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After 17 years and many compromises, North Macedonia starts the EU accession negotiations

Today's day is historical. Finally, after 17 years and very hard compromises, the process for North Macedonia's accession to the big European family begins. The first step toward the European future has been made, and the three-decade-long dream is at hand, stressed Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski after the first intergovernmental conference with the European Union that took place...

Starting from today North Macedonia is part of NATO

"Starting from today, we are NATO" said Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski during the government's session in Skopje and the acting Head of the Macedonian mission at the Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty - NATO, Zoran Todorov from the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, several moments after the Macedonian flag was raised with the flags of other 29 allies. With...

European Commission adopts the new method and both Brussels and Skopje are happy with it

The European Commission has adopted the new methodology for the enlargement of the European Union towards the countries of the Western Balkans. For Macedonia and Albania, the new methodology will be obligatory while Serbia and Montenegro will decide for themselves according to which system they will continue the negotiations with the EU in the forthcoming period. At the press...

New flight route from Ohrid to Brussels will be introduced in June

Starting from the 6th of June, the Belgian air company "TUI Fly Belgium” will introduce flight route from Brussels to Ohrid and from Ohrid to Pula in Croatia announced the specialized portal for airline issues simpleflying.com. According to this portal, the company will be flying once a week from Brussels to Ohrid and vice versa with a ticket fee...

Juncker and Tusk: This is a historical mistake

The non-approval of the start of the accession negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania is a mistake, said Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council and Jean Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, during the afternoon press conference in Brussels, during which they announced that the European Council hasn't made a decision for approval of start...

Pendarovski: Now is not the time for disappointment, but to reunite and implement serious reforms

In his address to the nation, President Stevo Pendarovski said that now is not the time for disappointments and for minor political points because the country wasn't approved a date for starting the accession negotiations, but now is the time to unite in order to accomplish the goals. He stated that he has summoned the leaders of the biggest...

EP: The independence of the judiciary must be strengthened and the fight against money laundering has to continue

In today's resolution about Macedonia that was prepared by the special rapporteur Ivo Vajgl, the European Parliament has assessed the situation in the country and stated that Przino Agreement must be obeyed and to better shield the judiciary from political interference and address remaining rule of law problems, announced the ep on its official web page. MEPs praise the country’s...

Zaev will meet with Juncker, Tajani, Mogherini and Hahn on December 5th-6th in Brussels

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will meet with the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker during a two-day working visit to Brussels on December 5th and 6th, according to the prime minister's cabinet. After the meeting, which is the first between the Macedonian Prime Minister and the current President of the European Commission, joint statements are expected to be given...

Kocijanchich: It is important to establish accountability for the events on the 27th of April and everyone to act accordingly

It is important to establish accountability for the events at the Parliament on the 27th of April and we call upon all parties to act responsibly, said Maja Kocijanchich, the EU spokesperson, in a statement for Meta agency. According to her, even though the EU does not want to comment ongoing judicial procedures or investigations still it expects good...

Zaev – Žbogar: In Brussels there is a great optimism because Macedonia is going forward

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has met today with the EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar and during the meeting, Zaev has stated that the Government is determined to build a quality life for all of its citizens. The Eu Ambassador, informs the Government, has said that in Brussels there is a great optimism about Macedonia's future steps and that the country...

It’s not a criminal act that a Serbian intelligence officer was in the Macedonian Parliament, says Vučić

The Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vučić, after last night’s informal dinner with the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans, when asked by a journalist about the presence of an advisor of the Serbian Embassy in Skopje in the Parliament building during the violence on the 27th of April, he said that the embassy’s advisor didn’t commit any crimes nor...

Šekerinska: VMRO-DPMNE are using Poposki in Brussels to beg to remain part of the government

It has become clear to everyone in Macedonia and the international community from the behaviour of VMRO-DPMNE and President Ivanov in recent days, from all their statements of violence, provocation and the incitement of dividing Macedonia, they are not interested in national interests, or the protection of Macedonia, and even less for the citizens of Macedonia. This was stated by...

Reactions: Greetings, congratulations and praise for the deal

The European Commission and the three MEPs Richard Howitt, Eduard Kukan and Ivo Vajgl, with a joint statement welcomed the agreement and sent a message that "they will closely monitor the implementation in the coming months". In September we will hold another high-level dialogue (HLAD), a platform established by the previous Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, and in it we...

SDSM: Gruevski is the key problem and cannot be part of the solution

"Only the withdrawal of Nikola Gruevski and forming a transitional government, which will allow the necessary conditions for fair and democratic elections, could normalize and restore the democratic and European perspective of the country", reads the written response of SDSM to today's statement of Prime Minister Gruevski from Resen, in which he accused opposition leader Zoran Zaev to be...

Gruevski: We didn’t accept technical or transitional government in Brussels

"We didn’t accept technical government, transitional government or something like that in Brussels, and what happened were different ideas of the people who tried to help us, which Mr. Zaev refused from first to last," said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski today, commenting on the negotiations in Brussels on 10th of June, which he assessed as unsuccessful, blaming opposition leader...

SDSM welcomed Hahn’s effort to resolve the crisis

The views of SDSM on the occasion of the held meeting are presented in the statements of party functionaries and official declarations of the party, SDSM reacts in a statement. The party says that the course and outcome of the leadership meeting held in Brussels caused various comments, speculations and misinformation in the media and the public in Macedonia. "Once...

Zaev: It will be revealed who is the politician guilty for not reaching an agreement in Brussels

Today, after returning from Brussels, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said that it will be revealed which is the politician because of who an agreement was not reached yesterday. - Who was to blame? If you ask foreigners, they will say that at this point, it was Zaev, in the next, Gruevski, afterwards it was Ahmeti, who, instead of helping, made...

What they said about the fiasco of negotiations in Brussels

Negotiations that lasted more than 12 hours in Brussels between the leaders of VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DPA and DUI, Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci, were unsuccessful. SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE accused each other of breaking the negotiations. Here are the statements of the concerned parties at one place: Nikola Gruevski: Zaev didn’t come to reach an agreement. He came not...

Hahn will first “break” leaders separately, and then as a group

Leaders of four largest political parties in the Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski (VMRO-DMNE), Zoran Zaev (SDSM), Menduh Thaci (DPA) and Ali Ahmeti (DUI), will continue the negotiations to resolve the political crisis in the country in the building "Berlaymont" the European Commission in Brussels today. The host of the meeting was EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn. Unofficially, the negotiations...

Zaev decided to go to Brussels

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, along with the delegation, will attend tomorrow's meeting in Brussels with EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn. "The statement by EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn along with the OSCE Secretary General that the final report of OSCE/ODIHR on the early parliamentary elections in Macedonia in 2014 contains a number of shortcomings of the electoral process, which requires urgent...