The Health Ministry conducted 1,885 COVID-19 tests among citizens in the past 24 hours, with 141 of them turning positive. Of the new cases, 39 are registered in Skopje, 23 in Stip, 18 in Kicevo, 13 in Gostivar, 10 in Kumanovo, 8 in Tetovo, 6 in Struga, 3 in Bitola, Kocani, Demir Hisar, Makedonski Brod and Vinica, 2 in Ohrid ...

Party leaders of SDSM and DUI, Zoran Zaev and Ali Ahmeti respectively, held a meeting on Monday afternoon, at which they discussed the probability for formation of the new ruling alliance and government in Macedonia. After the meeting, both party leaders said that they have still not reached agreement over formation of the new government. “Talks will proceed in the ...

Director for the Balkan Region at the German Foreign Office Susanne Schutz says that all open issues between countries in the Balkan region should be resolved in the spirit of good-neighbourliness, including the open issues between Macedonia and Bulgaria. “The draft negotiating framework proposed by the European Commission on 1 July emphasises the commitment to good neighbourly relations and closer ...

The Office of the President of Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski reacted to a statement of Parliament Speaker (PS) Talat Xhaferi that the Parliament cannot be constituted without appointment of a new PS. “According to Article 90 Section 1 of the Constitutional regulations for mandate for new government, the President of North Macedonia is to hand over the mandate to the candidate ...

The Health Ministry conducted 762 COVID-19 tests among citizens in the past 24 hours, of which 109 turned positive. Of the new cases, 20 are registered in Skopje, 16 in Kumanovo, 15 in Kavadarci, 13 in Stip, 10 in Gostivar, 7 in Kicevo, 5 in Sveti Nikole, 4 in Veles, 3 in Tetovo and Vinica, 2 in Ohrid, Struga, Radovis ...

SDSM revealed that on Friday a meeting between their Sec Gen Ljupco Nikolovski and DUI member Artan Grubi took place, at which they conducted negotiations for formation of the new parliamentary majority and government.  From SDSM they report that the meeting of Nikolovski and Grubi was rather constructive, and they once again underlined that SDSM will form and head the ...

Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski spoke on the phone on Friday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Zalkaliani. As the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports, the interlocutors discussed possibilities for improvement of the bilateral cooperation between Macedonia and Georgia. Zernovski and Zalkaliani agreed that the priorities in the field of foreign policy of both countries are ...

Levica leader and MP Dimitar Apasiev sparked controversy on social networks and in the broader public after verbally offending MP Radmila Sekerinska in a Facebook status, as a reaction to her absence from the commemoration ceremony of the Karpalak Ambush. Apasiev criticised Sekerinska’s absence from the Karpalak ceremony using swear words. SDSM MP Kostadin Kostadinov also reacted to the status. ...

The Health Ministry registered over the past weekend a total number of 440 new cases of COVID-19 in Macedonia. Of the new cases, 155 were registered on Friday, 200 on Saturday and 85 on Sunday, with most of them located in Skopje, Stip, Kumanovo, Gostivar, Tetovo, Kavadarci etc. Over the past weekend, 10 people died as a result of complications ...

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski held a meeting on Thursday afternoon in the Parliament, where they discussed the possibilities for formation of ruling majority and a new government. DUI Spokesperson Bujar Osmani said in a statement for Sitel TV that the meeting of the party leaders was rather constructive. “I can conclude ...