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Ambassador Hovenier: US Supports neither Greater Albania nor Greater Serbia

Commenting on Kosovan PM Albin Kurti’s visit to North Macedonia, the US Ambassador to Kosovo, Jeff Hovenier, said his country supported neither Greater Serbia nor Greater Albania. As he added, every attempt to change borders in the Balkans would be counter-productive and destabilising. “The US strongly supports the territorial integrity of all Western Balkan countries, including Kosovo,” he is quoted ...

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Taravari: Initiative to Change Street Names in Gostivar Failed due to Badinter

Gostivar Mayor and Alliance for Albanians leader Arben Taravari would like to follow the example of Cair and rename streets in his Municipality. However, the so-called Badinter principle (double majority) when it comes to voting within the Council prevents him from doing so. Taravari adds that there was in Gostivar, too, an initiative to change names of streets. The Gostivar ...

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VMRO-DPMNE Reiterates Stand on Constitutional Changes

After VMRO-DPMNE’s coordination meeting on Wednesday, the party’s Parliamentary Group Coordinator, Nikola Micevski, said constitutional changes “under a Bulgarian dictate” were not possible. “We will not support that,” he added. VMRO-DPMNE will reiterate the stand also at the plenary session in the frames of Parliament. According to Micevski, the government’s been exposed and can only use lies and manipulations. “This ...

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VMRO-DPMNE Reacts to Zaharieva’s Comments

VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonio Milososki has reacted to ex-Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva comments regarding Bugarians in North Macedonia. As he said on Wednesday, Zaharieva should say whether the European Court of Human Rights’ judgments concerning Macedonians in Bulgaria were a reality. In Milososki’s view, Zaharieva, ex-Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov, and Bulgaria’s President, Rumen Radev, are not that much to blame ...

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Reactions to IRL Documentary about Tetovo Hospital Fire Continue

The reactions to the Investigative Reporting Laboratory’s (IRL) documentary about the 2021 Tetovo modular hospital fire have continued. On Wednesday, a group of citizens and activists staged a protest outside the Basic Court in Tetovo, demanding, as they said, justice in the hospital fire case. The organisers of the protest said there would be no peace in the country until ...

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Constitutional Changes Issue: Latest Stands

“We’ve waited for too long for the chance to become an EU member to miss that easily the opportunity for a better life for all of us,” PM Dimitar Kovacevski says. According to first Deputy PM Artan Grubi, if the Ohrid Framework Agreement, the Prespa deal, and the treaty with Sofia hadn’t been signed, the country wouldn’t now have EU ...

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Ganiu and Kasami Summoned by Police over Developments during Kurti’s Visit

Cair Mayor Visar Ganiu was on Tuesday summoned for a conversation at Bit Pazar Police Station, where he was informed he’d been issued two misdemeanour penalties related to the organisation of Kosovan PM Albin Kurti’s visit. Alternative issued a press- release saying that Tetovo Mayor and BESA leader Bilall Kasami, too, had been summoned by police, too, over the iconography ...

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BESA’s Sejdiu: State Leadership has Reacted with Nationalism to Kurti’s Visit

BESA Vice-President Blerim Sejdiu has assessed that Kosovan PM Albin Kurti was welcomed with all national flags, while state leadership has reacted hysterically and with nationalism. According to him, the organiser cannot be held responsible for the Greater Albania flag waved at the gathering in Tetovo. However, at the press-conference on Tuesday, he didn’t say whether his party found the ...

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Ex-Minister Sali and Health Ministry Trade Accusations over IRL Documentary

Commenting on the Investigative Reporting Laboratory’s (IRL) documentary about the 2021 Tetovo hospital fire, ex-Health Minister Bekim Sali, who succeeded Venko Filipce, said on Tuesday that as a result of the procedure over the fire, the victims had burned a second time, while those responsible had been rewarded. He asked what obligation the Government had towards ex-Deputy PM for Economic ...

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Petlickovski: No Room for Panic over CCHF

Infectious Diseases Committee President Aleksandar Petlickovski says there is no room for panic over the developments related to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF). There is available therapy and CCHF tests at the Infectious Clinic. “Global warming contributes to more intensive activity of ticks. However, not every tick bears some virus,” he points out, adding that people can go outdoors, but they ...

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