Monthly Archives: October 2020

Road Conditions 22.10.2020

Dry road conditions are reported throughout the country. There is moderate traffic outside urban areas. No delays are reported on border crossings. Landslides are possible along the routes of Katlanovo-Veles, Mavrovo-DebarStruga, Vinica-Berovo and Kochani-Delchevo. Motorists are advised to drive carefully, adjust their speed to weather conditions and follow traffic rules, signs and signals.

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Johansson Asks Bulgarian PM to Unblock Frontex Agreement with Macedonia

The joint action of Macedonia and FRONTEX in the country has been shaken, after Bulgaria blocked the implementation of the initialled agreement on joint border management. This was stated by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson at a press briefing in Brussels. She confirmed to reporters that she was in constant contact with the government in Sofia in order ...

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Plenkovic: EU-Macedonia Intergovernmental Conference by End of Year

Croatia strongly supports Macedonia as a candidate country for EU membership and expects an intergovernmental conference to be held by the end of the year to open negotiations, said Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic at Tuesday’s meeting with Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani in Zagreb. According to Plenkovic, Croatia is ready to continue assisting the country in reforms and meeting the ...

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Zaev: Let Us be Guardians of the Macedonian Language

On Tuesday, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, together with the Minister of Education and Science, Mila Carovska, attended the International Scientific Conference “Macedonian language – a source of scientific research (at home and abroad)” at the Institute of Macedonian Language “Krste Misirkov”. In his address, Prime Minister Zaev emphasized the two important anniversaries – 75 ...

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Prime Minister Zaev Accepts Nikolovski’s Request for Dimova’s Dismissal

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the latest session informed the Government that he accepted the request by Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Fighting Corruption and Crime, Sustainable Development and Human Resources, Ljupco Nikolovski, who is also charged with implementing the Code of Ethics for members of The Government and the holders of public office appointed by the Government, that ...

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COVID-19 Numbers, 408 New Patients, 4 Deceased

The Ministry of Health informs that in the last 24 hours 2,140 tests have been performed, and 408 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered. The total number of diagnosed in the country since the beginning of the epidemic is 24,196, the number of recovered patients is 17,672, the number of dead is 850, and currently the number of active ...

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“Brussels Times”: After Athens, Skopje Now Faces Dispute with Sofia

After resolving the name issue with Greece, which has blocked the start of the country’s membership talks for years, Macedonia now faces another dispute, with its neighbour Bulgaria over language and history, the Brussels Times reported. The paper cites works by the European Commission as saying that good neighbourly relations and regional co-operation remain essential elements of the enlargement process, ...

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Pendarovski: Macedonian Language is Indisputable Fact

The Macedonian language is a notorious fact, long recognized by the world linguistic science, the arguments and the truth are on our side and no reasonable person can give them up. This is the message from President Stevo Pendarovski on the “Open Days of the Institute Krste Misirkov” to, as he said, certain political-academic circles in the neighbourhood. According to ...

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FM Osmani Meets Slovenian Colleague Logar

The organization of the first Intergovernmental Conference by the end of the year will be the only logical outcome and valorisation of all reform efforts of the Government of Macedonia and its constructive policy in relations with its neighbours, said Monday the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Anze Logar after meeting with his Macedonian colleague, Minister of Foreign Affairs ...

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Filipce: If Measures Don’t Work, Curfew Will be Re-Introduced

Minister Venko Filipce announced new measures in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 infection and added that the next is quarantine. The new measures that the Committee proposed to the Government on Monday will be presented at a government session the next day. Health Minister Filipce, emphasized that these measures have exhausted all possibilities of the authorities to ...

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