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President Stevo Pendarovski took part in the extraordinary NATO Virtual Summit, at the level of Heads of State and Government, which discussed the security situation in and around Ukraine. Addressing the meeting, President Pendarovski stressed that at this critical moment for the international legal order, for the peace and security of Europe, it is necessary for the Alliance to show ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani informed that he had a meeting with the Ambassador of Ukraine to the country, Natalia Zadorozhnyuk, but he did not met and for now does not plan to meet with Ambassador of Russia, Sergei Bazdnikin. Osmani called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and for them to sit down at a table ...

At the 18th session, the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia decided to join the recommendations of the EU and the member states that have already made such a decision, to introduce a ban on entry into the country’s airspace for airlines from the Russian Federation. Humanitarian and emergency flights are excluded from this decision.

The Health Ministry informed that over the past weekend, a total number of 1,368 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the country. Of the new cases, 517 were registered on Friday, 473 on Saturday and 378 on Sunday. During the same period, 33 patients passed away due to complications with the virus. The total number of COVID-diagnosed persons in ...

The Government of North Macedonia held an urgent session on Thursday dedicated to the situation in Ukraine, and reached a decision to join the sanctions the EU decided to introduce against Russia, after Russian military forces started an invasion over Ukraine. At the same session, the government ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take all measures necessary for evacuation ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski spoke on the phone with EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel about the situation in Ukraine, Kovacevski revealed via his Facebook profile. As Kovacevski informs, Borrel thanked North Macedonia for aligning their foreign policy to that of the EU in relation to the Russian-Ukrainian war, and both voiced strong support to the ...

Numerous state official and politicians in North Macedonia condemned the Russian military offensive over Ukraine that started on the night between Wednesday and Thursday. PM Dimitar Kovacevski said that the government follows the situation in Ukraine, and that it will take all necessary steps in line with its foreign policy to protect the best interest of its citizens. President Stevo ...

Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska and US Ambassador to North Macedonia Kate Marie Byrnes attended on Thursday the conclusion of the training programme for the Battalion of Rangers and the Battalion for Special operations at the Army of North Macedonia (ARM), conducted in cooperation with the US Naval Special Forces, at the Ilinden Miliary Headquarters in Skopje “We witnessed another excellent ...

Reportedly, high diplomatic sources from within the EU say the Union is concerned that the crisis in Ukraine may affect the Western Balkans. “EU leaders are to hold an urgent summit in Brussels concerning the military aggression by Russia against Ukraine, and security evaluations reveal that there is a possibility for risk for destabilisation of the Western Balkans as a ...

German Ambassador to North Macedonia Anke Holstein, commenting on the security situation in relation to the Russia-Ukraine war, said that the Prespa Agreement guarantees the security of North Macedonia. “Today, North Macedonia understands the true significance of being a NATO member, for if it was not, today the country would’ve been in a much different position. Germany proceeds to support ...