Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU, is set to visit Macedonia on September 7, three weeks prior to scheduled name-change referendum. Kurz is to visit Macedonia at the invitation of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who has also invited several other European leaders ahead of holding the referendum scheduled […]
The number of children under care of large-scale social institutions has been reduced for 33.9% for a one-year period, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy says, citing the results of the deinstitutionalization process from last to this August. In this period the Ministry provided non-institutional care for a total of 95 children, which means […]
The administration and the two members remaining in the anti-corruption commission are on vacation. The door of the building where the commission is located is open, but there is no one inside, only the employee providing information and registering who entered the institution. She informed us that the employees are on vacation, but the Commission […]
The State Election Commission (SEC) held Wednesday its constitutive session and adopted the Rulebook on organization and implementation of the September 30 referendum. Taking into consideration that the referendum should take place in 60 days, all deadlines will be shorted by five days each, except for the public propaganda timeline. SEC, municipal electoral committees, and […]
The State Election Commission (SEC) will hold its first session on Wednesday, following its election in Parliament on July 25. The new SEC members are Oliver Derkovski (president), Ditmire Shehu (vice-president), Elizabeta Postolovska, Janakie Vitanovski, Boris Kondarko, Radica Risteska and Enver Saliu (members). SEC is scheduled to administer the referendum on the name agreement, which […]
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov will jointly celebrate Thursday the 115th anniversary of Ilinden Uprising in Blagoevgrad, Government’s Press Service told Wednesday. Zaev and Borissov will attend wreath laying ceremony at the monument of Goce Delcev on ‘Macedonia’ Square in Blagoevgrad. This will be the second joint celebration following […]
Kosovo’s government has reversed its decision increasing agricultural import tariffs, Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi told a press conference Tuesday. “Kosovo’s Parliament took into consideration Macedonia’s arguments presented at our meeting last Friday,” Minister Bekteshi said, “and fully revoked the decision.” Bekteshi said the Ministry of Agriculture would estimate any losses the Kosovo tariff decision […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev calls on the citizens of Macedonia to vote in the name referendum that is staled for September 30 stressing that ‘now is the time for every citizen of the country to take responsibility for the future.’ “Every one of us is obliged to take responsibility for their own future and for […]
The Parliament will operate until September 10, when the campaign for the September 30 referendum is expected to begin. Although the MPs filed the referendum decision, political parties, the Government, even the Parliament could act as campaign carriers. “Almost eighty percent of Macedonian citizens, regardless of ethnic and religious background, have supported the country’s integration […]
EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn has hailed the decision taken by parliament in Macedonia for the holding of the name referendum on 30th of September. “The EU hails this agreement and its implementation as symbol of reconciliation and good neighbouring relations in the region. I call on the citizens of Macedonia to use their democratic right […]
Matthew Palmer, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, will visit the Republic of Macedonia August 1-3 to express U.S. support for the country’s conclusion of the Prespa Agreement with Greece and the country’s progress toward NATO and EU membership, says the United States Embassy to Skopje. Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary […]
Parliament announced today the date for the holding of the referendum on the name. The referendum will be held on September 30th 2018, while voters will answer the following question: “Do you support the country’s NATO and EU accession by supporting the agreement reached between the Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Greece?” VMRO-DPMNE lawmakers were not […]
Kindergartens, public facilities, water supply networks, local roads are part of the capital investments realized over the past year through the Municipal Services Improvement Project. The Finance Ministry has said that 72 capital projects in 41 municipalities have been implemented through the project from June 2017 up to June 2018. “Over the past year, thousands […]
No concrete agreement has been reached for Kosovo to fully lift the increased tariffs after Friday’s meeting in Pristina between Macedonian Economy Minister Kresnik Bekteshi and Kosovo’s Minister of Trade and Industry Bajram Hasani. “Hasani and I have held a lengthy but very constructive meeting, where we were presenting arguments to elaborate our position on […]
Although there is an agreement among political stakeholders that the key decision to accept or reject the Prespa Agreement between Macedonia and Greece should be made by the citizens, political actors still cannot agree on the formulation of a referendum question, which should (de) motivate the citizens to come out and actively participate in making […]
The NATO membership invitation for Macedonia is very important for you, but it is also important for us. We support the country’s EU integration process, which in fact requires the name referendum in late September to be successful, Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă told a news conference in Skopje alongside her Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev. “My […]
The new British ambassador to Macedonia, Rachel Galloway, officially began her mandate yesterday by handing over the credentials to President Gjorge Ivanov. Ivanov assessed that there is a common interest for further intensification of the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries, especially in the economic cooperation, and thanked for the support for the implementation […]
State-funded parties will form analytical centers, and will be able to use the money to examine public opinion for their own purposes, as well as to conduct discussions and debates. Such benefits will be used by the four largest parties (two from the Macedonian and two from the Albanian political bloc) and are part of […]
Classified documents received from any organ, cannot be possessed without security certificate, reviewed at a public session and before persons that do not have such certificate, reads Parliament Speaker’s Office press statement Thursday in regard to disobeying the Law on Classified Information by the Chairman of Parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee. “Chairman of Parliamentary Foreign Policy […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expressed belief Thursday that the projected GDP growth of 3.2 percent would be achieved by the year-end, in spite of a 16-percent realization of capital investments, because the budget is stable and all capital projects have now been unblocked. PM Zaev told a Q&A session in Parliament that the Government is […]
