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Youth unemployment remains a problem that North Macedonia must work hard to solve, notes the latest Report of the EC on North Macedonia's EU accession progress. The youth and meeting the needs of this group remainс a challenge that has to be addressed and solved. The report stresses the problems that North Macedonia has to solve, as well as...

In 2022, just like in the previous years, the European Commission (EC) in its Report on North Macedonia's progress in the EU integration process, once again came up with criticism about air pollution in North Macedonia. In the chapter "Environment and climate change", EU pinpointed the acceleration of the efforts to cut air pollution, both on local and national...

Regarding digital transformation, the Republic of North Macedonia has a long way ahead. Even though the county has implemented reforms in this direction, there is still much work to be done. This is stated in EC's latest report, for 2022, on country's EU-accession progress. The report stresses the faults that North Macedonia will have to work on rectifiying, but...

European Commission's criticism on the transportation sector of North Macedonia is almost identical as last year, i.e. the sector remains a problem that the government must overcome. The EC's North Macedonia 2022 Report criticizes the same projects as the last year - the construction of the railroad line to Bulgaria, the Road Corridor 10-d from Gradsko to Prilep, the...

The Government of North Macedonia in yesterday's session reviewed and adopted the Information on the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia to the Digital Europe (DIGITAL) program, prepared by the Ministry of Information Society and Administration, Government's press service informs. "DIGITAL is a new European Union’s program aimed at bringing the digital technologies closer to the businesses, the citizens...

With the systematization of the judicial network for judges in all levels of courts and for all types of courts, 636 judicial seats are provided, and 493 seats have been filled, but even with this number, we are leaders in Europe. With 34 courts, we are leaders in terms of the number of courts, but we can never get...

Children with cerebral palsy in Ohrid live in complete isolation. They do not have any day care centers. Parents complain that their children are discriminated against and excluded from society, Truthmeter.mk writes.   Author: Sonja Rilkovska   Children with cerebral palsy from Ohrid face total isolation. Excluded from the educational process and social life, fully disconnected, they are locked in their homes. There...

The first doses of the Pfizer vaccines for the Western Balkans countries that were secured by the European Commission (EC) and Austria will arrive in North Macedonia and the other countries in May. The delivery of the remaining quantities will continue until August, EC announced today. The Commission confirmed the information that was published by Austria that by the end...

The European Commission in its Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans concerning North Macedonia  stresses that it will finance building of new railroad infrastructure and reconstruction of the existing one. In the financial package in the amount of €9 billion that will be available for the Western Balkans countries through the IPA III funds, including additional grants...

In a recent report sent to the European Commission (EC), as a signatory to the Code of Practice Against Disinformation, Facebook says it has taken down eight coordinated networks of fake profiles from North Macedonia, Kosovo and Russia in the last few weeks. Facebook say the report explains that in total they removed over 2,000 profiles, pages and groups,...

EU's High Representative/Vice President for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini and Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn today confirmed the arrival of the notification by the Republic of North Macedonia about its new name and congratulated Skopje and Athens on the acchievement. "Today, the European Union has formally been notified by the Republic of North Macedonia of its new name,...

Macedonia has begun screening for the EU accession process which will end in June 2019, however, if the Prespa Accord there will be no membership negotiations, explains Bojan Maricic, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Chief Technical Negotiator in the European Integration Process. Screening, or determining the alignment of Macedonian legislation with EU law, is a technical process...

On September 30th, citizens will make a choice that will determine the future of your country and that choice will have consequences for future generations. I urge you to use your democratic right and vote in the upcoming referendum, said Christian Danielsson, director of the European Commission's Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Directorate, at the launch of the new...

Citizens are most deserving of the positive recommendation from the European Commission, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told a press conference in Government, after the recommendation for the start of negotiations with Macedonia was announced by the European Commission (EC) to the European Council. “Some of the successes are attributed to the opposition due to joint compromises. The government is ready...

Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani expects the most positive report for Macedonia from the European Commission, which will be followed by a clear and unconditional recommendation for the start of Macedonia's EU accession talks. He said at a government conference, that this will be the best confirmation that Macedonia is back on the European track. "Of course, this...

The EU Enlargement Strategy is one of the most important initiatives of the European Commission for the region, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani at today's coordinative working breakfast with ambassadors and their representatives from Western Balkan countries. The meeting was held ahead of the publication of the European Commission's Strategy for Enlargement with the Western Balkan...

The European Commission allowed additional 1.5 million euro in humanitarian help for Macedonia and Serbia to give appropriate care and temporary housing conditions to refugees and migrants. European Commissioner for Humanitarian aid Christos Stylianides said “The Western Balkans are dealing with an unprecedented number of transiting refugees and migrants. The EU is stepping up its humanitarian aid to provide them...