PM Zoran Zaev said on Wednesday that the changes in terms of the announced reshuffle would be finished by the end of May. He announced changes within the frameworks of his party, SDSM, too. In the coming days, Zaev will meet coalition partner Ali Ahmeti, leader of DUI, for consultations over the issue. The PM still doesn’t know how many ...

The EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Samuel Zbogar, held a meeting on Monday with new President Stevo Pendarovski, expressing hope for successful cooperation in the days and months ahead on Macedonia’s road to EU integration. As Zbogar added, he’s encouraged by Pendarovski’s messages about reconciliation, extending an arm and unification of all political forces in the country. Pendarovski, according to the ...

At a ceremony in Parliament on Sunday, Stevo Pendarovski was officially inaugurated as President. In his speech, he said he would respect all citizens, not just those that had voted for him. “As President, I will get engaged in the diplomatic efforts for full-fledged NATO membership of ours, as well as for a start of negotiations with the EU,” Pendarovski ...

The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) held a public session on Thursday in which it opened several cases against current and former state officials. SCPC opened cases against the PM Zoran Zaev related to the business complexes “Carevi Kuli” and “Global”, as well as the recently closed bribery case in which Zaev demands bribery from a businessman for ...

The teams of the government and of the opposition held a new meeting for negotiations over the draft-law on the Special Public Prosecution (SPO), but once again failed to reach agreement over the law. The head of the governmental team, Justice Minister Renata Deskoska said that the government will never accept changes to the law text that contain a concealed ...

The Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis visited Skopje on Tuesday. The Pope was welcome at the Skopje Airport by the PM Zoran Zaev, after which he headed towards the presidential residence on Vodno Mountain in Skopje, where he met the current President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov and the newly elected ...

With 100 % of processed ballots in the 2nd round of the 2019 presidential election, the State Electoral Commission (SEC) came out with the preliminary results of the election. The turnout of the citizens in the 2nd round of the election was 44.55 %, overpassing the required threshold of 40 % necessary for making a presidential election legitimate. Around 843,760 ...

The PM Zoran Zaev remains optimistic that this June the EU will determine a date for start of the membership negotiations with Macedonia. “Some media report that this decision may as well be postponed for September or October 2019. However, I can tell you that our government completed the entire Plan 18 of reforms which brought our country closer to ...

The French government published on Tuesday its Strategy for West Balkans. The publication follows the informal summit of EU and West Balkans in Berlin, co-organised by the French President Emanuel Macron, who at the moment opposes the enlargement of the EU with Macedonia and Albania. The analyses of the strategy confirm that the countries of the West Balkan (Albania, Bosnia ...

  The informal summit of the EU and West Balkans kicked off in Berlin on Monday afternoon. The summit is organised by the heads of state of France and Germany, Emanuel Macron and Angela Merkel respectively. At the opening of the summit, both Merkel and macron welcomed the progress made by Macedonia processes for its integration in the EU. “We ...