In the interview with the 360 Degrees show, broadcast on Monday on MTV1, regarding Ljupco Palevski, the principal suspect in the Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski murder, Mickoski said he hadn’t answered the questions about how many meetings he’d had with him because he believed the public’s attention was being diverted from irrelevant questions. Asked about the caretaker cabinet issue, ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski was among the participants in Monday’s debate titled “Geopolitical EU Enlargement: New opportunities, old risks?”. “The part concerning North Macedonia was very brief. We had never had a clearer conclusion from the European Council. The conclusion was one paragraph and read that North Macedonia successfully completed the screening process and it remains for it to fulfil its ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski said on Friday there shouldn’t be comparisons between the EU process of North Macedonia and Ukraine because every country was a separate case. As he added, Ukraine doesn’t have a bilateral dispute because it is under attack, while Hungary was not present at the vote, it didn’t vote against. Regarding the caretaker cabinet concept, the PM said ...

For Albania and North Macedonia, the European Commission’s objective is to open accession negotiations on the first so-called fundamentals’ cluster as soon as possible, according to its President, von der Leyen. “We have strongly reiterated our collective commitment to a future where all six Western Balkan partners are part of our Union. For example, for Albania and North Macedonia, the ...

Opening of chapters from Cluster 1 as soon as possible with North Macedonia and Albania once they meet conditions, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced after the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brussels on Wednesday. The EU’s message is that it wants to speed up integration of the region and will get ready for new enlargement that has to ...

“Recalling the Council conclusions of July 2022, the Council welcomes the first intergovernmental conference held with North Macedonia in July 2022 and the successful completion of the screening meetings. The Council stands ready to convene another intergovernmental conference, without further delays nor additional political decision, as soon as North Macedonia has implemented its commitment to complete the constitutional changes as ...

On Monday, North Macedonia’s Embassy in Ankara told the country’s Foreign Ministry that the Turkish Foreign Ministry had informed it that on the basis of communication from the Office of the chief public prosecutor of Balikesir, Ljupco Palevski, the principal suspect in the murders of Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski, had been issued a 40-day extradition measure. Sharing information about ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski said on Monday there would be no improvisations regarding the caretaker cabinet. The positions the opposition and the ruling structure get, he added, are regulated by law. “I will fulfil my obligation by resigning,” the PM stressed. Kovacevski called on VMRO-DPMNE to nominate staff. Hristijan Mickoski’s party will decide whether to be part of the caretaker cabinet ...

At DUI’s meeting in Mala Recica on Friday, the party nominated Talat Xhaferi as the caretaker PM in the 100 days before the elections next year. The Parliament Speaker accepted the nomination, saying he would hold office with respect and responsibility. Also, the party authorised its leader, Ali Ahmeti to continue talks with parties on potential coalitions for the presidential ...

The decision for Talat Xhaferi to be the caretaker PM is historic because the ethnic taboos and monopolies have been broken for the first time, with no ethnic group being favoured over another, DUI’s Bujar Osmani assessed on Saturday. “When Xhaferi was elected Parliament Speaker, there was a real coup. When he was elected the second time, it was no ...