NEWS OF THE DAY: Zaharieva: Bulgaria, in this phase, cannot approve the negotiating framework for Republic of North Macedonia
Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva confirmed that Bulgaria did not approve the negotiating framework for Macedonia at today’s meeting of the General Affairs Council of the European Union. In order for the EU accession negotiations to start, all 27 states must agree on the content of the negotiating framework, reports SDK.
Zaharieva, at a briefing with Bulgarian journalists following the video conference with her EU counterparts, said that Bulgaria did not approve the framework for Macedonia, as it does not reflect the Bulgarian demands, including those regarding the Macedonian language and Macedonian minority.
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CIVIL Conference on Green Values, Social Justice and Antinationalism
The conference “The Greens are Coming 2020”, organized by GREEN CIVIL (an organizational unit of CIVIL) in partnership with the Heinrich Bǒll Foundation, will be held on Thursday, November 19, at Hotel Park Residence (behind the football stadium) starting at 12.00 noon.
Marion Kraske, from the Heinrich Bǒll Foundation, Director of the regional office for BiH, North Macedonia and Albania, will speak at the conference.
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Vevcani will be decorated with old decorations for the New Year holidays
FLASH NEWS
Minister of Health Venko Filipce, considers that for now there is no need for introducing a curfew, but on the other hand stressed the importance of respecting the measures due to the serious pressure on the health care system and hospital capacities being rapidly filled, as well as the lack of medical staff.
The Cabinet of President Stevo Pendarovski is fully denying the statement of the former Head of the Islamic Religious Community, Sulejman Rexhepi, given in the TV show “Click Plus” of TV21.
Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Economic Affairs Fatmir Bytyqi participated at the opening of the event that marked the start of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, organized by “Startup Macedonia”, which was held via video conference.
With support of a set of measures for political engagement, technical assistance and investments, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will stimulate the country’s progress towards the EU..
The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy is continuing consultations for the initiative for Sunday to be a non-working day, within the framework of which today the Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Jagoda Shahpaska, had a meeting with representatives of the Independent Hospitality Chamber.
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translation: N. Cvetkovska
