On Monday, VMRO-DPMNE MP Mile Lefkov presented new details of, as he said, the Counter case. According to the opposition party, PM Dimitar Kovacevski and his best man, Goranco Paunov, founded PiKCELL Group on 3 November 2017, five months after SDS had formed the government. “So, Zaev is the PM, SDS is in power, while Kovacevski immediately after that becomes ...

PM and SDSM President Dimitar Kovacevski has said he expects an apology from VMRO-DPMNE and its leader, Hristijan Mickoski, over, as he said, the lies. He described on Monday that it as a desperate attempt to distract the public from the 136-million-euro corruption scandal involving Mickoski. As the PM added on Monday, Mickoski should apologise, not make his MPs to ...

According to Minister of Political System and Inter-Community Relations, Artan Grubi, who also serves as First Deputy PM, there will surely be a change in the frames of the Government as a result of Goran Milevski’s resignation and LDP’s proposal for him to be succeeded as Local Self-Government Minister by Risto Penov. As he pointed out on Monday, regarding any ...

The energy crisis and course of the screening process were the main topics at President Stevo Pendarovski’s meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Pendarovski said he expected assistance from the Commission in terms of the European solidarity in dealing with the energy crisis. Regarding the EU road, North Macedonia’s President said that the country was ready to ...

In the frames of his visit to Sofia, President Stevo Pendarovski met his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev. They talked about the possibilities to further advance the political and economic relations between the two countries, as well as about the current challenges facing Europe as a result of the economic crisis. Pendarovski and Radev pledged for cooperation to be expanded in ...

“We, Presidents of Central and Eastern Europe, countries whose leaders have visited Kyiv during the war and witnessed with their own eyes the effects of Russian aggression, cannot stay silent in the face of the blatant violation of international law by the Russian Federation,” presidents of several NATO members, including Stevo Pendarovski, say over, as they say, the Russian attempts ...

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski invited on Thursday PM Dimitar Kovacevski to a debate regarding his party’s proposal for overcoming the energy and heating crisis. According to the opposition leader, Kovacevski should name the time and place. The same day, answering a journalist’s question, Mickoski stated that he also demanded a meeting with the Government. Regarding the issue of parliamentary majority, ...

The dissatisfied members of DUI held a meeting with the party’s leader, Ali Ahmeti, in Mala Recica on Thursday. The first ones that met Ahmeti where the leadership and MPs from the Saraj branch. Those from Cair followed.  After the meeting, Saraj Mayor Blerim Bexheti posted a photo of him and Ahmeti, referring to the DUI leader as a friend. ...

The developments in the Western Balkans and EU’s role, but also Greece’s readiness to contribute to stability in the region, were the topics discussed in the phone conversation between Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, and the Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias. As Dendias said in a tweet, the EU should ...

According to an IPSOS poll on the parties’ ratings, VMRO-DPMNE is in the lead, with 19%. SDSM is second, with 9%. They are is followed by DUI (6%), Levica (5%), Alliance for Albanians (2%), BESA (1%), DPA (1%), and Alternative (1%). When it comes to the French proposal, 25.1% of respondents support it, whereas 61.8% said they didn’t. VMRO-DPMNE’s Hristijan ...