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Boyko Borissov and Zoran Zaev Meet Today at the Council of Ministers in Sofia

A general program in the field of culture will be signed, reported NOVA TV. 

They will discuss the development of cooperation in various sectors, infrastructure and transport projects and the implementation of the Friendship, Neighborhood and Cooperation Treaty.

Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov Will Meet Zoran Zaev on February 4th in Sofia

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov will hold a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev, who is visiting Sofia on February 4th, reported the Bulgarian National Radio. 

They will discuss the development of cooperation in various sectors, infrastructure and transport projects and the implementation of the Friendship, Neighborhood and Cooperation Treaty.

Macedonia PM Recruits Albanian Parties to Boost Majority

The reshuffle proposed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Tuesday is the first since the election of his government last year, and will see two small ethnic Albanian parties join the ruling coalition, boosting its support in the assembly.

The Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA, which controls two MPs in parliament, will get one ministerial post and one deputy minister.

Macedonia Ex-Procurement Chief Faces Corruption Charge

Macedonia's financial police on Friday said that they had filed charges for misuse of office against the former head of the government's procurement service, Vase Donevski.

His alleged accomplice in crime is Austrian businessman Wolfgang Gamper who owns the company Securicom, which was tasked with cleaning and securing the government building and the other ministries.

Support Swells for Macedonian Pupils' Protest Rally

Protesting school pupils in Macedonia, angered by plans to introduce externally controlled state-run graduation exams, have urged sympathisers to join their central protest planned for Thursday.

The protest rally, dubbed "Stop the bad reforms in education", comes after a boycott of classes that began in early April.

High School Boycott Spreading in Macedonia

A growing number of high school pupils in Macedonia are boycotting regular classes and attending alternative lectures and events held inside schools for a third day - in a dispute that shows no sign of going away.

They say they will continue the boycott until the Education Minister, Abdilaqim Ademi, agrees to meet them for talks.

Macedonia Pupils Boycott Classes Over New Exams

The boycott began on Monday in a bid to stop plans for the externally-controlled exams that are intended to check high school pupils' skills and evaluate whether teachers have done their jobs properly.

The movement organising the boycott, High School Plenum, said it would continue the boycott for as long as the Education Ministry turns a deaf ear to its demands.

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