The PM Zoran Zaev denies the claims in certain media that he contacted former PM Nikola Gruevski moments before he escaped from Macedonia. “Ever since I became PM, I have not contacted Gruevski. The last contacts we had were before the events on 27 April 2017 in the Parliament took place, and we spoke about unblocking the political processes in ...

The Greek MEP Stelios Kuloglu addressed several questions to the EU’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini concerning former Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski’s escape from Macedonia to Hungary, an EU member-state. “Does the decision of Hungary to grant asylum to Gruevski provoke certain questions by the EU? What can the EU do to prevent one of its ...

The Greek Alternative Foreign Minister Georgios Katrougalos commented on the ongoing processes for constitutional changes in Macedonia in an interview for Greek web portal “News 247”. “A very good framework of communications with the other side has been renewed. I have no doubt that our neighbours and we will completely implement the Prespa Agreement. I have no doubts that the ...

The European Commission (EC) shares the stand of the EU’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, that Hungary’s decision to grant asylum to former PM Nikola Gruevski warrants further explanations from the Hungarian authorities. Spokesperson Margaritis Schinas said on Thursday that there was no running away from the rule of law. As he added, the asylum ...

“The PM was very clear. Rotations are possible at a ministerial level, but the focus is on the policy that will ensure a better life for citizens,” Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska said on Thursday, commenting on the speculations of a crisis and division within the government following former PM Nikola Gruevski’s escape and of she succeeding Zoran Zaev as PM. ...

On Thursday, the Commission for Protection Against Discrimination complained of, as it said, attempts to pressure and discredit it. “Regarding some tendentious and false press-releases by certain associations of citizens, as well as statements by some individuals, which have appeared in some media regarding the Commission’s work, we have the duty to inform the public that they only represent yet ...

On Thursday, the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) filed two charges in relation to the Thaler case. The first one concerns illegal financing of VMRO-DPMNE, while the other pertains to the construction of the party’s HQ in the centre of Skopje. The first charge covers, among others, former VMRO-DPMNE leader and ex-PM Nikola Gruevski, MP Ilija Dimovski, ex-Transport Minister Mile Janakieski ...

At Thursday’s meeting in Skopje with PM Zoran Zaev, an Albanian delegation led by President Ilir Meta said it was grateful for the support at highest state level that Macedonia provided for Albanian Alphabet Day, as an event of exceptional importance in Albanians’ history. Extending congratulations on the holiday, Zaev stated that the marking of the important day from the ...

Government spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski said at a press-conference on Wednesday that former PM Nikola Gruevski will return to Macedonia and serve jail time in the country. According to him, the allegations in the asylum request are completely false. “We expect that the Hungarian authorities will recall the asylum decision and that Gruevski will be extradited. The extradition procedure has started. ...

On Tuesday, Transparency International and its chapters in Macedonia and Hungary urged Hungarian officials to extradite former PM Nikola Gruevski from Hungary, “where he is currently seeking asylum in an attempt to avoid imprisonment after a non-appealable conviction for corruption.” According to Slagjana Taseva, Chair of Transparency International Macedonia, the situation is a big test for the Macedonian and Hungarian ...