“We have principled talks and an agreement for participation in the elections. We expect for us, later on, to function as the future government on the basis of that agreement,” VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said on Wednesday regarding his party’s coalition with junior partners. According to him, the parties that are part of his coalition now have recognised good things ...

On Wednesday, a panel discussion was held on strengthening cooperation between institutions on election risk assessment. “The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption has so far received around 20 petitions over activities concerning the election process. They’ve been prioritised. The decisions will be made as soon as possible,” the body’s President, Tatjana Dimitrovska, stated. The caretaker Interior Minister, Pance Toskovski, ...

Defence Minister Petrovska was among the participants in the event marking the fourth anniversary of North Macedonia’s NATO integration, held on Wednesday. She described North Macedonia’s integration into the Alliance as historic. Swedish Ambassador Ami Larsson Jain expressed gratitude for North Macedonia’s support for her country’s NATO bid. Sweden, she added, will be a trustworthy and credible partner demonstrating solidarity ...

On Wednesday, at the event marking the fourth anniversary of North Macedonia’s NATO integration, the road to EU membership was discussed as well. In that regard, the Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, pointed to the need to fulfil obligations arising from the French proposal and implement reforms. Also, he stated that it was not true that North ...

Priorities providing reconciliation, regional cooperation, and speeding up EU-Atlantic integration, but also strengthening democracy, fundamental rights, and values, the rule of law, fighting corruption, security, and climate change were discussed at the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Ministerial, held in Skopje on Wednesday. Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic stated that at the meeting, it had been shown ...

On Wednesday, Chief Public Prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski, asked about the action of his Office over the persons so far blacklisted by the US, said that activities were being taken. However, he didn’t reveal which persons those activities covered and what type of action was underway. There was no clear answer to the question as to whether the Chief Public Prosecutor’s ...

If Ministers representing SDSM vote in favour of his dismissal, Stojance Angelov will leave as Crisis Management Centre Director. As he explained on Tuesday, his job is stressful and he hasn’t had a day off. However, everything will depend on the ruling majority that he and his party, Dignity, according to his announcements, will leave to head to the VMRO-DPMNE-led ...

The names of all parties that will be part of VMRO-DPMNE’s pre-election coalition will have been known by the end of this week. According to VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski, other parties, in addition to the ones that have left the ruling coalition, have announced they will join. However, there are also parties that VMRO-DPMNE rejected because they didn’t share ...

On Tuesday, Ivon Velickovski’s Movement for a New Republic signed with SDSM a Memorandum of Cooperation on the eve of the elections. The Memorandum focuses on the EU path, contribution to national and collective security, and defence of North Macedonia and towards its NATO allies. At the same time, the cooperation will also focus on, inter alia, strengthening of the ...

Democratic Movement leader, former Cair Mayor, and ex-DUI Vice President Izet Mexhiti said in Monday’s interview with TV21 that, in the capacity of Mayor, he’d legalised the house of DUI’s presidential candidate, Bujar Osmani, which had been an illegal structure. “I am telling you for the first time this evening that Osmani had built his house unlawfully, while I, in ...