European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after his meeting with Minister of European Affairs of North Macedonia, Orhan Murtezani, that the process for integration of the country in the EU needs to be accelerated. “Good exchange with Minister Murtezani on the accession process of North Macedonia. Enlargement is our common goal. Agreed that ...

The Parliament of North Macedonia organised on Wednesday afternoon a debate over the progress of the implementation of the Berlin Process. Parliament Speaker Afrim Gashi said that the Berlin Process played a key role over the past ten years when it comes to the acceleration of EU-integration processes for North Macedonia and the rest of the Western Balkans. “The Western ...

With 72 against and 21 in favour, the Parliament of North Macedonia rejected the no-confidence motion filed against PS Afrim Gashi by the MP group of the political party Levica. During the discussion over the motion, Levica leader and MP Dimitar Apasiev elaborated why their MP group filed the no-confidence motion. Apasiev explained that the no-confidence motion is based on ...

The Greek diplomat Michalis Rokas officially assumed the office of EU Ambassador in Skopje, succeeding David Geer on this position. Previously, Rokas was EU Ambassador to Malaysia. Rokas was born in Athens in 1964, and started working for the General Directorate for Foreign Affairs of the European Commission in 1994. His previous posts as EU Ambassador include those in New ...

PM Hristijan Mickoski, commenting on a recent decision by a Court in Florina, Greece, to shut down the Centre for Macedonian Language, said that this clearly shows that only North Macedonia respects the bilateral agreements with its neighbours. “Our government and our country remain dedicated to the agenda for integration in the EU. However, I shall not allow the government ...

SDSM informed today, after a meeting between party leader Venko Filipce and the MP group of SDSM, that they will support the no confidence motion in the Parliament against Parliament Speaker Afrim Gashi. “In only two months since they assumed offices, there were series of scandals with the government headed by VMRO-DPMNE, and no one faced responsibility. Such is the ...

SDSM leader Venko Filipce attended on Sunday the protest of teachers, organised by SDSM, in front of the building of the Ministry of Education in Skopje. “I am here today to voice support to the teachers and other education workers, who gathered here to voice their dissatisfaction with the decision of the government headed by VMRO-DPMNE to not increase their ...

Education Minister Vesna Janevska said at a press conference that everything is ready for the start of the new school year 2024/2025 on Monday 2 September. “For the first time, after seven years, the school year will start with all text books delivered on time in all primary schools in the country, except for the text books for foreign languages, ...

The bribe attempt PM Hristijan Mickoski claims happened over the rail link towards Bulgaria was offered by companies that had applied to implement the project, according to Transport Minister and Deputy PM Aleksandar Nikoloski. He said on Thursday that the majority of them had been unserious and intermediaries of theirs had tried to win the process by bribing. “Seven participants ...

According to Transport Minister and Deputy PM Aleksandar Nikoloski, whenever there are elections in Bulgaria the topic about the western neighbour is exploited. “Whenever there are elections in Bulgaria, the topic about Macedonia is exploited. I don’t even know when the elections there will be held because they’re so dysfunctional they cannot even schedule elections. This is their seventh or ...