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In an interview with Deustche Welle, VMRО-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski once again says elections are a solution. “The active blockade in Parliament will continue and we will not pretend things are normal because the reality we live itself is not normal,” he says. Regarding the Bulgaria dispute, the opposition leader points out that the ruling structure hasn’t informed VMRO-DPMNE about ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski hopes the enlargement process, which is founded on a methodology of opening chapters, will not be affected by the adjustment of the Union to the new geopolitical surrounding. According to VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, North Macedonia has done a lot for Europe and its values. As he added on Thursday, it deserved to start negotiations a long ...

Answering a journalist’s question on Thursday about Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who has asked for guarantees from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that Skopje will comply with what was agreed with Sofia, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski stated that Radev’s demand was based on the 2019 Bulgarian Parliament Declaration. As he added, if North Macedonia’s Government agrees to that entering the ...

The European Parliament has adopted the Report on North Macedonia’s progress. On Thursday, 508 MEPs voted in favour. Rapporteur Ilhan Kyuchyuk’s document notes continued progress in reforms and asks for a start of negotiations without delay. MEPs said during the debate that if the Union didn’t start the negotiations right away, that would have a negative impact on the support ...

The Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, stated on Thursday that a start of EU negotiations for Skopje and Tirana benefited everyone. “We want to a start of negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania as soon as possible. I don’t know whether that will happen by June, but we’re working towards achieving that goal because it benefits everyone,” ...

The Elysee Palace has issued a press-release over French President Emmanuel Macron’s consecutive phone conversations with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov, and Petkov’s counterpart from North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski. The goal of the three conversations, during the French Presidency of the EU, was to encourage the two countries to swiftly continue the dialogue over the dispute. Macron ...

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani has said North Macedonia’s positions with regards to Sofia are clear. As he explained on Wednesday, everything depends on Bulgaria’s constructiveness.  Asked about the stand of his Bulgarian counterpart, Teodora Genchovska, that Skopje is considering concrete proposals to overcome the dispute it will submit to Sofia, the Minister stated that there were no such proposals. According ...

Bulgaria’s stand on a start of negotiations with North Macedonia and the EU is clear, and it cannot be changed at the upcoming General Affairs Council, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska said on Wednesday, commenting on her counterpart Bujar Osmani’s stands. “This is not a tennis or football match so that we speak which team or which court has the ...

On Tuesday, the Trade Union of Education, Science, and Culture held a new meeting with the Education and Science Ministry. Minister Jeton Shaqiri said both sides had accepted the mediator’s proposals regarding all open topics and reasons for the strike. The salary increase will be 15% and start in September. There will be no cuts for the period when the ...

On Tuesday, President Stevo Pendarovski held a meeting with meeting with Swedish Ambassador Kristin Forsgren Bengtsson. The Ambassador informed the President about her country’s decision to sign the NATO integration request. In that regard, Pendarovski welcomed the decision of Sweden, describing it as one of a sovereign country entitled to that. As the President added, North Macedonia’s positions are in ...