In Dubrovnik, Croatia, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani met with US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans and Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Gabriel Escobar. The meeting focused on the current state of affairs in the Western Balkans. In that regard, Osmani briefed Escobar on the 9-point Plan initiated by him in the capacity of ...

In an interview with the Kapital weekly, US Ambassador Angela Aggeler says her country’s investment in the judicial progress has unfortunately not had the expected return. “Over the past 30 years, we’ve invested half a billion dollars in programmes for the rule of law and good governance, but we’re not seeing improvements and reforms we could expect with such a ...

Businessperson and ex-Centar Mayor Vladimir Todorovic remains under house arrest in the Phoenix case, in which he is suspected of abuse of duty and authority over 11 statues from the Skopje 2014 project. As the Criminal Court said on Saturday , the ex-Centar Mayor and the other suspect under house arrest, T.D., have been issued additional measures as well, that ...

Following Thursday’s meeting with Albanian counterpart Edi Rama, PM Dimitar Kovacevski said regarding the constitutional changes he expected Parliament to be up to the task. According to him, though the decision will not be easy, it is needed to provide the European future. Regarding the peer review mission to North Macedonia over the work of the Judicial Council, announced by ...

Regarding the peer review mission to North Macedonia over the work of the Judicial Council, announced by the EU Delegation’s Head, Ambassador David Geer, the Council itself welcomed it on Thursday. As it said, it is ready to cooperate with the Ambassador so that there can be an open talk on all matters and challenges facing the judiciary. “Members express ...

Ex-Transport and Communications Minister Mile Janakieski was on Thursday afternoon taken to the Idrizovo prison, in relation to his 3.5-year prison sentence in the Titanic case, which concerns election irregularities. Regarding the announcements by his lawyers that they will ask for the time spent in detention by their client to be calculated as part of the sentence in the case, ...

On Thursday, in the Software case, the Criminal Court sentenced ex-Government Secretary-General Dragi Raskovski to eight years in prison. The other six defendants, too, were found guilty, each receiving a sentence ranging 3-5.5 years behind prison. Raskovski was sentenced to seven and one years for abuse of office and money laundering, respectively. The time spent under house arrest (calculated since ...

On Thursday, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Europe Regional Director, Paul McCarthy. According to VMRO-DPMNE’s press-release, they talked about the current political and economic state of affairs in the country, “the high degree of corruption in Macedonia”, and the integration path regarding Bulgaria. “Mickoski once again reaffirmed the stand that he would not accept constitutional ...

“There are various differences. We’re a faction within DUI and we’re in favour of solving the disagreements within the party,” Saraj Mayor Blerim Bexheti, who’s part of the so-called Fire Group, says regarding the news that there are differences between faction members. Bexheti points out that he, ex-Deputy PM Musa Xhaferi, and ex- Gostivar Mayor Nevzat Bejta are against forming ...

On Wednesday, VMRO-DPMNE asked the authorities to say whether sales tax has been paid in relation to the Soravia centre case and DUI leader Ali Ahmeti’s nephew, Drin Ahmeti, and how the transaction process was carried out. As MP Dragan Kovacki pointed out, according to the research, no transaction has been registered in North Macedonia. So, the party’s stand is ...