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PM Zaev Meets Luxembourg Counterpart Bettel

PM Zoran Zaev at the meeting on Tuesday with his Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel, pointed out Luxembourg as one of the greatest supporters of MKD integration in the EU, and praised the positions of Luxembourg towards the bilateral issue between Macedonia and Bulgaria. In an interview for the local newspaper “Wort” Zaev stated: “The veto of Bulgaria towards us was ...

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Borrell: Western Balkans Should Return in Focus of EU Discussions

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said that he shares the views of most of the EU member states that the Western Balkans should once again become the focus of attention of the EU. His response follows the letter addressed to him signed by Foreign Affairs Minister of 9 EU member-states, who warned ...

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Varhelyi: Skopje Must Resolve Disputes with Sofia Sooner

Commissioner for Enlargement at the European Commission (EC) Oliver Varhelyi said at the Economic Forum in Tirana that Macedonia has to resolve the bilateral disputes with Bulgaria in order to start the EU membership negotiations. “North Macedonia has maintained a steady pace in the implementation of EU reforms, in particular in the area of the fundamentals. It is important that ...

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9 EU Member-States Demand EU to Discuss Western Balkans in April

Nine EU member-states addressed a letter to EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell in which they demand reintroduction of discussions concerning the integration of the Western Balkan countries in the EU at the upcoming meeting of EU Foreign Ministers that is to take place this April. In the letter dating back to 5 March 2021, Foreign Ministers of ...

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Zaev Denies “La Verita” Claims of Processes for Procurement of Vaccines

Italian newspaper “La Verita” wrote on Wednesday that official Skopje negotiated with Sinopharm for procurement of COVID-19 vaccines through a fictive company established in Hong Kong, citing this as reason why official Beijing returned to the Macedonian government the money paid in advance for the vaccines. PM Zoran Zaev said that these writings were false news. “I responsibly claim that ...

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Government Adopts Decision for Curfew Between 10:00 P.M. and 05:00 A.M.

The government adopted at a session on Tuesday the proposal of the Infectious Diseases Committee to introduce a curfew in order to reduce the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in the country. The curfew will become effective on Wednesday 10 March and will be enforced every day between 10:00 p.m. and 05:00 a.m. until 22 March. PM Zoran Zaev ...

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Filipce: We Recommend Curfew Between 10:00 P.M. and 05:00 A.M.

Health Minister Venko Filipce revealed at a press conference that the Infectious Diseases Committee has suggested to the government introduction of curfew between 10:00 p.m. and 05:00 a.m. every day due to the increase of daily numbers of new COVID-19 cases in the country, majority of which are confirmed to be of the British strain of the coronavirus. “If adopted ...

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PM Zaev Opens Possibility for Broad Government with Opposition Parties

PM Zoran Zaev announced in an interview for “Utrinski Brifing” (Morning Briefing) that he is ready to negotiate with the opposition parties in the Parliament for formation of a government which will include members from the opposition. “I am ready to do this. I am ready to start negotiating as soon as I can find a person that I can ...

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Zaev: Ruling Majority Stable, Parliament Should Be Unblocked

PM Zoran Zaev said that now that the government was endorsed by the parliamentary majority at the no-confidence vote on Thursday, the adoption of necessary laws should be unblocked in Parliament. “Now we need to focus on adoption of laws, especially those that are to approve usage of funds for energy efficiency, agriculture, and especially the 5th set of economic ...

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Parliament Endorses Government in Confidence Vote with 62 Votes

With 62 votes in favour, the Parliament of Macedonia has endorsed the government in the confidence vote that took place on Wednesday. The MPs from VMRO-DPMNE were not present in the hall during the vote, after their coordinator Nikola Micevski said that they will leave the session because no discussion upon the no-confidence vote was allowed. PM Zoran Zaev, who ...

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