North Macedonia

Radmila Sekerinska has been appointed NATO Deputy Secretary General; she had been Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and was the Minister of Defence during North Macedonia's accession to NATO in 2020

A mobile application was launched that will host the country's digital identity wallet, allowing citizens to store an electronic version of their identity cards and driving licences

An interactive workshop on the protection of critical infrastructure and targets from terrorist attacks was organised by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Mission in Skopje and brought together government officials and experts

Discussions about potential constitutional changes are ongoing; former foreign minister Bujar Osmani has stated the need for a vote on the issue, warning that a lack of action could lead to a renewed focus on issues of 'identity, language and history'

Vulnerable to both severe flooding and drought, the country could suffer economic damage of up to 4% of its gross domestic product by 2050 due to the impact of climate change, according to a new World Bank Group Country Climate and Development Report

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department held a training course in Idrizovo on the police gender response to violence against women and girls for a total of 505 police cadets (150 women and 355 men) from the Police Training Centre

New road signs near the Bllacë border crossing in northern Macedonia could be subject to or provoke tension as the authorities excluded the Albanian language

Turkey's foreign minister, on a visit to North Macedonia, said he expects the country's new government to "give stronger support" to the fight against supporters of exiled preacher Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of terrorism

The average salary level increased significantly year-on-year in June 2024, according to the State Statistics Office

An interactive map of the free capacity of solar plants to connect to the distribution network has been launched by the North Macedonian distribution system operator Elektrodistribucija

The country said it would seek further assistance from the European Union to fight the forest fires that continue to burn out of control and have crossed the southern border with Greece

Germany insisted on the constitutional inclusion of Bulgarians for North Macedonia's path to the EU, after Skopje failed to meet expectations for constitutional changes

Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey sent planes and helicopters to North Macedonia to help firefighters who have been fighting a series of wild fires caused by high temperatures for several days