Russian MFA: The Balkan states should not be forced to rush to join the EU
Our principled approach is that Russia is that the region's most complicated issue to be resolved by the Balkans independently without being rushed or gauged up to formal criteria; in other words - without any external interference.
This was said today by the...
Russian MFA on Strategy for the Western Balkans: Our principle is not “with us or against us”
Russia sees no obstacles in developing relations with countries that want to become members of the European Union, and does not approach them with the principle "with us or against us," said a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zaharova when she was...
Bildt: “Heavy” EU states need to get involved in resolving the name dispute
It will require some heavy lifting by heavy EU states and institutions to get a Macedonia name compromise, but without one the EU Balkan strategy risks collapse, said the Co-Chair of the European Council for
Foreign Relations and former Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt.
“I think...
Borisov encouraged Zaev to keep on with the negotiations for solving the name dispute
The Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Boyko Borisov, greeted the willpower of Macedonian Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev with which he is working on the Euro-Atlantic integrations and encouraged him to continue with the negotiations with Greece in order to find a final solution for the...
Lavrov: Russia will accept the name that Macedonia and Greece will agree upon
Any kind of solution (for the name dispute) that will be agreed upon by Macedonia and Greece, and will be supported by the Macedonian Constitution, we (the Russian Federation), most probably are going to accept it, said the Head of the Russian diplomacy Sergey...
Bulgaria posts video about antiquity and the 21st century and promises a stronger and more digital Europe
Bulgaria, who since yesterday took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months, has made a short video presentation that they have presented to the world.
In about 40 seconds of the published video, some of the most...
The Cyrillic alphabet, traditional embroidery and the national tricolor in the logo of the Bulgarian presidency with EU
Bulgaria, which took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union presented the logo under which it will lead the Union in the forthcoming 6 months.
As stated on the official Twitter profile created for this purpose, the logo depicts three symbols that...
Starting from today, Bulgaria takes over the EU presidency
Starting from today, Bulgaria will preside over the council of the European Union i.e. it will officially preside with the EU to which it joined in 2007 along with Romania.
"This country will seek a balance between the countries-members' specific priorities and EU's strategic priorities...
Hahn: 2018 will be a decisive year for the Western Balkans, let’s shape the future together
European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, at celebrations for New Years, thanked all partner countries of the European Union, including Macedonia, for the cooperation during 2017 and said that in the new year, 2018, will be decisive for the Western...
Mogherini: Obviously, the whole of the Balkans will be a part of the EU
We are working on providing each of our partner in the Western Balkans to have a perspective for a membership in the European Union, said the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, when she addressed at...
Zaev and Gruevski express their condolences for the death of Helmut Kohl
The Prime Minister of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, sent a telegram of condolences for the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, to the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, and to the citizens of Germany.
"The citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany have lost a...
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 discussion over the borders will have to be re-visited If the process of euro-integration of Balkan countries fails
If the process of euro-integration of all the Balkan countries fails, then the discussion over borders will have to be re-visited, said the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, in an interview for the web portal Dialogplus.ch.
As for the situation in the region, the...
Mogherini: The situation in the Western Balkans is tense and a more convincing support from the EU is needed
The situation in the Western Balkans is tense with challenges on an internal, regional and global plan, and what is necessary is a strong and convincing support from the European Union for the integration of that region, said today in Brussels the EU's High...
Slovenian government official dismissed for not answering a journalist’s questions
The Slovenian government dismissed the Head of the Sector for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Tilen Smolnikar a day after giving an embarrassing interview with young journalist Lea Majcen, where he showed he clearly has no clue about his job.
When Majcen tried to interview...
Federica Mogherini is coming to Macedonia at the start of March
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, at the start of March will be coming to visit Macedonia, as part of her mini-tour throughout the countries of the Western Balkans, announced the European Commission.
The EC informs...
New German President Steinmeier, the man who pushed forward the Przino 2 Agreement
The new President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, as former German Foreign Minister, a responsibility which he held until early last month, among other things, was active in the process of resolving the political crisis in Macedonia.
His involvement. although was not very publicly exposed, it...
Harassing diplomats is regular intelligence business from Moscow to Macedonia
Diplomats from the United States, staff in the embassies and their families in Moscow and in several other European countries in the past period have been targets of harassment and intimidation as part of an organized campaign orchestrated and systematically implemented by the Russian...
“Der Standard”: Kurz’s appearance in Skopje came too late as did compensation for the refugee crisis
Austrian Foreign Minister, Sebastian Kurz’s appearance at the VMRO-DPMNE central rally in Skopje, on Sunday, came too late and was bad compensation to the Macedonian authorities for closing the Macedonian-Greek border and stopping the flow of migrants into Austria and to Western Europe, wrote...
