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PM Dimitar Kovacevski spoke on the phone on Wednesday to his Ukrainian counterpart, Denys Shmyhal, expressing support on behalf of North Macedonia for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. According to Kovacevski, the actions of Russia to recognise as independent the Ukrainian region of Donetsk and Luhansk is direct attack over the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and that as ...

Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov said during his address in the Bulgarian parliament that he will no longer allow any kind of provocations to damage the improving relations between Sofia and Skopje. Petkov stated this as a response to questions from journalists about why he allegedly removed PM of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovacevski from a photo he took during the Munich ...

President of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) Ljupco Kocarev said in his address at the annual assembly of MANU that the Prespa Agreement and the Good-Neighbourliness Agreement will “destroy Macedonia” and “provoke destabilisation of the region”. “Any country that builds its future upon illegal and undignifying documents is doomed to fail and be destroyed. The Macedonian national ...

Governmental Spokesperson Dusko Arsovski said at a press conference that the government remains dedicated to finding solutions for the open bilateral disputes with Bulgaria. “The working groups of both countries continue their work in accordance with the re-determined agenda. The Government of North Macedonia continues to invest effort in processes for reaching a mutually acceptable solution to the disputes for ...

The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecuting Organised Crime and Corruption (BPPOPOCC) is about to start a pre-investigative procedure in relation to the published details about nationals from North Macedonia having bank accounts in Credit Suisse. The announcement follows the publication of the journalistic story “Suisse Secrets” of the Investigative Reporting Lab Macedonia (IRL), in which the authors claim that ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski addressed on Wednesday the conference for promotion of the 5th National Action Plan for Partnership for Open Government 2021-2023. In his address, Kovacevski said that the government will always be open for cooperation with the business and the NGO sector, thus implementing the principles of an open government. “We are very proud to be the best in ...

Wet road conditions are reported across the country, with moderate traffic outside urban areas. There are 30-minute – 45-munite delays at Bogorodica and Tabanovce border crossings to enter or exit the country. No delays are reporters on other border crossings. Landslides are possible along the routes of Katlanovo – Veles, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Vinica – Berovo and Kochani ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski has condemned Russia’s decision regarding Donetsk and Lugansk. “I condemn Russia’s decision for recognition of Donetsk and Lugansk as self-proclaimed “People’s Republics”,” he tweeted on Tuesday. As he added, the act is a direct attack on Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty and integrity, as well as a violation of Minsk agreements and UN Council decisions from 2015. “Along with ...

At its session on Tuesday, the Government considered and adopted the Information concerning the security situation in and around Ukraine and put the Foreign Ministry under the obligation, in coordination with relevant institutions, to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the members from North Macedonia with the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. The session also saw ...

Bulgaria’s President, Rumen Radev, has asked for clear guarantees from North Macedonia over respecting rights of Bulgarians in the country. As he said, before the start of the negotiations with the EU, there should be clear guarantees to protect the Bulgarian cultural and historical heritage in North Macedonia. Radev presented that stance at the meeting with representatives of associations of ...