Monthly Archives: May 2021

VMRO-DPMNE Leader Mickoski Holds Meeting with President Pendarovski

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said after a meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski that they reached agreement over 27 April Parliament Incidents case. “We reached an agreement with the President that convicts from the 27 April Parliament Incidents case should require a retrial, and that politicians should keep their hands off that new judicial process. We do not demand amnesty, only ...

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Politicians React to Mickoski-Pendarovski Meeting

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev welcomed the dialogue between President Stevo Pendarovski and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, but said he did not expect anything special from their meeting concerning the 27 April Parliament Incidents case. “The President of North Macedonia cannot give amnesty or abolition for acts like terroristic endangering of the constitutional order. If indeed the defence in this case ...

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PM Zaev Receives Sinopharm Vaccine

PM Zoran Zaev received on Thursday a Sinopharm vaccine at Boris Trajkovski Arena in Skopje. “I received the first dose,” he said, adding that he felt great. According to Zaev, as a result of the vaccines that arrived last week, as well as with all agreed-upon and confirmed doses that should arrive in the upcoming period, it’s possible for a ...

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Byrnes: Evident Progress Made since Prespa Deal Signing and NATO Integration

According to US Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes, North Macedonia has made evident progress since the signing of the Prespa Agreement and NATO integration. However, she said on Thursday that that step had to be maintained. The US Ambassador believes that the period ahead will be of key importance to the country’s future as a prop serious ally contributing to stability ...

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Defence Minister Sekerinska Meets Counterpart Guerini in Rome

During her visit to Rome, Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska met on Thursday her Italian counterpart, Lorenzo Guerini. A stable and prosperous Balkans for a strong Europe is the common goal and a strong basis for excellent cooperation between Italy and North Macedonia, they assessed. As Sekerinska and Guerini pointed out, additionally, the Army’s contribution to KFOR in Kosovo, under the ...

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SCPC’s Ivanovska: Corruption Situation Very Serious

“The corruption situation is very serious,” State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) President Biljana Ivanovska said at Thursday’s press-conference dedicated to the work in 2019-2020, symbolically, as she added, the end of the work on the old premises. According to her, corruption risks that have already been noted in the National Strategy, to which reports of international institutions point, ...

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PM Zaev Comments on Several Topics

According to PM Zoran Zaev, the country doesn’t need the EU if the price is the Macedonian identity and language. As he said on Wednesday, the right to self- determination is a feeling. Regarding the messages from the EU and US, which Zaev described as partners and friends of the country, the PM stated that “they are here to share ...

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VMRO-DPMNE’s Mickoski to Meet President Pendarovski Friday

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, upon an own request, had a phone conversation with President Stevo Pendarovski on Wednesday. They agreed to hold a meeting on Friday at which they will talk about the issue of those convicted in the 27 April case, as well as about the current economic and political developments. According to VMRO-DPMNE, it isn’t demanding mercy for ...

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Verdicts Reached in Double Case

The trial over the Double case, which concerns illegal issuance of passports to foreign citizens, started on Wednesday. After the confession by five defendants, a verdict was reached. The mediator, Riaf Miftari, who had been at large but surrendered last week, was given a sentence of two years and three months. The other four defendants, who are Interior Ministry employees, ...

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Zaev, Varhelyi, and Edtstadler Visit Vaccination Point as EU Vaccines Arrive

On Tuesday, PM Zoran Zaev, the EU’s Enlargement Commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, and Austria’s EU and Constitution Minister, Karoline Edtstadler, paid a visit to the Boris Trajkovski Hall, which is the largest vaccination point in the country. The first vaccines from the EU arrived as well. According to Zaev, it’s about 4,850 Pfizer doses of the total of 119,213 that should ...

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