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After several media in Albanian language published information about alleged names from DUI that are to be ministers in the new government, from DUI they denied this information in a statement for newspaper in Albanian language Lajm. “We are still in the phase of negotiations and we cannot make conclusions about who will be the new ministers from DUI. So ...

Health Minister Venko Filipce said in an interview for Kanal 5 TV that only 2 of the passengers on the flight from Skopje to Turku, Finland were citizens of Macedonia. 24 of the 157 passengers on the flight from Skopje to Turku last Saturday turned out to be COVID-19-positive after they were tested at the Turku Airport. “We contacted the ...

The Health Ministry conducted 1,885 COVID-19 tests among citizens in the past 24 hours, with 141 of them turning positive. Of the new cases, 39 are registered in Skopje, 23 in Stip, 18 in Kicevo, 13 in Gostivar, 10 in Kumanovo, 8 in Tetovo, 6 in Struga, 3 in Bitola, Kocani, Demir Hisar, Makedonski Brod and Vinica, 2 in Ohrid ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly 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 ...

Party leaders of SDSM and DUI, Zoran Zaev and Ali Ahmeti respectively, held a meeting on Monday afternoon, at which they discussed the probability for formation of the new ruling alliance and government in Macedonia. After the meeting, both party leaders said that they have still not reached agreement over formation of the new government. “Talks will proceed in the ...

Director for the Balkan Region at the German Foreign Office Susanne Schutz says that all open issues between countries in the Balkan region should be resolved in the spirit of good-neighbourliness, including the open issues between Macedonia and Bulgaria. “The draft negotiating framework proposed by the European Commission on 1 July emphasises the commitment to good neighbourly relations and closer ...

The Office of the President of Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski reacted to a statement of Parliament Speaker (PS) Talat Xhaferi that the Parliament cannot be constituted without appointment of a new PS. “According to Article 90 Section 1 of the Constitutional regulations for mandate for new government, the President of North Macedonia is to hand over the mandate to the candidate ...

The Health Ministry conducted 762 COVID-19 tests among citizens in the past 24 hours, of which 109 turned positive. Of the new cases, 20 are registered in Skopje, 16 in Kumanovo, 15 in Kavadarci, 13 in Stip, 10 in Gostivar, 7 in Kicevo, 5 in Sveti Nikole, 4 in Veles, 3 in Tetovo and Vinica, 2 in Ohrid, Struga, Radovis ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly 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 ...

SDSM revealed that on Friday a meeting between their Sec Gen Ljupco Nikolovski and DUI member Artan Grubi took place, at which they conducted negotiations for formation of the new parliamentary majority and government.  From SDSM they report that the meeting of Nikolovski and Grubi was rather constructive, and they once again underlined that SDSM will form and head the ...