“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 ...

Justice Minister Krenar Lloga has signed off on the request for extradition of the principal suspect in the case concerning the murders of Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski, Ljupco Palevski. Once it is translated into Turkish, it will be immediately send to Turkiye’s Justice Ministry. Lloga expects cooperation with Turkiye’s judicial organs and Palevski to face justice institutions in North ...

Four of the suspects in the Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski murders, Vlatko Kesisov, Velibor Manev, and Bore Videvski, who have confessed, and Gjorcevska’s father, Aleksandar Gjorcevski, who has denied involvement, have each been issued a 30- day detention measure. Also, Ljupco Palevski’s lawyer, Vasko Stojkov, who drove the principal suspect from Skopje to Belgrade on November 30, was detained ...

The prime suspect in the case concerning the Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski murders, Ljupco Palevski, has been arrested in Balikesir, Turkiye, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said at a press-conference on Tuesday that started at 10:30 pm. The Minister also showed the document of INTERPOL’s confirmation of the arrest. “I expect the extradition procedure to finish maximally quickly,” he added. ...

Prior to Interior Minister Spasovski’s press-conference, a 46-year-old man from Skopje had been detained in the case concerning the murders of Vanja Gjorcevska and Pance Zezovski. Police suspect that he helped prime suspect, Ljupco Palevski, escape to Turkiye, that is, he drove him from Serbia to Bulgaria and from Bulgaria to Turkey. Prosecutors have evidence that the suspect three days ...

The father of Vanja Gjorcevska, the 14-year-old missing girl killed on 27 November, has denied involvement in the case. “Perhaps something will change and has changed. The father still denies these activities. So, we still draw his involvement, which we still consider to be direct in this case, to the context of what the other people involved in the case ...