The applications for the census in the country and for the self-census of the diaspora are closed, thus completing the census activities within the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in North Macedonia, 2021. The largest statistical operation in 20 years in the country lasted 26 days, from 5 until 30 September. In the next few days, the State Statistical ...

“We are looking forward to the EU-Western Balkans Summit next week in Slovenia. The Western Balkans is a key priority for the European Commission, the future of the region is in the EU. We discussed how to move the enlargement process forward by opening membership negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania,” EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, who visited Skopje Wednesday, ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev received the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, accompanied by the Head of the EU Delegation to Macedonia, Ambassador David Geer. At the press conference held at the end of the agenda of the one-day visit, Prime Minister Zaev stressed that North Macedonia remains strongly committed to its path to the EU. “We ...

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will arrive in Skopje on Tuesday, and the next day, on Wednesday, will arrive the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi. Among other things, the topic of talks with the country’s state leadership is expected to be the Bulgarian veto and open bilateral issues. Analyst Marko Trosanovski believes that Brussels’ ...

“There can be no progress in the talks with Bulgaria and unblocking of Macedonia’s European integration because official Sofia is blackmailing us and violating the Good Neighbor Agreement,” said Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov. According to Dimitrov, Bulgaria has violated Article 2 of the Agreement, which stipulates that they would aid on the European path, will not ...

“The Western Balkans face serious challenges in terms of its European integration aspirations. The stalemate in European integration frustrates the citizens, a stable Western Balkans requires a breakthrough, and we are ready for a constructive dialogue with Bulgaria,” said President Stevo Pendarovski in his 15-minute address to the 76th United Nations General Assembly in New York. “It is high time ...

“The law on the use of languages, the rights of Albanians and the smaller communities remain absolutely the same and it does not change depending on the total number of enumerated citizens, depending on residents or non-residents and we all understand that,” said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the press-conference at the Government, answering a journalist question which data arising ...

The initial results from the beginning of the vetting of the diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs show that the employment contracts of two people will be terminated because they do not have a security certificate from the security services, informed Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. “A person during the security status check was denied the request for a security ...

The fire in Tetovo and the death of 14 people, the census, and the elections were the topic of Monday’s duel between the Prime Minister and leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev and the President of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski on Kanal 5. Zaev called not to use the tragedy in Tetovo for daily political points. He reiterated that he would first ...

Protest march was held in Tetovo on Friday, from which the participants demanded responsibility for the 14 lives lost during the fire in the Tetovo modular hospital, which occurred on 8 September. The gathering place was the town square in Tetovo, where one of the citizens held an address, saying that he had come because his sister had died in ...