SDSM so far has no projection of how much money it will spend on the referendum campaign, but all the money that will be spent from the budget on this purpose will be solely and exclusively for lease of media space, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said today in Kriva Palanka, where he attended the celebration […]
The citizens of Macedonia should decide whether they will become part of the European Union or return to isolation, the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, told reporters on Monday. It’s up to the citizens of Macedonia to either choose isolation, from which the country barely manged to pull out, or […]
The September referendum and the functioning of the Macedonian Parliament was discussed at a meeting of Parliament Speaker, vice-presidents and coordinators of the parliamentary groups with five visiting American congressmen. They include Bill Flores, Gerry Connolly, Dina Titus, Susan Davis and David Price. On Monday, they are meeting with chairmen of several parliamentary committees and […]
The 33 people accused for participating in the violent storming of Parliament in April 2017 at a hearing on Monday pleaded not guilty after saying they understood the charges against them. Of those, 31 are charged with ‘terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order’ and two are tried on ‘complicity’ charges. The trial continues on August […]
It will be revealed, most likely, how much money each of the caucuses in Parliament will get to run the referendum campaign this Wednesday. Funding for the campaign does not involve cash payments to parliamentary groups and lawmakers, the Parliament’s press service says. The campaign will be realized by purchasing commercial space in the media […]
Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Koco Angjusev believes it is possible for Macedonia to reach the projected economic growth of 3.2 percent. In an interview for Radio Free Europe, Angjusev said he was expecting the first-quarter GDP of 0.1 percent to be followed by better numbers in the second quarter. “I expect those numbers […]
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has denied allegations that the police were monitoring people boycotting the referendum after boycott organizers recently made these claims in their response to an interview given by Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski for MIA. Denying the allegations issued by the Macedonia Boycotting headquarters, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has dismissed them […]
VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said on Saturday he would suggest to his group of MPs to have their referendum campaign funds donated to the Kiril Pejcinovikj High School in Tetovo. If there was a legal obstacle to this donation, Mickoski said on his Facebook profile, VMRO-DPMNE would give up its share of the funds, publicly […]
I think the Prespa Agreement is a good and fair deal, university professor Marilena Koppa writes in a column for the Greek daily Efimerida ton sidakton. “The agreement closes the 26-year dispute and neither side is defeated or humiliated. Both sides win in the area they deem important: Greece the name, which effectively separates the […]
A small number of migrant workers who live abroad have registered their name in order to vote in the September 30th referendum regarding the issue of the country’s name. Yesterday, the country’s State Election Commission received 2437 demands from migrant workers who live abroad. This shows that their number is very small and that the diaspora […]
The trial in the Parliament storming case continues Friday for a third day in a Skopje court with opening statements of defense lawyers representing defendants accused for participating in the violent incidents on 27 April 2017. 33 people, including lawmakers, former office holders, public figures, policemen, are tried in one of the most complex cases […]
The trial for the Monster case of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for the five-time murder of Smilkovsko Lake from 12 April 2012 continues on August 31 with the hearing the protected witness by the court. At today’s hearing, the protected witness was answering questions from the defense attorneys after the hearing of the SPO […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov held a meeting with German MPs Josip Juratovic and Martin Rossmann and representatives of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in which he extended gratitude for the exceptionally important support of Germany to Macedonia’s progress on its EU and NATO path in the past several months. Dimitrov also praised the vital role played by Germany’s […]
Reputable people who recited and sang in front of the Parliament, MPs who waved their hands without making any signs to open the door of the Parliament and let the crowd in, a policeman who saved the life of MP Zijadin Sela and a minister who safely evacuated the people who were inside the Parliament, […]
Vice-Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani, Special Advisor for Euro-Atlantic Integrations in the PM’s Office Bojan Maricic and Dutch Ambassador to Macedonia Wouter Plomp discussed Thursday on the government activities for preparing Macedonia to start the EU accession talks. Macedonia is determined to resume the reform processes, especially in the spheres of judiciary, security […]
At its regular session on Wednesday, the government appointed Saso Tasevski for the Public Security Bureau (PSB) Director. Now ex-PSB Director Laze Velkovski was released from duty over a scandal with a official state car. The incoming one, Tasevski, is a holder of master degree in security and future PhD of the Skopje-based Faculty of […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov had an official meeting Tuesday in Washington with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who voiced strong support for Macedonia to become the 30th NATO member. ‘This is a very significant moment for the Macedonian diplomacy. My meeting today with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was rather encouraging’ Dimitrov told […]
Minister of Finance Dragan Tevdovski called Tuesday the average pay increase of 6.1% in June 2018 compared to June 2017 ‘a serious growth.’ “We are satisfied with the fact that there is serious growth of 6.1% in average monthly salary this June compared to the same month last year. The increase was recorded in several […]
Government ministers and directors will defend themselves with lawsuits against VMRO-DPMNE and its spokespersons, from accusations coming from this party for arranged tenders, problems with medication or news articles with fake content. VMRO-DPMNE says that these threats are in vain. The Ministry of Health is particularly targeted by the opposition party. The latest lawsuit announced […]
The government in Macedonia has received the necessary guidelines needed to deliver the NATO accession conditions within a period of 18 months, as it was decided in the NATO summit held on 11 and 12 July. Macedonia will have to deliver a number of political, economic, security and judicial conditions by April 2020. As part of the reforms, […]
