On Saturday, in Chaniotis, Greece, a citizen of North Macedonia, Orhan Bajrami – Oki, was fatally shot, while another citizen, Sead Slezovic, was hospitalised in Polygyros with serious wounds. The attackers were wearing balaclavas, came by motorbike in the middle of the night, and fired over 20 bullets, Telma reported on Saturday afternoon. According to Greek media, when police came ...

In a press-release issued on Sunday, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said the negotiating framework that would be presented to North Macedonia after the end of the stage of opening accession negotiations, as agreed by the Council of the EU, specifically set the principles regulating the negotiations. The Ministry reiterated Sofia was asking for institutions to prove their seriousness with which they ...

The delay of constitutional messages means a delay on the EU path. That was the message sent on Thursday by Alexander Schallenberg, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, Jan Lipavsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, and Miroslav Wlachovsky, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, who travelled to Skopje. As they added, if ...

At the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, PM Dimitar Kovacevski pointed out to his partners from the EU that swifter EU integration would increase the security of the Western Balkans. “We’ve reaffirmed the stand on the importance of European and Euro- Atlantic integrations to peace, security, stability, and prosperity,” he stated on Wednesday, adding that the Summit was very important ...

A Government delegation led by PM Dimitar Kovacevski is taking part in the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. As the PM said on Tuesday, important decisions will bemade concerning defence of NATO members, protection against cyber and hybrid attacks, and promotion of cooperation with Kyiv. “A decision will be made regarding thefunding, that means that 2% of the GDP will ...

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 ...