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Reactions to Joe Biden’s Signing of Executive Order concerning Western Balkans

According to Deputy PM for Fighting Corruption, Sustainable Development, and Human Resources, Ljupco Nikolovski, US President Joe Biden’s Executive Order concerning the Western Balkans (https://bit.ly/3v9zJBX) is a message to everyone blocking or wants to block the processes in the country. “We still haven’t seen this document in detail, but I can highlight that the citizens of the Republic of North ...

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VMRO-DPMNE Starts Protests

On Tuesday, VMRO-DPMNE staged protests from 3 pm to 5 pm by blocking crossroads at three locations in Skopje and nine other cities. The opposition party suspects that the Government is negotiating on the Macedonian identity, language, and culture with Bulgaria. VMRO-DPMNE alleged PM Zoran Zaev and the Special Representative for Sofia, Vlado Buckovski, would sell national and state interests. ...

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Court Rejects Mijalkov’s Appeal

The Court of Appeals has rejected former Security and Counter-Intelligence Administration Director Saso Mijalkov’s appeal and confirmed the decision of the Criminal Court, which had previously not accepted the guarantee of over 10.8 million euros, Court of Appeals Spokesperson Tatjana Dukovska confirmed for Telma on Monday. Mijalkov has been in detention since 23 February and already has two first-instance verdicts ...

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Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE Adhere to Stands on Bulgaria Issue

North Macedonia doesn’t accept the Declaration voted through by Bulgarian Parliament, according to PM Zoran Zaev. As he said on Friday, the proposal submitted by Portugal is on the table. The PM urged the Council to green-light the Europeanisation of the country and Western Balkans. VMRO-DPMNE and its leader, Hristijan Mickoski, however, once again accused Zaev of being part of ...

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Latest Reactions of Zaev and Mickoski to Bulgaria Issue

PM Zoran Zaev is without concrete details about the Portuguese non-paper and guarantees being demanded by Bulgaria. He said on Thursday the roadmap for inter-sectoral cooperation was being considered in the frames of the Foreign Ministry. In his view, it is important to prepare it so that the intergovernmental conference is achieved as well. With regards to the guarantees, Zaev’s ...

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Bulgaria Issue: PM not Ready to Sacrifice Macedonian Identity and Language

The next days are key for Skopje’s road to start of EU membership negotiations. PM Zoran Zaev believes that if the dialogue with Bulgaria is successful, the intergovernmental conference may be held as early as 23 June or the chances of that happening in August or September may be improved. Zaev is ready to beg for a solution in Sofia. ...

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Recommendations to Relax Anti-coronavirus Measures Accepted by Government

The Government has made a decision to relax the anti-COVID-19 measures in accordance with the Crisis Staff’s recommendations due to the improved situation with regards to the coronavirus. The measure for mandatory face masks in the open air has been annulled except in cases where there are more than four persons. The obligation for wearing face masks in closed areas, ...

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Main Crisis Staff Accepts COVID-19 Situation Recommendations

The Main Crisis Staff has accepted the recommendations concerning the COVID-19 situation for the period after 1 June whose final adoption is expected to take place at the Government’s session scheduled for Tuesday. If adopted, they will mean that wearing face masks will be mandatory only in public transport and closed areas, presence of crowd at sport matches in the ...

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PM Zaev to Meet Bulgaria’s Yanev Next Week

Next week, PM Zoran Zaev will meet Bulgaria’s caretaker PM, Stefan Yanev. The meeting will be part of the protocol to donate 50,000 vaccines, but it will be used to agree a meeting at which there will be discussions to remove the obstacles preventing the first intergovernmental conference.  Zaev believes the renewed connections with Sofia at a PM and ministerial ...

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President Pendarovski Has Audience with Pope Francis in Rome

President of Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski had an audience in Rome with the Head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Sovereign of the Vatican City State Pope Francis. Pendarovski, along with his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev, paid an official visit to Rome, where the two presidents observed the Holiday dedicated to Ss. Cyril and Methodius. At the meeting, Pendarovski and ...

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