Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev reacted to a post on social network of President Stevo Pendarovski dedicated to the Miladinovi Brothers, in which Pendarovski accents their significance for the Macedonian literature and culture. “This is supposed to be the last post by any official of North Macedonia in which they write in such manner. With the French proposal, the respect of ...

Citizens once again gathered in front of the building of the Government of North Macedonia around 07:00 p.m. to stage another protest against the French proposal for lifting the Bulgarian veto for the EU accession talks for North Macedonia. After almost one week since the armed incidents, the marching route once again went next to the Old Bazaar, and this ...

The press team of the European Commission (EC) came out with a written reaction after the claims by certain media that the EU was considering reduction or complete halt of funds for organisations that criticise the French proposal for lifting the Bulgarian veto for the EU accession talks for North Macedonia. “This is absolutely not true. The civil sector is ...

The Russian Embassy in Skopje issued an official reaction to the claims promoted by President Stevo Pendarovski about alleged involvement and support by Russian centres of power to the ongoing protests in Skopje against the French proposal. “Russia never did and never will interfere in the internal affairs of any other country. We deny the claims addressed at our country ...

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, after holding a coordinative meeting with the coordinators of all MP groups in the Parliament of North Macedonia, decided to put the French proposal for lifting of the Bulgarian veto for Skopje’s accession in EU at a plenary session for discussion and adoption. As Xhaferi informed, in accordance with Article 185 of the Parliamentary Rules of ...

Hundreds of citizens gathered in front of the governmental building in Skopje to stage another protest against the French proposal for resolution of the Bulgarian blockade over the EU integration of North Macedonia. Like previous days, the protesters gathered in front of the government, and from there they marched towards the Parliament. The protesters addressed messages to the governmental officials, ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a reaction on Monday stating that false news about the French proposal is once again being spread in the country. “A text in Bulgarian language is promoted to the public as a final version of the protocol for resolution of the bilateral issues between official Skopje and Sofia. This text is just an old ...

VMRO-DPMNE Leader Hristijan Mickoski says in an interview for Serbian newspaper “Politika” that the French proposal for accession of North Macedonia in the EU does not offer solution for the bilateral disputes with Bulgaria and will only start a never-ending process of negotiations with assimilation attempts under Bulgarian dictatorship. “In Bulgaria they are very happy that this proposal contains all ...

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said in an interview for TV21 that a total number of 54 police officers have been injured since the start of the protests against the French proposal. “The total number of injured police officers is 54, of which 47 were all injured in one same day. Violence over the police is violence over the state, which ...

The Czech Republic, the country that took over the EU presidency on 1 July 2022, intends to work on improvements of the EU enlargement processes in order to give certain advantages to the countries which are candidates for EU membership, Financial Times (FT) writes. According to Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavsky, the candidate countries should be given “something ...