The Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs Arber Ademi from DUI, told journalists that late Thursday afternoon that the session ended with a single item on the agenda – postponement of the census, which would be held from 5 to 30 September. By 15:00, more than 100 amendments had been submitted by the Alliance for Albanians and Alternative. Ademi ...

The US State Department’s report on the human rights situation in North Macedonia states that prosecutors often break legal deadlines for completing investigations, with no consequences. By law, investigations need to be completed in 6 months, and deadlines can be extended to 12 and 18 months for more complex organized crime cases with the permission of the supervisor, but in ...

At the joint press conference with the Minister of Justice Bojan Maricic and the Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski, Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski noted that in the Report, GRECO positively assesses the adoption of the new applicable Code of Ethics for Appointed Officials and gives open positive comment on government Decree on receiving gifts, but also welcomes the transparent ...

The presidents of SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE Zoran Zaev and Hristijan Mickoski ended Monday’s meeting with agreeing to postponement of the census and local elections. At the leadership meeting it was agreed instead of in April, the census to be held in September, and in the meantime, the application for self-enumeration remains active, Mickoski explained. Zaev stressed that this opens the ...

“Exactly one year ago we became a full member of the North Atlantic Alliance. The road to membership was long and difficult, we waited 20 years, which is the most out of all candidates in the history of the organization, but despite all the delays we did not give up because it was and remains our key strategic goal since ...

The European Parliament (EP) adopted on Thursday the Draft-report concerning Macedonia’s progress towards EU accession, prepared by Rapporteur for Macedonia, MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk, with 558 votes in favour and 70 against. Before the adoption, Kyuchyuk addressed messages of encouragement to Skopje and Sofia for resolving the bilateral issues as soon as possible. European Commissioner for Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi also called ...

The European Commission (EC) introduced changes to the EU Mechanism for authorisation of export of vaccines to third parties, with which Western Balkan countries, including Macedonia, will no longer be exempted from these regulations. This means that Macedonia will have to meet additional condition in order to have vaccines imported from the EU. The changes follow the situation in which ...

On the occasion of the celebration of the National Day of Greece on March the 25th and the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek struggle for independence and establishment of the modern Greek state, the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic in North Macedonia, Mr. Roussos Koundouros, has addressed to the State Institutions of the Republic of North Macedonia ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani attended on Tuesday the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels, the first meeting with physical presence of the FMs since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. “To be at the same table, to be part of the Alliance of 30 most powerful countries in the world is not just a personal satisfaction, but pride ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov took part in a coordinative meeting with his counterparts from the Western Balkans, initiated and attended by Enlargement Commissioner at the European Commission (EC) Oliver Varhelyi. As the Secretariat for European Affairs informs, the participants in the meeting exchanged information about the efforts made by the EC for securing COVID-19 vaccines for the ...