PM Zaev is expected to shuffle cabinet


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev is expected to shuffle the cabinet in the days to come as he had previously announced. His ruling party, SDSM says that this move will also affect party senior officials, ministers, MPs, mayors and head of departments. “I’m responsible for the executive power and there will be changes”, Zaev […]

PM Zaev meets Pope Francis


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister o Zoran Zaev had a private meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis as part of the program of the Pope’s Apostolic Visit to North Macedonia.Pope Francis also greeted the PM’s family, who joined the end of the meeting. PM Zaev and Pope Francis reconfirmed the centuries-long spiritual bonds binding the papal […]

Optimism in Skopje over launch of accession talks with EU


North Macedonia’s PM Zoran Zaev is optimistic that the country will launch accession talks with the EU. “I have just arrived from Berlin following meetings with German chancellor Merkel and French president Macron. We have big friends in Europe. This year, the country not will become a NATO member, but it will also launch accession […]

Orthodox Easter 2019: PMs of Bulgaria, North Macedonia exchange greetings


Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Republic of North Macedonia counterpart Zoran Zaev have exchanged warm greetings on the occasion of the Orthodox Christian Easter 2019, a statement by the government in Skopje said. In his message to Zaev, Borissov expressed confidence that the two of them would, with even greater strength, achieve goodness, […]

Zaev holds meetings with Merkel and Macron in Berlin


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has been invited by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron to attend a conference of Western Balkans leaders and EU heads of state and government in Berlin on Monday. He will be joined by Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. […]

Officials involved in nepotism will be charged


Prime Minister and leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev has called on everyone who has been hired thanks to their relatives who work in the public administration that they should hand in their resignation. Amongst the people that the Anti-Corruption Commission has identified there are close relatives of ministers, MPs and other state officials. “I call […]

Sekerinska: Reshuffle of posts right after the elections


The country has a government that listens to the citizens, instead of listening in on their phone calls, a government that knows when a message has been sent, instead of punishing for such messages, said Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska. “The prime minister said the message has been received. And it is this message that is […]

Hamáček: Czech Republic supports North Macedonia’s NATO and EU membership


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held a meeting Wednesday in Skopje with a delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Government Jan Hamáček, focusing on longstanding bilateral relations and support to North Macedonia and its policies. PM Zoran Zaev pointed out that North Macedonia’s Government remains committed to the Euro-Atlantic reform […]

Ministry of Justice is ready and awaiting VMRO-DPMNE’s proposals


The Ministry of Justice is ready for a meeting but it depends on VMRO-DPMNE submitting its proposal over the key differences regarding the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office that complies with European recommendations. “We are waiting for VMRO-DPMNE to submit its proposal over the key differences, in line with European recommendations. The meeting will […]

Government and opposition debate over mass departures of people from the country


Mass departure of people from the country is one of the most heated topics of the presidential campaign in North Macedonia. Government and opposition have accused each other for the mass departure of people from the country. Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Mila Carovska says that VMRO-DPMNE, which has been in government for 10 […]

Instead of crossing it out, Milososki should put “North” in brackets


MP Antonio Milososki made a very brave move. The former head of the Macedonian diplomacy on his Twitter profile published a photograph of his pass, which he carries around his neck as part of the delegation of the Macedonian Assembly at the spring session in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, with a […]

Greek Government satisfied with the results of Alexis Tsipras’ visit to North Macedonia


Government circles express satisfaction over the visit of the Greek Prime Minister to Skopje, as the government stresses after 30 years of inertia, tension and suspicion, the implementation of the Prespа Agreement acts as a bridge of strategic cooperation in a number of critical areas. Government officials refer to the internationally acclaimed press reports that […]

Zaev and Tsipras get support from 33 MEPs for the Nobel Peace Prize


33 MEPs from 16 countries support Zaev and Tsipras to be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. This is the first time that such a pioneering agreement, like the Prespa Agreement, is being reached in the Balkan region, write the MEPs from 16 countries and six political groups in the European Parliament, who signed a letter […]

Tsipras’ visit triggers debates in North Macedonia


The visit that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held in Skopje yesterday has triggered a debate and was also commented by presidential candidates during the meetings that they had with voters. VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was critical about the fact that the national anthem was not played and the Republican Guard was not present […]

Greece will guard our airspace, we will “guard” its monuments


Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came carrying this message in his first official visit to North Macedonia that was done without an official welcome, allegedly because of the delegation’s delayed flight. Tsipras assessed that this visit presents an important and historic day for us and for the Balkans, that a lot of time has been […]

Tsipras: Greece will protect North Macedonia’s airspace


Stability of the region is the price North Macedonia should pay to Greece for protecting the Macedonian airspace, under an agreement of Tuesday’s meeting of the High-Level Cooperation Council between Athens and Skopje. As part of the meeting, several memorandums for cooperation were signed, including a document between the defense ministries envisaging that North Macedonia’s […]