The Interior Ministry’s checks have determined that the Friday’s bomb threats in Skopje and Bitola are fake. The authorities have informed also NATO structures. The Interior Ministry has already formed a special HQ, while the Coordination Council is expected to discuss the matter from the standpoint of national security. The bomb threats were made against 10 schools in Skopje, five ...

Former PM Zoran Zaev has criticised the annulment of the first-instance verdict in the Target-Fortress case in relation to ex-secret police chief Saso Mijalkov. On his official Facebook page, he asks: “What’s next, Mijalkov becoming the head of the Agency for National Security and Gruevski returning innocent on a white horse?” The annulment was criticised by ex-Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov ...

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani has assessed that the country is stable and that there is no risk of destabilisation. However, as he assessed on Saturday, attention is being paid to the “intention of these hybrid attacks” that, in his view, aim to cause unrest and distrust among citizens, for political parties and other issues to potentially attach themselves to them ...

“We succeeded with the full-fledged NATO membership,” SDSM President Dimitar Kovacevski said at the party’s tribune in Skopje on Saturday. As he added, the process for Skopje to become an EU member would be completed too. When it comes to the energy crisis, Kovacevski said the country was dealing with it successfully. SDSM Secretary-General Mile Zecevic, too, called for full ...

French Ambassador Cyrille Baumgartner says in an interview with Radio Free Europe says a revision of North Macedonia’s Constitution is necessary for progress on the EU path. In that regard, he adds that in the current situation, part of the opposition will need to vote in favour. All political stakeholders, Baumgartner notes, should take responsibility, while, most likely, political dialogue ...

On Friday, Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic held a meeting with US Ambassador Angela P. Aggeler. They discussed the cooperation with the US as a strategic partner of North Macedonia in areas related to European reforms, as well as the opportunities to direct and enhance cooperation in realisation of national priorities. Maricic and the Ambassador talked about the ...

49 primary and secondary schools in Skopje and in Kumanovo were target of e-mail threats for bombs on Thursday morning. From the Interior Ministry they inform that all of the bomb threats were false. “Like in previous cases, the threats have been sent via e-mail with the use of a virtual private network (VPN). The sector for cyber-crime at the ...

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska revealed in an interview for Kanal 5 TV that she was receiving direct threats from VMRO-DPMNE Leader Hristijan Mickoski. “He was addressing me, personally, when in one occasion he told me that ‘the very moment when I become PM, we shall drag you through the streets and will wipe the floor with you.’ No human being ...

President Stevo Pendarovski believes that the US Sanctions Team that visited the country over the past week had collected information for update of the black list of the US. “These people are diplomats from the US Department of State, they have visited our country before, and they will do so again in future. They collect information about recent events in ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski, commenting on the decision of the Council of Europe to reject the demand of official Sofia for the conclusion for North Macedonia to include a declaration for “effective prosecution and condemnation by the government of the crimes of hate,”, said that in North Macedonia all citizens are equal before the laws. “North Macedonia has realised the greatest ...