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According to VMRO-DPMNE, the Government shamefully kidnapped the Ilinden Uprising Day celebration. The celebration, the opposition party said on Saturday, was politicised. As it was added, not only were there issues with parts of the speeches delivered by statespersons, but also the delegation of the party led by Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski was unfairly booed. On the other hand, the ...

“Through transfers from the unrealised capital investments, but also with a new Eurobond, the Government is planning to bribe voters,” VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said at a press-conference on Sunday, describing the economic situation as disastrous. As he highlighted, that’s exactly why PM Zoran Zaev has started to head the Finance Ministry, that is, to cover up the criminal political ...

On Thursday, during his visit to Skopje, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov and his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev, bowed before Goce Delcev’s tomb in the capital of Macedonia. Afterwards, the former adamantly said he expected the Macedonian-Bulgarian Commission to reach compromise by October because, as he explained, he doesn’t event want to think about being put in a position to raise ...

Since Thursday, when his request to postpone the start his prison sentence of four years and eight months given to him in the Trust case over health reasons was rejected, businessperson Sead Kocan has been in prison. He was taken to Idrizovo Penitentiary by police. On Friday, the Health Ministry said Kocan didn’t have an absolute indication for hospital treatment. ...

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 ...

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 ...

The PM Zoran Zaev says that the messages coming from the opposition that they cannot reach agreement over any issue unless a snap parliamentary election is held. “Despite the signals from VMRO-DPMNE, we will do our best and invest super-human efforts in order to adopt the Draft-law on Public Prosecution. Working groups can proceed with negotiations, even though the Parliament ...

The EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn says in an interview for Austrian newspaper Der Standard that a majority of the member of the EU support the start of membership negotiations with Macedonia. “North Macedonia and Albania have met the requirements set by EU member states. That’s why we gave a recommendation for both countries. But North Macedonia has achieved not ...

The Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said in an interview for the Greek TV Open that the Prespa Agreement took away from Greece its right to veto Macedonia’s integration in NATO and EU, as well as the UN temporary agreement between the two countries which resulted in Macedonia using the name “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”. “Even ...

The Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani demands immediate release from custody of the former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Tomor Morina, who was arrested by Macedonian authorities last week by a search warrant of INTERPOL. “I will send a formal request to INTERPOL today so I can visit Morina in the prison, because it is more ...