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There have been loud speculations that DUI’s big surprise, which, according to the party’s leader, Ali Ahmeti, will be revealed on 5 June, means that SDSM and its coalition partner will promote a mayoral candidate for Skopje who’s an ethnic Albanian. However, SDSM has quickly denied them, adding that it has never held talks with DUI on the topic of ...

During the visit to Slovenia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said both countries were committed to EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans (WB) due to the closeness with the countries from the region. “We are very committed to enlargement, we feel that the EU, after Brexit, needs a success story and new members,” he noted. According to the Hungarian politician, ...

The next days are key for Skopje’s road to start of EU membership negotiations. PM Zoran Zaev believes that if the dialogue with Bulgaria is successful, the intergovernmental conference may be held as early as 23 June or the chances of that happening in August or September may be improved. Zaev is ready to beg for a solution in Sofia. ...

Answering a journalist’s question about a TV duel with Hristijan Mickoski, PM Zoran Zaev said on Wednesday the opposition leader had the Portuguese proposal. According to him, though he currently sees no reason to sit with Mickoski at a table, it can happen once it will not harm the negotiating process. When it comes to the parliamentary majority issue, Zaev ...

On Wednesday, State Election Commission (SEC) President Aleksandar Dastevski stated that the local elections wouldn’t be delayed with regards to the annulment of the first tender for procurement of terminals for biometric data of citizens. The repeat tender was made public yesterday, he added. “We will notify the Parliament Speaker when we are ready,” the SEC President noted. According to ...

On Tuesday, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski was informed by President Stevo Pendarovski about the discussions with Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev’s talks during the joint travel and visit to Rome. Though no details have been revealed, party sources told Kanal 5 TV on Wednesday that the meeting had been in the frames of the process to unfreeze the Mickoski-Pendarovski relations. According ...

The Government has made a decision to relax the anti-COVID-19 measures in accordance with the Crisis Staff’s recommendations due to the improved situation with regards to the coronavirus. The measure for mandatory face masks in the open air has been annulled except in cases where there are more than four persons. The obligation for wearing face masks in closed areas, ...

The Government has made a decision to relax the anti-COVID-19 measures in accordance with the Crisis Staff’s recommendations due to the improved situation with regards to the coronavirus. The measure for mandatory face masks in the open air has been annulled except in cases where there are more than four persons. The obligation for wearing face masks in closed areas, ...

On Tuesday, Bujar Osmani participated in a video conference of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of NATO’s North Atlantic Council (NAC). The Foreign Minister described the Alliance as irreplaceable factor in terms of security. As he added, that’s why it is especially important for the Alliance to adjust towards the new threats in a manner that would strengthen political cohesion. ...

“If the Prespa Agreement didn’t exist, we would have now had at our northern border the situation we have southwest of us, we would have had Libya at our northern border. There, we would have had constant presence of Turkey,” SYRIZA leader and former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras says in an interview with Greek regional TV station Star. According to ...