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Reactions to VSquare Story on Gruevski Citizenship Issue

North Macedonia’s Government has no information on whether former PM Gruevski has obtained Hungarian citizenship, PM Mickoski said on Friday regarding VSquare’s story according to which Gruevski obtained citizenship in…

01/06/2026

Antismoking Bill Expected to Pass Governmental Procedures Tuesday

The antismoking bill is in its final phase. It is expected to pass the last procedures within the Government on Tuesday and be submitted to Parliament afterwards. Concessions have been…

01/06/2026

Parliament Q&A Session: Equitable Representation and Bar Exam among Topics

The Q&A session of Parliament was held on Thursday. Among the topics was the issue of equitable representation. Answering a question about that matter, PM Mickoski said he knew many…

29/05/2026

New VMRO-DPMNE-SDSM Accusations over EU Path and Bulgaria Issue

On Thursday, VMRO-DPMNE Spokesperson Valentin Manasievski again accused SDSM leader Filipche of being ready to accept constitutional changes and “redefine Macedonian history and identity”. As he noted, Filipche is “on…

29/05/2026

Kochani Fire Trial: Parents Slam Defense Attorney’s ‘Accident’ Comments

The hearing over the 2025 Kochani fire continued on Thursday. Parents of children that lost their lives in the nightclub fire expressed outrage over claims of some defense attorneys, stressing…

29/05/2026

Fourth Unsuccessful Attempt to Start Trial over IPARD Case

Thursday saw a fourth unsuccessful attempt to start the trial over the IPARD case. A representative of one of the accused legal entities didn’t show up because, as he claimed,…

29/05/2026

Centar Landslide Case: Municipality and Experts Continue Action

On Thursday, Centar Mayor Gerasimovski, together with the Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Josif Josifovski, inspection services of the Municipality, and experts, inspected the site on Teodosij Gologanov…

29/05/2026

SDSM Leader Filipche Calls for Referendum on EU Integration

At a press conference on Wednesday, SDSM leader Filipche called for a referendum to enable citizens, as he said, to decide whether they are in favor of joining the EU.…

28/05/2026

Bulgarian PM Radev on Constitutional Changes Issue

Before a meeting with French President Macron in Paris, regarding the North Macedonia constitutional changes issue, Bulgarian PM Radev stated that he’d raised that as early as 2021 (when he…

28/05/2026

VMRO-DPMNE-SDSM Accusations over EU Path Continue

On Wednesday, VMRO-DPMNE continued its criticism of SDSM leader Filipche regarding the Bulgaria issue. Spokesperson Manasievski said though the constitutional changes were not the final condition, i.e., Bulgaria had broader…

28/05/2026