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According to VMRO-DPMNE, Bujar Osmani should resign as Foreign Minister because he spoke only in Albanian at the press-conference with Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation, Jose Manuel Albares Bueno. The party’s Spokesperson, Marija Miteva, stated that that Osmani had humiliated all citizens. As she added, it’s clear what the official language is for international use. In ...

VMRO-DPMNE has continued to urge the Government to make public the deal concerning the Corridors. “There can’t be secret clauses when it’s about many millions in taxpayer money. Hiding the deal can only one thing. The Grubi-Kovacevski criminal duo has harmed the country and its citizens,” the opposition party notes. According to VMRO-DPMNE, the PM and the First Deputy PM ...

Metropolitan Petar of Prespa and Pelagonija, in his Orthodox Easter message, has fiercely attacked feminism, describing gender equality as distorted. In his view, until the appearance of the movement, women had been housewives, while they are now emancipated, yet more and more divorced. He states that in addition to the rights women fight for, they have also a duty to ...

Alternative has criticised the proposal for a new model in education. “Regarding the information that the implementation is already underway of the new model of education, according to which the History, Geography, and Ethics of Religions ssubject will be removed, while some other subjects will be merged as well, we consider that this concept is hamrful and useless to our ...

The Justice Ministry has announced the names of the participants in the working group for constitutional changes, nominated by parties and institutions. They are: Cvetanka Ivanova (SDSM), Arber Ademi (DUI), Remzi Mehmedi (Alliance for Albanians), Sonja Mirakovska (NSDP), Nano Ruzin (LDP), Hrista Najdanov (DOM), Temelko Risteski (Party of Pensioners), Rametulla Kuci (DPA), Eran Kurtish (Party for Movement of Turks), and ...

BESA leader Bilall Kasami says he believes that the constitutional changes will be made this year. Regarding the issue of early elections, he points out in an interview with 21TV that that is a possibility. “The Government should accept that with this policy, a majority cannot be achieved. if this Government is interested in making the constitutional changes and continuing ...

On Tuesday, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska held a meeting with the US Special Envoy and Coordinator for the Global Engagement Centre, James P. Rubin. They discussed the harmful impact of disinformation, especially considering the security situation in the region and the Russian aggression against Ukraine, as well as about the ways in which the Interior Ministry is developing its capacities ...

In an interview with Sitel TV, President Stevo Pendarovski says if the Bulgarians, too, are in the Constitution, that cannot undermine the stability and perspectives. Regarding the issue of elections, he declines to comment on whether presidential and parliamentary elections should be held at the same time. Regarding the decision on higher salaries of officials, Pendarovski says that, he, as ...

Croatian PM Andrej Plenkovic paid an official visit to North Macedonia on Wednesday. In Skopje, Plenkovic attended and addressed a session in the Parliament, speaking of the importance of the integration in the EU for North Macedonia and its citizens. “Take the Croatian experience as example. Thanks to the integration in the EU, today we have a great amount of ...

Justice Minister Krenar Lloga met on Wednesday Deputy Ambassador of US to North Macedonia Eric Meyer. At the meeting, as the Justice Ministry reported via a press release, the interlocutors discussed the process for constitutional changes, the situation with the reforms in the judiciary, the fight against crime and corruption and several other topics. Lloga informed Meyer about the process ...