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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 asked me this question a year ago, then my answer would have maybe been more neutral. but now, after the new geostrategic situation which we have in europe, and after the invasion of russia on ukraine, and after all the security, energy and economic issues which are at stake in europe, it is clear and it has been confirmed by all the leaders of the european union, starting from president mac ....
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 europe s attention right now is fully focused on the war in ukraine. but how real is the potential for new instability here in the balkans? 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 ma ....
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 instability here in the balkans? 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 y ....
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 attention right now is fully focused on the war in ukraine. but how real is the potential for new instability here in the balkans? 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 defin ....
independently, orwith independently, or with families. pressure is growing on the british prime minister, liz truss, to ditch her plans for removing the top rate of income tax after several senior conservatives say parliament won t vote it through. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, and really this is the base, i don t think the houseis is the base, i don t think the house is in a place where it is likely to support that. there is a way through that it isn t just pushing on. and the skin tight fit of the spray on dress that s the talk of the catwalk at this year s paris fashion shows. hello and welcome to the programme. brazil s presidential election is heading for a second round run off after no candidate won 50% of the vote. the socialist former president luiz inacio lula da silva, has 48%, the right wing incumbentjair bolsonaro won 44% of the vote. lula was tipped to win this first round outright, and when he didn t, he acknowledged he and his supporters have a lot of w ....