Though a campaign, called “We are Europe”, the Government and its Secretariat for European Affairs will in the period ahead inform citizens about EU membership benefits and opportunities. The activities will cost around 80,000 euros. The funds, as Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic explained at Wednesday’s presentation, were planned last year in the frames of the Secretariat, for ...

In Athens, Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic stated that there was a moment of resolve for new enlargement of the EU. As he added, North Macedonia must not miss the chance and wait again. “The message is clear, the Western Balkan countries entering the EU as soon as possible,” Maricic stressed. Together with Kovacevski, the Deputy PM was ...

In the frames of the two-day visit to Athens, PM Dimitar Kovacevski attended on Monday the informal dinner organised by his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Thessaloniki Declaration at the EU-Western Balkans Summit. The event was attended also by, among others, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles ...

  Friday’s debate on the need for constitutional changes ended without a vote. PM Dimitar Kovacevski said nobody could endanger the Macedonian people, adding that there wasn’t a dictate by anybody. “The changes have only one goal, which is EU integration,” he added. VMRO-DPMNE, however, reiterated its stand that “there will be no constitutional changes under a Bulgarian dictate”. 70 ...

Asked on Thursday whether the Government had 80 MPs required for the constitutional changes process, PM Dimitar Kovacevski said citizens and EU integration, not the Government, needed that. “The Government can function also if it has 61 MPs, adopt laws,” he added. According to the PM Kovacevski, the inclusion of Bulgarians is a requirement from the EU. The debate in ...

On Thursday, PM Dimitar Kovacevski held a meeting with US Ambassador Angela Aggeler. The discussion was about the support from the US for North Macedonia’s EU path and next steps, which is constant and strong, Kovacevski said. According to him, all 120 MPs should display statesperson-like behaviour, be up to the task, and make a decision enabling a better future, ...

Tetovo Mayor and BESA leader Bilall Kasami said on Wednesday the misdemeanour charges over the developments during Kosovan PM Albin Kurti’s visit were unreasonable. According to him, iconography such as that during the concert was present before, but nobody was penalised. “After police had summoned me, tens of friends and activities sent to me around 10 videos where there is ...

Cair Mayor Visar Ganiu was on Tuesday summoned for a conversation at Bit Pazar Police Station, where he was informed he’d been issued two misdemeanour penalties related to the organisation of Kosovan PM Albin Kurti’s visit. Alternative issued a press- release saying that Tetovo Mayor and BESA leader Bilall Kasami, too, had been summoned by police, too, over the iconography ...

The reactions to the waving of the flag of so-called Greater Albania in Tetovo and the renaming of Vtora Makedonska Brigada Street to Adem Demaci Street in Cair during Kosovan PM Albin Kurti’s visit to Skopje has continued to spark reactions. On Monday, SDSM’s Tetovo office said the “coalition” of VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski and Tetovo Mayor and BESA leader ...

On Friday, Kosovan PM Albin Kurti paid an informal visit to North Macedonia, where he held the Mayors of Cair and Tetovo, Visar Ganiu and Bilall Kasami, who’s also the leader of BESA, respectively. In Cair, Kurti attended the renaming of Vtora Makedonska Brigada Street to Adem Demaci Street. Demaci was a Kosovan intellectual who was imprisoned on several occasions ...