Outgoing Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov held a press conference on Wednesday, at which he commented his dismissal from his position in the government, as well as the relations with Bulgaria and the processes for resolution of bilateral disputes. “First of all, I would like to deny the claims that I have voluntarily withdrawn from this position. I ...

PM-designate and SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski handed over to Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi the list of ministers included in the new governmental cabinet, as well as the governmental programme they intend to realise in the following period. Kovacevski said that the programme includes new economic goals proposed by Alternative, the new ally of SDSM in the ruling majority, as well ...

The Central and Executive Board of SDSM held a session on Monday evening where they approved the new governmental cabinet assembled by the PM-designate and SDSM Leader Dimitar Kovacevski. PM-designate and SDSM Leader Dimitar Kovacevski said that the new members of his cabinet are well-renown professionals in their respective areas. Kovacevski is to submit the proposal for the new cabinet ...

Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov says in an interview for Bloomberg that very soon his administration will end the uncertainty concerning the start of the EU accession talks with North Macedonia. “I would like to create with my potential counterpart Dimitar Kovacevski a different atmosphere and framework for the negotiations over the bilateral disputes between our two countries. This is why ...

The Appellate Court in Skopje decided to annul the custody measure against businessman Orce Kamcev who is one of the suspects in the Vodno Plots case. Kamcev was released from custody on Tuesday afternoon after the court accepted his warranty in value of around 11 million euros that he will not attempt to leave the country till the end of ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani announced at a press conference that North Macedonia has officially become part of the trilateral presidency with OSCE, or the so-called OSCE Troika, which includes the present (Poland), previous (Sweden) and succeeding (North Macedonia) Chairmanships of the organisation. “Preparations for our takeover of the OSCE Chairmanship in 2023 are in full swing. Today, we take ...

President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski addressed the citizens via a video-message, extending his greetings for the New Year holidays. “Dear citizens, we leave behind us another year with pandemic, and a year with two major tragedies in which we lost many human lives. This is why the heroes of the year for all of us are the healthcare workers, ...

“Narrow-mindedness and nationalist interests in some member states prevail over the vision of a united Europe,” Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa shared his experiences from the six-month Slovenian presidency regarding enlargement. In an interview with Slovenian national television, Jansa indirectly acknowledged European hypocrisy towards the Western Balkans and, as he assessed, opportunism in some key member states. “One of the ...

SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski was given the mandate to form a new government by President Stevo Pendarovski. “As of today, I am starting to form a new team of people who need to respond to the serious challenges that await us from the beginning of the new year,” Kovacevski announced. Emphasizing that the country lives in turbulent times of crisis ...

President Stevo Pendarovski will officially hand over the mandate to Dimitar Kovacevski for the composition of the new government on Wednesday, after he received the support of the highest body of SDSM. With this, the constitutional deadlines for its composition and voting at Parlaiment will practically start to run. Speaker Talat Xhaferi believes that the Prime Minister designate will not ...