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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, ...

The case concerning 28-year-old TV presenter Besmira Ejupi’s potential diplomatic career lasted 48 hours, that is, from one closed session of the Government to another one. On Tuesday, she was confirmed as a candidate for the position of Consul general in New York – New Jersey. On Thursday however, her name was removed from the list of future diplomats. According ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski says North Macedonia’s positions regarding foreign policy are clearly defined. “The positions regarding unity both inside and outside the country in international politics are very clearly and cleanly defined in our organisation. Also, they are very clearly positioned in the frames of declarations and resolutions that would be adopted by our Parliament and that we adhere to. ...

On Thursday, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski held a meeting with the EU Delegation Head, Ambassador David Geer. As the opposition leader said, there being no reforms, the bad management by the Government of the economic, energy, deathcare crisis, and the high degree of corruption are among the problems creating a distance between the country and the EU path. “They don’t ...

Parliament too often adopts laws in the shortened procedure, while there are difficulties also with regards to the political dialogue. The Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, criticised on Thursday the work of the legislative home at the session of the European Affairs Committee concerning the Report on North Macedonia’s integration progress. Opposition members levelled criticism as well, ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski has said nothing is being hidden from the public regarding the talks with Bulgaria. According to him, the experts from the two sides are working on the open political issues, while the other working groups should improve relations in the spheres of common interest. Kovacevski stated on Wednesday that once there was a solution acceptable to both ...

In an interview with Sitel TV, PM and SDSM President Dimtiar Kovacevski says Goce Delcev is the founder of the Macedonian national struggle. “His ideas are basically realised with an independent Macedonian state in which we live today, which is a member of NATO, and which is a step away from starting negotiations with the EU,” the PM points out. ...

Former Criminal Court President Vladimir Pancevski will be free after around 10 days following the start of his prison sentence of 2.6 years. The Supreme Court, following extraordinary re-examination of the verdicts by the Basic Court in Veles and the Court of Appeals in Skopje, has decided to annul the effective verdict and return the case to retrial in the ...

A person has been detained by police on suspicion that he attacked a journalist of regional station Polog TV. According to the Tetovo Internal Affairs Sector, at around 5:30 pm on Wednesday, in the village of Toplica, located in the Gostivar region, deprived of liberty the 59-year-old B.E. from the village of Gjurgjeviste. Previously, it had been reported he had ...

France’s support for a start of EU negotiations for Skopje and Tirana is unreserved. Ambassador Cyrille Baumgartner believes that the Skopje-Sofia dialogue represents a new approach in the negotiations, which both sides desire. “Our stand is the same and hasn’t changed, with that being opening of negotiations. All European intuitions share the same stand,” he notes. Regarding the possibility of ...