Tag: Johannes Hahn

The Republic of North Macedonia deserves a green light in October for start of the negotiations with EU on the ground of all its accomplishment in the reform process in the last few years, with the Prespa Agreement, but also with the Good Neighborly Relations Agreement with Bulgaria, the EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes...

The European Commission has recommended the start of negotiations with North Macedonia. I congratulate you on your efforts and dedication, but also the sacrifices you have made in the past period. This was stated by EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar at today's press conference at the headquarters of the European Union Delegation in Skopje, on the occasion of the EU Progress...

With many references to North Macedonia as a country that has made great progress, EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, and European Commission Vice President Federica Mogherini, at a press conference in Brussels, presented the reports for 2019 on the progress of many countries, including North Macedonia. The European Commission asked the European Council to immediately...

Johannes Hahn, the European Union’s commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations thinks that Washington is "interesting" and that it gives its support to the EU over its plan for the Western Balkans, but the times when he was more active in the region have passed, wrote the US news outlet "Washington Post." Still, the EU Commissioner stated that the...

At the end of the visit to Brussels, it seems as if the Macedonian delegation was hit by a cold shower. After receiving praise for the Government’s commitment to reform, expressed at the end of the fifteenth meeting of the Stabilization and Association Council (SA) between the country and the European Union, there is still no guarantee that in June...

EU's High Representative/Vice President for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini and Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn today confirmed the arrival of the notification by the Republic of North Macedonia about its new name and congratulated Skopje and Athens on the acchievement. "Today, the European Union has formally been notified by the Republic of North Macedonia of its new name,...

In a joint statement, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn welcomed the ratification of the Prespa Agreement in Greek Parliament. "We warmly welcome the next crucial step in the ratification of the Prespa agreement, taken with today's vote by the Hellenic Parliament. From the very beginning, the...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, together with the Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Kocho Angjushev and the Minister of Economy, Kreshnik Bekteshi, at the World Economy Forum at Davos, Switzerland met with the EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn and the NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The government informs that at the meeting with Hahn it was concluded that the implementation of...

The Immigration and statehood service is an independent state organ and the Hungarian government cannot influence its decisions. The former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has passed the asylum procedure and the Immigration service has decided to issue a positive decision, said Peter Szijjártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the interview he gave for the Bulgarian national broadcasting...

The Secretary General of the Alliance for Albanians and Mayor of Gostivar, Arben Taravari, paid an official visit to Brussels today. According to the party, Taravari will meet with senior representatives of EU institutions during his two-day visit, as well as with Macedonia's supporters on the road to EU and NATO integration, such as European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and...

The EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn before the start of the EU's Foreign Affairs Council this morning said that he doesn't believe that Nikola Gruevski will be extradited from Hungary to Macedonia. When asked whether he supports the amendments of the European Parliament in the report about Macedonia with which it is requested that Hungary should extradite Gruevski into Macedonia,...

Yesterday, EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn responded to Hungary's decision to grant asylum to Nikola Gruevski, after the former prime minister boasted about it on Facebook. Hahn said that if it were true, he expects a sound explanation from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán regarding the grounds of such a decision. "I take notes of...

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn indirectly commented on the escape of former convicted Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski on his Twitter account, saying it is a "matter of Europe's credibility". "A strong rule of law is one of the fundamental criteria of EU accession. After years of backsliding, Macedonia is making good progress in this area, including...

Macedonia will successfully become part of the strategy of the enlargement commission with the Western Balkan countries and will achieve the 2025 Agenda, Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani told EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn at today's meeting in Brussels, stated the Secretariat for European Affairs. "Plan 18 has already been adopted by the Government and its implementation, for...

In an interview with Deutsche Welle, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn said that 2025 is a realistic date for the admission of new members from the Balkans, but only if the criteria are met. "The date 2025 is indicative, but if the implementation of reforms is intensified, then it is quite realistic. However, all criteria...

The EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn on his tweeter profile expressed his conviction that the MPs from all political parties in the Macedonian Parliament will put aside their party's interests and will make a decision in the interest of the country and the citizens. These are decisive days for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. MPs will vote on the historic...

The EU Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, in an interview for the Austrian magazine "Standard", said that he is acquainted with the threats issued by the opposition against MPs that want to abandon the party's lines and to support the Agreement with Greece at the Parliament. He has asked VMRO-DPMNE to abandon, as he said, its destructive approach and to put...

New elections in Macedonia will obstruct the path to the start of EU negotiations, EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn told the Austrian daily newspaper "Kurier", saying he advised the Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev not to call snap parliamentary elections but to form a two-thirds majority in the Assembly that would support the Agreement...

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn in a joint statement have urged Parliament to implement the Prespa Agreement on the name and adopt constitutional changes. Mogherini and Hahn said that this is a historic opportunity not only for reconciliation in the region, but also for decisively moving...

The European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn wrote on his Twitter account that the votes "For" at the referendum are significant and that it will provide a support for the Prespa Agreement. "I congratulate those citizens who voted in today's consultative referendum and made use of their democratic freedoms/ With their significant "yes"...