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On Wednesday, VMRO-DPMNE MP Mile Lefkov made new accusations against former Culture Minister Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojcevska. As he said, during a visit to Vienna, during her term as the Minister, she spent 1,213 euros in taxpayer money on renting a three-room flat for four nights in the centre of the Austrian capital. Lefkov asked why she hadn’t gone to a hotel, ...

During a visit to Croatia, Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister Timco Mucunski met with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman. “With this visit, we’re confirming the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries, characterised by intensive political dialogue, constructive cooperation in all areas of common interest, alliance within NATO, and friendship that has been fostered for 32 years already. ...

On Wednesday, in Vienna, European Affairs Minister Orhan Murtezani met with Austria’s EU and Constitution Minister, Karoline Edtstadler. Regarding the Draft-Reform Agenda presented the previous day by Murtezani and PM Hristijan Mickoski in Skopje, the European Affairs Minister stated that it was an all-encompassing and cohesive package of measures designed to speed up the North Macedonia-EU economic convergence. “It is not ...

A 77-year-old from Prilep, P.P., has been arrested in a fire case. “At around 11 am on Tuesday, it was reported that a fire had broken out covering an area of 300 square metres near Prilep, after P.P., previously, in the yard of his weekend house, set fire, in two metal barrels, to unnecessary things and garbage. However, the fire ...

Gjorce Petrov Mayor Aleksandar Stojkoski has denied claims by Levica regarding the Centre for Persons with Autism, over which the party will file a criminal charge as well. As he said on Wednesday, the Municipality hasn’t donated even an inch of land. The old building of the Municipality, Stojkoski noted, is being leased, that is, it hasn’t been donated to ...

The traffic on the state roads is uninterrupted, on dry roads. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass through gorges and cuts. JP Makedonijapat appeals for careful management of the vehicles, respect for the posted traffic signals, as well as adjustment of the speed according to the road conditions. ...

On Tuesday, PM Hristijan Mickoski said adamantly the new government was in favour of the EU path being unblocked. However, he added that there should be a partner with which it would be able to communicate on the other side. He hopes that a political government will be formed in Bulgaria after the elections in that country at the end ...

On Tuesday, PM Hristijan Mickoski and European Affairs Minister Orhan Murtezani presented the Draft-Reform Agenda for the 2024-2027 period. It’s founded on four pillars, that is, strengthening EU integration, regional economic integration and cooperation with neighbours, speeding up fundamental reforms, and increasing financial assistance for reforms. “According to the formula, we should get 750,4 million euros for the 2024-2027 period. ...

PM Hristijan Mickoski said on Tuesday there had been an attempt to offer him a bribe so that he gave consent over the Corridor 8 tender documentation. “Over Corridor 8, section 3, the rail link, there was an attempt to offer me a bribe in exchange for me, as the PM, signing off on the acceptance of this tender documentation ...

On Tuesday, asked why he’d gone to Kosovo in an official vehicle, Afrim Gashi said he had the obligation to do so as the Parliament Speaker even though he wouldn’t want that to be the case. “All of us want to have a private life at least a little. I don’t have that at all. Unfortunately, in this case, too, ...