Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani said at a press conference on Monday that the bilateral disputes between Macedonia and Bulgaria should be resolved sooner, but that they should not be upgraded into a condition for Macedonia’s accession in the EU. “Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi insist on sooner resolution of the disputes, because in the EU all decisions are reached only witch ...

Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska said on Monday that the government is to discuss the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines via the COVAX Mechanism at a session on Tuesday. “I am informed that all conditions required by the COVAX mechanism for delivery of vaccines are already fulfilled by our country. Many other countries are facing delays with the delivery of vaccines with ...

VMRO-DPMNE MP Mile Lefkov delivered on Monday to the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) what he claims to be evidence for the alleged illegal activities conducted by Health Minister Venko Filipce in the process for procurement of COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese company Sinopharm. “Today I delivered to SCPC documents which reveal that Filipce authorised a fictional company in ...

The Health Ministry conducted in the past 24 hours 1,258 COVID-19 tests among citizens, of which 284 turned positive. Of the new cases, 152 are registered in Skopje, 29 in Kavadarci, 21 in Prilep, 17 in Kocani, 10 in Stip, 7 in Negotino, 6 in Kumanovo and Ohrid, 5 in Tetovo and Gevgelija, 4 in Demir Kapija, 3 in Gostivar ...

Commissioner for Enlargement at the European Commission (EC) Oliver Varhelyi said at the Economic Forum in Tirana that Macedonia has to resolve the bilateral disputes with Bulgaria in order to start the EU membership negotiations. “North Macedonia has maintained a steady pace in the implementation of EU reforms, in particular in the area of the fundamentals. It is important that ...

Businessman Orce Kamcev was arrested on Sunday afternoon, after the Agency for National Security (ANS) delivered to the Criminal Court in Skopje that he was planning escape. Kamcev is one of the defendants in the Empire case, and is also a suspect in a case focusing on an embezzlement conducted by former PM Nikola Gruevski, who abused around 1.3 million ...

The Special Anti-Terrorist Unit at the Interior Ministry, also known as Tiger unit, observed on Saturday the 40th anniversary since its establishment. The ceremony for observation of the jubilee was attended by PM Zoran Zaev, First Deputy PM Artan Grubi, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski and Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska, who during the ceremony laid wreaths of flowers at the memorial ...

First Deputy PM and Minister of Political System Artan Grubi sparked controversy after he did not bow before the memorial plaque of police officers that died in the armed conflict in 2001, during a ceremony for observation of the 40th anniversary of the Tiger police unit. In a statement given on Sunday, Grubi said that he sees no problem in ...

VMRO-DPMNE once again levelled accusations at the government concerning the latest events with the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines from China. “How did a company with only 3 employees managed to acquire 12.5 million dollars in order to negotiate vaccine procurement with Chinese Sinopharm? Also, why are Zoran Zaev and Venko Filipce ordering the vaccines for a price of 62.5 dollars ...

The Health Ministry registered in the past three days 2,440 new cases of COVID-19 (868 on Friday, 1,031 on Saturday and 541 on Sunday). Among the new cases is Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov, who revealed on social networks that he tested positive for COVID-19. In the past weekend, the Health Ministry also registered 1,159 cured patients, while ...