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Macedonia 21.11.24 | 19:58

Nikoloski discussed highway and railroad projects with the EBRD

Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski met today with Matteo Colangeli, regional director for Western Balkans of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Nikoloski’s office informed that he discussed financial support for projects such as the construction of the highway from Skopje...
Macedonia 21.11.24 | 19:43

Government will distribute fuel to put an end to the public transit problems in Skopje

After several days of problems with the public transit in the capital Skopje, the Government today decided to release fuel from the state reserves and supply the JSP public transit company. The citizens of Skopje had serious difficulties getting public transportation in the past few days, as only the...
Macedonia 21.11.24 | 19:37

Populist MP Apasiev was trying to provoke an incident in the Parliament

An incident broke out in the Parliament today, when Dimitar Apasiev, leader of the populist Levica party, began to shout obscenities at other members of Parliament. Apasiev was trying to provoke representatives from VMRO-DPMNE, insulting their families and urging them to come to him, while several other...
World 20.11.24 | 14:40

Orban convenes the national security council to discuss the escalation in Ukraine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban convened the national security council in response to the rising concerns about escalation in the war in Ukraine. Ukraine launched western made long range missiles into Russia, after receiving approval for that action from outgoing President Joe Biden. Russia, in...
Macedonia 20.11.24 | 14:38

DUI officials are escalating their rhetoric because of the criminal investigations into their actions, Mickoski tells the press in Kosovo

In an interview with the Kosovo Radio Television, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that the opposition DUI party is ramping up nationalist rhetoric because of the credible investigations into their crimes. They are buying shopping malls, have cars worth millions, they have more money than they...
Macedonia 20.11.24 | 14:29

Palevski’s friends testified about his behavior in the days after Vanja’s murder

In the trial in the gruesome killing of 14 year old Vanja Gjorcevska, the court today heard from several friends of main suspect Ljupco Palevski – Palco. One of them, Stefan Dimkovski, who was active in Palevski’s fringe political party, said that he drove Palevski from Belgrade, where he...
Macedonia 20.11.24 | 14:19

Mickoski congratulates Sekerinska on her appointment as NATO Deputy Secretary General

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski today congratulated former SDSM party leader Radmila Sekerinska on her appointment as Deputy Secretary General of NATO, adding that it had the support of his Government. It’s no secret that in the past we’ve had many conceptual differences when it came to...
Macedonia 20.11.24 | 12:22

Mickoski: We are ready to call for early general elections if we lose the local elections in spring

Responding to calls from the opposition DUI party for early general elections, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that he’s prepared to do so if VMRO-DPMNE loses the local elections scheduled in spring. It’s not a problem to go to the polls. The results will be the same, maybe even worse...
Macedonia 19.11.24 | 21:00

Kurti tells Ahmeti that it is healthy to spend some time in opposition

Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti called on DUI leader Ali Ahmeti to reconcile with his new role in the opposition in Macedonia, telling him that “it is healthy to rotate the parties”. I was in opposition for 20 years. Now I’m in the Government for four years, and I think we need to...
Balkans 19.11.24 | 19:58

Varhelyi: the next EU Commission should be focused on enlargement

European Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said that the further enlargement of EU is inevitable, and the only question is how many countries will join and when. Varhelyi said that investment in enlargement of the EU is an investment in peace. At the moment, Albania and Montenegro have hopes of...
Macedonia 19.11.24 | 19:55

Radmila Sekerinska named NATO Deputy Secretary General

Former SDSM party leader Radmila Sekerinska was named Deputy Secretary General of NATO. The announcement was made by Secretary General Mark Rutte today. Sekerinska held EU integration associated positions in the Macedonian Government under SDSM, and was most recently Defense Minister and deputy leader...
Economy 19.11.24 | 19:50

Subsidies program for young home buyers will resume in 2025

Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski announced resumption of the popular program for subsidizing young families who buy homes. The program, introduced in the previous VMRO-DPMNE led administration, will resume in 2025. In less than two months we will begin to develop the program, that will help...
Macedonia 19.11.24 | 00:09

Macedonia and Kosovo discuss mutual cooperation, as well as remaining open issues

The governments of Macedonia and Kosovo held a joint session in Pristina today, to discuss a number of issues of mutual interest, as well as outstanding problems between the countries. Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that the discussions were productive and sincere and covered trade, infrastructure...
Macedonia 18.11.24 | 23:59

Council of prosecutors suspends Mustafa Hajrulahi

The Council of state prosecutors today decided to uphold the decision to suspend high state prosecutor Mustafa Hajrulahi. Hajrulahi appealed the decision after he was suspended due to several allegations of mobbing. In several public statements, Hajrulahi said that the real reason he is being suspended...
Macedonia 18.11.24 | 23:07

President Siljanovska: constitutional changes with delayed effect is a Solomonic solution for the dispute with Bulgaria

In an interview with the Macedonian Television, President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova said that she is hopeful for a deal with Bulgaria by the end of the year, that will allow Macedonia to open its EU accession talks. The President added that the best solution remains that Macedonia amends the...
Macedonia 18.11.24 | 22:58

Nikoloski: serious issues with the planned highway to Kosovo

Following the meeting of the Macedonian and Kosovan governments, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski said that there are major issues with the planned highway between Skopje and the border with Kosovo. The first problem is that the planned highway on the Macedonian side does not link up with the...
Macedonia 18.11.24 | 00:47

Meeting of the governments of Macedonia and Kosovo in Pristina

The governments of Macedonia and Kosovo will hold a joint session on Monday in Pristina, that will include a bilateral meeting between prime ministers Hristijan Mickoski and Albin Kurti. Officials from the two countries will cover issues of mutual cooperation in various areas. Ahead of the meeting, the...
Economy 18.11.24 | 00:45

Mickoski: agreement with banks on the Hungarian loan expected by end of next week

Following a meeting with the key commercial banks in Macedonia, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that a full agreement on the distribution of 250 million EUR from the Hungarian loan will be reached by the end of next week. The loan is supposed to be distributed to businesses in Macedonia, but the...
World 17.11.24 | 23:20

Elon Musk endorsed Howard Lutnick as Treasury Secretary

Elon Musk endorsed billionaire investor and crypto promoter Howard Lutnick as the next Secretary of Treasury. In an X message, Musk endorsed Lutnick over the other key candidate for the position – investor Scott Bessent. My view fwiw is that Bessent is a business-as-usual choice, whereas Howard...
Macedonia 16.11.24 | 22:49

Mickoski on the dispute with Bulgaria: It takes two to tango

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that Macedonia still needs to have an interlocutor in Bulgaria, in order to move forward with resolving the dispute that blocks Macedonia’s EU accession. I don’t know if there’s some progress. There is no change in our positions because they are...
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