AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoPresidency Spy Allegations: North Macedonia’s prosecutors are investigating an IT administrator in the President’s office accused of copying and encrypting secret data for a foreign intelligence service, with the President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova saying she was surprised and the PM Hristijan Mickoski downplaying it as tied to “old intelligence structures.” Opposition Escalates: SDSM leader Venko Filipče says the case points to Serbian and Russian influence and calls for a full investigation, while the wider political backdrop remains tense over foreign influence and Albanian community rights. EU Money, Uneven Progress: The EU Growth Plan released €65.7m to North Macedonia after reforms in education and digitalisation, but the same tranche left Serbia out over unmet conditions. Regional Pressure on Rights: Across the Balkans, trade barriers and new EU rules are rising even as integration deepens, while Skopje’s language-rights protests continue to ripple into broader identity and security politics.
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