Macedonia
Ademi Supports Proposal of Levelling Wages in Culture Institutions

The Ministry of Culture has given a positive reassurance regarding yesterday’s requests of the Union of cultural workers and has supported the initiative submitted to the Parliament, to level the wages in the institutions of culture.
“As a ministry in charge of providing dignified professional conditions for work for the artists in the country as well as other entities contributing to the quality of the cultural activities, we would like to say how concerned we are that a collective agreement has not been signed yet, after many years of issues in this sector. As our Minister of Culture Asaf Ademi pointed at the budget press conference, his main priority remains the new Law on public administration that will create better conditions for the collective agreement,” the ministry said.
The working body of the Ministry of Culture made up of union representatives has been actively working in the legal valorization of the labor of artists.
“Minister Ademi has supported the initiative of the SKRM union, which was submitted to the Macedonian Parliament with an amendment, demanding the leveling of wages to be voted and placed in the 2019 budget,” the press release read.
Macedonia
Arrest warrant issued for Spasov

Former special police officer Igor Spasov, who has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for murdering Martin Neskoski, is wanted on recall to prison after going missing.
Macedonian police issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday after he failed to show up to begin his sentence. The arrest warrant has been published on the web-site of the Ministry of Interior.
The former member of special police force vanished after ignoring summons to serve time after he was sentenced in prison on murder charges.
The man had probably fled justice to avoid serving a 14-year jail sentence for a murder conviction. He was to report to Idrizovo correctional facility on 18 October.
The murder took place during a late-night celebration of VMRO-DPMNE’s victory in 2011 parliamentary elections.
Macedonia
Matthew Palmer due in Skopje today

The US Secretary of State’s Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer, will visit North Macedonia on Tuesday.
Special Representative Palmer is scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.
The two are expected to discuss the bilateral relations between North Macedonia and the United States, including the US support for the country’s integration into the Euro-Atlantic community. They will exchange views on the situation in the country and the region.
In late August, the U.S. State Department appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary Palmer as special envoy for the Western Balkans with a mandate to help integrate the region into Western institutions.
US Secretary of State has appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Palmer as his Special Representative for the Western Balkans. In this role, Palmer will lead our efforts to strengthen U.S. diplomatic engagement in support of peace, stability, and prosperity in the region and focus on integration of the Western Balkan countries into Western institutions.
Macedonia
Zaev: We can give argument to reassure Macron

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“We are not only a strategic interest, we are Europe. It means we will become a member of the European Union once we wrap up the comprehensive reform at home. The pre-accession process and closure of chapters will help us make it happen. The accession negotiations will help us wrap up domestic reform,” Zaev wrote on his Facebook page.
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