Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expressed hope Thursday that consensus would be reached on a change of the electoral model from six to a single election district, saying big parties would eventually lose MP seats but the chance for authoritarian rule would be eliminated. “We promised to the citizens a single election district back in 2016. […]
Former intelligence officer Zoran Verushevski will be awarded €42,000 in damages by the state, the Skopje-based Civil Court has decided. Verushevski sued the state for emotional distress and loss of reputation and freedom after spending 344 days in detention over the case codenamed ‘Coup’. Verushevski, who is PM Zoran Zaev’s aide for national security, initially […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, during Thursday’s Q&A session in Parliament, said that the ambassador’s post in NATO must be filled as soon as possible. “The government filling the NATO Ambassador post is a priority,is committed to nominating ambassadors for at least half of the vacant ambassador posts and consultations are underway with the […]
The United States is a friend and partner of North Macedonia and remains committed to this relationship and the country’s European integration that includes both a path forward towards NATO and EU, said U.S. Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer. Over the past two days, Palmer met with President Stevo Pendarovski, FM Nikola […]
SYRIZA strongly criticizes the government’s foreign policy, accusing it of having reduced the country into a mere observer that has turned Greece into an “extra” of critical international developments. Opposition sources stress that in the wake of Zaev’s visit to Rome aimed at unblocking the accession process for North Macedonia, such an initiative should have […]
None of the institutions controlled convicted special police agent Igor Spasov while he was released to get medical treatment, that is, while serving his prison sentence because he had to undergo meniscus surgery. Spasov was only obliged to submit medical documentation every month to the judge for the execution of sanctions in the Shtip court […]
Goran Stamenkovski, advisor to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who is also an employee of the Criminal Court, sat on the back bench meant for public audience on Thursday and watched Zaev’s testimony about the mass wiretapping. Stamenkovski is head of the Human Resources department at the Criminal Court and reporters can often spot him at […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is set to meet with Italian PM Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday in Rome. Zaev will also attend EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini’s farewell working dinner with Western Balkan leaders in Brussels. PM Zaev confirmed in a TV interview last week that Conte invited […]
Former intelligence officer Zoran Verushevski sues the state for €71,000 after spending 344 days in detention over the ‘Coup’ case and over unlawful possession of a firearm. Verushevski, who is the current PM Zoran Zaev’s aide for security, has filed the lawsuit before the Civil Court in Skopje. The ‘Coup’ case was opened in January […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev thinks it is too early to talk about who will lead the technical government that will lead the country to early parliamentary elections. The technical government, as he announced, will probably be formed on January 3, 2020. The prime minister says the country is committed to implementing economic reforms, which, as […]
President of France Emmanuel Macron is set to meet with Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama next month in Skopje and Tirana, reports Exit.al. With his visit, Macron seems to be aiming to prove to Albania and Macedonia that the European perspective of these countries is still open and France will help them achieve it. A […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg posted on Twitter that he had spoke with PM Zoran Zaev over the phone to reaffirm Alliance’s commitment to North Macedonia’s accession. “Good phone call with PM Zoran Zaev to reaffirm NATO’s commitment to North Macedonia’s accession. The ratification process is well on track & I look forward to North […]
North Macedonia will hold early parliamentary elections on April 12, 2020, ahead of the country’s April 19 Orthodox Easter and April 24 Ramadan holidays, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Sunday. According to PM Zaev, the interim government will be formed on January 3. The leaders’ meeting at the Villa Vodno was attended by SDSM […]
The leaders meeting to be hosted by President Stevo Pendarovski at 5 pm Sunday will focus on organizing the snap election announced after North Macedonia didn’t get a date to start EU talks. Attending the meeting will be SDSM president Zoran Zaev, VMRO-DPMNE president Hristijan Mickoski, DUI president Ali Ahmeti, Alliance for the Albanians president […]
According to Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski, the allegations made by Italian newspaper La Verita regarding a EUR 750,000 transfer by the International Alliance involving Vilma Ruskovska are “pure speculation,” “It’s pure speculation,” Joveski said, “and neither is there any truth to rumors on who called whom and what was talked about.” La Verita, in an […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev during his address on Saturday called for early parliamentary elections after the country did not receive a date for opening EU accession talks. North Macedonia didn’t get a date for talks with the EU because the union has its own issues to resolve, but “we did it all, and […]
EU leaders today are expected to make the final decision on the fate of North Macedonia and Albania. There was hope that the summit would pave the way for accession negotiations to begin, but there are mixed messages coming from Brussels to Skopje as to what will happen, whether or not a date will be […]
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, for the first time, refers to North Macedonia by its constitutional name in an interview on the Politico website, as part of his presence in Brussels for the Summit, and what’s more stands in favor of its accession prospects. Responding to Politico’s questions, he says: “We have always said that […]
The European Union should now take a decisive step and decide on a start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President-Designate of the European Commission (EC), said at a meeting Thursday in Brussels. It will also send a strong message to the other countries in the […]
“We are prepared, both at political and institutional level. Any delay would be interpreted as a negative decision, producing negative effects and the citizens, all those that supported the implementation of the Prespa Agreement, would be left deeply disappointed,” PM Zoran Zaev told a news conference Wednesday alongside EU’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement […]
