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In Skopje, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska and her Austrian counterpart, Klaudia Tanner, held a press-conference on Monday. Their message is that the Western Balkans’ EU integration is a security matter of the highest priority. As Petrovska noted, the region needs a hope and signal that it is not forgotten and that it still represents a priority of the EU. “We ...

The Council of Bitola Municipality has decided to provide one-time financial assistance of 10,000 denars to the families of those convicted over the 27 April 2017 storming of Parliament. The decision was adopted thanks to the majority from VMRO-DPMNE, which didn’t explain the initiative. Councillors from other parties, however, criticised the term “wrongfully convicted”. DOM Councillor Anastasija Trajkovska said she ...

On Saturday, First Deputy PM Artan Grubi, Coordinator over the project for Corridor VIII, was nowhere to be found to mark the official start. There was silence also from Transport and Communications Minister Blagoj Bocvarski, even though he’d promised he would send a location to media. However, a press-release came instead. The implementation is starting, but only on paper. The ...

VMRO-DPMNE Vice-President Aleksandar Nikoloski has posted on social media two documents that are allegedly part of the Government’s deal with Bechtel and ENKA. He says he was given the documents by whistle-blowers. According to Plan 11 of the alleged deal, in 2023, 489 and 222 foreign and domestic workers, respectively, will be hired. Nikoloski says that PM Dimitar Kovacevski and ...

In an interview with Sitel TV, PM Dimitar Kovacevski points out regarding the constitutional changes process that though the opposition has decided against participating in the working group, the latter is always open to the former’s suggestions and inclusion of its representatives. According to the PM, the process is one of the decisions that will need to be made until ...

On Sunday, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski once again criticised the Government over the deal with Bechtel and ENKA. According to him, the Government wants to start the project for the Corridors without previously getting a construction permit, that is, without a basic project that would be audited and accompanied by all approvals according to the law. The same day, the ...

The Justice Ministry has revealed the names of the experts that will be part of the working group for constittonal changes. Professors Bajram Polozhani, Jeton Shasivari, Ana Cupeska, Elena Mihajlova – Stratilati, Besa Arifi, Jagoda Mitrevska, and Marija Pandevska, former Supreme Court Presidents Branko Naumovski and Sali Murati, as well as Margarita Caca Nikolovska, former Judge at the European Court ...

While the Ministry of Justice is talking to experts that would be part of the working group for constitutional changes, the ruling structure and the opposition have been silent following the vocal stands concerning participation in the group. PM Dimitar Kovacevski says the group is exactly the place where all proposals need to be considered. University professor Aleksandar Spasenovski, a ...

According to VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, PM Dimitar Kovacevski should stop being “a coward” and send the constitutional changes to Parliament. “If he has 80 MPs, as we have said, I will leave politics and he will continue to be the PM. If he doesn’t have 80 MPs, then elections should be organised because his policy is defeated,” he stated ...

At the working meeting in the Government concerning implementation of EU recommendations over fighting corruption, the Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, levelled criticism. As he said, it’s disappointing that over all recommendations from the European Commission, very little is still being done. The EU Delegation Head urged relevant institutions to strengthen efforts to tackle corruption. Deputy PM ...