VMRO-DPMNE has criticised the Government and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani over, as it said, the decision by the Government on Tuesday to appoint new ambassadors. According to the party, the draft-candidates for London, Belgrade, Bucharest, Sarajevo, and Prague are Katerina Stavrevska, Nikola Tupanceski, Andrej Zernovski, Jakup Rexhepi, and Emil Krstevski, respectively. VMRO-DPMNE levelled fierce accusations at all five persons. According ...

MPs with a security certificate are waiting for the deal with Bechtel and ENKA. VMRO-DPMNE said on Monday an additional 196 million euros, at least, will need to be paid over the next five years. In response, the ruling party said Hristijan Mickoski’s party was lying that penalties would be paid if the package of laws in relation to the ...

The group from Iran and Russia behind the fake bomb threats in North Macedonia has been located, while there is work on expertise of the materials, which will be followed by charges. Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski sent this message on Monday. As he added, more details will be revealed once the investigation ends. According to the Interior Minister, the expertise ...

In Skopje, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska and her Austrian counterpart, Klaudia Tanner, held a press-conference on Monday. Their message is that the Western Balkans’ EU integration is a security matter of the highest priority. As Petrovska noted, the region needs a hope and signal that it is not forgotten and that it still represents a priority of the EU. “We ...

The Council of Bitola Municipality has decided to provide one-time financial assistance of 10,000 denars to the families of those convicted over the 27 April 2017 storming of Parliament. The decision was adopted thanks to the majority from VMRO-DPMNE, which didn’t explain the initiative. Councillors from other parties, however, criticised the term “wrongfully convicted”. DOM Councillor Anastasija Trajkovska said she ...

On Saturday, First Deputy PM Artan Grubi, Coordinator over the project for Corridor VIII, was nowhere to be found to mark the official start. There was silence also from Transport and Communications Minister Blagoj Bocvarski, even though he’d promised he would send a location to media. However, a press-release came instead. The implementation is starting, but only on paper. The ...

VMRO-DPMNE Vice-President Aleksandar Nikoloski has posted on social media two documents that are allegedly part of the Government’s deal with Bechtel and ENKA. He says he was given the documents by whistle-blowers. According to Plan 11 of the alleged deal, in 2023, 489 and 222 foreign and domestic workers, respectively, will be hired. Nikoloski says that PM Dimitar Kovacevski and ...

In an interview with Sitel TV, PM Dimitar Kovacevski points out regarding the constitutional changes process that though the opposition has decided against participating in the working group, the latter is always open to the former’s suggestions and inclusion of its representatives. According to the PM, the process is one of the decisions that will need to be made until ...

On Sunday, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski once again criticised the Government over the deal with Bechtel and ENKA. According to him, the Government wants to start the project for the Corridors without previously getting a construction permit, that is, without a basic project that would be audited and accompanied by all approvals according to the law. The same day, the ...

The Justice Ministry has revealed the names of the experts that will be part of the working group for constittonal changes. Professors Bajram Polozhani, Jeton Shasivari, Ana Cupeska, Elena Mihajlova – Stratilati, Besa Arifi, Jagoda Mitrevska, and Marija Pandevska, former Supreme Court Presidents Branko Naumovski and Sali Murati, as well as Margarita Caca Nikolovska, former Judge at the European Court ...