Mayors of municipalities in Skopje, on Monday, asked the capital’s Mayor, Danela Arsovska, to submit to them a report on the work of the Drisla and Komunalna Higiena (Communal Hygiene) PEs. Orce Gjorgjievski, Mayor of Kisela Voda, said the Communal Hygiene PE should be disbanded and competences should be transferred to municipalities in the capital. “In our view, with a ...

VMRO-DPMNE is stopping the communication with the government regarding the issue of constitutional changes. That decision has been made by the party’s Executive Committee. Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski said on Saturday the only topic that could be discussed was early elections in autumn, despite PM Dimitar Kovacevski’s stand that the elections will be held in the standard term, that is, ...

Following Thursday’s meeting with Albanian counterpart Edi Rama, PM Dimitar Kovacevski said regarding the constitutional changes he expected Parliament to be up to the task. According to him, though the decision will not be easy, it is needed to provide the European future. Regarding the peer review mission to North Macedonia over the work of the Judicial Council, announced by ...

On Monday, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, commenting on Foreign Minister and DUI member Bujar Osmani’s stand that there is a wing within the opposition party that is in favour of a change of the Constitution, said there was no such line within his party. Mickoski’s position that no VMRO-DPMNE MP will support the changes “under a Bulgarian dictate”. Regarding the ...

The Judicial Council announced that they will act upon the allegations of Austrian Ambassador Georg Woutsas in relation to a dispute between a company from Austria and two companies from North Macedonia, one of which owned by a cousin of former PM Zoran Zaev. “In the notice we received in relation to this case, the Austrian Ambassador voices dissatisfaction with ...

President Stevo Pendarovski voiced hope that the constitutional changes will be adopted by November this year. “The government is expected to adopt the initiative for constitutional changes over the following two weeks. There are some minimum steps of progress after the meeting between the leaders of the government and the opposition, but they still cannot reach compromise over this matter. ...

EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell stated for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) that there are no obstacles for North Macedonia to become part of the EU. “North Macedonia is making good progress and from the European side, there is nothing that would block its accession to the EU. In this accession, European principles and standards ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski announced that the initiative for constitutional changes will be adopted at one of the following sessions of the Government. “I think we have enough time for the adoption of the constitutional changes, we have ahead of us a period that is to be full of debates, and we hope that the opposition will take part in those ...

DUI Spokesperson Bujar Osmani revealed at a press conference that the party reached three decisions in relation to the decision of the US Department of State to blacklist Struga Mayor and their member Ramiz Merko. “The membership of Merko in DUI is officially frozen, the party ceases support to all electoral activities in Struga, and we also call upon the ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski believes that VMRO-DPMNE will ultimately provide the necessary support for adoption of the constitutional changes in the Parliament. “The process will not be halted, no matter the constantly changeable positions of VMRO- DPMNE. Out of 120 MPs in the Parliament, I believe we have a great majority that supports the EU-integration of our country. All deadlines are ...