According to President Stevo Pendarovski, the judiciary is at its lowest point. He presented that stand in an interview with the Fokus weekly, saying there was no need for him to voice an assessment of the judiciary because citizens did so. As Pendarovski noted, there have been problems in the judiciary since 1990 because it has never become independent from ...

“Today’s first ministerial meeting marks the start of Initiative 8, which, in addition to transport and energy connectivity along Corridor VIII, will serve also as a political platform,” Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said at Thursday’s press-conference in Brindisi, Italy, together with the counterparts of the countries that are part of the cooperation, Italy’s Antonio Tajani, Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel, and Albania’s ...

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has opened 36 investigations for the Western Balkan countries, Euronews Albania has reported, adding that these investigations, which have been made public and are accessible on OLAF’s official website, are reported to have been conducted over the past 5 years. According to the data, 18 of 36 investigations initiated for the Western Balkan beneficiary countries ...

Commenting on the latest information about European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) data concerning North Macedonia, the Secretariat for European Affairs, which is the coordinator of EU funds for the country, said on Thursday other institutions had the data. The Finance Ministry has so far not given an answer about the matter. Telma contacted the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Without giving a specific ...

The peer review mission announced by the EU Delegation’s Head, Ambassador David Geer, at the start of this month, will be in North Macedonia on Thursday and Friday (27 and 28 July). According to the announcement, the process will consist of two stages, that is, Thursday and Friday will see the mission only determine what it will look into. In ...

The parties’ stands on the constitutional changes remain unchanged. As SDSM MP Martin Kostovski said on Wednesday, adopting the changes is the last chance for VMRO-DPMNE and its leader, Hristijan Mickoski, to support the interests of the country and its citizens, and prove they are genuinely in favour of EU membership. On the other hand, VMRO-DPMNE said again that there ...

In the frames of her visit to Istanbul, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska met on Wednesday with her counterpart from Turkiye, Yasar Guler. They talked about the defence relations between the two countries, security in the Balkans, and solidification of the Alliance’s collective security. As Petrovska said, the defence cooperation between North Macedonia and Turkiye has enabled the former to have ...

On the occasion of the 60 th anniversary of the Skopje earthquake, Parliament held a solemn session. PM Dimitar Kovacevski praised the “courage of those that from the chaos and ruins on 26 July, helped a new Skopje to be born”. According to him, solidarity is the capital’s code. The same day, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said the values that ...

The Government has received 15 days to prepare the text of the constitutional amendments. Alliance for Albanians and Alternative said in the frames of Tuesday’s session of the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Affairs that they were not satisfied with the non-acceptance of their amendments in the initiative for the changes. BESA MP Fadil Zendeli said his party would support the ...

Commenting on the so-called Ilinden declaration announced by SDSM, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski asked on Tuesday why there was a need for that considering the stands that the identity had been protected. “Why, all of a sudden, after several months, those who claim that they have protected the identity of the country yet basically destroyed it got the wish to ...