Monthly Archives: May 2022

VMRO-DPMNE Files No-Confidence Motion Against Xhaferi

VMRO-DPMNE’s Parliamentary Group and its coalition have filed the no-confidence motion against the Speaker of the legislative home, Talat Xhaferi. The Group’s Coordinator, Nikola Micevksi, on Monday, urged all parliamentarians to support it. However, as he added, if the ruling majority doesn’t accept it, it will prove it backs the improper conduct of the Speaker. According to opposition, Xhaferi should ...

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EU Path: Pendarovski Increasingly Convinced Skopje Should Lower Expectations

President Stevo Pendarovski is more and more convinced that North Macedonia should lower its expectations regarding its integration path. According to him, the complex political situation in Bulgaria and Kiril Petkov’s unstable Government is just an additional problem in the attempts to lift the veto. Pendarovski adds that public opinion is in favour of the veto, which is another problem ...

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Kacarska: Constitutional Court Situation Serious

According to Constitutional Court President Dobrila Kacarska, the institution’s situation is serious, considering there are four fewer judges than what’s provided for in the Constitution. As she said on Monday, the institution is facing such a problem for the first time, while citizens’ initiatives and cases are being delayed. “If judges are not elected by December, the Court will be ...

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Pendarovski: Chances of Skopje Getting Date in June Below 50%

According to President Stevo Pendarovski, the chances of North Macedonia getting a date for negotiations in June are less than 50%. In an interview with Euronews Bulgaria, the President says that the negotiations are more complex than before. According to Pendarovski, over the past years, Bulgaria has unexpectedly presented demands related to history, the ethnic origin, which it has tabled, ...

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Bulgarian MEP Kyuchyuk not in Favour of Decoupling

A solution to lift the Bulgarian veto for Skopje and Tirana is parallel integration inside the Union and resumption of enlargement. That was Bulgarian MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk’s message at a debate “Liberals on the Future of Europe – from Conference to EU Reform” in Sofia. “If we don’t succeed, Europe will come down,” the European Parliament’s Rapporteur on North Macedonia ...

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VMRO-DPMNE to File No-Confidence Motion against Speaker Xhaferi

The Parliamentary Group of VMRO-DPMNE and its coalition will file a no-confidence motion against Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi. “MPs were locked in the plenary hall on an order of his,” Coordinator Nikola Micevski said on Thursday. According to Hristijan Mickoski’s party, all of that happens with SDSM’s knowledge and approval. The opposition’s stand is that Parliament is no longer a ...

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Biden Nominates Angela Price Aggeler as Ambassador to North Macedonia

US President Joe Biden has decided to nominate Angela Price Aggeler as the Ambassador to North Macedonia. “Angela Price Aggeler, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. Previously, she served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Aggeler formerly served as Minister ...

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Road Conditions 27.05.2022

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on wet roads. At certain roads going through ravines, minor rockslides are possible. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE calls for careful driving and adjustment of the speed to the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on- site and keep all roads passable.

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Road Conditions 26.05.2022

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on dry roads. At certain roads going through ravines, minor rockslides are possible. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE calls for careful driving and adjustment of the speed to the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on- site and keep all roads passable.

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Kyuchyuk: Demand for Bulgarians to Be Integral Part of Constitution is Fair

The EP Rapporteur on North Macedonia, Bulgarian MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk, has said it’s illogical and difficult to explain the thesis that Albania will be allowed, whereas regarding North Macedonia, the issue will be seen from a historical standpoint. “It’s very hard to explain this thesis. Europe is hard-pressed to understand the intricate historical talks because it must open the Pandora’s ...

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