Tag: Преспански договор

The interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski has asked from the MPs at the Parliament to dismiss the interim Minister of Labor and Welfare, Rashela Mizrahi, informs the government. Prime Minister's proposal was submitted at the Parliament and it should be put on the next session's agenda. - A compromise can be reached for anything, but for disobeying the Constitution...

The former Prime Minister of Greece and now the leader of the opposition party SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, during the debate about the new immigrant asylum law at the Greek Parliament, as he spoke about national issues also spoke about the Prespa AGreement, stating that they are proud of the solution that was achieved between both countries. Parallel to that...

In the interview for the Euronews service in Greek that was published yesterday, the Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the decision not to approve a starting date for the accession negotiations with North Macedonia is jeopardizing the Prespa Agreement. The articles about the internal use of the new name will be blocked and will not be implemented....

On the margins of the 74th session of UN's General Assembly has met with the UN's General Secretary Antonio Guterres, informs the government's press service. The Macedonian Prime Minister has expressed great gratitude for the recognition of the importance of the Prespa Agreement in the UN Secretary's Annual Report. In the report, the Agreement with Greece was marked as...

This morning, in the center of Skopje, a number of new plaques were placed on the monuments of Alexander the Great, Philip II and Olympia. The plaques notify that these historical figures belong to the antic Hellenic history and civilization as well as to the world heritage. Also, the removal of the Sun from Vergina at various locations, public...

Srpska ispostava ruske multimedijske novinske agencije “Sputnik.rs” nedavno je objavila intervju sa dvojicom srpskih istoričara na temu krađe istorije na Balkanu, sa akcentom na Makedoniju, Crnu Goru i Kosovo, pri čemu je novinarka još na startu dezinformisala javnost sa dve netačne činjenice. Razgovor je objavljen i kratko prepričan i na veb stranici “Sputnika”, pod naslovom “Makedonci i Crnogorci preživljavaju ‘zakasneli...

Theodoros Daniilidis is the founder, and Thanos Sitistas is the editor of “Ellinika Hoaxes”, the most famous website in Greece that debunks disinformation and fake news. It has been doing that in the past six years, since 2013. In the interview for “Meta.mk”, Daniilidis and Sitistas say that the Greeks are pretty prone to believe fake news, but also...

There were 3 peace problems in the Balkans, and today after the name resolution of Macedonia there are only two left: normalization of the relations between Kosovo and Serbia and fixing the dysfunctional governance in Bosnia and Herzegovina said Daniel Serwer of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He was one of the speakers at yesterday's debate titled...

At the press conference in Skopje, besides building bridges and the benefits of the two countries becoming closer, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke about the issue with fake news in regards to the Prespa Agreement. According to Tsipras, "in the past months of implementing the agreement, the issue of fake news has become noticeable. " “In the past months, while...

Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, at a press conference projected a joint message that with the Prespa Agreement, both Greece and North Macedonia will benefit both the citizens and future generations, and that opponents of the agreement will in time, see all the benefits. They said the current political leadership is committed to building bridges and demolishing walls, that...

The implementation of the Law on Use of Languages parallel to the Prespa Agreement, including the failure to start the Agency for the implementation of the Law on Languages is additionally making the work of state institutions more difficult. The translators are proposing the establishment of a control mechanism while the institutions are analyzing three scenarios regarding the process of...

The abbreviation MANU of Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts will remain unchanged even after the academy will be renamed and its new name will be decided by the academics themselves, said today the government's spokesperson Mile Boshnjakovski during the regular press conference at the government. He said that the new name for the army of Republic of Macedonia...

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,...

Yesterday, the Prespa Agreement officially came into force and the implementation of its provisions began, with which Macedonia has changed its name to North Macedonia. The government also changed its name to the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia. The Government explained that the Prespa Agreement was published in the "Official Gazette" yesterday, and the constitutional amendments from 33. to 36. as...

Will the implementation of the Prespa Agreement inject new life in the economic relations between Macedonia and Greece is a question that deserves attention, taking into account that the businessmen from both countries have several times before stressed that the name dispute is causing obstacles for a normal functioning of the economic ties and the signing of agreements in...

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...

Today, a few opponents to the Prespa Agreement in Thessaloniki, in front of the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace, handed out "obituaries" to passers-by with the name "Macedonia" written on it, protesting and calling it a "betrayal on Greek Macedonia". "Today we bury Macedonia" says the text, and is signed by "Mother Greece, Macedonian children and Macedonians". At 2:30 pm today, Greek parliament is scheduled to vote...

In response to yesterday's statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the MFA (Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) says that the procedure for passing the constitutional changes in accordance with the Prespa Agreement is with full respect of the envisaged parliamentary procedure and the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, and expressed regret that Russia "in a negative...

Amendments from 33 to 36, together with Constitutional Law on their proclamation, which were voted in with 81 votes, were adopted at the 75th session of Parliament, on Friday, and were published in the 6th issue of the "Official Gazette" this year, i.e. on January 12, 2019. With these amendments to the Constitution, after the Prespa Agreement comes into force,...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Informing and Press Relations has called the passing of the new amendments of the Macedonian Constitution in order to change the country's name as "an artificial change of the country's name in order for an enforced entering of Skopje into NATO" and stated that the problem with the country's renaming should...