At the regular 120th session, the government, which began with a minute of silence in honour of the victims of the tragic car accident in Bulgaria and in condolence with their families, decided to declare three days of mourning throughout the country. 23 to 25 November (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) are declared days of mourning. During the days of mourning, ...

Part with hopes that Zaev will still change his mind, part with the view that his decision should be respected – opinions are divided in the SDSM leadership before Tuesday’s meeting of the Central Committee, where, according to the announcement by the Prime Minister and party president, his resignations will be made official. “It is best for Zaev to be ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the President of the political party Alternative and MP, Afrim Gashi met in the Club of MPs, the Government said in a statement. The meeting reaffirmed the country’s determination to move towards a European future, all with the aim of fulfilling the strategic goal – the start of negotiations with the EU. “North Macedonia is ...

After the consolidation and strengthening of the parliamentary majority, which is expected to happen soon, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will activate the resignations he announced – both the position of Prime Minister and the leadership of SDSM. Then will follow the election of a new leader of SDSM, and they will be the prime minister-designate for the composition of the ...

With the signing of the joint declaration by the Commander of the NATO Supreme Allied Command Transformation General Philippe Lavigne and the Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurcinovski officially completed the process of military integration of the Republic of Macedonia in the command structures and the Alliance. The ceremony for signing the joint declaration, in Villa Vodno, was ...

“It is encouraging that a possible new government in Bulgaria says we need a new approach. We will have the same spirit of good neighbourliness, openness and the same desire to find solutions and move forward. If there is half of that spirit on the Bulgarian side, as we see these days, it is possible to see a turnaround. Definitely ...

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy, Arjanit Hoxha, together with the two deputy ministers from the Besa movement, resigned Friday. The resignations, as Hoxha stated, are submitted as a moral act and respect for the organs of the Besa movement. “Due to the violation of democracy in the local elections by part of this Government led by the ...

After more than 10 hours in Parliament on Thursday and several attempts for a start of the session for the no-confidence vote, which wasn’t held because the opposition didn’t have a quorum, VMRO-DPMNE left at 9:30 pm. Aleksandar Nikoloski, MP and Vice-President of the party, stated that 11 November would go down as a dark day in the history of ...

VMRO-DPMNE Parliamentary Group Coordinator Nikola Micevski urged on Tuesday fellow MP Skender Rexhepi Zejd, who’s part of Alternative, not to give up on the deal for a new parliamentary majority to topple the government. As he said, Rexhepi Zejd should choose 19 MPs from VMRO-DPMNE’s Parliamentary Group that will submit, together with him, a new initiative to Parliament for a ...

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has scheduled the session for the no-confidence vote for Thursday at 11 PM. On Monday, the opposition submitted to Parliament the list of 61 MP signatures. VMRO-DPMNE expects the majority to support the initiative on Thursday and even increase. Aleksandar Nikoloski, MP from Hristijan Mickoski’s party, said intensive talks were underway with several parliamentarians more. “I ...