Balgarianovinite.com The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Hristijan Mickoski, said on Tuesday that he expects the issue of carriers staying in Schengen countries to be resolved soon. He said that talks with the EU have been ongoing since September and that he expects the issue to be reopened in the coming days.
“Yesterday, I requested a telephone conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, but she is officially absent as she is in India. I expect that we will reopen this topic in the coming days and, together with colleagues from the region, we will put it on the agenda,” he told reporters. He added that the country’s government had tasked Foreign Minister Timco Mucunski with discussing the issue with the EU.
In an interview with TV Sitel, Mucunski said that, if the EU is sincere about integrating the Western Balkans, he will not allow measures to be implemented that will negatively impact the economy. He added that the issue of regulations on the stay of truck drivers in the Schengen area – which has sparked protests and blocked border crossings in North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina – has been raised several times at the highest level. For example, it was discussed during the President of the European Commission’s visit to Skopje.
“The problem is not only with transport companies; we also face the challenge of the potential application of EU tariffs on steel exports from countries in the region. This issue affects not only us, but also all EU candidate countries and those in the Western Balkans. Since September, we have been actively communicating with the EU on these two key issues. Among other things, we are telling the EU that if this measure is applied to our carriers and if the measure on tariffs on the steel industry is implemented, we will pay a price four to six times higher than the funds we would receive from the Growth Plan,” Mucunski told TV Sitel in an interview.
“The same EU that complains about unprincipled tariffs has decided to place not only us, but the entire region – Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo – in a group with Russia, Belarus and North Korea. For months, we have been telling senior officials in Brussels that a solution must be found,” the minister added. North Macedonia’s PM Requests Conversation With EC President Regarding Border Blockades 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-27 16:43:36 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law