Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said in an interview for Kanal 5 TV that a referendum over the French proposal would demote North Macedonia in the process of EU accession talks. “We have clearly determined that we want an independent Macedonian state which is member of NATO and the EU. If you look at the Constitution, that national interest is right ...

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski addressed on Tuesday the central celebration for the Day of the Republic – Ilinden (2 August) at the location of the Meckin Kamen monument in Krusevo. “Ilinden is the strength for our future. We give our word that the Ilinden and ASNOM ideas for bright and prosperous future of our country is active in our heads ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon paid an official visit to Skopje on Sunday, where he held meetings with Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and President Stevo Pendarovski. Sanchez was welcomed by Kovacevski in the government, and they held a mutual press conference after the bilateral meeting of the delegations of both governments of North Macedonia and of Spain. Main point ...

“We started negotiations with the EU in pure Macedonian language, all the lies of VMRO-DPMNE and Levica fell into the water. With 68 votes, Parliament voted for the start of negotiations with the EU, all citizens were aware at the first intergovernmental conference in Brussels that all the lies you spread here in the Parliament and at the protests you ...

The President of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, does not consider that he crossed the red lines by disputing the French proposal. Asked about the statement of European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, who said that by burning the document in Parlaiment, VMRO-DPMNE crossed all red lines, Mickoski answered that the only red lines that were crossed were those for the sale of the ...

The countdown to North Macedonia’s full membership in the Union has begun – European Ambassador David Geer says in an exclusive interview for Kanal 5. According to him, it is relatively normal for there to be differences in the accession documents of North Macedonia and Albania, and the progress in the negotiations depends only on the country. Regarding the differences ...

The search warrant with which investigators from Ruskovska’s prosecutor’s office entered the Finance Police last week had no substance and it was not clear on what clues and evidence the court allowed it at all, accuses Director Arafat Muaremi. According to him, it was not even known what the investigators were looking for in their premises, when the documents for ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic held a press conference at the government on Thursday, at which he explained the screening process for North Macedonia from the membership negotiations with the EU. “We have solid grounds to deal with upcoming challenges, thanks to all the initiatives we have taken so far which prepared our country for this process. The ...

The Government of North Macedonia organised on Wednesday evening a reception for high-profile guests on occasion the start of the accession talks with the EU. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski opened the reception and addressed the guests. “Yesterday, we opened the final chapter of our long journey towards full integration in the EU, something that has been a strategic goal of ...

The first intergovernmental conference between North Macedonia and the EU officially started on Tuesday afternoon in Brussels. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski started the conference by reading the opening statement in Macedonian language. “It is a great honour that I have the opportunity to address the institutions of the EU in my native Macedonian language. Finally, after long 17 years, we ...