SkopjeDiem Macedonia in English

In New York on Monday, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Timco Mucunski met George Gerapetritis. The issue of implementation of the Prespa Agreement was among the topics discussed. Describing the meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister as constructive, excellent, and positive, Mucunski added that they had talked more about “what can unite us than about what can divide us”. ...

VMRO-DPMNE is committed to the Defenders Draft-Law being unblocked within Parliament. On Monday, MP Marija Miteva called on SDSM MPs part of the Social Policy Committee to sign and send a request to the body’s head, European Front MP Ilire Dauti, for her to convene a session. VMRO-DPMNE asked whether SDSM MPs would sign the document and also, if she ...

After the meeting in Skopje with her counterpart Afrim Gashi, Albania’s Parliament Speaker, Elisa Spiropali, commented also on Constitutional Court’s decision regarding the Balancer tool issue, saying she was confident that equitable and proportional representation of ethnic Albanians within North Macedonia’s institutions, founded on the region’s geopolitical reality and mutual interest, would proceed in line with the multi-ethnic society’s modern ...

On Monday, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti reiterated his stand on the so-called legitimacy matter. “No matter who the PM-designate is, they must respect the will of the second-largest community of the country. That must be obligatory. That is why there must be either a law or constitutional changes for legitimacy. Following talks with DUI membership, we’ve agreed that for us ...

In the capacity of National Council on Development President, PM Hristijan Mickoski opened on Monday the second session of the body. Corruption was one of the topics he discussed in his address. “Corruption and fighting crime is what we must pay attention to and what represents one of the most serious problems. For too long, the country’s faced spread corruption ...

Deep reforms are needed within the UN as a response to global challenges, President Gordana Siljanovska assessed in her address to the Summit of the Future. Bold undertakings, she explained, are impossible if there are no deep reforms, strengthened multilateralism, as well as and greater transparency and inclusion, in the decision-making process, a developed mechanism of checks and balances in ...

The traffic on the state roads is uninterrupted, on dry roads. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass through gorges and cuts. JP Makedonijapat appeals for careful management of the vehicles, respect for the posted traffic signals, as well as adjustment of the speed according to the road conditions. ...

“This government doesn’t intend to accept ultimatums when it comes to negotiations with the EU. We’ve made a lot of compromises,” PM Hristijan Mickoski said on Friday, adding that if the EU truly had a desire to admit the country as a member, it could do so. The same day, European Council President Charles Michel, regarding his meeting the previous ...

On Friday, Bulgaria’s caretaker PM, Dimitar Glavchev, warned that the “tone” being used by North Macedonia would not help it join the EU. Simply put, he added, the western neighbour should meet EU requirements. According to him, Bulgaria has made enough compromises over national identity. “We support enlargement and the Western Balkan countries’ European perspectives,” Glavchev noted. In North Macedonia, ...

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on Bulgaria’s authorities to comply with European Court of Human Rights judgments and approve the registration of associations requesting that the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria be recognized. The Deputies, Committee’s document says, inter alia, “reiterated their call for regular high-level messages to the public and stakeholders to clarify that these judgments ...