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The Macedonian PM Zoran Zaev spoke on the phone with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after he won the parliamentary election in Greece and officially assumed the office of Prime Minister of Greece. “We jointly voiced hope for continuing the cooperation between North Macedonia and Greece, looking forward to our first meeting as prime ministers. I reaffirmed that Greece is our strategic partner ...

The PM Zoran Zaev met on Monday in the Government the French Ambassador to Macedonia Christian Thimonier. As the governmental press service reports, Zaev and Thimonier spoke about Macedonia’s integration in the EU, with Thimonier reiterating the French support for Macedonia, and once again accented the importance of implementation of reforms. “We are strongly dedicated to the reforms in the ...

The Basic Public Prosecution (PPO) filed a bill of indictment against the former President of the Criminal Court in Skopje Vladimir Pancevski, charging him for abuse of his official position and manipulation with the AKMIS system for distribution of court cases among judges. According to PPO, Pancevski between January 2013 and September 2016 influenced the system by ordering court employees ...

The further delaying of the start of membership talks between EU and Albania and North Macedonia poses a serious risk over the political situation in the West Balkans, said the Chairwoman of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Majlinda Bregu at the 11th annual meeting of RCC in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Any further delays of this decision may destroy all ...

The Vice-PM and Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska and her Montenegrin counterpart Predrag Boskovic visited on Monday the Krivolak military training grounds of the Macedonian Army. “We showed that the regional cooperation is very useful for all of us. Decisive Strike will be one of the greatest army exercises ever conducted in Macedonia, and thanks to it we managed to improve ...

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski met on Monday the Dutch Ambassador to Macedonia Willem Wouter Plomp. As they inform from VMRO-DPMNE, Mickoski informed Plomp that the current government lack will and capacity of political dialogue for adoption of reforms necessary for Macedonia’s integration in the EU. “I spoke with my interlocutor about the lack of ability and will in ...

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 attended on Friday a business breakfast at the Summit of West Balkans Heads of States in Poznan, Poland. During the breakfast, Zaev referred the topic of the integration of Macedonia in the EU, saying that the processes for implementation of reforms within the EU can be executed parallel with the membership negotiations between the EU and ...

The PM Zoran Zaev met his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov at the Summit of Heads of States of the West Balkans in Poznan, Poland. Zaev and Borissov discussed the ongoing political situation in the bilateral relations between the two countries, focusing on the disagreements over the ethnicity of Macedonian revolutionary Goce Delcev. Borissov praised the Good-neighbourliness Agreement signed between Macedonia ...

The German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said during the West Balkans Summit in Poznan, Poland, that Macedonia and Albania are still not ready for EU membership. “Both countries have made significant progress in numerous fields, but it is still not enough. North Macedonia and Albania need stronger efforts in the struggle against corruption and pledges for independent judiciary, hence not ...