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PM Zaev: Vaccines to Most Likely Arrive in March

In an interview with Kanal 5 TV, PM Zoran Zaev says that the COVID-19 vaccines will most likely arrive in March. According to him, that will be so regardless of whether they are through the COVAX system, from Bulgaria, or from Greece. As the PM adds, money has been allocated for the vaccines. The PM also talked about the Skopje-Sofia ...

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VMRO-DPMNE President Mickoski in Interview with Alfa TV

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski says in an interview with Alfa TV that Macedonia will be the last country that will get COVID-19 vaccines. As he points out, the Government is endangering the health of citizens. “The public should know when those vaccines will come. I have been asking that question for several days, but nobody has been giving an answer,” ...

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PM Zaev Receives Letter from US President-elect Biden

PM Zoran Zaev has received a letter from Joseph Biden. In it, US President-elect thanks Zaev for the congratulations on his election. On his behalf and on that of Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, with the gratitude for the congratulations, he highlights that he is taking office amidst exceptionally serious global challenges – from the coronavirus to climate change – that transcend ...

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Justice Minister Maricic Presents Work in First 100 Days of Term

North Macedonia will be a country where everyone that has broken or will break the law will be held accountable, Justice Minister Bojan Maricic said on Friday, presenting the work of the first 100 days of his term. According to him, all prosecutors or judges responsible for illegal activities will be filtered out of the judicial system. There will be ...

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Foreign Minister Osmani: Talks with Bulgaria to be Priority in 2021 Too

The unresolved issues with Bulgaria caused failure in terms of adopting the negotiations framework and starting membership negotiations, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said in the report at the Foreign Policy Committee. According to him, so far, numerous draft memoranda, non-papers, and declarations have been exchanged to try to find a solution to the Sofia issue. Osman said that next year, ...

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Karakachanov Makes New Controversial Statements Regarding Macedonia

Bulgarian Defence Minister and Deputy PM Krasimir Karakachanov has made new statements about Macedonia. According to him, Sofia hasn’t vetoed Macedonia, but rather left room for the negotiations to resume when the situation in his country’s western neighbour will improve. In a statement for a Bulgarian TV station, Karakachanov urges politicians to build the Macedonian history on the basis of ...

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PM Zaev Reiterates Stand on New Education Concept

PM Zoran Zaev has reiterated that there will be a public debate during which all concerned sides will present their stands and suggestions on the new primary education concept. He said on Thursday that the introduction of the concept would free students from the vast and unnecessary material from which they learn currently. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts President ...

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Silegov: Bigger Punishment to Follow for Bentley Driver

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov says that the 45-euro fine for the Bentley driver that drove the car under the decorations at the square the centre of Skopje among people on Wednesday is just the initial punishment, adding that a bigger one will follow. “There are also elements of act of crime, which will be processed,” he points out. The Mayor ...

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Jovanovski Continues to File Criminal Charges

After a several-month break due to hospital treatment, Bojan Jovanovski, who’s among those convicted in the Extortion case, has continued to file criminal charges. Jovanovski, who’s been under house arrest for a month, was taken on Thursday to the Prosecutor’s Office, where he was joined by his lawyer, Sasko Dukovski, who said, without revealing names, that his client had filed ...

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Government Spokesperson Comments on Vaccine-Related Topics

According to the Government, the country isn’t waiting only for donations, that is, all instruments are being used. Spokesperson Dusko Arsovski said at a press-conference on Wednesday that all procedures had started on time. The 833,000 vaccines for around 400,000 citizens should arrive in the first months of 2021. In addition to the COVAX mechanism, Arsovski pointed out, negotiations are ...

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