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The activities for the great international military exercise “Decisive Strike 21” officially started at the Krivolak Military Training Grounds. The exercises will be caried out by soldiers from the Macedonian Army (ARM), as well as from the armies of the US, Bulgaria and Greece. ARM Head of the Operations Command Major General Pavle Arsoski pointed out in his address that ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in an interview for the public broadcaster MRTV that the staff changes within SDSM at the latest party congress do not announce a cabinet reshuffle. “The executive government is elected by the people in elections, and it cannot be changed like this. This also means that there will be no early parliamentary election. The narrow ...

The Health Ministry informed that 27 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours, as well as 19 deaths of COVID-19 patients. So far in the country, 154,725 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, of which 146,043 have recovered, 3,452 are still active, while 5,230 have passed away. Concluding with Monday, 203,324 citizens ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev revealed in an interview for MIA that his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented at their meeting in Athens several ideas for resolution of the current bilateral issues between official Skopje and Sofia. “I believe that we can find a solution for the problem with Bulgaria. Still, for that we need help from all our friends, and ...

President Stevo Pendarovski sent an official notice to Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi that he did not sign the Law on Legalisation of Illegal Buildings that was adopted by the Parliament last week. “After thorough analyses of the law text, I concluded that certain sections of the law go against the values contained and promoted in the Constitution of North Macedonia. ...

Parents of primary school students held protests in Skopje and several other cities in Macedonia, at which they expressed opposition towards the new reforms in the educational system that foresee introduction of electronic schoolbooks for students in 4th grade. “This is the voice of the parents, calling for politics and politicians to keep their hands off our children and their ...

Director of the Public Revenue Office Sanja Lukarevska has been elected Vice-president of SDSM at the part congress that took place on Sunday. The party also elected as new Vice-presidents of SDSM Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Fatmir Bytyqi and Health Minister Venko Filipce in the place of Muhamed Zekiri and Kosta Petrov, while Education Minister Mila Carovska and Interior ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev participated on Thursday in a panel discussion at the Delphi Economic Forum that took place in Athens, Greece. PM Zaev spoke about the benefits from the Prespa Agreement, as well as the current events in scope of the EU-integration of official Skopje. “With the Prespa Agreement we removed the final obstacle on our way to becoming ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held a bilateral meeting with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on Thursday. After the meeting, PM Zaev wrote on Facebook that Greece will open its land borders for the citizens of North Macedonia on Friday 14 May 2021. “The ramp at the Evzoni border-crossing will be lifted form tomorrow for all our citizens who ...

Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto paid on Wednesday an official visit to Macedonia, and handed over a donation of 6,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, which will be used for vaccination of employees in the Interior Ministry. Szijjarto was welcomed at the Skopje Airport by his Macedonian counterpart Bujar Osmani and Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski. “This donation from Hungary comes as ...