VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski reiterated in Brussels the party’s positions that they will not support constitutional changes, as he states, under Bulgarian instruction. “We were shocked to find out that whenever representatives of the government came to Brussels, they only complained about us, about the opposition, and asked for EU politicians to pressure us into accepting constitutional changes under Bulgarian ...

Austrian Ambassador Georg Woutsas addressed via a press release criticism at the judiciary of North Macedonia and demanded dismissal and annulment of the licences of all judges, prosecutors, enforcement agents and notaries who are in any way involved in a dispute between the Austria-based company AMMA Import Export and the Valandovo-based company DENA Product Import Export, owned by Atanas Kostov. ...

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski stated that the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office (BPPO) can open an investigation against DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, Drin Ahmeti, over his purchase of the Soravia shopping centre. “The information recently revealed about that business deal allow the state institutions authorised for investigating financial flows and eventual criminal activities to investigate the entire case, and after that ...

First Deputy PM Artan Grubi stated in an interview for Sitel, answering a question about the affairs related to Drin Ahmeti, that he does not believe in the capacity of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC). “Many of the cases they file are either rejected by judicial authorities or simply lost somewhere. Recently, the courts rejected the report ...

The central board of SDSM informed that the MPs from the ruling majority decided to withdraw the law-changes focusing on the introduction of legal recognition of gender, while they will initiate broader debates over the law-changes for introduction of gender equality. However, these decisions did not change the positions of the Synod of the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC), which held ...

EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell stated for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) that there are no obstacles for North Macedonia to become part of the EU. “North Macedonia is making good progress and from the European side, there is nothing that would block its accession to the EU. In this accession, European principles and standards ...

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev addressed an open letter to all European leaders and institutions within the EU, in which he calls for the process for accession of North Macedonia to be based on the fulfilment of the membership criteria, and not on, as he states, lobbyist politics. “Instead of working towards the fulfilment of the conditions, Skopje is betting again ...

The Judicial Council called upon the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) to provide proof for their claim that back in 2018 they reacted to the Judicial Council over allegations about Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko’s involvement in corruptive activities. From the Judicial Council they react against, as they state, the labels put on them and their work, that they ...

Drin Ahmeti, nephew of DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, held a press conference on Monday at which he clarified the circumstances under which he purchased the Soravia Shopping Centre in Skopje. “I didn’t get 39% of the shares in Soravia because I am Ahmeti’s nephew, but because of my good management in the PRE-VLA-KU company, which will own 51% of the ...

Chairperson-in-Office of OSCE Bujar Osmani welcomed the decision of the Court in Kraljevo, Serbia to release from custody the three Kosovo police officers, who were arrested by Serbian officials several days ago. “I welcome Serbia’s Court decision to release the three Kosovo policemen and call upon sides to commence implementation of the CiO’s Roadmap for de-escalation and normalisation. OSCE is ...