and Reactions Continue

On Tuesday, Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska requested for the public to be excluded from the hearing over the Extortion case at which recordings from the USB flash drive of Zoran Milevski, who was sentenced to three years in prison after he’d pled guilty, were being played. Ruskovska requested that because, as she explained, names of people that are not involved in ...

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Road Conditions, 19.02.2020

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry 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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Xhaferi Sends Decision Scheduling Elections for 12 April to Relevant Institutions

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has sent the decision scheduling the early parliamentary elections for 12 April to relevant institutions. He said at a press-conference on Monday that institutions had the obligation to create conditions for a free, fair, and democratic election process. As regards Sunday’s vote on the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) Law, he said he had annulled the first ...

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EU Members Closer to Consensus on Start of Talks after PPO Law Adoption

With the adoption of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) Law, EU Member States are increasingly closer to consensus on a start of negotiations with Skopje, but the main danger will now be the package with Albania. Though Sunday’s EU-Western Balkans informal meeting in Brussels has ended several dilemmas, it has also raised the pressing issue, that is, whether Macedonia will ...

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Sekerinska: Final Preparations to Raise Flag outside NATO HQ Underway

The final preparations are underway to raise the Macedonian flag outside NATO HQ, Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska said on her official Facebook page on Monday. She wrote: “We’re becoming the 30th member-state of the strongest military-political Alliance! That is a reason for joint pride!” The Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrej Zernovski, too, voiced satisfaction. “The dream of all previous and current ...

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Road Conditions, 18.02.2020

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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