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The US State Department welcomed the EU Council's decision to propose a plan for opening accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania in June 2019 and once again confirms the importance of the agreement reached with Greece. In a statement for MIA, the State Department said that the EU's plan depends on further progress in certain areas. "The Council's decision highlights the...

Today, the EU General Affairs Council in Luxembourg should decide regarding the EC recommendation to start accession negotiations for Macedonia and Albania. Yesterday, Euro-Commissioner Federica Mogherini called on member states to reward Macedonia's impressive progress regarding signing the Agreement regarding the name with Greece. “You know that we recommended opening negotiations with Skopje and Tirane, this process must be based on...

The Foreign Affairs Council for the European Union will be meeting on June 20 in Luxembourg and have scheduled a session to discuss the current situation in Macedonia. The discussion on Macedonia will be an item on the agenda, but will be a focal point of the session. The Foreign Ministers of the member states will discuss Macedonia under the proposal...

According to unofficial information, Greece today didn’t submit new proposals to creditors. Greek media cite government sources and report that Greece submitted the proposals of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras from last week to the negotiating table of the Eurogroup, which at that point were not considered because the finance ministers said they would await the outcome of the referendum...

Social Democratic Union of Macedonia welcomes the conclusions of the Council of EU ministers, reads the statement of SDSM. "In the conclusions, the European Union recommends that the priority for Macedonia is to solve systemic problems with the rule of law, including in respect of the violation of basic human rights, judicial independence, media freedom, corruption, elections. These systemic problems...

Political parties are satisfied with the conclusions adopted by the EU Council today. SDSM said they were ready to honor them if an agreement on a transitional government of which Nikola Gruevski won’t be part is agreed. Prime Minister Gruevski, who welcomed the conclusions on his Facebook profile, says he will continue to raise standards in all areas. DUI are satisfied with...

Council of the European Union published the conclusions of the report on Macedonia. As stated, the Council hopes that all leaders of political parties will respect the agreement of 2nd of June which the Council sees as a good start to solve the political crisis in the country. You can see the published conclusions on this page. The Council is concerned...

The political situation in Macedonia will be one of the topics that will be discussed at the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Luxembourg on Monday. "In April 2015, the Council expressed serious concern about the deteriorating situation in the country, especially in the area of rule of law, fundamental rights and media freedom. The Council urged all...