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“The future of the Western Balkans is in the European Union. It is the most important geopolitical investment we can do. In these uncertain times, more than ever, we need to work together,” European Council President Antonio Costa said in a post on X on Monday, adding that he was looking forward to the EU-Western Balkans Summit that would take ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on wet roads in some places. 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 ...

On Friday, asked about the fight against crime and Additive case, PM Hristijan Mickoski said processes in which crime had been found would not be used for “show business” purposes. “There’s work on tens of cases at this moment. The country must be developing in the right direction,” he noted. On the other hand, DUI believes that the government must ...

Though the Interior Ministry hasn’t revealed new details about the minutes from the Judicial Council because the pre-investigation process is underway, the PM, Hristijan Mickoski, commented on the matter on Friday. “The operation that took place yesterday aims, as you said, to confirm the reasonable suspicion of falsification of minutes of the Judicial Council’s work, through which, basically, the will ...

In an interview with MINA, Slovenian MEP Tanja Fajon says Germany and Slovenia have created a non-paper that foresees a minimisation of the possibility of vetoing and blockades on the EU path over bilateral issues with neighbouring countries. As she points out, that will speed up the pre-accession process. “We propose that vetoes and blockades over bilateral issues be minimised ...

The first EU-Western Balkans Summit since the start of the term of Antonio Costa as European Council President will be held on 18 December in Brussels. At the end of the meeting, EU Heads of State and Government will adopt a declaration, while alignment will be expected from Western Balkan leaders. The text will ascertain, among other things, that enlargement ...

At a press conference on Saturday, Foreign Minister Timco Mucunski said a procedure was underway against Ljubomir Frckoski, former Permanent Representative to the UN, over alleged misuse of taxpayer money. “There are serious indications that there was misuse of public budget funds. According to the indications, six-digit damage, in euros, was caused. I couldn’t say the exact amount. I am ...

“This morning, in a police operation in Struga and Gostivar, four people for whom there’s reasonable suspicion that they’d been planning to organise, in the future, certain undesired events that could compromise the security of both Macedonia and other countries, were arrested,” Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said on Sunday. As he explained, the operation was carried out following orders by ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on wet roads in some places. Reduced visibility due to fog up to 30 m from the village of Gajre – P. Shapka and the mountain passes Gjavato and Pletvar up to 50 m. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes ...

Commenting on DUI’s Artan Grubi’s decision to leave public life, VMRO-DPMNE MP Brane Petrusevski said on Thursday that the US-blacklisted ex-Deputy PM doing that was not enough, adding that he should also give back the money he was suspected of making through crime. “At the same time, liability is needed also for all those within DUI who would give him ...