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On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani held a meeting with former Ambassadors to Bulgaria Nikola Todorcevski, Aleksandar Vasilevski, and Marjan Gjorcev. The meeting was held as part of Osmani’s broader consultations with prominent foreign policy figures in relation to the current political dialogue with Bulgaria. The Minister informed them of the course of the talks, interpectoral cooperation, reflected through the ...

There will be no leaders’ meeting at which early elections will be the topic. PM Dimitar Kovacevski hasn’t changed his stand that the parliamentary election process will take place in 2024. The Government is currently focused on dealing with the energy and healthcare crisis. On the other hand, Mickoski believes there will be elections sooner or later in which citizens, ...

The Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, has described the Skopje-Sofia issue as a matter between the two sides. “This is a matter between the two countries, but I will say we’ve always encouraged North Macedonia and Bulgaria to work together to overcome outstanding issues so that they can reach a mutually acceptable solution to those issues,” he ...

According to Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, the possibility of the situation in escalating Ukraine is more and more present. “All our citizens in Ukraine have been mapped. The Embassy in Kyiv has contacted them. The diplomats’ families have returned, while the diplomats are staying there. Conditions have been provided for functioning of the Embassy in the next three months,” he ...

On Monday, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska held a meeting with Ukraine’s Ambassador, Nataliia Zadorozhniuk. North Macedonia, like all other NATO members, unambiguously supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, it was again underlined at the meeting. As Petrovska said, North Macedonia, as a NATO member, supports the policy of open doors and right of every country to decide on its own ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on wet roads. During the day the temperature reaches dangerous levels and staying indoors is recommended. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, ...

According to Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, every failure when it comes to maintaining the Western Balkans’ European trajectory may have dramatic consequences for the countries from the region and for the EU, including with regards to security and migration. “Our countries should continue to progress regarding reconciliation and solving of bilateral disputes, in a European spirit, but they should also ...

North Macedonia is missing optimism that the European values and principles are still a reality. The message was sent from Munich by PM Dimitar Kovacevski, who urged European leaders to find a formula to keep their world and show in practice that the enlargement process with the Western Balkans is alive. On the third day of the Security Conference, Kovacevski ...

On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, President Stevo Pendarovski held a meeting with Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov. “We discussed the dynamism of the working groups, the productivity in that regard, and the possibilities for a breakthrough at a European level that would mean joint success,” Pendarovski said. In Munich, the President also met Bernard Emie, Director of the ...

In an interview immediately after his meeting with his counterpart from North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski, Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov proposed for Brussels to be guarantor for the inclusion of Bulgarians in North Macedonia’s Constitution. His idea is for Skopje and Sofia, once they reach a solution to the matter, to submit it in a form of a joint proposal to ...