There is no issue when it comes to the ratification of the deals with Skopje, Greek Government spokesperson Stelios Petsas says, answering a question about both some media reports in Greece and the SYRIZA spokesperson’s post on social media that New Democracy can’t find an MP that would be a rapporteur in Parliament on the three deals with the neighbouring ...

Nearly 19 laws concerning the area of employment in the country represent systemic weaknesses in the fight against nepotism, Transparency International – Macedonia’s (TIM) latest analysis, “Vulnerability to Corruption Assessment of the employment policies and procedures, with special focus on nepotism, cronyism and clientelism” shows. State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) President Biljana Ivanovska points out that nepotism-related issues ...

The trial over the defamation lawsuit filed by PM Zoran Zaev against VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski has been postponed for 20 November. Zaev’s lawyer appeared at Thursday’s hearing, whereas the PM didn’t. Nikoloski said the lawsuit was absurd. He believes that Zaev, as the plaintiff, should be summoned and testify. The PM is seeking 60,000 denars in compensation for ...

The key area on which Macedonia should focus in the period ahead is the rule of law, the new Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, assessed following Wednesday’s meeting with PM Zoran Zaev. According to him, that will be both the first chapter opened in the negotiations with the EU and the last one closed. As Geer added, ...

The security situation in the country is stable. There are no bigger threats, while relevant agencies are following the potential new wave of migrants and threats from fighters who have returned from the Middle East, the Operational-Technical Agency, General Staff, intelligence, and national security heads have informed the President, Stevo Pendarovski. The COVID-19 pandemic is still a challenge, it was ...

In his video address to the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Stevo Pendarovski said the region faced unresolved political and historical disputes that had the potential to “take us back to the 1990s”. As he added, the solution to those problems lies only in overcoming historical myths, with the way out certainly ...

Goce Delcev is a Macedonian revolutionary, but it’s a fact that Bulgarians consider him to be a Bulgarian one, according to PM Zoran Zaev. “We have Delcevo, a city named after the revolutionary. Bulgarians have the city of Goce Delcev. There are statues of him everywhere. Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov and I bowed together at both the statue of Delcev ...

The Parliament of Macedonia adopted the nominations for new deputy ministers in the government later on Wednesday. With 62 votes in favour and 44 against, the parliament adopted the list of 16 nominees for deputy ministers suggested by PM Zoran Zaev. The voting was preceded by a debate, in which PM Zaev claimed that these people are great professionals and ...

Wednesday afternoon, VMRO-DPMNE held a protest against, as the party had previously announced, “injustices, retaliation, and violence of Zoran Zaev’s mafia”. In his speech, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski fiercely criticsied the PM and the ruling structure. Also, he expressed support for those who, as he pointed out, were wrongfully imprisoned. “Justice in Macedonia is under attack. Selective justice today in ...

Non-discipline and non-compliance with protocols are the main reasons for the increase spread of COVID-19, according to Health Minister Venko Filipce. At a press-conference on Tuesday, he said that measures might be strengthened and that there might be stronger controls. The goal and strategy, Filipce explained, is timely introduction of measures that will directly fight the spread. “The goal is ...