The EU Ambassador to Skopje, David Geer, says that the fake passports affair does not endanger the visa-free regime, but that the case should be processed to conclusion. “It is true that the security of documents is an important benchmark in monitoring the implementation of the visa-free regime. But I think it is too early to talk about whether or ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, after meeting with the leaders of the Albanian opposition parties Alliance for Albanians and Alternative – Zijadin Sela and Afrim Gashi, said that they had reached an agreement on the law on citizenship. “The law will be applied immediately. From the point of view of caution, we will not reveal any details. We have agreed to ...

Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov started his working visit to the Republic of Austria Thursday morning with a meeting with the Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution, Karoline Edtstadler. The interlocutors stressed the need to effect last year’s unconditional decision of the EU General Affairs Council (GAC) to start accession negotiations. “North Macedonia must ...

Although it was announced that the 37th session by Parliament would be held, at which the laws which would enable the realization of the fifth package of measures to help companies and citizens would be voted, that did not take place. After an hour and a half attempting to pass the laws from the 32nd session in order for the ...

The prosecution has provided most of the documentation needed to investigate the procurement of traffic offense software by the General Secretariat of the Government, headed by Dragi Raskovski, prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska informs Kanal 5. Due to the secrecy of the case, which is under investigation, she said that the materials are being studied and did not want to comment on ...

890 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours out of 3,284 tests, while 35 COVID-19 patients have passed away. 1,024 patients have been registered as recovered in the past 24-hours. MoI reports that during the same period the curfew was violated by 15 people, and 480 sanctions for not wearing a mask were issued. The total number ...

The problem with duplicate ID numbers started in 1981 and after its discovery, the annulment of these ID numbers began immediately and that procedure has been underway, during which time many of these ID numbers have been annulled. In order to fully and timely update the ID numbers, the statement added, the Department of Civil Affairs, the Sector for Administrative ...

One month after the scandal with the disputed software for traffic violations, Dragi Raskovski resigned from the position of secretary for monitoring and support of the Government institutions. In a letter submitted on 12 April, addressed to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who expressly accepted his resignation, Raskovski said the reasons for his withdrawal were related to preserving his dignity and ...

Bulgaria and North Macedonia should turn to the future instead of the past, and historical issues should be left to historians – was the main messages from European Parliament’s standing rapporteur for North Macedonia Ilhan Kyuchyuk and Chair of Parliament’s delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee Andreas Schieder at Wednesday’s online press briefing. The two expressed hope that ...

Extraordinary coordination meeting was convened by the President of Parliament in order to unblock its work, including that of the working bodies, given that some of the parent bodies have been suspended for more than 5 months. The coordinators of SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE informed PS Talat Xhaferi on which points an agreement was reached for unblocking. Xhaferi stressed that there ...