2024 in North Macedonia

Events in the year 2024 in the Republic of North Macedonia.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2024 History of North Macedonia  • Years

Incumbents

• 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

• 28 July – One person is killed in a wildfire in Kokosinje.^[9]

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]

December

• 6–11 December – European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships at Skopje
• 15 December – Four people are arrested on terrorism charges in Struga and Gostivar.^[12]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in North Macedonia

Source:^[13]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 7 January – Orthodox Christmas Day
• 10 April – Eid al-Fitr
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 6 May – Orthodox Easter Monday
• 24 May – Saints Cyril and Methodius' Day
• 2 August - Republic Day
• 8 September - Independence Day
• 11 October – Day of the Macedonian Uprising
• 23 October – Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle
• 8 December – Saint Clement of Ohrid Day