According to PM Zoran Zaev, though Skopje wants to solve the problem with Sofia, he doesn’t know as PM what the problem is anymore. He says that the country wants to have good relations with all neighbours and for there to be no hate. Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva, is still without a concrete answer and explanation before the public ...

PM Zoran Zaev says he is ready, despite domestic criticism, to remove “Bulgarian” from the memorials where it is written “Bulgarian fascist occupier”.  According to him, people should see through the prism of friendship, as was the case with Poland and Germany or Germany and France. In response, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, in response, points out that the return of ...

In an interview with Kanal 5 TV, President Stevo Pendarovski says that he doesn’t want Skopje to once again be a “record-holder” when it comes to the EU waiting room because it waited long enough to enter NATO. According to him, there were no announcements in 2017, 2018, and 2019 that Bulgaria would go outside the Skopje-Sofia deal. As Pendarovski ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov participated on Friday morning at the meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi. Counterparts from the region and he exchanged information about the situation and readiness for procurement of coronavirus vaccines, as well as about the plans for vaccination of priority groups. According to the Commissioner, the European Commission is trying to ensure ...

According to the Interior Ministry, the reforms being prepared in primary education don’t mean annulment of any scientific discipline. As it said in a press-release on Thursday, they are based on modern concepts and approaches, with the goal being students acquiring knowledge from all areas – history, geography or content from another discipline. “However, that will be in a manner ...

On Thursday, DUI President Ali Ahmeti received a Doctor Honoris Causa from State University of Tetovo. At the ceremony, the Minister of Political System and Inter-Community Relations, Artan Grubi, who’s also the first Deputy PM and part of Ahmeti’s party, praised Ahmeti. As he said, the nation rarely produces to persons such as the DUI leader, who has dedicated his ...

The Interior Ministry has already started to react to owners of weekend houses that plan to lease them during the holidays so that they know what may await them. “All plans for strengthened controls have already been drawn up,” Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said on Thursday. He added that police officers would have a lot of work, but the health ...

On Thursday, PM Zoran Zaev held a meeting with the newly-appointed Ambassador of Japan, Hironori Sawada. The diplomat congratulated Zaev on the Government’s dealing with the healthcare situation in the country, as well as on the successful steps with regards to the EU membership path and NATO integration. Japan supports North Macedonia’s EU integrations, the Government said in the press-release. ...

Nobody from today’s generation of politicians has the right to reach deals or negotiate on the language and identity, according to President Stevo Pendarovski. As he said in Wednesday’s address to Parliament, if the price of EU accession is giving up on the identity and language, that’s an unacceptable condition for every Macedonian. Also, the President added that though there ...

SDSM praised on Wednesday President Stevo Pendarovski’s address in Parliament, describing him as an ally in overcoming all obstacles and reaching solutions ensuring a better life. The party’s Parliamentary Group Coordinator, Jovan Mitreski, welcomed, as he said, the fact that Pendarovski defends the state position in the process to ensure the country’s European future, as well is in finding solutions ...