Former Macedonian PM Ljubco Georgievski came out with a controversial plan on social networks, which explains in 5 points how Macedonia should overcome its bilateral issues with Bulgaria. Namely, Georgievski believes that Macedonia should focus on and do the following things in order to overcome the issues with Bulgaria: to provide guarantees that it has no territorial pretentions towards the ...

Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said in an interview for the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) that Bulgaria shall not succumb to pressures concerning the accession of Macedonia in the EU. “Ever since 2019 we are trying to explain to official Skopje that the EU does not function as Yugoslavia did. Respect and implementation of the Good-neighbourliness Agreement are crucial ...

Governmental Spokesperson Dusko Arsovski said at a press conference in the government that institutions of the state took all necessary measures to locate and apprehend former Security and Counter-Intelligence Administration Director Saso Mijalkov, and that their actions in the end turned successful. “The activities and coordination conducted by the institutions of the state, like the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organised ...

PM Zoran Zaev held a press conference on Tuesday evening in relation to the case of the alleged escape of former UBK Head and defendant in Target-Fortress case Saso Mijalkov. “In the past 40 hours, we conducted action and took all necessary measures. Mijalkov had no other choice and had to turn himself in. This is a very significant success ...

The Basic Public Prosecution for Organised Crime (BPPOC) came out with more details on Monday concerning the request for the measure of house arrest against former UBK Head Saso Mijalkov, who is on the run since Sunday evening in relation to being charged in the Target-Fortress case. “The first information about a possibility for Mijalkov to attempt escape we received ...

After police failed to find Saso Mijalkov on Sunday in his Vodno home and at other locations in order to hand over to the former Security and Counter-Intelligence Administration Director the decision according to which the measures of precaution in the Target-Fortress case, which concerns the wire-tapping scandal, are replaced with house arrest until the first-instance verdict is reached, a ...

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects Macedonia to stick to the Prespa Agreement and implement it properly. This statement follows the insisting of VMRO-DPMNE leader Mickoski for the state name on the new IDs to remain “Republic of Macedonia” without the adjective “North”. “We do not want to comment on statements made by the opposition there. However, we hope ...

Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Rapporteur for Macedonia Ilhan Kyuchyuk started his official visit to Macedonia on Wednesday. Kyuchyuk was welcomed by Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani, with whom he held the first meeting and press conference of the day. At the meeting, Osmani and Kyuchyuk discussed the processes for accession of Macedonia in the EU and the ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani said at a press conference that emotions should be set aside in the negotiations with Bulgaria over the bilateral disputes, and that both sides should approach the matter with more rationality. “The feeling is that in the first phase of the bilateral dialogue between Skopje and Sofia emotions prevailed, which is why we believe we ...

Bulgarian Deputy PM and Defence Ekaterina Zaharieva said in an interview for Bulgarian web portal 24Chasa.bg that the goal of Sofia is not to negatively affect the bilateral relations between Skopje and Belgrade. “This trend did not stop in the past 30 years, and Belgrade still has great influence in Skopje, with tendencies for bringing them closer to the Serbian ...