30 October 2021
The adoption of the package of bills on the railways that should be regulating the market liberalization has been postponed to December 2022, informed for Meta.mk, the Government of North Macedonia. Also, concerning the potential restructuring of North Macedonia’s Railways – Transport, as the biggest loss-making company, will have to wait for the restructuring analysis, […]
26 October 2021
European Commission’s latest report about North Macedonia and its reforms clearly stresses that North Macedonia should increase the assetsthat are allocated on national and local levels to decrease air pollution. “…limited implemention and ressources, weak inter-sectoral cooperation and coordination between central and local authorities limits the impact of measures to reduce air pollution. Air pollution […]
21 January 2021
To avoid last year’s criticism from the European Commission (EC) in its Report for 2021 on North Macedonia’s progress, the state authorities will have to accelerate the procedure of passing the waste management laws. The Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Naser Nuredini announced them a month ago, while the Government at its session on […]
16 October 2020
North Macedonia was again criticized in the Report of the European Commission on the country’s progress towards the EU, i.e. that the laws for waste management are still not adopted. Eight regional landfills are planned for North Macedonia, with the intent to overcome the problem with the municipality landfills that do not meet the environmental […]
13 October 2020
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 […]
6 October 2020
In its 2020 Report about North Macedonia’s progress towards its EU accession, the European Commission (EC) notes a continuation of the reforms that is evident through the efforts to strengthen democracy and the rule of law, including by activating existing checks and balances and through discussions and debates in key policy and legislative issues. “During […]
16 April 2018
The European Commission is again recommending opening accession talks with Macedonia, and the country’s progress report is among the more positive parts of this package from Brussels, which, as the report says, “clearly recognizes the political will for progress,”reports Radio Free Europe (RFE), whose correspondents from Brussels had an insight into the document which is to […]
7 March 2018
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 […]
17 November 2016
Even though the largest Criminal Court in the country, Basic Court Skopje 1, is turning into a circus and the European Commission’s report on Macedonia’s progress noted serious shortcomings in the judicial system and not to mention the obstruction of the Special Public Prosecution’s work, the most responsible person for the judicial system in the […]
11 November 2016
The Special Public Prosecutor’s office has not commented on statements by European Commissioner Johannes Hahn and the findings of the European Commission’s report on Macedonia’s progress, the area of work of the SPO, as well as statements by MEP Eduard Kukan. On Wednesday, we contacted the SPO but did not receive a comment on the […]
10 November 2015
Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov received today the Ambassador of the European Union in Macedonia, Ambassador Aivo Orav. Ambassador Orav handed the report on Macedonia’s progress of 2015 to President Ivanov and informed Ivanov on key estimates contained in the document, prepared by the European Commission. Ivanov said that this year’s European Commission report gives an […]
