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President Gordana Siljanovska-Dashkova estimates that the issue about Macedonia’s European integration and the provisions related to Bulgaria cannot qualify either exclusively as bilateral issues, nor only as a problem between the country and the European Union.

In an interview for Sitel, Siljanovska-Davidkova focused on the latest meeting with European Commission Chairman Ursula von Lajeen and the possibility for the EU to mediate in talks with Bulgaria.

Regarding messages from Brussels for continuing talks with Sofia, she recalled that the question was previously raised whether the dispute was bilateral or is about issues within EU relations.

When we said that the issue was of bilateral nature, since neither in the Action Plan nor before, there is no remark from other countries, no one is vetoing, but the need for merit systems at the interval is stressed… Bulgaria said the issue is not bilateral, but that it concerns the European Union. I’ve said many times that if so, then let’s negotiate with the European Union, Siljanovska-Davidkova said.

According to her, mechanisms exist in such situations in European law, including Article 7 of the European Union Agreement, which envisions the possibility of limiting the specific rights of a member state if serious violations of EU principles and values are proven.

However, the president stressed that dialogue and exchange of views are needed, but that the problem or process cannot be described as exclusively bilateral, or as a problem we have with the European Union.

Regarding the European representatives’ stances on the obligations undertaken, Siljanovska-Davidkova focused on European constitutional right and fundamental EU documents.

I’m not just president, I’m also a professor. I know the European constitutional right. And what these days refer to, Yotova, Bulgaria’s president, when she says that we should respect the principles and values of the European Union, are the very issues I am talking about. It was written very clearly in the EU Agreement, the Lisbon Agreement, on the Charter for Final Rights, that the EU will respect national and cultural identity, not only of EU members, but of all nations and states, Siljanovska-David said.

She added that European documents also envision respect for the constitutional and political structures of states.
Siljanovska-Davidkova estimated that these very principles should be taken into account in the country’s European integration process, especially when it comes to issues related to national and cultural identity.

Regarding the requirement for constitutional changes, the president said she could not guarantee they would be approved.

What do I say when they ask me if we’re going to change the Constitution? I can’t give such a guarantee. MPs do not represent me, represent citizens, and, as in any European parliament, they vote according to their beliefs, Siljanovska-David said.

She asked what would happen if constitutional changes were resumed, and MPs did not secure the two-thirds majority, as well as the necessary majority of MPs from communities that are not majority.

Meetings between the top US defence official Elbridge Colby, and five European countries have raised concerns that such forms could create divisions within NATO.

The group, known as RHergen Group, includes Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.

Britain, France and the Baltic states are not part of it.

NATO experts warn that the creation of individual groups could create the impression that the US is favouring some allies over others.

According to them, it becomes especially sensitive, while Washington is demanding that Europe assume more responsibility for protecting the continent.

NATO, meanwhile, has downplayed the importance of meetings, saying it is normal for allies to hold meetings in smaller formats.

The lack of ballistic sites is particularly evident, as they are among the members who spend more on defence and are on the front lines facing Russia.

Lithuania, meanwhile, has invited Colby to visit the region to take a close look at air space violations and recent incidents that authorities link with hybrid threats from Russia and Belarus. /Telegraphy/

MPB Macedonia reports that yesterday 04.10.26, in the period between 2: 00 p.m. and 8:00, on the territory of the entire state, the Traffic Affairs Sector at the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted reinforced controls to sanction drivers who run the fastest vehicle described.

A total of 628 violations were filed during the raids. Of them, 344 counter-insulted were found in drivers who had exceeded the speed allowed outside the settlement, while 284 opposed drivers who had exceeded the speed described in the settlement.

Over all the agreed countertakes have been taken and sanctions imposed in accordance with legal regulations. A total of 66 violations of other species have been found during the raids.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs continues with traffic-intensive controls across state territory, aimed at increasing the security of all participants in traffic and reducing risks caused by disrespecting speed restrictions, the MPB says.

Alliance Chairman Ardian Gjini has sharply criticised incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti, charging that he has followed a deliberate strategy to keep the country in political crisis and lead it towards elections.

Djind has declared Kurti is one of the Albanian politicians who, according to him, has mostly supported the Special Court.

Kurti is probably the only Albanian politician who, with every cell in his brain and body, has wanted this court, Djind has said.

Referring to the stance of the Vetevendosje Movement in 2015, Djind has claimed that the failure to establish the Special Court by MPs from this party was, according to him, pure opportunism rather than principled opposition.

According to him, Vetevendosje had known that the ruling parties at the time would vote on the establishment of the court and therefore chose not to participate in the vote.

Djind has also linked the issue of the Special Court to Kurt’s coming to power, declaring that the Special Court is the essence of why Kurti is in power.

The AAK chairman has said his party, since June, had warned Kurt that the country could move towards new elections.

He has accused the prime minister of shutting down all chances of exiting political blockades, disregarding the AAK’s bid, slipping down. The Democratic League of Kosovo and playing, according to him, with the Democratic Party of Kosovo.

Djind has argued that if there had really been a will to avoid elections, Kurt would have acted earlier.

Otherwise, he would not have waited until today to vote the law in principle. He would have done it sooner, he said.

It has also criticised the introduction of 22 bills into accelerated procedure, as well as the conditioning of the Special Court Law vote with the president’s vote.

According to Djind, these actions testify that Kurti has not really aimed at avoiding elections.

If he really wanted to avoid elections, Win-win had one. But he didn’t, he said.

Speaking of recent political developments, Djind has also reacted to protests and tensions in Pristina, citing the use of tear gas and shootings in the capital’s main square.

We see tear gas and shooting in the capital’s main square against our values of freedom, Djind has declared.

He has also criticised Vetevendosje’s decision to address the Constitutional Court over the possibility that Albulen Haxhiu announces the elections.

Djind has named the situation “Kykaos programmed by Kurtiï, claiming that the prime minister does not, according to him, the independent, free and democratic Republic of Kosovo.”

In the end, despite criticism of the political situation, Djind has said that Kosovo will overcome even this crisis.

But our Kosovo will not be destroyed. He will survive this crisis as well. He will also survive Kurt and his register of evildoers. /Telegraphy.

Parliament Speaker Africa Gashi has hosted the former Speakers of the Parliament at the meeting. At the third meeting with Tito Petkovski, Nikola Popovski, Trajko Veljanoski and Jovan Mitreskin, Gashi signed the decision to establish the Council of former Speakers of the Republic of Northern Macedonia.

For the idea, respectively, the purpose of adopting the decision, the Speakers of the Parliament were informed at two previous meetings, held on October 21st 2025 and April 7th 2026.

The aim of establishing the Council, as an informal counseling and consulting body, is to ensure the continuation of the Parliament’s institutional memory; to advance parliamentary practice and democracy, and to offer professional and advisory opinions on issues of importance for the work of the Parliament.

In addition, at the meeting, opinions were exchanged on specific procedural issues in the work of the Parliament, issues related to the digitalisation of the Parliament’s work under the National Strategy for Digitalisation, the idea of the Parliament Library, as well as other current issues of interest in the work of the Parliament and issues of interest to the state, say Gashi’s Cabinet.