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Matthew Palmer, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, says for Voice of America that the EU accession process should depend on reforms, while bilateral issues should be being resolved bilaterally. According to him, Macedonia has made enough reforms to hold the first intergovernmental conference. As Palmer adds, the dispute with Bulgaria should be being resolved ...

“The Republic of North Macedonia will host and chair the OSCE in 2023,” Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said at a press-conference on Friday. As he added, the 56 OSCE participating States accepted the candidacy. The Chairmanship will follow Sweden’s and Poland’s in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Osmani stated the Chairmanship would contribute to a new, better international positioning of the ...

PM Zoran Zaev said at a press conference that the Macedonian-Bulgarian Commission on Historic Affairs has made certain progress over some of the issues discussed. “The government is ready to publish some of the registries of the meetings of this Commission at some of the following sessions, and the conclusions they have reached may be introduced in the new textbooks ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani said at a press conference on Thursday that the resolution for the bilateral disputes between Macedonia and Bulgaria lies within the Good-neighbourliness Agreement. “By creating an Action Plan, we will make the implementation of the Agreement more predictable, and show that we are not running away from our obligations. Our goal is to reinstate the ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani and British Ambassador to Macedonia Rachel Galloway signed don Thursday the Agreement for Partnership, Trade and Cooperation between Macedonia and the United Kingdom. The Agreement will provide a framework for closer political dialogue between the two countries and will increase the bilateral cooperation in fields such as preservation of the environment, education, human rights etc. ...

The Health Ministry informed that in the past 24 hours, 3,399 COVID-19 tests were conducted among citizens, and 1,342 turned positive. The Health Ministry also registered 679 cured patients, as well as 22 deaths as a result of COVID-19 complications. So far in Macedonia, 65,231 cases of COVID-19 were registered, of which 41,656 are cured, 21,728 are still active, while ...

Commissioner for Enlargement at the European Commission (EC) Oliver Varhelyi said that Macedonia should make stronger efforts to meet the concerns of Bulgaria so that both sides can find a mutually acceptable solution for the bilateral disputes between them. As Varhelyi said, this is a matter of “political will, engagement and decisiveness”, and said that the EC is ready to ...

The Co-president of the Macedonian-Bulgarian Commission on historic Affairs and Head of the Bulgarian team within the same Commission Angel Dimitrov said in an interview for the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) that he is not very optimistic about the work of the Commission, adding that its Macedonian Members are not very cooperative. “Turns out it’s hard to work with Macedonians. ...

  The Health Ministry conducted in the past 24 hours 2,564 COVID-19 tests among citizens of Macedonia, and 946 of them turned positive. The Health Ministry also registered 789 cured patients, as well as 33 deaths as a result of COVID-19 complications. The Interior Ministry fined in the past 24 hours 578 citizens who did not wear face protection in ...

The Government of Macedonia decided at a session held on Tuesday to appoint former PM Vlado Buckovski as representative of the government to Bulgaria. In a brief statement provided on Tuesday evening, Buckovski said that he will do his best to convince official Sofia to recognise the good results we have achieved since the signing of the Good-neighbourliness Agreement. “I ...