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Together with the Friends of the Western Balkans group, Austria’s Foreign Minister, Alexander Schallenberg, has launched an initiative aiming to reduce the influence of China and Russia in Southeast Europe, as well as to link Balkan countries closer with the EU. The initiative should be useful for both sides, Beta reported on Monday, adding that it should enable EU candidates ...

The topic at the EU-Western Balkans meeting that will be held today in Brussels and chaired by Josep Borrell, to which foreign ministers from the region have been invited is related to Middle East and Ukraine developments, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said in Skopje, before the meeting. “In that area, the Ministry’s stand is clear,” he noted. Osmani said he ...

On Monday, Deputy PM for Good Governance Policies Slavica Grkovska held a working meeting with US Ambassador Angela Aggeler. They discussed a series of current topics related to the rule of law and reform processes in North Macedonia. The Deputy PM expressed gratitude for the overall support in that area, highlighting the importance of the strategic partnership with the US ...

On Monday, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani delivered an address at the event, organised in the frames of the Chairpersonship-in-Office, “Strategic Foresight in a Changing Environment: Perspectives for Cooperation & Security in Europe”, North Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry said in a press-release. As he said, North Macedonia’s Chairpersonship-in-Office has set yet another determinant in building relations with civil society ...

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.

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski will be the holder of the list of candidates for the parliamentary elections in Election District 1. “I was born in Skopje. I was raised here. I live in Karpos Municipality, which is part of Election District 1. It’s logical for it to be the District where I’d lead the list of VMRO-DPMNE and its coalition,” ...

On Friday, PM Dimitar Kovacevski said he had been part of the working dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The event brought together also presidents and PMs of other countries, as well as heads of international institutions of exceptionally high importance to all countries in the world, including North Macedonia. “At the meeting itself, we discussed current ...

Reactions to the European Commission’s Report on North Macedonia have continued. On Friday, German Ambassador Petra Drexler stated that the country had to deliver better results regarding the rule of law and fight against corruption if it wanted to hope for a European future. She described the document as good grounds for the future negotiations. There were reactions on Saturday ...

Democratic Movement has alleged that two portals are carrying out a campaign against Supreme Court President Besa Ademi. As Arber Kadriu said at a press-conference on Friday, that is so because of her opposition to adopt a principled legal opinion to revive ex-President Gjorge Ivanov’s pardons, while the goal is for DUI to bring back ex-PM Nikola Gruevski. “Index.mk and ...

On Friday, the Prosecutor’s Office reclassified the act in the Vault case. Ex-secret police chief Saso Mijalkov is now facing a lighter charge because according to the Article 353 paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code, the prison sentence is 1-5 years. Prosecutor Trajce Pelivanov said the change was a result of the Criminal Code changes adopted in September. Mijalkov’s lawyer, ...