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The municipalities have doubled the number of their employees compared to 2011, shows the comparison of two documents from the Ministry of Local Self-Governance and the Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA). The dynamics of the employments by the municipalities has doubled after 2013, when the number of employees started rising by 22% per annum. According to the Ministry...

It is inappropriate for the head of state to refuse to talk with the prime minister or with the foreign minister, in order not to receive first-hand information, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn said in an interview with MIA. "I think the prime minister and the foreign minister have fully respected the constitutional guidelines and I...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has met today with the philanthropist and billionaire George Soros, the founder of the Open Society Foundation (OSF) and with Alexander Soros, the Deputy President of OSF's Global Witness. At the meeting, it was stressed that Macedonia shares and promotes the values of democracy, protection of human rights, the rule of law and the open society,...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, in his speech in front of the Government building during the celebration of 8th of September - The Independence Day, said that in Macedonia there are responsible politicians who know what the citizens need and that there are conscious citizens that know what the state needs. He also said that Macedonia has turned from a...

I am sending a message to government and state institutions, that there will be zero tolerance for electoral crime, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at today's conference, "Separating the state from political parties" organized by the Citizens Association "Most". “The Government of Macedonia is building institutions for the citizens, and it’s aim of the upcoming local elections is to protect...

Today, the state plans to borrow 59.2 million euros from domestic lenders through auctions of 6-month and 12-month bills, and a 10-year bond. Tomorrow, 59.3 million euros have to be returned based on outstanding debts. The public debt is now over 4 billion euros.

After a second day of protests, and tonight's violence against the decision of President Gjorge Ivanov to pardon politicians, the Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn wrote on his "Twitter" account that citizens should be reasonable and refrain from violence. "Call on all political parties and reasonable citizens to refrain from violent actions. The crisis can be...

Instead of getting rid of these disastrous divisions, in the last 25 years, we allowed the gap to grow between us, and now this crisis has become part of our everyday lives, said President Gjorge Ivanov during the 65th anniversary of the National Archive of the Republic of Macedonia. “The irresponsible behavior of the political opposition has harmed the country. The...

Without a cleansed electoral roll, balanced media reporting and without the separation of the state and the party, it is uncertain whether early parliamentary elections on June 5 will be held and now nobody can know. This was stated by the German Ambassador, Christine Althauser at a debate organized by the NGO "Civil" on "Pluralism and the political crisis",...