2024 in North Macedonia
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Events in the year 2024 in the Republic of North Macedonia.
- President: Stevo Pendarovski (Until May 12); Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova onwards
- Prime Minister: Dimitar Kovačevski (until 29 January); Talat Xhaferi (29 January–23 June), Hristijan Mickoski (since 23 June)
Events
January
- 24–28 January – European Under-21 Table Tennis Championships[1]
April
- 15 April – Seventeen police officers stationed at Idrizovo prison are arrested on suspicion of facilitating the escape of two inmates, including a convicted murderer, in 2023.[2]
- 24 April – 2024 North Macedonian presidential election (first round): Both incumbent president Stevo Pendarovski and Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova advance to a runoff.[3]
May
- 8 May:
- 2024 North Macedonian presidential election (second round). Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova defeats the incumbent Stevo Pendarovski to become the first woman to be elected as President of North Macedonia.[4]
- 2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election: The VMRO-DPMNE and its Your Macedonia coalition win 58 seats in the Assembly of North Macedonia, just three shy of an outright majority.[5]
- 12 May – Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is sworn in as the first female President of North Macedonia.[6]
June
- 19–30 June – 2024 Women's Junior World Handball Championship[1]
- 23 June –
- The Assembly of North Macedonia votes 77-22 to approve a mandate for prime minister-designate Hristijan Mickoski of the VMRO-DPMNE and his coalition government.[7]
- North Macedonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges all its citizens in Lebanon to leave as soon as possible due to "deteriorating security" in the region from escalating conflicts.[8]
July
September
- 19 October – A case of bird flu of the H5N1 variant is detected in a deceased goose at the Skopje Zoo, prompting its closure for three weeks and the culling of several birds.[10]
November
- 29 November – A man returning from Russia is arrested in Skopje Airport on suspicion of plotting to join the Russian military and fight in Ukraine.[11]
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