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On Tuesday, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev held a meeting with US Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes. According to the party’s press-release, the Ambassador said Macedonia was stable on its EU and NATO road. In her view, the country should continue, in a committed manner, reforms that are in the interest of citizens. Byrnes is convinced that 12 April will see fair, ...

Former Gazi Baba Mayor Toni Trajkovski, who’s among the defendants in the TNT case, will be taken to the Criminal Court by a guard on Wednesday because of his failure to appear at the start of the trial on Tuesday. Judge Ognen Stavrev said the Court considered him properly invited even though the ex-Mayor’s lawyer, Jovica Strasevski, stated that his ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on mostly wet 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 ...

At a meeting on Monday, Interior Minister Nakje Culev and Additional Deputy Minister Slavjanka Petrovska overcame most of the misunderstandings resulting from the former’s withdrawal, through a telegram, of the orders for reallocation of police officers issued by predecessor Oliver Spasovski. They’ve also overcome the issue of the Skopje Internal Affairs Sector head. Petrovska told Kanal 5 TV they had ...

According to Croatian PM Andrej Plenkovic, his country’s EU Presidency, through the May Summit in Zagreb, will give Western Balkan (WB) countries a clear European perspective, a clear timeframe, but also a new methodology of future negotiations for membership. He has repeated that he expects presentation of the proposal for certain modifications of the methodology of the negotiating process and ...

Caretaker PM Oliver Spasovski, accompanied by SDSM leader Zoran Zaev and the Director of the Commission for Relations with Religious Communities and Religious Groups, Darijan Sotirovski, held a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul. Spasovski invited Bartholomew to visit Macedonia and meet Orthodox believers. VMRO-DPMNE called for an explanation about the capacity in which Zaev participated in the meeting. ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on mostly wet 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 ...

А wire-tapped conversation between ex-Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and an interlocutor has caused problems between Interior Minister Nakje Chulev and Additional Deputy Minister Slavjanka Petrovska. According to the latter, the voice of the person nominated to head the Skopje Internal Affairs Sector, Risto Stavrevski, can be heard in a conversation with Jankuloska that concerns election irregularities in the past. Telma ...

Adoption of the new methodology and a start of negotiations for Skopje and Tirana are processes that should be taking place simultaneously, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. During the visit to Zagreb, she stated on Friday that both Macedonia and Albania had met criteria, adding that the EU had to deliver on its promises. “We should ...

On Saturday, Central Register Director  condemned employee Emil Jakimovski’s online threats against journalist Meri Jordanovska. As she said, due to a violation of the work order and discipline, as well as threats against Central Register employees, disciplinary proceedings have already been opened against him. However, a decision still hasn’t been made because he’s been on sick leave for several months. ...