The Government of North Macedonia decided to withdraw the recommendation for supermarkets, small shops and other retail trade businesses to remain working during the Orthodox Christmas holidays. This means that these businesses will not be working on 7 and 8 January, in accordance with the Law on Work on Holidays.

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic held a meeting with US Ambassador Angela Aggeler, the Secretariat for European Affairs reported. At the meeting, Aggeler and Maricic discussed possibilities for the US to assist the implementation of reforms necessary for the process of EU-integration of North Macedonia. They both agreed that the state should use the current momentum for getting ...

The Council of the Municipality of Karpos held an urgent session in a rather tense atmosphere, at which they finally adopted the municipal budget for 2024. At the start of the session, council members from VMRO-DPMNE demanded that the council should instead adopt a decision for temporary funding of the municipality, adding that more than 3,500 amendments have been filed ...

Vesna Dameva has officially been reinstated as President of the Judicial Council of North Macedonia at an urgent session held on Wednesday. The Judicial Council organised the session immediately after receiving the verdict of the Administrative Court, according to which the dismissal of Dameva in April 2023 was illegal. Dameva replaces Sasko Georgiev, who in line with the procedures, resigned ...

The meeting between PM and SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski will probably take place after the winter holidays. PM Kovacevski said that his party is in constant contact with VMRO-DPMNE. “This will not be a secret meeting, and the public will be well informed about the things we will discuss. The meeting will most certainly occur ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski, commenting on the arrest of Drin Ahmeti, said that the institutions acted in accordance with the laws, like for any other citizen of North Macedonia, and that there is no political influence in the case. “The Interior Ministry conducted a regular check- up, identifying the person which possessed pyrotechnics. Now the case is being processed by the ...

President of the trade union of the flight control department at the Civil Aviation Agency (M-NAV) Aleksandar Tasevski was called to a police station to provide a statement, after two of the three M-NAV directors, Fahrudin Hamidi and Hasim Deari, reported on him to the police. Namely, Hamidi and Deari filed a charge to the Interior Ministry in which they ...

New Bulgarian cultural club has been open in Bitola, with funds provided by Bulgarian businessman Milen Vrabevski and his foundation Bulgarian Memory. Vrabevski and his foundation also funded the previous cultural club Vancho Mihailov, which was shut down last year after the institutions concluded that, in accordance with the laws, its name was unsuitable. As some of the members explain, ...

Environment Minister Kaja Sukova revealed at a press conference that the Greek company Archirodon did not prolong the bank guarantee for the tender for the Cebren power plant, which resulted with termination of the public call for its construction. “Archirodon did not prolong the bank guarantee for after 31 December 2023. We analysed the situation and inspected all possibilities in ...

The latest tender of the government for construction of the Cebren power plant is once again unsuccessful, after all deadlines for concluding a contract with the Greek company Archirodon expired. Environment Minister Kaja Sukova namely contacted the legal team that already worked on the project, asking them to examine the entire documentation in order to determine the further steps concerning ...