Živaljević: I was granted an approval to enter the Parliament by President Ivanov’s advisor
The security advisor at the embassy of Serbia in Macedonia and a member of the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA), Goran Živaljević, this evening has stated that his presence at the Parliament on the 27th of April was neither clandestine nor hideous but that he...
Dačić: A message for Macedonia – We know what was being prepared
Today, Serbia’s Foreign Minister, Ivica Dačić said that Serbia's decision to withdraw its staff from the embassy in Macedonia actually sends a message to Skopje that Serbia "knows what they were preparing and what they agreed upon".
According to Dačić, it is not something one...
Croatia has given in and is returning old prices for control over fruits and vegetables
The Croatian Minister of Agriculture, Tomislav Tolushic, withdrew his decision for increasing the compensation for the phytosanitary inspection of the fruits and vegetables that are imported into Croatia from Macedonia, Serbia, BiH and Montenegro, "T-Portal" reports.
With it, the price for the control of a...
Zaev: We are ready for cooperation for the countries of the region to become NATO members
With our presence at the Summit of the Adriatic Charter countries, we said that we are ready to cooperate in the interest of the citizens of our countries and through the integration processes to bring the region to the large family of NATO, said...
Bieber: The Government in Macedonia can break the cycle of cynicism about the EU enlargement
The new government in Macedonia can be the new impulse for breaking the cycle of cynicism that rules within the European Union and the Western Balkans countries regarding the Union's enlargement process, said Florian Bieber, a professor at the Professor at the University of...
The Western Balkans leaders endorsed an action plan for economic integration in Trieste
The six Western Balkans countries, among which is Macedonia, endorsed the Multi-annual Action Plan on a Regional Economic Area in the Western Balkans (MAP), at the summit in Trieste today, announced the Regional Council for Cooperation that is authorized to monitor the whole process.
The...
Dimitrov to Dačić: In this region we rise and fall together
The head of the Macedonian diplomacy Nikola Dimitrov has expressed his disappointment for the statement issued by the Serbian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dačić that Belgrade has made many mistakes when it recognized Macedonia under its constitutional name.
I regret Dačić's statement. Together with Serbia we...
Apart from Zaev, Pence had a telephone conversation with Greek Prime Minister Tsipras
The VP of the USA, Mike Pence, had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev and had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, announced the White House.
During the telephone conversation, Pence and Tsipras have reaffirmed...
Hoyt Yee: The darkest moment in the Balkans was April 27th with the situation in Macedonian Parliament
The darkest moment in the Balkan region this year, was the April 27th in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia and the best news in the whole region was the formation of the new reformatory government. This was stated by the Deputy Assistant...
Borisov said it all, apart from the term “Macedonian language”
At today's press conference, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov with his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev, while answering questions from reporters on which language the agreement on good neighborly relations will be signed in, he replied that the agreement will be "in the language that...
Lavrov: USA and the EU want to be masters of the Balkans again
"Our Western colleagues, the USA and the leading European countries are obsessed with the idea of becoming masters of the Balkans. EU has certain plans regarding that. The negotiation processes are currently underway, and Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Monte Negro are part of that,"...
Nationalist Karakachov celebrates Macedonia Day as minister
The Bulgarian Deputy PM and Minister of Defense, Krasimir Karakachanov, yesterday in Sofia, in front of the monument of revolutionaries from Macedonia and Trakia, celebrated for the first time on the Day of Macedonia as a government minister, reports "Balkan Insight." Previously, Karakachanov, according...
Dačić: Živaljević was meant to report whether there were any Serbian nationals in Parliament
Today, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić stated that the official of the Embassy of Serbia in Macedonia and member of the Security Information Agency (BIA), Goran Živaljević, entered the Macedonian Parliament on April the 27th, during the violence, but did not violate diplomatic protocol,...
“Blic”: Serbia has four times the military power than Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo
Serbia, which has 36.000 soldiers, has four times more military power than Macedonia, Albania or Kosovo, while Macedonia only has 8.000 troops. At the bottom is Montenegro with 1.853 soldiers. However, Kosovo has a little more than the others, due to the presence of...
Belgrade insists at the EU for a peaceful solution for the crisis in Macedonia
The public discourse that is calling for violence, in a lack of a crucial dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtina and the instability in Macedonia represent a serious and open threat for the peace in South Eastern Europe, was the main message from the unofficial...
Instead of Edi Rama, the Macedonians in Albania are in coalition with Ilir Meta
The Executive Committee of the Macedonian Alliance for a European Integration in Albania (KAEI) has made a decision to enter into a coalition with Ilir Meta’s Movement for a Socialist Integration at the next parliamentary elections in Albania, that will be held on the...
Vučić: Serbia is not interfering in Macedonia’s internal affairs
Serbia is not interfering in Macedonia’s internal affairs, said today the Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vučić whose mandate as a Prime Minister is about to expire and soon he is going to take over the presidential position in Serbia.
-Friendly nation lives there to...
Hahn spoke with Soros about strengthening reforms and the open societies
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and the founder of the “Open Society” foundations, George Soros, today in Brussels discussed the strengthening of reforms and the open society in the countries from the Western Balkans and in Eastern Europe.
“It is...
Hahn’s speech at Princeton: We have to see political will instead of political games
Instead of political games, we have to see a political will and true reforms, not on paper but in reality, especially in key areas such as the rule of law, competitiveness, and the connectivity. This is the message issued by the Commissioner for European...
Rama: The “Tirana platform” is a myth created by politicians
The "Tirana platform" is a myth created by Macedonian politicians with bad taste, and Europe will face a nightmare if the Balkans “go crazy” because EU accession is off the agenda, with the region becoming a “gray area in which other other “actors” have...
