Yesterday, parliament in North Macedonia voted in favour of closing down the Secretariat for the implementation of the Ohrid Agreement, a government department which was set up to implement the peace agreement that ended the 2001 conflict in the country. The decision to close down this department provoked reactions amongst former fighters of the National […]
North Macedonia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski addressed Thursday the 16th meeting of EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) held in Strasbourg under the joint Chairmanship of Alojz Peterle, Chair of the EP delegation and Goran Milevski, Chair of the North Macedonia’s Parliament delegation. In his address to JPC members, Zernovski said, “We are proud of […]
Seven embassies of North Macedonia have been put under investigation. A probe launched by authorities in the country suggests that these embassies have not returned the funds that these embassies had not spent until the end of 2017. According to authorities, these diplomatic centers have acted in breach of the law on the budget, which […]
Skopje has become the first city in North Macedonia to join the EBRD’s successful urban greening programme, and develop an action plan for dealing with environmental challenges. The Skopje Green City Action Plan was launched at a kick-off workshop on Wednesday for local stakeholders in the city by the mayor of Skopje, Petre Silegov, and […]
There’s a possibility that the new constitutional name, Republic of North Macedonia, could be included in textbooks in the 2019/2020 school year, but only if deadlines for the new school year and curricula would allow it, said Government Spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski. However, at this point, nothing is definite, the government spokesman told a news conference. […]
School textbooks in Greece will include the new name ‘North Macedonia’ of the neighboring country as set forth in the Prespa Agreement, said Deputy Foreign Minister Markos Bolaris in a written reply to a query from the opposition New Democracy MPs. Greek MPs Giorgos Koumoutsakos and Niki Kerameus have asked the Deputy Foreign Minister whether […]
The Islamic Religious Community decided to pause all correspondence and misunderstandings with the government over the “slow and discriminatory” denationalization of their property, which threatened to coerce ahead of the presidential election in their 700 mosques across the country. The IRC says it doesn’t want to get involved in a political campaign, so they will […]
Denmark’s Parliament ratified Tuesday the NATO Accession Protocol for North Macedonia at a session without a debate and with Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen in attendance. 97 MPs in the 179-seat Parliament voted in favor. Nine MPs voted in abstention. Denmark becomes the ninth country that has ratified the protocol all the while also being the […]
The Parliament is likely to re-send the laws by the end of this week to President Gjorge Ivanov, which he returned to Parliament when he decided not to sign them due to the use of the country’s new name. If Ivanov leaves the laws in the drawer even after they are re-voted at the assembly […]
Two opinion polls have been carried out in North Macedonia ahead of the presidential elections scheduled to take place on April 21. An opinion poll carried out by Prospekt-M and TV Telma suggests that if elections were to be held tomorrow, over 25% of people would vote in favour of the governing coalition candidate, Stevo […]
Pope Francis and a delegation from the Vatican are expected to hold a visit to Skopje on May 7. The news has been announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which considered this a historic visit for the country, because this is the first time a pope visits it. “We’re truly honoured by this visit. […]
Stevo Pendarovski, the ruling coalition’s presidential candidate will begin his presidential campaign under the slogan Forward Together. This slogan was decided on a working meeting held by the central campaign headquarters of SDSM and its coalition. The meeting was attended by all ministers, city mayors, and high officials who are party members. They chose the […]
The Anti-Corruption Commission woke up the mayor of Saraj, Blerim Bexheti, from hibernation on the first day of spring. After the members of the Anti-Corruption Commission announced that they would investigate whether there were traces of corruption in the case of the illegal construction at Matka, after a long silence Bexheti, first at a briefing […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met Thursday with a delegation of the German Federal Foreign Office including Christian Hellbach, Special Envoy for South-Eastern Europe, Turkey and the EFTA Countries, Thomas Ossowski, Director for EU Policies at the German Federal Foreign Office and German Ambassador to Skopje Thomas Gerberich. “With the Prespa Agreement, we showed that […]
A record low turnout of the diaspora is observed in this election campaign, so that the final number of Macedonian citizens who can vote in the diplomatic-consular representation country has reduced to 1,782 voters. According to the information, these are people who are registered in the Voter’s list and will now be placed in a […]
The fate of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, which was set up to investigate registered conversations incriminating the previous government, has triggered a political debate in Skopje. According to the government, the Special Prosecutor’s Office must be a special institution, while the opposition wants this institution to be part of the General Attorney’s Office. Meanwhile, the […]
North Macedonia’s President Gjorge Ivanov has not agreed to sign the bill against discrimination, which parliament adopted last week. The bill has gone back to parliament again, while Ivanov argues that his decision is based on the Constitution. “Under article 75 of the Constitution, I have decided not to sign the bill for the prevention […]
Macedonians are an insufficiently physically active people. The data from recent research by non-governmental organizations, the Institute of Public Health and the Faculty of Physical Education are devastating. The problem is systemic, and the system does not recognize or relate to it. And it is very present. Especially in pre-school and class studies, from the […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev had a busy agenda of meetings on Tuesday in Brussels. During the meeting of the Association Stabilization Council, the head of the government talked about the reforms that the country needs to implement to launch accession talks with the EU. Zaev met with European Commission senior officials such as […]
Candidates for the upcoming presidential elections in North Macedonia should submit their nominations to the State Election Commission (SEC) by midnight Thursday at the latest. To have an official presidential nomination, the candidates are required to submit 10.000 signatures from the citizens or 30 MP signatures. Alliance for Albanians/Besa candidate Blerim Reka submitted his presidential […]
