Macedonian nationalism

North Macedonia's Transport Minister, Aleksandar Nikoloski, has indicated that the current Corridor 8 railway project "will certainly not be worked on," and the potential for a new project remains uncertain. In a statement to Telma TV, he emphasized that discussions with Bulgaria commenced recently in Brussels, and a follow-up meeting is scheduled for October 31.

North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has announced that a démarche will be issued to the Bulgarian ambassador due to Bulgaria's alleged violation of diplomatic norms.

North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski declared that citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia will discard their Bulgarian passports as soon as the country joins the European Union.

The Prespa Agreement is a political "reality" the new prime minister of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski said during a press conference in Skopje on Monday.

The agreement is "part of the constitutional and legal order," he noted, adding that this was the stance of his party, VMRO-DPMNE, "for years."

The US ambassador in Skopje, Angela Aggeler, has publicly opposed Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski's proposal to renegotiate Bulgaria's inclusion in North Macedonia's constitution, a condition crucial for EU negotiations.

The Greek Foreign Ministry has lambasted the leadership of North Macedonia for its "continued violation" of the Prespa name agreement signed in 2019 by the two countries, accusing it of irredentism after a post on X on Thursday by the neighboring country's president, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, who referred to "Aegean Macedonia," which is part of Greece's region of Macedonia.

After her swearing-in ceremony, the President of North Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska, blatantly violated the Prespa Agreement by practically reinstating “Macedonian” irredentism through her support for the alleged “Aegean Macedoni

Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has firmly stated that his country "will not kneel before Bulgaria," responding to recent remarks by Bulgarian leaders Boyko Borissov and President Rumen Radev.

Despite the slight shift in the public discourse of North Macedonia's prime minister-in-waiting, Hristijan Mickoski, experienced diplomats view the "stealth war" strategy followed by the new leadership of the neighboring country as a violation of the "ergo omnes" term of the Prespa Agreement - that is, the use of the country's constitutional name both internally and externally. 

North Macedonia's prime minister-in-waiting has referred to his county as "Macedonia" three times at the start of a two-day parliamentary debate leading up to a vote on his new government.

Hristijan Mickoski, a 46-year-old former engineering professor, has pledged to continue his center-left predecessors' efforts to shepherd the small Balkan NATO member into the European Union.