Monthly Archives: February 2021

Zaev Accepts Postponement of Census if It’s Finalized by Mid-June

Postponing the census for a month is an option only in order to reach a broad political consensus and give up the silent boycott advocated by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE. “I also saw the proposal by President Pendarovski to postpone the census for a month. Okay, I’m always ready, everything is worth considering. In the summer we know that the census ...

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Parliament Rejects Nikola Dimitrov’s Interpellation with 55 Votes

MPs with 53 votes in favour and 55 against, rejected the proposal of VMRO-DPMNE for interpellation of Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov. VMRO-DPMNE MP Timco Mucunski, said that the Government, of which Dimitrov is a part, promised during the election campaign that Macedonia would formally start negotiations with the EU by the end of year or by the end of ...

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Defence Closing Remarks in “Monster” Case

The verdict in the “Monster” case will be announced on 23 February. The accused of terrorism Agim Ismailovic, for whom the prosecution requested life in prison, said in the closing remarks that he did not feel guilty. The same was said by Haki and Fejzi Aziri, accused of aiding and abetting. “We are deeply convinced that the Monster case has ...

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Osmani to Landsbergis: We Expect Start of EU Negotiations

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, had a video meeting with his counterpart from the Republic of Lithuania, Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, with an emphasis on the European file of the country. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the new enlargement methodology was discussed, the efforts to harmonize the negotiating framework based on respect ...

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Joveski: “Monster” Case Retrial Removes Suspicions of Rigged Trial

Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski believes that the repeated procedure in the “Monster” case removed the suspicions of a rigged trial and that the most important thing is that the perpetrators of this heinous crime are accused on the basis of indisputable and solid evidence in legal proceedings. “First of all, I would like to say that the public perception that ...

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Kurz: Austria Will Push for Start of Negotiations with Macedonia

“Austria fully supports the European path of the entire Western Balkans and will strive to start accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania in the first half of this year. It is in our strategic interest to bring the region into the EU as soon as possible,” stated Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in an interview with the February issue of the ...

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Nikoloski- Szijjarto: Continuation of Efforts to Unblock Road to EU

Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE Aleksandar Nikoloski met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary Peter Szijjarto. The meeting comes as a continuation of the previous diplomatic visit, delegation led by the President of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski, had with the top of the Hungarian government, as well as in order to realize the efforts to start negotiations ...

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Spasovski Announces Criminal Charges for “Monster” Protestors

The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski, announces that for the protest organized on Friday in support of the defendants in “Monster” there will be criminal and misdemeanour charges. He made the announcement from the parliamentary rostrum at the debate on the amendments to the Law on Police, when MP Brane Petrusevski noted that in the past there was selective police ...

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Pardew: Macedonia Is A Sovereign State and Should No Longer Be Disturbed

“Macedonia is a sovereign state and should no longer be harassed or commanded,” said former US Ambassador to Bulgaria, James Pardew, who is also one of the mediators in the Ohrid Agreement talks, in an interview with Bulgarian National Radio (BNR). Asked if the dispute between Sofia and Skopje was a big problem for Washington, he said it was a ...

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Zaev: Census Will be Conducted with New Methodology

“The 2021 census in Macedonia will be conducted with a new methodology that will be applied in the country for the first time and which in one part includes electronic census. This combined model is known in the world practice and is in accordance with the recommendations of the UN and Eurostat,” wrote Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Facebook. The ...

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