Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska and United States Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mara Karlin will sign a new defense cooperation memorandum on Friday.
Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani and UN Resident Coordinator in North Macedonia, Rossana Dudziak, co-chaired on Thursday the first Joint Steering Committee meeting on the implementation of the 2021-2025 United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework.
Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi on Thursday once again urged the opposition to be constructive and enable the passing of laws in Parliament in order to implement the fifth stimulus package as soon as possible.
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Thursday proposed three possible dates for holding local election in North Macedonia – October 3, 10 and 17.
Government spokesman Dushko Arsovski reiterated on Wednesday the Government’s position regarding the escape of the ex-secret police chief Sasho Mijalkov, saying that the institutions have taken all necessary measures to apprehend him and that he is already placed under house arrest. He stressed that the Government will not tolerate actions that undermine trust in the
The action plan is 99% complete, which gives us hope of holding an intergovernmental conference in the next few weeks to create suitable atmosphere before talks, which our PM hopes will happen in March or June, following the formation of the new Bulgarian government, Vlado Buchkovski, the government’s Special Representative for Bulgaria, said on Tuesday.
European Union Ambassador to North Macedonia David Geer said on Friday that the relevant legislation in the EU regarding IDs showing ethnicity is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and this prohibits the processing of personal data, revealing racial or ethnic origin, political, religious or other beliefs.
Prime Minister and leader of ruling political party SDSM, Zoran Zaev, called on political stakeholders and the opposition to reach a consensus regarding election legislation.
Defence Minister Radmila Shekerinska and NATO’s Assistant Secretary General David van Weel in his capacity as the Chair of the Cyber Defence Management Board (CDMB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cyber defence cooperation between North Macedonia and NATO, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release Friday.
North Macedonia takes over the 2021 Chairmanship with the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). EU Ambassador David Geer and Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi will present Friday the 2021 priorities for the Central European Free Trade Agreement under the Chairmanship of North Macedonia.