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The US Senate has ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. Senators voted 91-2 on Tuesday. The no votes came from Republican Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah. In a tweet, US Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes expressed satisfaction. “So pleased to see the overwhelming support in our Senate for U.S. ratification of North Macedonia’s @NATO accession protocol. This ...

The German Embassy has said that a start of EU membership negotiations for Macedonia is and remains a substantial issue of security and stability in Europe. “We are convinced offering a European perspective to the country is worth it,” it pointed out in a press-release on Tuesday. The Embassy added that it was counting on Macedonia to intensify reforms and ...

On 29 October, PM Zoran Zaev will visit Rome for a meeting with Italian counterpart Guiseppe Conte, following Italy’s announcements that it will demand for the issue of enlargement to be re-opened in November. In an interview with 360°, he confirms that he will visit Rome upon an invitation from Conte and that enlargement should be a topic at the ...

NATO Sec Gen Jens Stoltenberg says that it’s not up to him to comment on the EU’s decision not to give a date to Macedonia. However, as he adds, what he can say is that NATO’s door is open, with the Alliance wishing Macedonia, which will soon be a full-fledged member, welcome. According to the Sec Gen, Macedonia’s integration will ...

Nearly all political groups that are part of the European Parliament submitted on Wednesday a draft resolution condemning the outcome of the summit in Brussels. It’s about an accelerated procedure because the goal is for the resolution to be voted through during the European Parliament’s plenary session that is underway in Strasbourg. The vote should be on Thursday. Among the ...

Bojan Jovanovski and former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, suspects in the Racketeering case, remain in detention, the Criminal Court has decided. The Court said on Tuesday that the request for Janeva’s detention measure to be annulled as a result of a guarantee or for it to be substituted with measures of precaution had been rejected as unfounded. The Court has ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists are ...

SDSM’s coalition partners agree that the Europeanisation of the country must continue despite the negative outcome in Brussels. At Sunday’s meeting that PM and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev had with coalition partners, they supported the decision on 12 April as a date for early elections. After the meeting, Zaev said he believed he would get a clean mandate, adding that ...

“You delivered everything asked of you, you did your part. However, in the EU, decisions on these matters are made unanimously, while we, unfortunately, delayed this matter,” EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar says in an interview with MIA. As he adds, though the citizens’ and politicians’ disappointment is understandable, the EU remains committed to Macedonia and to the region. The Ambassador ...