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Positions of Kovacevski and Mickoski Unchanged

“The constitutional changes are part of the negotiating framework. The dynamism at which we will move on the integration depends on us,” PM Dimitar Kovacevski said on Thursday. According to him, the messages of European leaders are clear, while the Commission has no remarks about the constitutional changes. The PM expects VMRO- DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski to support the constitutional ...

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Eurovia Case: Latest Developments and Reactions

The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) has opened a case concerning the 1.8-million-euro tender won by Eurovia in relation to the OSCE event in December. The SCPC didn’t comment on Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani’s stand that he didn’t know Eurovia was a DUI donor. It asked for other institutions, too, to voice a stand on that. The SCPC ...

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City of Skopje Critical of Slaveski for Postponement of Session

The City of Skopje criticised on Thursday Council President Trajko Slaveski, saying he’d wilfully postponed the session which had been supposed to see a vote on projects of key importance to people in the capital. “Probably waiting from instructions from his party’s boss, Slaveski today blocked the equal development of the city he promoted himself by going door to door ...

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No Supreme Court Justice Applies in Race for Judicial Council Seat

No Supreme Court justice has applied in the race for a Judicial Council seat. The previous competition saw only Justice Nake Georgiev apply. Though he’d been elected as a member, he left the position in order for his son to be able to become a Criminal Court Judge. The resignation had been filed before he was sworn in in Parliament. ...

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Alternative: Osmani’s Stands Aim to Divide ‘United Opposition’

According to Alternative, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani’s stands in the statement in which he says that “the European front is open to all” are malicious. “With this statement, he wants to include Arjanit Hoxha’s party in the government and that way divide Albanians into those who are pro-EU and those who are anti-EU. Osmani’s approach through the phrase ‘Who is ...

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Michel’s Initiative to See First Test at Informal Summit in Granada

European Council President Charles Michel’s initiative for EU enlargement in 2030 will have its first test on 5 October, at the informal Summit in Granada. EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said on Thursday that the European Commission would table substantive proposals in direction of achieving genuine, not only institutional, integration. He declined to say whether the 2030 timing was real. ...

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Reactions to Stands by Michel and Macron Continue

The time qualifier for EU membership regarding 2030, presented at the Bled Forum, is a historic moment, according to Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. When it comes to the statement made by French President Emmanuel Macron, Osmani said on Wednesday that France’s Laurence Boone, Minister of State for Europe, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, had clarified the ...

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Judicial Council Asks why Lloga and Ademi haven’t Come to Sessions

The Judicial Council asked why Justice Minister Krenar Lloga and Supreme Court Head Besa Ademi, despite being properly invited, haven’t come to its sessions for a longer period of time. In response Lloga, on Wednesday, cited the GRECO’s recommendations for the Minister not to be part of the body. However, he also pointed to, as he said, the great violation ...

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Minister Petrovska and US Ambassador Visit Special Forces at Ilinden Barracks

On Wednesday, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska and US Ambassador Angela Aggeler paid a visit to the members of the special forces of the Army of North Macedonia, Armed Forces of the US, and army of Albania that are developing jointly their abilities and skills. “Continue to work hard because that way, we are much stronger and that’s something on which ...

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OSCE Chair Osmani Has Phone Conversation with Russia’s Lavrov

On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Osmani, in the capacity of OSCE Chairperson-in- Office, had a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Osmani discussed the challenges in the OSCE region, reiterating the Chairpersonship-in- Office of North Macedonia’s attachment to respecting the OSCE’s founding principles and commitments. In that context, he once again highlighted the need for ceasing the aggression, withdrawal ...

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