According to the Interior Ministry, the reforms being prepared in primary education don’t mean annulment of any scientific discipline. As it said in a press-release on Thursday, they are based on modern concepts and approaches, with the goal being students acquiring knowledge from all areas – history, geography or content from another discipline. “However, that will be in a manner ...

Nobody from today’s generation of politicians has the right to reach deals or negotiate on the language and identity, according to President Stevo Pendarovski. As he said in Wednesday’s address to Parliament, if the price of EU accession is giving up on the identity and language, that’s an unacceptable condition for every Macedonian. Also, the President added that though there ...

There will be no New Year’s Eve celebrations as new more restrictive measures accepted by the Government, but the day parties in the pre-New Year’s period will be able to squeeze through in the period until 6 pm, when the hospitality venues will need to close in the next five weeks. Neither the hotel arrangements nor the renting of weekend ...

Acting US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasia and former US Ambassador to Macedonia Philip Reeker said that the EU should not allow bilateral issues between Bulgaria and Macedonia to halt the EU-integration of the latter. “EU should not allow bilateral disputes to halt and stall the deserved progress of North Macedonia in the EU-integrations. We believe that ...

In an interview with the Utrinski brifing (Morning Briefing) show, PM Zoran Zaev says the EU must foster all identities in Europe, including also the Macedonian one. According to him, Macedonia has over the past period done everything in the frames of what’s allowed and will continue that path.  On the other hand, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, in an interview ...

At a press-conference on Wednesday, PM Zoran Zaev said he was disappointed by Bulgaria’s veto, adding that the country’s conduct wasn’t in line in with European values. According to him, Sofia’s stand is offensive to the whole Macedonian people. As Zaev added, Bulgaria’s actions represent a violation of the 2017 deal. Telling someone how to feel and express in the ...

Bulgaria hasn’t given up on the veto for the negotiating framework on Macedonia. The outcome was known even before the start of Tuesday’s meeting of the General Affairs Council. The news was announced by German Minister for Europe Michael Roth, who described it as a severe “political mistake” by a country with bilateral demands. He added that the country didn’t ...

PM Zoran Zaev is adamant that the adjective “Macedonian” cements the identity and language. As he said on Saturday, he regrets that the meeting of the Joint Commission saw no progress. Both sides had neither inventiveness nor courage, the PM stated, commenting on the Bulgarian side’s stand on the adjective “Macedonian”. According to Zaev, even Bulgarian Defence Minister and Deputy ...

PM Zoran Zaev said at a press conference that the Macedonian-Bulgarian Commission on Historic Affairs has made certain progress over some of the issues discussed. “The government is ready to publish some of the registries of the meetings of this Commission at some of the following sessions, and the conclusions they have reached may be introduced in the new textbooks ...

Commissioner for Enlargement at the European Commission (EC) Oliver Varhelyi said that Macedonia should make stronger efforts to meet the concerns of Bulgaria so that both sides can find a mutually acceptable solution for the bilateral disputes between them. As Varhelyi said, this is a matter of “political will, engagement and decisiveness”, and said that the EC is ready to ...