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VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said in an interview for Sitel TV that the current government fails to deal properly with the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am very disappointed and angry with the government and their very weak response to the pandemic. Every day we read on social networks about case in which patients in very bad condition are not provided with ...

The Government of Macedonia reached a decision at its Friday session to declare a state of crisis on the entire territory of Macedonia that will last for 30 days, amidst the latest increase in number of new cases and deaths of COVID-19. Last week, the Security Council of the State, chaired by president Stevo Pendarovski, suggested the government to declare ...

PM Zoran Zaev held a meeting on Friday with US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Marie Byrnes. “PM Zaev and US Ambassador Byrnes concluded that the US wants to see North Macedonia fully integrated in the EU, and that official Washington believes that bilateral issues need to be resolved outside of the EU-integration processes. US Ambassador Byrnes welcomed the government’s efforts ...

The Health Ministry registered over the past three days 3,531 new cases of COVID-19 (1,237 on Friday, 1,182 on Saturday and 1,112 on Sunday). For the same period, the Health Ministry also registered 2,164 patients cured from COVID-19, while 88 have passed away. Over the past three days, the Interior Ministry issued fines to 1,829 citizens for not wearing face ...

President of Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski said at a press conference that the Security Council of Macedonia that assembled on Thursday decided to propose the government to declare a 30-day state of crisis on the entire territory of Macedonia.  The decision follows the great increase of numbers of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in the past weeks. “If a state of ...

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said in an interview for Bulgarian TV Nova that she is appalled by the usage of hate speech towards Bulgaria in Macedonia. “For a year and a half now, we see no signs of change of the culture in North Macedonia towards Bulgaria. As a woman, I must protest the language full of sexism used ...

President of Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski said at a press conference on Thursday that he did not change his rhetoric towards Bulgaria, nor has influenced such a thing, opposing to accusations coming from official Sofia after an interview of his for Austrian Public Broadcaster ORF. In the interview for ORF, Pendarovski stated that the Good-neighbourliness Agreement contains no obligation for negotiations ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov took part on Thursday in an online conference titled “Western Balkans and their EU-integration – Challenges and possibilities”, organised by the European Balkan Fund, BiEPAG and the Danish Foreign Policy Institute. At the conference, Dimitrov referred to the Bulgarian blockade for the adoption of the EU membership negotiation framework for Macedonia’s EU-integration. “We ...

A video of a young man burning a Bulgarian flag titled “Our response to mutual history” was published on social networks on Thursday. The video was published on a Facebook page, whose owner claims to be member of the youth forces of VMRO-DPMNE’s local committee in the municipality of Gazi Baba. From VMRO-DPMNE however, they denied any connection with the ...

The Health Ministry conducted in the past 24 hours 3,081 COVID-19 tests among citizens, of which 1,198 turned positive. The Health Ministry also registered 621 cured patients, while 26 have passed away as a result of COVID-19 complications. So far in Macedonia, 51,213 COVID-19 cases have been registered, of which 30,204 are cured, 19,58 are still active, while 1,423 have ...