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Balkans 21.10.24 | 19:59

Albania could join the EU in five years

Albania could join the European Union by the end of the term of the current Commission, said outgoing Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, as he was welcoming the opening of EU accession talks for the country. Albania’s strong dedication to the reform process led us to the opening of the first...
Economy 21.10.24 | 19:47

Gas prices go down

Gas prices will go down starting tomorrow. The new estimate from the Regulatory Energy Commission sees a reduction of 1 denar per liter for unleaded gas and 2 denars for diesel fuels. BS-95 will now be sold for 77 denars per liter, and BS-98 – for 79 denars. Diesel will go for 68.5 denars per liter.
Economy 21.10.24 | 19:45

SDSM calls for a steep increase in the minimum wage

SDSM leader Venko Filipce came out with a proposal that the minimum wage is increased to 27,700 denars (from the current level of 22,500 denars – or about 350 EUR). In these conditions of major economic uncertainty, as a responsible opposition party we are proposing changes to the law on the minimum...
Macedonia 21.10.24 | 19:40

VMRO: SDSM are the ones who politicized the security services

It was SDSM who politicized the security services, said VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Brane Petrusevski during a press conference today. SDSM is protesting the appointment of Bojan Hristovski as new head of the ANB security service, claiming that his former local position in VMRO means that Hristovski...
Macedonia 20.10.24 | 18:54

Urosevic: Ethnicity must not be criteria for membership in the academy

In a TV interview, poet and academic Vlada Urosevic said that the only criteria for membership in the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences should be individual contribution and not the ethnicity of the candidate. I can confirm that ethnic Albanians were rejected for MANU membership, but far more Macedonians...
Macedonia 20.10.24 | 18:50

Prime Minister Mickoski attends the European summit in Salzburg

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski will attend the European summit in Salzburg, where EU leaders will discuss reforms of the union. Mickoski will participate in a panel discussion and detail Macedonia’s plan and vision for EU membership. “We are ready to be valued by our efforts and drive”,...
Macedonia 20.10.24 | 18:43

One Skopje ZOO employee will be tested for bird flu

One employee of the Skopje ZOO will be tested for bird flu, after the illness was diagnosed in a goose on the grounds. Veterinary authorities culled two dozen birds that were roaming the ZOO grounds. Following interviews with the workers, one is suspected of possibly having bird flu symptoms and four...
Macedonia 19.10.24 | 23:05

Jaceva: Opening of an Albanian academy sets a dangerous precedent

The opening of an Albanian academy of sciences could open Pandora’s box, with other minorities also asking for separate ethnic academies, says professor Elka Jaceva Ulcar in an interview with Republika. The Albanian VLEN coalition initiated the creation of a civic organization which they want to...
Macedonia 19.10.24 | 22:53

Small groups of illegal migrants intercepted in Delcevo and Kumanovo

Two groups of migrants were intercepted yesterday – one near Kumanovo and the other near Delcevo. The first group was driven by a Serbian citizen in a van and it included two Indians, one person from Syria and one from Sierra Leone. They were intercepted at a gas stop. The group that was found...
Macedonia 19.10.24 | 22:50

Skopje ZOO closed, two dozen birds culled, after outbreak of bird flu

The Skopje ZOO was closed today, and two dozen birds were culled, after bird flu was diagnosed in a goose. To prevent the spread of the virus, the birds who are usually allowed to freely roam the grounds of the ZOO were culled by officials of the Food and Veterinary Agency (AHV). AHV says that the animals...
Economy 19.10.24 | 22:46

Mickoski: We stopped the economic free-fall

The economic situation is stabilizing and its free-fall has been stopped, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski during a public event today. He was responding to allegations from SDSM member of Parliament Fatmir Bytyqi, who described the economic situation in Macedonia as disastrous, after the country...
Macedonia 18.10.24 | 17:39

Yotova attacks Macedonia on minority rights, Mickoski responds

Bulgarian Vice President Iliyana Yotova organized a conference in Kustendil on the ethnic Bulgarians living outside of the country’s borders, where she had critical comments prepared for Macedonia. Read the European values with more understanding. When the actual EU accession talks begin, there...
Macedonia 18.10.24 | 17:25

Government will determine its next steps on the EU blockade following a round of meetings with EU officials

The Government is still deliberating on its next step regarding the European integrations blockade, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, who recently announced that he is preparing a letter to EU leaders, from whom Macedonia expects guarantees that it will not be held hostage to endless Bulgarian...
Economy 18.10.24 | 17:17

Huge German wind investment coming to Kumanovo

A large new wind park worth 400 million EUR will be built in the area between Kumanovo and Kriva Palanka, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski following his return from Germany. The Prime Minister said that the wind park will be a German investment, and that two other manufacturing investments will...
Macedonia 18.10.24 | 09:18

Mickoski: The ANB director was fired after he didn’t submit a security report for over two months

Bojan Hristovski was named new head of the ANB security service after, as Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said, the previous management of the agency did not submit a security briefing to him for two months. The heavily politicized institution was led by Zaev loyalists, after he and a number of disgraced...
Economy 18.10.24 | 08:59

Government extends application deadline for the municipal infrastructure funds

The Government has extended the deadline for municipalities to apply for local infrastructure funds until mid November. While most of the municipalities were well prepared to apply for the 250 million EUR that are made available with the help of a Hungarian state loan, some major municipalities were...
Macedonia 17.10.24 | 11:49

State prosecutor Kocevski is threatening the prosecutors investigating the SPO unit

State prosecutors are investigating the work of the Skopje high prosecutor’s office, after prosecutor Mustafa Hajrulahi alleged that he was pressured to drop an investigation into the unlawfully paid bonuses for the now defunct and disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office. Speaking with Republika,...
Economy 17.10.24 | 11:41

Macedonia commits to the eastern railway project, asks that Bulgaria does the same

Macedonian representatives told the European Commission that Macedonia is committed to building the Corridor 8 railway section to Bulgaria, and insisted that the plans are reworked and Bulgaria begins work on its end as well. The move comes after Macedonia pulled out of the existing project, where the...
Macedonia 17.10.24 | 11:29

Three dead, five injured in a serious traffic accident on the Skopje – Veles highway

Three people were killed and five were injured in a tragic traffic accident on the Skopje – Veles highway. The men were workers, travelling in a van back to Veles after working in Skopje. The accident happened near Katlanovo, where the vehicle rolled over.
Macedonia 17.10.24 | 11:26

Sela denies reports that he plans to break the coalition with DUI

Ziadin Sela denied reports that his Alliance of Albanians is also planning to leave the coalition with DUI. DUI recently lost one of its main coalition partners – Menduh Thaci’s DPA party. These media spins are coming from the kitchen of VLEN, said Sela, accusing the ruling Albanian coalition...
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