All News on Politics in Macedonia

Biden Tells Macedonia PM to Fulfil Crisis Deal

Biden on Monday stepped up pressure on embattled Macedonian premier Gruevski to implement the agreement brokered by the EU and the US last summer.

Gruevski's surprise visit to Washington came as talks on the implementation of the agreement had practically come to a halt.

Euro MPs Check Implementation of Macedonia Crisis Deal

The three MEPs - Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Richard Howitt - are to arrive on Monday and have separate meetings with representatives of the four main political parties in Macedonia, aimed at ensuring that the crisis deal struck last summer is properly implemented.

Macedonia Plans Boost to Private Medical Tourism

Macedonia's parliament is expected to approve a government-proposed bill to establish tax-free health-care "zones" for foreigners.

The bill entered parliamentary procedure last week is likely to pass soon.

The bill will allow foreign - and domestic - healthcare companies to build hospitals in Macedonia exclusively for the use of foreign private patients.

Hungarian PM: EU Should Admit Bulgaria to Schengen to Halt Migrant Influx

According to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Bulgaria should be admitted to the Schengen Area in order for the EU to be able to deal more effectively with the ongoing refugee crisis.

Orban added in an interview for a public radio on Friday that the EU should establish a new frontier on the northern border of Greece in order to halt the migrant influx to Europe.

Albania, Kosovo Top German 2015 Asylum List

Albanians were the largest single national group seeking asylum in Germany after Syrians last year, according to a German ministry report.

Some 54,762 people from Albania sought asylum in Germany in 2015. Kosovars made up the next largest group, filing 37,095 requests. Citizens of Afghanistan and Iraq came fourth and fifth.

With NATO-members around it, can Serbia remain neutral?

This year, another Serbian border could become a border with a NATO member-state.

If the Montenegrin Assembly accepts the invitation from the Alliance, out of Serbia's neighbors only Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina will be outside it.

Macedonian Prime Minister 'to Resign as Agreed'

A ruling VMRO DPMNE party official told BIRN on Monday that the party is still undecided between several candidates to take up the prime ministerial post after its leader and incumbent premier Gruevski resigns by January 15, as previously agreed.

FYROM’s PM Gruevski to resign

Important political developments are expected to occur in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) based on the agreement reached among the leaders of the four major political parties in July 15, 2015.

Muslim mayor complains about Santa Claus in schools

Muslim mayor Tzemil Kapza complained for the Christmas and New Year events organized by the Municipality of Miki in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace that took place in kindergartens and involved people dressed up as Santa Clauses.

Macedonia Opposition Accused of Hatching 'Filthy' Plot

In a written statement on Wednesday, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski accused the opposition of involvement in an ID forgery scandal, aimed at undermining his government.

Gruevski who is in the centre of a massive illegal surveillance scandal, accused the opposition Social Democrats of plotting "forgeries, destruction, scenarios, set ups, conspiracies and filthy moves.

PM K. Karamanlis and wife vote in ND elections

Former Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis and his wife Natasha Pazaiti showed up to vote for the conservative main opposition New Democracy party elections at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday morning. They voted at the electoral center housed at the neoclassical building at the corner of Vas. Olgas and 25 Martiou streets.

Born to lead ND: all you need to know about 4 musketeers of the conservative party (pics)

Finally the time has arrived for the main opposition New Democracy (ND) party to choose its leader after all the pressure of failed national elections, the fiasco of a failed local election and a time of introspection as different party factions pull the party in all directions. Haven’t voted yet? Here’s a profile of the four candidates.