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The US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Philip Reeker, who paid an official visit to Macedonia on Friday, met the leader of the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski. At the meeting, the interlocutors spoke about several ongoing political issues in Macedonia, mostly focusing on the Draft-law on Public Prosecution. “Mickoski voiced to Reeker his concern over the ...

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski presented at a press conference on Friday the Draft-law on Public Prosecution his party prepared. Mickoski criticised the Draft-law on Public Prosecution which is currently in parliamentary procedure, claiming it is tailored in such way to protect the Head of the Special Public Prosecution (SPO) Katica Janeva and the alleged criminal activities of the ...

Employees from the Special Public Prosecution (SPO) reported for several media that head of SPO Katica Janeva has given a verbal order a forensic erase of databases from all the computers in SPO. From SPO they published an announcement in which they deny the information promoted by some media about alleged forensic erase of data. “The Head of SPO had ...

The French Ambassador to Macedonia Christian Thimonier says in an interview for Vecer daily newspaper that the “Racketeering” case and other suspicious affairs may compromise the conditions for the EU to determine a date for start of membership negotiations with Macedonia. “The general opinion of the French public about the Balkans is that it is a place full of violence ...

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 Secretary General of SDSM Ljupco Nikolovski announced via his Facebook profile that the Committee on Foreign Affairs at the US Senate has officially ratified the NATO Protocol for Accession of Macedonia in the Alliance. “The Committee on Foreign Affairs at the US Senate ratified the NATO Protocol. We are realising one of the greatest strategic goals of our country. ...

The EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn met on Thursday the Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani. At the meeting, as Osmani reported at a press conference after it, the interlocutors spoke about the integration of Macedonia in the EU. “The European Commission (EC) clearly stated on 17 May 2019 that North Macedonia fulfils all conditions to start the negotiations ...

The acting US Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker started his official visit to Macedonia with a meeting with the Mayor of Bitola Natasa Petrovska. At the meeting, Reeker was joined by the US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Marie Byrnes. “I am very glad to visit Bitola once again. It is a city with a rather important ...

The Greek Minister of Transport Kostas Achileas Karamanlis said in an interview for the Greek TV Sky that New Democracy will put efforts into soothing the serious consequences over Greece from the Prespa Agreement. “We cannot rip this agreement like a piece of paper and just throw it away, because it was voted by certain people which are now held ...

The opposition, if given the opportunity, may as well suggest former PM Nikola Gruevski as the new Head of the Special Public Prosecution (SPO), said PM Zoran Zaev in the Parliament answering a question of the MP Muhamed Zekiri. At the session for MP questions, Zekiri asked Zaev will the new head of the reformed SPO be selected by a ...