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Micevski: Circus in Parliament Continues Today as Well

“The circus in the Parliament continues even today, and the main actors from the government obviously have big problems. For two days now, the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia has been held hostage by the government and the majority. For two days now, the Parliament has not been able to start work after the 88th plenary session, finding various ...

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Kovacevski: Historians Should deal With History, Politicians with Politics

“Historians should deal with history, and politicians with politics,” says Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, after the latest Bulgarian provocation, this time around thes canonization of Kiril Pejcinovic. On the same day when he was canonized in the Lesok monastery, part of the Bulgarian historians recognized politics again, and the Bulgarian professor Plamen Pavlov, apart from accusing that the act itself ...

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Two Candidates for Constitutional Judges, Joveski’s Election Blocked

Two of candidates for constitutional judges are in front of MPs at a plenary session. For the government, this is an attempt to overcome a constitutional crisis, and for the opposition, this is a precedent. The election of Ljubomir Joveski as a constitutional judge remains blocked by VMRO-DPMNE, the government in an attempt to elect at least two constitutional judges ...

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Findings of New Investigation into Besa Bus Accident Submitted in Pernik

A series of irregularities and omissions in the road infrastructure was determined by the new expertise on the section of the Struma highway in Bulgaria, where 46 Macedonian citizens died in a Besa Trans bus in November last year. In a statement to BTV, the lawyer of the families, Nikolaj Dimitrov, revealed that they will also seek to locate responsibility ...

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Kovacevski: Opposition Rated Worse Than Government in EC Report

“In the EC Report, the opposition is rated worse than the Government because of the blockades in the Parliament. If you look at all the areas in the latest report of the European Commission, the Republic of North Macedonia has made progress during the last year and it is additionally and extremely important that it is noted that the country ...

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Kalin Addresses MPs: Strong Commitment to Democracy, Integration and Peace

The President of the National Council of Switzerland, Irene Kalin, in her address to the Macedonian MPs, assessed that the relations between the two countries are excellent and expressed her satisfaction that after many years progress has been made in our European integration path. “With a strong commitment to democracy, integration and peace, you are sending an important message and ...

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Levica Will Correct Initiative After Xhaferi’s Remarks

PS Talat Xhaferi remains firm on the position that the referendum initiative by Levica is not in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament, does not represent a general legal act and should be corrected. According to him, the leader of Levica, Dimitar Apasiev, has two years of experience in the Parliament and is familiar with the provision ...

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Maricic: Country’s Progress Is Recognized by EC

The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Bojan Maricic, at a joint press conference with the head of the EU Delegation in the country, David Geer, said that North Macedonia received a positive annual report of the European Commission for 2022. “In terms of overall readiness, North Macedonia still stands best in the region in the Fundamental Values ...

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Varhelyi: Sustained Reform Progress of North Macedonia Towards EU

North Macedonia is making moderate progress according to almost all criteria, and there is good progress in the economic ones. Among other things, this is stated in the EC Report on North Macedonia’s progress. European Commissioner for Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi presenting part of the report before the European Parliament pointed to the necessity to continue the fight against corruption as ...

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Geer Hands Report of European Commission to Prime Minister Kovacevski

At a meeting in the Government, the Ambassador of the European Union, David Geer, handed over the Report of the European Commission for North Macedonia for 2022, to Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski. The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Bojan Maricic, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, also attended the meeting where the Report and expectations ...

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