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The Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, German Ambassador Petra Drexler, and Spanish Ambassador Jose Luis Lozano Garcia were on Monday part of an event in the frames of the campaign “We Are Europe”, held in Kumanovo. Geer said EU membership would bring tangible and practical benefits with regards to areas such as energy efficiency, environmental protection, and ...

In an interview with the 360 Stepeni (360 Degrees) show, President Stevo Pendarovski says he is thinking about sending a message to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in order for the extradition process of Ljupco Palevski, principal suspect in the murders of Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski, to be carried out more quickly. He states stalling of the process ...

Health Minister Fatmir Mexhiti said on Monday he would raise at the Government’s session the following day the issue of persons with temporary service contracts in the health sector. Answering a journalist’s question, the Minister said there would be medicines for oncology patients. When it comes to the Clinic Centre’s reorganisation process, according to PM Dimitar Kovacevski, it will be ...

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on dry roads. At certain roads going through ravines, minor rockslides are possible. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE calls for careful driving and adjustment of the speed to the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on-site and keep all roads passable.

At DUI’s meeting in Mala Recica on Friday, the party nominated Talat Xhaferi as the caretaker PM in the 100 days before the elections next year. The Parliament Speaker accepted the nomination, saying he would hold office with respect and responsibility. Also, the party authorised its leader, Ali Ahmeti to continue talks with parties on potential coalitions for the presidential ...

The decision for Talat Xhaferi to be the caretaker PM is historic because the ethnic taboos and monopolies have been broken for the first time, with no ethnic group being favoured over another, DUI’s Bujar Osmani assessed on Saturday. “When Xhaferi was elected Parliament Speaker, there was a real coup. When he was elected the second time, it was no ...

Saturday, too, saw many reactions to the decision for Talat Xhaferi to be the caretaker PM, as well as stands on election-related topics. “This is a DUI-SDSM deal made at the start of the term. To us, that is symbolism. We will surely support it,” Alliance for Albanians leader Arben Tavari said, adding that everyone should support that in order ...

On 28 January, SDSM Parliamentary Group Coordinator Jovan Mitreski will become the Parliament Speaker. He will hold the position until the dissolution of the legislative house for the elections. The decision was made at Sunday’s meeting of the Executive Board of SDSM, which supported PM and party leader Dimitar Kovacevski’s nomination of Mitreski. Kovacevski said that the presidential candidate of ...

The principal suspect in the murders of Vanja Gjorceska and Pance Zezovski, Ljupco Palevski, will have a duty lawyer, whose first task is to appeal the extradition detention measure during the decision-making procedure. The possibility of Palevski seeking asylum isn’t being ruled out. The person who drove Palevski from Belgrade to Turkiye, Stefan Dimkovski, has been charged. According to PM ...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in a report on Bulgaria, says it is concerned about reports concerning members of Macedonian minority groups. “The Committee takes note of the explanation provided by the State party’s delegation that all its citizens have the right of ...