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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 north macedonia and it needs all the western balkans to be part of the european union. if you have ...

they said those arrested included employees of a private company involved in the maintenance and management of the bridge. now on bbc news, it's stephen sackur in north macedonia with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur and today i'm 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 it's desperate to get into the european union, but progress is painfully slow. my guest today is prime minister dimitar kovacevski. now he knows that...

the headlines will follow at the top of the hour after this feature programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur and today i'm 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 it's desperate to get into the european union, but progress is painfully slow. my guest today is prime minister dimitar kovacevski. now he knows that europe's attention right now is fully focused on the war in ukraine. but how real is the potential for new instabi...

were crushed to death on saturday in seoul. the president, yoon suk—yeol, has vowed a full investigation into one of the country's worst ever disasters. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur and today i'm 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 it's desperate to get into the european union, but progress is painfully slow. my guest today is prime minister dimitar kovacevski. now he knows that europe's...

Been stuck for 11 years of the previous government, because they were not ready to move one millimetre. you want to move but you don't have the votes. and they didn't made any decision. we have two concepts in this country. 0ne concept is the one which i am leading. and this is that macedonians, and all the other citizens of north macedonia, with heads up, with dignity, to sit on the big table in brussels and to give their standpoint on all the issues to negotiate and to become members of the european union. the other concept is, with false dignity, to sit down at the small table here in north...