North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who announced his resignation over poor results in a local vote last month, will stay on in the job until the political situation stabilises, media reported on Wednesday (10 November). Opposition VMRO-DPMNE announces parliamentary majority North Macedonia’s opposition has announced the creation of a parliamentary majority comprising five parties following the informal resignation of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Exit.al reports. Zaev first became prime minister in 2017 and put the country on a path towards EU membership. Under the so-called Prespa Agreement, sealed in 2018 by Zaev and former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Macedonia was renamed North Macedonia. Now that Kyriakos Misotakis replaced Tsipras, the Greek parliament continues to delay the adoption of three memoranda signed between Greece and North Macedonia as part of the Prespa Agreement.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 10, 2021 13:10 UTC