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prime minister dimitar kovacevski, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for coming to north macedonia, to skopje, and to the government. it is a great pleasure to be in skopje. but mr prime minister, it strikes me you have a problem. you in north macedonia definitely want to be in the european union. it is still not clear whether the european union truly wants you. do you find that very frustrating? well, i can answer this question very straightforward that the european union needs...

they said those arrested included employees of a private company involved in the maintenance and management of the bridge. now on bbc news, its stephen sackur in north macedonia with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur and today im in skopje, north macedonia, a land subject to countless wars and conquests going back to the time of alexander the great. this young nation was, of course, a part of the former yugoslavia. now its desperate to get into the european union, but pr...

the headlines will follow at the top of the hour after this feature programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur and today im in skopje, north macedonia, a land subject to countless wars and conquests going back to the time of alexander the great. this young nation was, of course, a part of the former yugoslavia. now its desperate to get into the european union, but progress is painfully slow. my guest today is prime minister dimitar kovacevski. now he knows that europes attention...

were crushed to death on saturday in seoul. the president, yoon suk—yeol, has vowed a full investigation into one of the countrys worst ever disasters. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur and today im in skopje, north macedonia, a land subject to countless wars and conquests going back to the time of alexander the great. this young nation was, of course, a part of the former yugoslavia. now its desperate to get into the european union, but progress is...

temperatures are expected to reach well into the 30s across southern england today — a level three heat—health alert has been issued for the region on what could be the hottest day of the year england has appointed its first womens health ambassador with the aim of closing the gender health gap president zelensky says ukraine is closer than ever to the eu — with senior officials in brussels expected to recommend it as a formal candidate for membership later today. welcome to bbc ...

last night when we were here, it was difficult to see the full extent of the damage. but this morning, you can — the rocket has completely ripped into the back of the shopping centre here. you can see its completely folded. and, going back to the past, the company trying to prove that sailboats are a greener way to transport cargo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. security forces in sri lanka have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging pub...

this is bbc news live from jerusalem. anthony lincoln is meeting leaders today. on friday when he was here in israel he called for a humanitarian process. —— antony blinken. the israeli prime minister said there would be no ceasefire in gaza until all israeli hostages are released. an official from the un agency for palestinian refugees says there is little the organisation can do to protect people in gaza and the un secretary general and the who have condemned an israeli attack on...

this is bbc news injerusalem. antony blinken is meeting leaders today. he called for humanitarian purposesin today. he called for humanitarian purposes in the fighting but the israeli prime minister said there would be no temporary ceasefire with hamas in gaza until all israeli hostages are released. an official from the un agency for palestinian refugees once it is increasingly little the organisation can do to protect people in gaza, the un secretary general and the who had condemned...

You mentioned the work of the historical commission. the historical commission works with 14 members — seven from the bulgarian side, seven from the macedonian side — which can make decisions only with a full consensus and which can only be implemented on a reciprocal basis in the two countries. so this is actually the agreement where they, historians, will deal with the historic questions. just a few metres from here in the parliament, you have to push through by a two—thirds majority a c...

In north macedonia. i put it to you, mr prime minister, you simply dont have the votes. and if you cannot get that legislation through, then this process ofjoining the european union is going to go nowhere. this process ofjoining the european union has been stuck for 11 years of the previous government, because they were not ready to move one millimetre. you want to move, but you dont have the votes. and they didnt made any decision. we have two concepts in this country. 0ne concept is the one w...