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Prime Minister of North Macedonia gets Sinopharm jab

The Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev was vaccinated today with the Chinese jab "Sinopharm", i.e. as he said, the one that was availlable when his turn came, in accordance with the National Plan for Immunization. Zaev said that he feels great and will continue with the current work agenda this afternoon. "With the vaccines that arrived last week and...

“Faktoje” wins the legal battle against most state institutions in Albania in the “Invoices” case

The Administrative Court of Albania decided that the 8 highest state institutions, namely the Presidency, the Parliament of Albania, and several ministries, would provide Faktoje, the fact-checking website in Albania, with information and invoices about the official trips that heads of institutions took abroad. Decisions were made fairly quickly, despite the challenges caused by the pandemic across the system,...

North Macedonia: Carovska new Minister of Education, Filipche will remain Health Minister

A day after it was announced that a coalition agreement was reached between SDSM and DUI regarding the new government, the political parties have announced the names of the officials that will take over the ministerial positions. As was announced by Zaev, he will be the Prime Minister in the next four years, while Artan Grubi will be the...

Zaev commends DUI’s virtue, Ahmeti commends Zaev’s courage

During today's press conference led by the presidents of two of the parties in the newly formed government coalition, SDSM and DUI, Zoran Zaev and Ali Ahmeti, didn't hesitate to say nice things about each other, even though during the election campaign it seemed like they were opponents. "DUI showed greatness and virtue about the future of all citizens and...

From Domestic “Bombs” to a Russian Salad: Four Year’s Audio Golgotha

The recorded phone conversation of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with Russian comics Vovan (Vladimir Kuznetsov) and Lexus (Alexei Stolyarov) who pranked the Macedonian Prime Minister introducing themselves as the former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, from yesterday (9 July 2019) is the top topic among the public in Macedonia, but also abroad. The video...

Tsipras has arrived on his first visit to this country ever to be visited by a Greek Prime Minister

The airplane with which the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrived today to an official visit to North Macedonia accompanied by a delegation consisting of 70 businessmen, has landed at the Skopje's International Airport. Tsipras is the first Greek Prime Minister who has arrived on an official visit to this country. Tsipras was greeted at the airport by the...

Tzipras to Pahor: From now on Slovenia should call our neighbor “North Macedonia”

At today's meeting at the presidential palace in Athens with the Slovenian President Borut Pahor, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed his satisfaction that the plan for constitutional changes at his northern neighbors is progressing rapidly. At the same time, Tsipras lobbied at the Slovenian statesman that "the country that he now addresses with its constitutional name i.e. as Macedonia...

Possible meeting between Mogherini and Western Balkan prime minsters in December

The European Commission is considering the possibility of a meeting between high-level foreign policy official, Federica Mogherini, and the prime minsters of the Western Balkans, in the second half of December. The media in Serbia, citing sources in Brussels, report that the Western Balkan six include - Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia - and for now there is...

Slovenian Prime Minister urges state companies to pull their ads frommedia that spread hateful content

Slovenian PR Marjan Sharec has called upon all companies that are state-owned to think about withdrawing their ads from all media that are spreading hateful content. "It's true that media freedom and the freedom of speech are pillars of democracy, but this hardly means they are unlimited," Šarec wrote in a post published on the government's website. In August, the...

Prime minister and the ministers have cut down government expenditures by more than 65%

The prime minister and the ministers have cut down government expenditures by more than 65% during the second 6 months compared to the first 6 months, shows the upgraded tool for transparency at the government's webpage. "The government's transparency is giving saving results and responsible spending. There are savings for all sorts of costs especially catering services where the...

Robert Alagjozovski appointed National Coordinator of Culture for Zoran Zaev’s Office

Former Minister of Culture Robert Alagjozovski is moving into Prime Minister Zoran Zaev's office. He has been appointed a high state function, national coordinator for the development of culture and inter-ministerial cooperation. Government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski says that it is a function foreseen by the law and replied briefly that a nomination from the government is required for each national...

British Prime Minister Theresa May in Skopje

This afternoon, British Prime Minister Theresa May is on an official visit to Macedonia together with a government delegation. She will be first greeted in the Government, followed by a press conference held by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. At 17 o'clock, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi is organizing a reception in the Crystal Hall in Parliament.

Gruevski’s governments spent at least 1.73 million euros a year on advisers

After yesterday's allegations by VMRO-DPMNE regarding the annual costs of at least half a million euros for advisers to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, the Government disclosed their own calculations, saying that during the mandates of Nikola Gruevski as prime minister from 2010 to 2015, at least 1, 73 million euros were spent on his advisers. The government published a list...

There have been 30 threats issued on social networks whereas 6 were threats were issued against Zaev

The Ministry of Interior announced that its Sector for Computer Crime and Digital Forensics has documented and processed 30 cases where state officials' safety was jeopardized on the social networks or their personal data was misused. Notifications were sent for all cases to the Basic Public Prosecution in order to investigate whether those are criminal acts that should be...

Zaev: Nobody will be exempt from the responsibility of corruption

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, in his speech to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day, said that corruptive action is a serious threat to the economy and the overall development of Macedonia. He said that the fight against this evil is a commitment that this government took over, but he also urges citizens to participate in this fight in dealing with...

Zaev has been under constant threat of assassination for two years, says Spasovski

Today, Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski said at the press briefing that Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, while he was the leader of SDSM and now as prime minister has been under constant threats of assassination. Zaev received indirect threats while he was a leader of SDSM two years ago when he published the materials from illegal wiretapping, i.e. regarding the...

Zaev: There will be justice in Macedonia, we will not be divided on an ethnic basis

At the pre-election rally in Kicevo, the Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev announced better times and a better life for everyone in the country. “Last year, in December we held a lesson all over the world. We took down the regime with a pen and with our voices. We do not have prejudices, we are a colourful coalition,...

DUI: Davutoglu said that Ahmeti is a key factor for the stability in Macedonia

During today's meeting with the President of DUI, Ali Ahmeti, the former Turkish Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu has said that "Ahmeti is a key factor for the stability of Macedonia and the region, taking into account that the Albanians live in 6 states across the region and are the main axis for the Balkans' stability," announced DUI. DUI's press...

Zaev – Žbogar: In Brussels there is a great optimism because Macedonia is going forward

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has met today with the EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar and during the meeting, Zaev has stated that the Government is determined to build a quality life for all of its citizens. The Eu Ambassador, informs the Government, has said that in Brussels there is a great optimism about Macedonia's future steps and that the country...

Brnabić: Serbia will do its best to have the best relations with Macedonia

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić arrived at a reception organized in Belgrade for Independence Day of the Republic of Macedonia, and said that Serbia would do its best to have the best relations with Macedonia. She said that she did not speak with her Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev or Macedonia's ambassador to Belgrade Vera Jovanovska-Tipko, about the possibility of...