Friday, 26 May 2023
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 23:50

Kovachevski-Meloni: Italy fully supports Macedonian EU-integration process, it will defend Macedonian skies

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski spoke Friday over the phone with Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, discussing current developments in Macedonia and the region. The call primarily focused on the upcoming air policing operations of the Macedonian skies by the Italian Air Force, with the PMs referring...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 21:50

The so-called “working group” adopts draft initiative for constitutional amendments

The working group adopted Friday the draft initiative over the need for constitutional amendments. The initiative will be submitted to the Government, which is then scheduled to forward it to the Parliament.   “The meeting was successful, we made all decisions unanimously, the discussion was productive...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 21:41

It took Macedonian FM 10 minutes to react on Kosovo, while he is nowhere to be found when Bulgaria denigrates Macedonia

Apeacement of the tensions and de-escalation of the situation in the north of Kosovo, requests the Macedonian  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, after the Friday events. He added that at this moment it s of crucial significance to preserve peace and stability, announcing that he will soon visit...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 21:30

Mickovski revealed the source: Members of the “working group” on constitutional amendments are sharing information on the redefinition of Macedonia

Members of the so-called “working group” for constitutional amendments unofficially share information that the amendments to the Preamble of the Constitution will turn Macedonia into a bi-national state, while the rest of the citizens will ethnic communities or minorities, VMRO-DPMNE Chairman...
News 26.05.23 | 21:29

Grubi compared the adoption of draft laws to guns and cannons

The First Vice-PM and Minister of Political System and Relations among the Communities, Artan Grubi, congratulated the adoption of the amendments to the laws related to the construction of corridors 8 and 10d, using his famous, but somehow offensive, sentence, “They may turn their guns into cannons,...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 21:21

Mickovski: The advances for the construction of corridors will be used in electoral bribery

The specialists in highway supervision will receive 40 times higher salaries than an average university professor, which means that they should be at least 40 more efficient – or the money will end in someone else’s pockets, VMRO-DPME leader Mickovski accused on Friday. ” A university...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 21:11

Mickovski: Kovacevski should put the constitutional amendments to vote, if he loses, he should resign immediately

I am often perplexed by the Government’s amateur approach to essential and important issues for the citizens and for Macedonia. And every time I think they’ve reached the bottom, they push even deeper, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickovski responded to a reporter’s question regarding...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 19:11

VMRO-DPMNE told the US Senator that constitutional amendments under these conditions are impossible

Constitutional amendments under these conditions and under a Bulgarian diktat are impossible, and the MPs have no mandate from the citizens to participate in the process, reiterated the VMRO-DPMNE MPs at the Friday meeting with US Senator Chris Murphy. The MPs also pointed out that the Government conducts...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 18:36

VMRO-DPMNE: By voting for the laws, the ruling majority degraded the Parliament and used it to justify their crimes

Today, by abusing the “European flag” and voting to approve all seven laws related to the construction of corridors 8 and 10d, the ruling majority of DUI and SDSM degraded the Parliament, using it to uphold the corruption and their crimes, of course, to the detriment of the citizens, VMRO-DPMNE...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 18:12

Ruling VMRO-People’s Party won’t vote for the corridors-related laws

VMRO-People’s Party won’t vote for the five draft laws related to the construction of corridors 8 and 10d, the only MP from this party, Ljupco Balkovski, said on Friday, adding they will nevertheless remain a part of the ruling coalition. Instead, Balkovski submitted to the Government a draft...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 17:36

Mickovski: Despite the Government’s attempts to block everything, VMRO-DPMNE mayors’ motivation proved stronger

It is a pleasure to be present when something new is being created. Here, in Kisela Voda (a municipality in Skopje) we are continuously witnessing progress, we witness something new being created, and I will use this opportunity to congratulate the Mayor, the administration, and the VMRO-DPMNE MPs for...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 14:29

VMRO-DPMNE Vice-Chair: If the conditions are not changed, we won’t vote for the amendments even in the next Parliament

There is not even one VMRO-DPMNE MP who is prepared to vote for amendments to the Constitution, the VMRO-DPMNE Vice-Chair Aleksandar Nikolovski claims. In an interview with Channel 5 TV, Nikolovski stressed that if the conditions don’t change, then the party will not be prepared to vote for the...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 14:06

Parts of the contract with Bechtel&Enka are missing, Anticorruption Commission claims

The copy of the contract with Bechtel&Enka that the Government delivered to the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) is missing some parts, the Chairwoman of SCPC, Biljana Ivanovska, said on Friday. The Government’s response to the SCPC’s inquiry on the matter was that...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 13:33

“Dear Snezana, I am neither Olexandr, nor Ukrainian President: Huge cringe by a SDSM MP who boasted her high level” meetings

The SDSM MP Snezana Kalevska-Vanceva boasted on Facebook that she met,” with Olexandr Turchinov, Speaker of the Supreme Rada, who also temporarily holds the Office of President of Ukraine, during the democracy development study visit to the Swedish Riksdag”. Everything would have been well...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 09:15

Miteva: According to Freedom House, Macedonia is in a company of countries with hybrid regimes

The latest Freedom House report Countries in Transition 2023 ranks Macedonia among the countries with a hybrid regime, VMRO-DPMNE spokesperson Marija Miteva said on Thursday, adding that the report reveals that Macedonia has been stuck in one place for years. “The Government that was promising...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 08:30

MP Milosovski: Besides VMRO-DPMNE and coalition, at least two ruling MPs won’t vote for the constitutional amendments

There is pressure on VMRO-DPMNE MPs and the leadership, sometimes more subtle, other times more direct, even obvious to everyone, VMRO-DPMNE MP and member of the party EB, Antonio Milosovski said on Thursday in an interview with the Alfa TV. “The ruling elite pleads with the foreign representatives...

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