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SDSM's Internal War Continues: Who Really Controls the Party — Membership Cards, Backroom Deals or the Base?
Filipče's leadership accuses the dissidents of serving VMRO-DPMNE's interests, while the "12:05" Platform insists the membership stands with them.…
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SDSM Splits Into a Voice and a List: "12:05" Platform Demands a Single Electoral District and Open Lists
Ivanovski: Filipče and his group have become a faction within the party, and the membership is on our side.…
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"We Don't Want an Easier Path, We Want One Governed by Rules" — North Macedonia PM Mickoski Addresses UN General Assembly
The prime minister called on the EU to apply its own rules consistently and offer predictability on enlargement, saying small states deserve the same …
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Constitutional Judges Restore Their Own Higher Pay — And the Same Ruling Raises Coefficients for the President and MPs Too
Parliament unanimously adopted the decision for October. Open question: is it appropriate for judges to rule on their own pay?…
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SDSM: Private Company Pays $1.56 Million a Year for US Lobbying, Linked to Antimony and Military Equipment
Kuzeska cited the FARA registry. She also claims there's no official confirmation of a Mickoski meeting with Rubio or Landau.…
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Gerasimovski Elected New SDSM Deputy Chair, While the Party Sharply Criticises the "12:05" Platform
The Central Board elected the Centar mayor. In parallel, SDSM accuses former members of "distraction" from key issues.…
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"Res Judicata": Constitutional Court Won't Reopen Party Financing Question — New Parties Stay Locked Out
Court president Kostadinovski voted with the majority but personally believes the provisions are unconstitutional. The model stays unchanged.…
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Landau, Kallas, Stubb: Three New York Meetings, the Same Diplomatic Language, No New Figures
The only concrete outcome of the entire tour remains the antimony grant, announced back in March — not something new from New York.…
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Antimony Near Kriva Palanka: Investment or Fire Sale? The Dispute Gets a New Name — the Concessionaire
SDSM says the concessionaire is linked to a VMRO donor. The project still carries a real DFC grant, still at the assessment stage.…
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"Institutions, Not Identity": Mickoski's New Framing for the Bulgaria Dispute, From New York
The PM tells an international audience at the Concordia Summit: some member states want to change identity, not institutions.…
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Mickoski in New York, But With No Meeting Planned With the Bulgarian Delegation
The PM: we don't have such a meeting planned for now. The focus is on the neighbourhood and Gulf countries.…
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Filipche Demands a Referendum on the Antimony Mine, VMRO-DPMNE Fires Back With "Sold Identity" Accusation
The antimony dispute gained a new line of accusations, unrelated to the project itself. No extraction decision has been made.…
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Mickoski "On the Fly" With Rubio in New York — SDSM: A Hallway Chat Sold as a High-Level Meeting
The PM posted photos without a tie. The State Department hasn't confirmed details of the event where they met.…
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Reciprocity in Helsinki and Sofia: Same Word, Two Different Directions
In Helsinki Macedonia seeks a standard for its own minority. In Sofia, the same principle is used as a condition toward Bulgaria.…
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Filipche: "Blind Appendix of Europe." VMRO-DPMNE: He Recognizes Himself in the Word "Dregs"
SDSM says isolationist policy is scaring off investors. VMRO-DPMNE points to economic growth and accuses Filipche of opposing every development projec…
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Dimitrovski From Sofia: "Not a Problem" — But Conditional, He Says After Headlines Dropped the Context
The deputy minister says headlines omitted the condition tied to reciprocity on Strasbourg rulings.…
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Constitutional Amendment Now, But With Delayed Effect — Mickoski's Proposal Brussels Hasn't Confirmed
The government proposes the change take effect only after talks conclude. Kos speaks of a different order, without accepting or rejecting it.…
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"A Community of 3,000 People": Mickoski Raises the Number Behind the Bulgarians-in-Constitution Dispute
The PM says the formal demand is disproportionate to the census figure. Bulgaria has not put forward its own official number.…
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"Merit" Versus "Constitution": Mickoski and Kos Tell the Same Story Differently
Mickoski: the merit-based path doesn't apply to us. Kos: the constitutional change is an already-agreed condition.…
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Screening Complete for All Six Clusters — The Bulgarian Veto Remains the Only Obstacle to Opening Talks
Murtezani: the process is alive, but without a deal with Bulgaria the country risks staying blocked.…
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