A package of economic measures was expected to be adopted at Wednesday’s session of the Economic Council, that didn’t happen. The business sector’s deadline had been Wednesday, announcing that, otherwise, a big number of enterprises would have to shut down. However, instead of a package, the Government and business sector agreed to adopt measures not later than next Wednesday or ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski will not be part of the Economic Council’s session on Wednesday to present the plan for dealing with the energy crisis. His stand is that there is no need to meet the same people from the Council who have so far not dealt with any crisis. Mickoski’s offer to save money and electricity, however, still stands. ...

The energy crisis and course of the screening process were the main topics at President Stevo Pendarovski’s meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Pendarovski said he expected assistance from the Commission in terms of the European solidarity in dealing with the energy crisis. Regarding the EU road, North Macedonia’s President said that the country was ready to ...

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski invited on Thursday PM Dimitar Kovacevski to a debate regarding his party’s proposal for overcoming the energy and heating crisis. According to the opposition leader, Kovacevski should name the time and place. The same day, answering a journalist’s question, Mickoski stated that he also demanded a meeting with the Government. Regarding the issue of parliamentary majority, ...

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani will not comment on the Skopje-Sofia relations during the Bulgarian elections. “I will not comment on the relations with Bulgaria during the elections there because then all statements of ours become part of the political fight and I really wouldn’t want to affect that process. I will keep my comments for after 2 October,” he stated ...

There is no alternative to a better life than EU membership. That was the message sent by PM Dimitar Kovacevski in his address to the UN General Assembly. As he added, North Macedonia has waited for too long, but it remains committed to achieving the strategic goal. Regarding the Ukraine situation, Kovacevski condemned the Russian aggression. In the context of ...

North Macedonia’s delegation has continued its activities in New York. In a discussion with Columbia University students, PM Dimitar Kovacevski talked about Open Balkan, describing the initiative as organic and adding it was an economic alliance of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Albania, built on European principles. Also, he said he had always invited Kosovo because he had learned the conflict ...

The new faction for democratic revitalisation of VMRO-DPMNE, as it was reported, has demanded for Hristijan Mickoski to be replaced as party leader. One of the initiators is Oliver Andonov, a former Interior Minister, whose term lasted one day in one of the so-called Przino governments. As he said on Wednesday, that doesn’t mean there is a new wing within ...

Goran Milevski submitted his resignation as Local Self-Government Minister on Tuesday, citing personal reasons. He confirmed that for MTV1 TV. Milevski will also resign as LDP leader. SDSM and Alternative are adamant that there will be no reshuffle. DUI shares the stand that there is no need for such change. On the other hand, VMRO-DPMNE’s stand remains unchanged, that is, ...

The good-neighbourliness deal will not be directly part of the referendum initiative of Levica. However, the referendum question will concern the Bulgarian requirements, the leader of the party, Dimitar Apasiev told Sitel TV on Monday. According to him, the question, which the party should determine on Wednesday, will not be against EU membership of the country. The legal grounds for ...