North Macedonia

"It makes no sense to hold a referendum when, regardless of the result, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE does not plan to vote. Only one referendum makes sense - whether you are in favor of EU membership or not, all the other questions are a way of getting around the only real question. No one in the government is satisfied with the compromise that was made with Bulgaria".

North Macedonia plans to write into law major punishments for those convicted of 'ecocide', but the country's track record does not bode well when it comes to enforcing such progressive legislation.

The VMRO DPMNE opposition party launched a campaign for a referendum against the 2017 Skopje-Sofia friendship treaty, which it claims is fuelling Bulgaria's push for concessions from North Macedonia in return for unblocking its path towards the EU.

The Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovachevski, and the Ministers of Energy and Economy will be on a working visit to Sofia on Monday, the government's press office in Skopje announced.

The visit's purpose is "to deal with the consequences of the global energy crisis".

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The First International Wine Fair "Wine Vision of the Open Balkans", under the auspices of the governments of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania, was opened today in the presence of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vui and the Prime Ministers of Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro, Edi Rama, Dimitar Kovaevski and Dritan Abazovi, with the opening Red Wine "Open Balkan" made from three loc

The fair is sponsored by the governments of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania as part of the Open Balkans initiative, and the opening will be attended by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vui and the Prime Ministers of Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro, Edi Rama, Dimitar Kovaevski and Dritan Abazovi.

The summit will be held on Friday, September 2 in the Palace of Serbia, and it will be chaired by Aleksandar Vui, it was stated in the press release of the Office for Media Relations of the President of the Republic.

A court verdict against its former leader puts North Macedonia's main opposition VMRO DPMNE party at risk of losing its luxury HQ in the capital plus a total of 34 properties across the country.

Former PM and VMRO DPMNE leader Ljubco Georgievski says North Macedonia should be more flexible in dealing with its dispute with neighbouring Bulgaria.

A plan for a major film and music studio in Skopje has movie professionals in North Macedonia dreaming of a brighter future. But their hopes have been dashed before.