Monthly Archives: October 2022

Findings of New Investigation into Besa Bus Accident Submitted in Pernik

A series of irregularities and omissions in the road infrastructure was determined by the new expertise on the section of the Struma highway in Bulgaria, where 46 Macedonian citizens died in a Besa Trans bus in November last year. In a statement to BTV, the lawyer of the families, Nikolaj Dimitrov, revealed that they will also seek to locate responsibility ...

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Kovacevski: Opposition Rated Worse Than Government in EC Report

“In the EC Report, the opposition is rated worse than the Government because of the blockades in the Parliament. If you look at all the areas in the latest report of the European Commission, the Republic of North Macedonia has made progress during the last year and it is additionally and extremely important that it is noted that the country ...

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Kalin Addresses MPs: Strong Commitment to Democracy, Integration and Peace

The President of the National Council of Switzerland, Irene Kalin, in her address to the Macedonian MPs, assessed that the relations between the two countries are excellent and expressed her satisfaction that after many years progress has been made in our European integration path. “With a strong commitment to democracy, integration and peace, you are sending an important message and ...

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Levica Will Correct Initiative After Xhaferi’s Remarks

PS Talat Xhaferi remains firm on the position that the referendum initiative by Levica is not in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament, does not represent a general legal act and should be corrected. According to him, the leader of Levica, Dimitar Apasiev, has two years of experience in the Parliament and is familiar with the provision ...

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Maricic: Country’s Progress Is Recognized by EC

The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Bojan Maricic, at a joint press conference with the head of the EU Delegation in the country, David Geer, said that North Macedonia received a positive annual report of the European Commission for 2022. “In terms of overall readiness, North Macedonia still stands best in the region in the Fundamental Values ...

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Varhelyi: Sustained Reform Progress of North Macedonia Towards EU

North Macedonia is making moderate progress according to almost all criteria, and there is good progress in the economic ones. Among other things, this is stated in the EC Report on North Macedonia’s progress. European Commissioner for Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi presenting part of the report before the European Parliament pointed to the necessity to continue the fight against corruption as ...

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Geer Hands Report of European Commission to Prime Minister Kovacevski

At a meeting in the Government, the Ambassador of the European Union, David Geer, handed over the Report of the European Commission for North Macedonia for 2022, to Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski. The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Bojan Maricic, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, also attended the meeting where the Report and expectations ...

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Osmani: European Commission Notes Positive Progress for Country This Year

The European Commission, in the new Report on North Macedonia’s progress for 2022 that was presented in Brussels, notes positive progress for the country for 2022, according to the head of diplomacy, Bujar Osmani. In a post on his Facebook profile, Osmani states that the EC Report is positive and represents a clear roadmap for North Macedonia and its institutions ...

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No Results from Economic Council Session

A package of economic measures was expected to be adopted at Wednesday’s session of the Economic Council, that didn’t happen. The business sector’s deadline had been Wednesday, announcing that, otherwise, a big number of enterprises would have to shut down. However, instead of a package, the Government and business sector agreed to adopt measures not later than next Wednesday or ...

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VMRO-DPMNE Submits Contacts to Economy Minister Bekteshi

VMRO-DPMNE has submitted to Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi its contacts for finding cheaper energy agents. The party said on Wednesday the meetings at which the Government should do managing in terms of finding cheaper quantities of gas and fuel oil from Western companies, which had agreed quantities with Gazprom, had been agreed. Now, the Minister should contact the companies and ...

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