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North Macedonia PM Slams European Parliament Committee Vote as Major Disappointment
Bulgarian News Agency
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Prime Minister of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski described the previous day’s European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee vote on the country’s progress report as a major disappointment, not a minor victory, during comments in Skopje on...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Legal Vacuum in North Macedonia Spurs Parallel Crypto System Ripe for Abuse
Balkan Insight
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June 25, 2025
In downtown Skopje, there is an exchange office that looks like any other. Here, however, the door is locked behind you, anonymity is guaranteed, and the commission decreases the higher the sum. “There’s no limit,” said an employee. And for really...
North Macedonia's Foreign Minister: Bulgarians MEPs Have Entered into Classic Russian Narrative Aimed at Regional Destabilization
Bulgarian News Agency
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North Macedonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Timcho Mucunski declared Tuesday a historic day because the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) voted on the report on his country's progress to EU accession....
Skopje to Host Meeting of Western Balkan leaders and Marta Kos on EU Growth Plan
Bulgarian News Agency
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On Monday, Skopje will host a meeting of EU and Western Balkan leaders on efforts to accelerate the implementation of the EU Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, which will be attended by the leaders of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,...
Xhabir Deralla, media expert from North Macedonia
Ukrinform
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Xhabir Deralla is a Macedonian civic activist, journalist, and co-founder of the influential non-governmental organization CIVIL Today – Center for Freedom, based in Skopje, as well as Defending Democracy Global Initiative (it’s an initiative...
North Macedonia's Foreign Minister to Participate NATO Summit
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Foreign Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Timco Mucunski will participate in Tuesday's NATO Summit in The Hague as part of a state delegation led by President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, said the country’s line ministry on Tuesday....
Western Balkan leaders meet in Skopje to advance EU Growth Plan
BNE Intellinews
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EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos met with leaders of the six Western Balkans partners – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia – in Skopje on July 1, for a high-level meeting dedicated to the EU Growth...
North Macedonia Govt’s First-Year Report Card: Must Do Better
Balkan Insight
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June 24, 2025
When it came to power in June 2024, the right-wing VMRO-DPMNE party-led government of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski promised a “furious start” with a set of economic and social measures that would boost the economy and improve people’s quality...
Bulgarian PM Urges Respect for Bulgarian Minority Rights in North Macedonia's EU Accession Talks
Novinite
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Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, speaking from Brussels, emphasized that Bulgaria expects the European Council to strictly follow the 2022 compromise when it comes to the Republic of North Macedonia’s EU accession. This agreement requires...
PM Zhelyazkov: Bulgaria Will Not Turn EU Accession Process of North Macedonia into Bilateral Issue
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria will not turn the European Union accession process of the Republic of North Macedonia into a bilateral issue, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov told reporters on Thursday in Brussels. He reported that earlier in the day he spoke to European...
The Governor of the BNM leads the Moldovan delegation at the Constituent Meeting of the IMF and the World Bank
IPN
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July 2, 2025
0 The Governor of the National Bank of Moldova (BNM), Anca Dragu, leads the delegation of the Republic of Moldova to the high-level meeting of the Constituency of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group, which takes place...
Western Balkans Leaders’ meeting in Skopje reaffirms commitment for swift delivery of the Growth Plan
The European Sting
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July 2, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos and the leaders of the six Western Balkans partners (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro,...
Macedonian Minister Fires Back at Bulgaria's Borissov: 'I’m in Power, He’s Just a Party Leader'
Novinite
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Aleksandar Nikoloski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport of North Macedonia, issued a pointed message directed at Bulgaria and its former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, emphasizing his continued hold on power compared to Borissov’s...
Four jailed for life over North Macedonia murders
Macau Business
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June 25, 2025
A court in North Macedonia sentenced four people, including a far-right politician, to life in prison Wednesday for an extortion plot that ended in the murder of a teenage girl and a 74-year-old man. The Basic Court in the capital, Skopje,...
Skopje To Host Meeting Of EU And Western Balkans Leaders
Sarajevo Times
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June 29, 2025
On Monday and Tuesday next week, Skopje will host a meeting of European Union (EU) and Western Balkans leaders, dedicated to the Growth Plan, which will also be attended by EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos. The government’s press service...
North Macedonia’s PM admits coordinated efforts Interfering in MEP Thomas Waitz’s Report, Lobbying Politicians in Brussels
BGNES
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June 22, 2025
North Macedonia's PM admitted to actively interfering in the text of Thomas Waitz’s European Parliament report and lobbying politicians in Brussels, BGNES reported. "We are carrying out organized activity, and I have spoken to everyone in...
Serbian authorities have personal stake in EU integration, ignore will of people — MP
TASS
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July 8, 2025
BELGRADE, July 8. /TASS/. It is only shrewd politicians in Serbia that want to join the European Union, not its people, the Serbian parliamentary committee on diaspora and Serbs in the region chairman, Dragan Stanojevic, told TASS. "There has long...
Denmark Introduces New Agreement to Attract International Workers from Selected Countries
Diplomat magazine EU
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July 1, 2025
On 30 June 2025, the Danish government introduced a new agreement to facilitate the recruitment of international workers from 16 designated non-EU countries. The initiative, known as the Collective Agreement–based Business Scheme, is aimed at...
PM Zhelyazkov Has Good Discussion with North Macedonia’s President Davkova, Talks Human Rights and European Values
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said he had a very good discussion with the President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, in The Hague on Wednesday. “We talked about human rights, about European values,”...