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Could North Macedonia be the graveyard of the EU's ideals?

"If my mother tongue, the Macedonian language, is the reason we can’t move closer to the EU, then the EU is not really what we thought it was – a community of values."

Sport

EURO 2020: Netherlands beat North Macedonia 3-0

The match at the Johan Cruyff Arena was the 122nd and last international for North Macedonia captain Goran Pandev.

Sport

EURO 2020: Ukraine hold on for tense 2-1 win against North Macedonia

Ukraine picked up their first win of the tournament in Bucharest, but North Macedonia are on the brink of elimination after their second defeat.

Sport

Austria's Marko Arnautovic banned for one game for insulting opponent

The North Macedonian football federation had asked UEFA to punish Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic for a nationalist outburst after he scored at the European Championships on Sunday.

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Republic of North Macedonia

Greece complains to UEFA over North Macedonia acronym at EURO 2020

Greek ministers have urged North Macedonia to change the name of their football association to reflect the Prespa agreement on the country's constitutional name.

Sport

EURO 2020: This is your quick guide to North Macedonia

North Macedonia are the lowest ranked side at this year's tournament, could they cause a shock?

Republic of North Macedonia

North Macedonian police arrest six people over migrant smuggling ring

Police in North Macedonia say they have "suppressed" a criminal ring that was smuggling Middle Eastern migrants into the country from Greece.

World News

The murky issue of air pollution in North Macedonia

Air pollution in North Macedonia is said to kill hundreds of people a year. The country is trying to conform to EU standards when it comes to legislation to minimise pollution, but the quality of air in the capital is still a major problem.

Series

‘The lake is life to us’: Fishing on one of Europe’s deepest lakes

Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia is a hidden gem - and a source of income for many.

Europe News

Splitting EU bids of North Macedonia & Albania 'not possible'

Brussels had been considering both applications alongside each other, but last week Olivér Várhelyi, the European commissioner for enlargement, told Euronews that decoupling the bids "might be an option" if Bulgaria continues to oppose North Macedonia's entrance in the bloc.

Republic of North Macedonia

EU's credibility 'undermined' if North Macedonia delayed from joining

On Thursday it emerged Brussels could press ahead in talks with Albania over membership of the EU, leaving North Macedonia behind.

World

The President of North Macedonia calls for more EU presence in the Balkans

"We are the best-prepared candidate in the history of the organisation" - The President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, tells Euronews of his country's difficulties in the EU accession process, the Balkans' 'non-paper' and how the country is managing with vaccine supplies.

Economy

North Macedonia warns EU not to disengage from Western Balkans

Stevo Pendarovski said that if Europe leaves a void in the region, Russia and China will fill it.

Europe News

Changing borders in the Balkans 'would lead to a bloodbath'

He was reacting to an explosive non-paper advocating the redrawing of borders of countries formed after Yugoslavia’s breakup.

World News

North Macedonia officials 'handed fake passports to foreign criminals'

Nine officials in North Macedonia's interior ministry have been arrested on suspicion of illegally issuing passports to overseas criminals.

Germany

Germany beaten at home by North Macedonia in World Cup qualifier shock

The surprise defeat leaves Germany languishing in third in Group J.

Serbia

Balkan neighbours queue up in Serbia for coronavirus jabs

Serbia, which boasts an ample supply of coronavirus vaccines, offered free coronavirus jabs to neighbouring Balkan countries, who took up the offer.

Republic of North Macedonia

Former North Macedonia police chief sentenced over wiretapping scandal

The former head of the North Macedonian intelligence police has been imprisoned for 12 years for co-ordinating a decade-long illegal wiretapping scandal.

Republic of North Macedonia

North Macedonia issues arrest warrant for former secret police chief

Mijalkov, a first cousin of conservative former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, is accused of masterminding phone taps on more than 20,000 people, including politicians, judges and journalists between 2006-2016.

My Europe Series

How poorer countries on the EU's fringes are still without vaccines

Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and the Republic of North Macedonia are among the countries still empty-handed.