In an interview with Sitel TV, State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) President Biljana Ivanovska, commented on First Deputy PM Artan Grubi’s accusations over the institution’s capacity. In that regard, she reiterated that for four years, the SCPC’s work had been positively assessed by the European Commission in the Progress Report because it opened cases against senior officials. “We ...

The protest against the Draft-law on Legal Recognition of Gender and the Draft-law on Gender Equality, organised and headed by the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC), started on Thursday around 06:00 pm, with a collective prayer of the attendants and reding of segments of the Bible. Archbishop of MOC Stephen addressed the protesters, levelling criticism against, as he qualified them, the ...

SDSM MP Snezana Kalevska-Vanceva reacted against the statements of Bishop David from the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC), in which he claimed that MOC will refuse to provide religious services to the MPs that would support the changes to the Law on Gender Equality and the adoption of the Draft-law on Legal Recognition of Gender. “What is the meaning of the ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski stated from Berlin, Germany, that the process for constitutional changes should not be subject of daily political debates and exchanges between the parties, and should be treated as a social consensus which secures sooner integration of the country in the EU. “Chancellor Scholz was very clear when he said that Germany stands in support of North Macedonia ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said in an interview for Kanal 5 that they officially withdraw one of the two proposals they gave to PM Dimitar Kovacevski about the situation with the constitutional changes. “It’s been four weeks now, and Kovacevski still has not accepted any of our proposals, which is why from now on the only option we offer to ...

The Chamber of Enforcement Agents came out with a reaction in relation to the press release issued by Austrian Ambassador Georg Woutsas, in which he addressed criticism to all enforcement agents, judges, prosecutors and notaries involved in a dispute between a company from Austria and two companies from North Macedonia. “In May 2023, the Austrian company, dissatisfied with the final ...

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation conducted a poll among the citizens of North Macedonia, according to which the support for the membership of the country in NATO has been increasing since 2021, while no significant changes are registered to the support for the membership in the EU. The poll reveals that 65.7% of the citizens support the membership in NATO, while ...

The Judicial Council announced that they will act upon the allegations of Austrian Ambassador Georg Woutsas in relation to a dispute between a company from Austria and two companies from North Macedonia, one of which owned by a cousin of former PM Zoran Zaev. “In the notice we received in relation to this case, the Austrian Ambassador voices dissatisfaction with ...

President of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) Biljana Ivanovska issued a reaction to First Deputy PM Artan Grubi’s interview for Sitel, in which he voices dissatisfaction with the crime-fighting capacities of the individual members of SCPC. “Once everything is turned upside down, the bottom becomes the top. You are right, Mr. Grubi, that SCPC has no capacity ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski was officially welcomed in Berlin by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz upon the start of his official visit to Germany. Kovacevski and Scholz held a joint press conference at which they addressed messages about the EU-integration of North Macedonia and the necessity of the constitutional changes. Chancellor Scholz said that Germany greatly respects the Macedonian language, identity and ...