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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Radmila Šekerinska launched her official visit to the United States by taking part in a round table organized by the American Atlantic Council on the topic "The Balkans and NATO membership through the prism of Macedonia: High stakes in terms of global security and the fate of democracy in a small country...

We are focused on finding a solution to the name dispute by the end of June, in order to turn things around, so in July, Macedonia can receive an invitation to join NATO, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Radmila Šekerinska at a meeting with journalists ahead of her official visit to the United States which lasts...

During a meeting between Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias, a group of citizens gathered in front of the Foreign Ministry. They carried banners that were written in English, saying "Our name is Macedonia", "Kotzias go home, you are not welcome in Macedonia", "Stop the Holocaust against Macedonians" and "Stop Racism and Discrimination against Macedonians". After...

The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov and his wife, Maja Ivanov, are on an official visit to Turkey. President Ivanov will have a bilateral meeting in Ankara with the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and with high ranking Turkish officials. AS part of the visit, Ivanov will put a diadem at the...

The Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani, informed that the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude- Junker will be visiting Macedonia on the 25th of February. Macedonia will be the first country that Junker will visit as part his tour through the countries of Western Balkans in order to present the EU's Strategy for the region. -This is...

A government delegation, led by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, will be visiting the Republic of Turkey, on the 12th of February, informs the government's press service. During Prime Minister Zaev's visit, he will have meetings with Turkey's President, Recep Taip Erdogan, Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim and the President of the Turkish Parliament, Ismail Kahraman. After the meeting with Prime...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a telephone conversation with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras yesterday, informing him about his recent visit to the Republic of Macedonia, Greek media reported. Tsipras congratulated Stoltenberg's statements on the name dispute with the neighboring country, stressing the importance of consistently adhering to the Bucharest Summit declaration. At that meeting in 2008, Alliance members concluded...

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, who will be visiting Macedonia this month, will address MPs in the Macedonian Parliament on January 18th at a plenary session. The session, as stated on the official website of Parliament, is scheduled for exactly at noon and apart from that, there are no other sessions of the legislature are scheduled for this day. Otherwise, Stoltenberg's...

Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani, said that he would announce in due time when he leaves for Athens to meet with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, after Greek media reported that Osmani will make an official visit to Athens on Monday or Tuesday. “We have continuous communication with the Republic of Greece, with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras,...

The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, said that at the upcoming NATO summit, Macedonia is finally expected to become a member of the Alliance, and Greece should “show awareness of what is happening in the region and its selfish interests should not to be the basis for holding out country hostage". During today's visit to the...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will be visiting Kosov on the 12th of December (Tuesday), informs the Government. As part of the visit, a meeting with his Kosovar colleague Ramush Haradinaj is planned after which a joint press conference will occur. During the day, the Prime Minister will have a meeting with the President of Kosov, Hashim Thaci as well as...

European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, announced that he will visit Macedonia next week. „Excellent meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Bujar Osmani and Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikola Dimitrov. Confident that government will use positive momentum and we will see further reform results by end of the year. This requires constructive cooperation of all political forces, including...

On the 27th of September, the Minister of Defense, Radmila Shekjerinska, will visit NATO's headquarters in Brussels where she will have a meeting with the Alliance's General Secretary, Jens Stoltenberg. NATO's General Secretary has sent a letter to inform Shekjerinska that the Alliance has accepted the Government's request for Macedonia to be a part of NATO's program for...

The journalist, Tomislav Kezharovski, after spending half his sentence in the county jail “Shutka” in the Skopje neighborhood of Shuto Orizari, today suggested that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev visit the cells at the county jail in Shutka. The reason for Kezharovski’s facebook status was the visit of the Prime Minister to the Idrizovo Prison, where he said he was "ashamed...

I am ashamed that I am a Prime Minister of a country with such prisons, stated Prime Minister Zoran Zaev after today’s visit to “Idrizovo” prison. Zaev visited the penitentiary institution together with the Ombudsmen, Ixmet Memeti, and the Executive Director of the Helsinki Committe for Human Rights, Uranija Priovska. Zaev did not hide his disappointment with the conditions of...

The government delegation led by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has met today with the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. Both leaders issued a message that they both stand on the side for peace in the world. -We look together towards a better future. We look for ways and fields where we can collaborate in the interest of the...

The biggest measure that will affect mutual trust and create an even better atmosphere, is for Greece to unblock the Euro-Atlantic processes for Macedonia and to ensure that the right to prosperity is not denied, said the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, at the meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister , Nikos Kotzias, who is visiting...

In the forthcoming period, the Head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov, will be visiting Berlin where he will meet with his colleague, Sigmar Gabriel. Dimitrov's visit is mentioned in today's announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the handing over of the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador of Germany in Macedonia, Thomas Norbert Gerberich. "Ambassador Gerberich has...

The VP for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani has held today the first meeting with ambassadors from countries of the Western Balkans, that will be an introduction in continuous coordinative meetings. At the meeting that took place at the Secretariat for European Affairs (SEA) representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, and Montenegro took part in. During the meeting...

Tomorrow, Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov, will be paying an official visit to Austria at the invitation of Austrian Foreign Minister, Sebastian Kurz, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the visit, Foreign Minister Dimitrov is scheduled to meet with members of the committee of the Austrian National Council, as well as with the President of the Austrian Chamber of Industrialists. This...