19 October 2022
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 […]
18 August 2022
At the end of July 2022, the European Union granted the first projects for the implementation of the Economic and Investment plan for Western Balkan. North Macedonia applied for 4 investment projects and was granted financial support for them in the total amount of €225.6 million. The money is in the form of grants, i.e. […]
17 August 2022
During yesterday’s hearing at the Basic Criminal Court in Skopje, 6 more defendants accused for the incidents that happened in front of the Parliament of North Macedonia on the 5th of July, during the protests against the French proposal, received conditional sentences. They pleaded guilty and received court sentences for “participating in mob violence.” “All […]
4 August 2022
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 […]
21 July 2022
“This decision by the EU’s executive body to take Hungary to court over the alleged breach in EU telecoms rules regarding Klubrádió’s frequency licence is a belated but important signal that the Commission is increasingly willing to use the tools available to it to defend independent media, freedom of expression and media pluralism where they […]
6 July 2022
Eleven protesters were detained and 47 police officers were injured, 11 of which have severe injuries and two serious injuries, in yesterday’s violent protests in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The protest was organized by informal groups, but was supported by the main opposition parties from the Macedonian political block – VMRO-DPMNE and Levica. […]
4 July 2022
After the meeting with the members of the Security Council [of North Macedonia] I said that after the French proposal is submitted to the Government [of North Macedonia], I expect to see in the Government’s conclusions a statement that starting from the day we start and end the EU accession negotiations, if there are additional […]
3 June 2022
The main actors in the process of counteracting the effects of the disinformation should be the institutions that are tasked with the creation of media policies, but also the media outlets and the journalists. Still, a systematic approach, with participation of several other factors is essential, said researcher Gjorgji Mitrevski at “The Situations and Challenges […]
2 June 2022
The disinformation is directed against our Euro-Atlantic orientation; in particular, since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Macedonia is target of disinformation whose aim is to incite anti-Western sentiments among the citizens of North Macedonia and to promulgate hazy alternatives for the EU and NATO. Due to its potential to undermine the […]
8 April 2022
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, in an interview with Portalb.mk says that disinformation and propaganda are tools of war and that the Government treats them as such. He says that the state has difficulties in preventing the daily mass penetration of disinformation in the creation of public opinion. According to […]
25 February 2022
In 2021, 68% of the citizens supported the idea of North Macedonia becoming EU member-state, but the Macedonian citizens were not sufficiently informed about the trajectory and the time frame of the EU accession process itself. The perceived influence of EU in North Macedonia has dropped to the lowest ranking in the last several years […]
1 November 2021
The news of the resignation of the prime minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, both from the government and from the helm of his SDSM political party has been broadcasted by the most influential international news agencies and media around the world. Zaev yesterday evening, just a few hours after the runoff local elections in […]
27 October 2021
Regional CSOs networking in the Balkans has become an increasingly challenging effort for the most of organizations engaged in regional initiatives fostering human rights, democracy, good governance, rule of law, reconciliation or socio economic development. One can note at least three reasons for this unenviable situation facing both formal and informal regional CSO networks since […]
27 October 2021
Regionalno umrežavanje organizacija civilnog društva na zapadnom Balkanu postaje je sve značajniji izazov za većinu organizacija angažovanih na regionalnim inicijativama na unapređenju poštovanja ljudskih prava, demokratije, dobrog upravljanja, vladavine prava, pomirenja ili društvenog ekonomskog razvoja. Mogu se navesti najmanje tri razloga za nezavidnu situaciju sa kojom se suočavaju kako formalne tako i neformalne regionalne OCD […]
7 October 2021
The Prime minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev yesterday, at the end of the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brdo, Slovenia, in a statement for the media said that it is obvious that only one member of the EU – Bulgaria – objects to the start of the negotiations for accession of North Macedonia to the […]
28 September 2021
The construction of the first landfill in North Macedonia where the waste will be deposited and recycled in accordance with the European standards is long overdue. Even though the municipality of Sveti Nikole in February agreed to the establishment of the Public inter regional enterprise for waste management “EKO ISTOK- SEVEROISTOK,” (Eco East-Northeast), the 18 […]
27 May 2021
The Secretariat of European Affairs (SEP) of North Macedonia will digitalize the services it offers, so from now on, the registration of projects of foreign donors will be conductes online. The service was prepared as part of the “Digitalization of North Macedonia’s Public Sector for Unhindered Functioning” project that was financed by the United Kingdom’s […]
5 May 2021
We don’t need the European Union at the cost of the Macedonian identity and language, since we shall be like dust lost to the wind even after we join the EU, said today Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev during his visit to Resen. He is hoping that a solution will be found for […]
16 April 2021
The Slovenian web site “Necenzurisano.si” published yesterday (15th of April 2021) the unofficial diplomatic document, i.e. non-paper, titled “Western Balkans – the Road Ahead”, being the subject of speculations that the Slovenian Prime Minister has sent it to Brussels. The non-paper predicts dissolution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and merging Republika Srpska with Serbia, as well […]
10 March 2021
The “Agenda: Europe at Home” document that was adopted at yesterday’s government session was prepared by the joint groups of the Republic of North Macedonia (RNM) and the EU. Those groups were formed on the basis of the Agreement for Stabilization and Association and the EC’s recommendations. In the implementation of these European reforms, the […]
