A Government delegation led by PM Dimitar Kovacevski is taking part in the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. As the PM said on Tuesday, important decisions will bemade concerning defence of NATO members, protection against cyber and hybrid attacks, and promotion of cooperation with Kyiv. “A decision will be made regarding thefunding, that means that 2% of the GDP will ...

Mayors of municipalities in Skopje, on Monday, asked the capital’s Mayor, Danela Arsovska, to submit to them a report on the work of the Drisla and Komunalna Higiena (Communal Hygiene) PEs. Orce Gjorgjievski, Mayor of Kisela Voda, said the Communal Hygiene PE should be disbanded and competences should be transferred to municipalities in the capital. “In our view, with a ...

According to the latest survey conducted by the International Republican Institute (IRI), President Stevo Pendarovski is the politician citizens trust the most, with full trust from 12% and partial trust from 26% of respondents. Ex-PM Nikola Gruevski is second (11% full and 19% partial trust), while VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski is third (8% and 21% partial trust). The survey also ...

The Criminal Court has said it acted right regarding the case of ex-Minister of Transport and Communications Mile Janakeski and the effective verdict against him in the Titanic case. As it pointed out on Monday, through the confession, he was issued a sentence, which calculates also the time spent under house arrest (28 February 2022 to the start of his ...

At a press-conference on Monday, Administrative Court President Burim Sejdini refuted the claims in the charge over abuse of official duty through abuse of the automated court case management system, family employments, and carrying out activities intentionally for the statute of limitations regarding cases to expire. As he added, it’s about an attempt to harm the image of both him ...

The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office has said an investigation has been opened against a person suspected in the case concerning 26-year-old Samoil Kostadinovski, the nephew of United for Macedonia leader Ljube Boskoski. According to the Office, the suspect, on 3 March, together with another two people against whom investigation is already underway, were part of a kidnapping in Kisela Voda ...

In the frames of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani met with his Canadian counterpart, Melanie Joly. Welcoming the development of bilateral relations, Osmani especially highlighted the Declaration on Strategic Partnership between the two countries, as significant potential and solid grounds to further mutual cooperation. They also talked about cooperation in the frames of NATO. In ...

VMRO-DPMNE is stopping the communication with the government regarding the issue of constitutional changes. That decision has been made by the party’s Executive Committee. Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski said on Saturday the only topic that could be discussed was early elections in autumn, despite PM Dimitar Kovacevski’s stand that the elections will be held in the standard term, that is, ...

On Friday, PM Dimitar Kovacevski said the constitutional changes process was not related to the Government’s term, but rather to the European integration path, which was why there would be no elections in autumn. As he added, every party has an obligation to support EU membership. The constitutional changes will be submitted to Parliament in the next two weeks and ...

In the frames of his participation in this year’s Dubrovnik Forum, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani held a meeting with Bulgarian Foreign Minister and Deputy PM Mariya Gabriel. Congratulating her on the new position, Osmani said he was satisfied that with the formation of the new government in Bulgaria, additional perspectives were being created for more intensive political dialogue and, consequently, ...