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The Government has confirmed PM Hristijan Mickoski will attend the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, which will take place from 19 to 22 February. Asked on Tuesday who would cover the costs of the PM’s activities and which people he would meet, however, the cabinet didn’t give a concrete answer. “He’s been invited in the capacity of ...

Gordana Siljanovska Davkova’s Cabinet has fiercely rejected DUI’s allegations that the President hasn’t extended congratulations on the occasion of Kosovo’s Independence Day. As it pointed out in a press-release on Tuesday, through the Foreign Ministry, the President sent a letter of congratulations to counterpart Vjosa Osmani Sadriu. “The Cabinet finds it unacceptable that DUI, by placing fake and unchecked information ...

Оn his official email address, Parliament Speaker Afrim Gashi has received a threat. The case has been reported to the Interior Ministry, which said on Tuesday there was action upon the matter. According to some media reports, Gashi received the threat over the constitutional changes issue, that is, after the 17 February interview with the 360 Stepeni (360 Degrees) show, ...

The implementation of the Safe City system will start on 1 January 2026. By then, the Interior Ministry will have obtained data on all registered vehicles, which will be aligned also with other institutions. If a driver commits a traffic offence, they will receive a text or email notifying them of the type of offence within 24 hours. Police are ...

Traffic on state roads is taking place in winter conditions, on wet roads in places. Light snowfall is recorded in Kriva Palanka, Stracin, Tetovo and Delchevo. Reduced visibility due to fog up to 100m is observed on the Bukovo mountain pass. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass through gorges and cuts. JP Makedonijapat appeals for careful ...

According to a poll conducted by the Democracy Institute from 25 October to 4 December that covered 1,056 respondents, 62% of citizens support EU membership, the first increase (of 2%) after the four-year drop in support. However, that doesn’t mean there is big support for the constitutional changes, that is, just 20% of citizens support that, while as many consider ...

Maksim Dimitrievski, leader of the third ruling coalition partner, ZNAM, doesn’t believe there’s a need to change the coat of arms because in its current form reflects “the Macedonian history and reality”. As he pointed out on Monday, though every proposal is worthy of consideration, his party hasn’t so far been consulted for an opinion on the topic raised by ...

SDSM MP Jovan Mitreski has fiercely criticised VMRO-DPMNE and ZNAM, saying they’ve publicly shown they’re against solving the status of defenders. As he said at a press-conference on Monday, the two parties’ parliamentarians voted against the item tasking Parliamentary Speaker Afrim Gashi with scheduling a session to solve the defenders’ status. According to Mitreski, the same MPs, when they were ...

According to Defence Minister Vlado Misajlovski, spending 5% of the GDP on defence is a goal that is very hard to achieve. However, he told 360 Stepeni (360 Degrees) that it was not impossible. As Misajlovski added, it’s not just about creating and fictitiously showing that there is such a budget, that is, it needs to be used properly. “I ...

One of the four citizens of North Macedonia who’ve stayed in Syria and Iraq as members of radical militant structures, Abdul Jashari, (aka Abu Qatada al-Albani), who holds office in the new Syrian government, is wanted in North Macedonia for participation in foreign military. The Agency for National Security has told Telma it is following the situation closely. “We’re actively ...