SkopjeDiem Macedonia in English

A solidary open Balkan without economic barriers and borders. The initiative’s basic premise was once again underlined in Belgrade on Thursday. Skopje, Belgrade, and Tirana are firmly determined to advance regional cooperation through formation of a joint market and facilitated trade and movement. In the absence of PM Zoran Zaev, Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov was North Macedonia’s ...

“A resignation right away, swift elections, and citizens saving themselves from the further sinking, crime, and corruption. That’s what we’re offering to this government,” VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski stated on Wednesday. In his view, only swift elections that will result in a firm and stable government will enable the serious challenges that lie ahead for the country to be faced. ...

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis has expressed concerns over the developments in North Macedonia. As he said, the right implementation of the Prespa Agreement is one of the conditions in the negotiating framework. “I must admit the following: we are very concerned by the developments in North Macedonia. The return to a nationalist rhetoric by our neighbours will essentially ...

The resignation as PM announced by Zoran Zaev still hasn’t been officially submitted to Parliament. VMRO-DPMNE said on Tuesday Zaev was bluffing. According to the opposition party, SDSM is once again not keeping its word, in addition to continuing to underestimating citizens. “Zoran Zaev has once again bluffed and remained with a Facebook resignation,” VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee member Dragan Kovacki ...

The European Commission has refrained from comment on PM Zoran Zaev’s announced resignation. The Commission briefly said on Tuesday the country should continue the EU reforms, without more details. As far as the election process itself is concerned, the Commission considers that on the basis of the ODIHR’s Statement, the elections were competitive, while fundamental freedoms were respected. The election ...

Deals have to be respected, regardless of governments, while Greece expects the Prespa Agreement to be implemented fully, consistently, and in good faith, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said following the meeting with his Serbian counterpart, Nikola Selakovic. “I stressed that we supported the accession process of North Macedonia and Albania, and will continue our efforts for the first intergovernmental ...

Foreign Minister and DUI Spokesperson Bujar Osmani says in an interview with the Albanian TV station News24 that North Macedonia doesn’t need early elections because the country will enter a political crisis. According to him, both DUI and he, as the first ethnic Albanian heading the Foreign Ministry, will continue to keep the Euro-Atlantic course that is of vital importance ...

After the meeting of the coalition partners from the ruling majority on Monday, DUI’s Artan Grubi stated that everybody who had participated didn’t have a single doubt regarding the parliamentary majority. Grubi, Minister of Political System and Inter-Community Relations, who also serves as First Deputy PM, stated that everyone was also against Zoran Zaev’s announced resignation.  According to him, everybody ...

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti disagrees with Zoran Zaev’s decision to resign as PM and SDSM President. “Yesterday, we had a rather tense conversation with Zaev that I didn’t agree with that movement, with his resignation from the party and as PM. I highlighted to him the strong positions of DUI. These are local elections. One year ago, we won the ...

PM Zoran Zaev’s resignation still hasn’t reached Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi so that the procedure in the frames of the legislative home starts. At the regular meeting on Monday, MP group coordinators just found that six parliamentarians (four from VMRO-DPMNE and one each from SDSM and BESA) had won as mayoral candidates in the local elections. However, the session for ...