9 October 2018
At yesterday’s 92nd session, the Government made a decision on the constitutional changes, that is, to submit amendments to Parliament for which it will seek support. This is happening at a time when the grounds for amending the Constitution is not certain, because it requires a two-thirds majority in Parliament, that is, 80 MPs. “The […]
5 October 2018
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 […]
25 September 2018
Recent months have witnessed much debate over the term North Macedonia as a compromise solution for the name dispute after the signing of the agreement with Greece. The proposal, however, is not new. It is not even the first proposed. Featured on the front page of the “Nova Makedonija” newspaper, was a facsimile dated March […]
7 September 2018
Austria is a friend of Macedonia and the whole region, and we would like to live in a common future. As the Chairman of the European Union, I can say that the EU will be complete when it will be integrated with the Western Balkans. For Macedonia, the solution to the name dispute will bring […]
30 August 2018
At an informal summit of EU defense ministers in Vienna, Greek Defense Minister and leader of the right-wing Independent Greeks, Panos Kammenos, said that the mention of a Macedonian nation goes against any agreement and infuriates the Greek people, who will also have the last word, regardless of the referendum and the constitutional changes in […]
17 August 2018
With the Agreement with Greece, Macedonia is consolidating on the world stage as a state. No one will split or divide us, on the contrary, Macedonia is becoming a full member of NATO and is beginning negotiations with the EU, Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said in an interview with “Television 24”. The Foreign Minister […]
8 August 2018
Less than two months before the referendum is held on 30th of September, the government has released 10 facts about the Final Agreement for resolving the Macedonian-Greek name dispute and a strategic partnership. According to the Government, the Agreement is so far the best and gives a fair opportunity for the citizens of Macedonia. “The […]
6 August 2018
We must not forget that we have missed many European trains and that the road to our strategic goal has become narrower and more difficult. It is our duty to do everything we can to get on this train, because nobody knows when and if there will be another one, says Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov […]
1 August 2018
President Gjorge Ivanov, at a meeting with US Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer, again stressed that he does not accept the agreement reached between Macedonia and Greece as it violates the Constitution and the laws and harms Macedonia’s national interests, reports the presidential office. At the meeting they discussed the current political situation […]
31 July 2018
Zaev has decided to force an issue that is meaningless and equivocal, just to cover up the capitulation in the negotiations with Greece while the acceptance of this agreement of capitulation fulfills Greece’s red lines. No politician in the history of the Republic of Macedonia has made such concessions, said General Secretary of VMRO-DPMNE Igor Janushev, […]
31 July 2018
The official start of campaigning for the referendum will begin on 10th of September, and all those who want to participate in the campaign will do so, in whatever context they choose, whether they will support or boycott it, or call to vote against it, it depends on them, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi at […]
30 July 2018
I call on all political actors to work constructively to achieve this goal and not to jeopardize the progress made due to party-political considerations, said EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn told Macedonian politicians in an interview with EurActiv. He says that Macedonia has made the most progress in the past […]
27 July 2018
The parliamentary session for announcing the referendum will not be scheduled for tomorrow, but on Monday, decided the parties after the coordination of Parliament. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, in accordance with legal deadlines, will schedule the referendum for September 30, 2018, and by Monday the ballot question for the referendum should be settled. Meetings between […]
23 July 2018
More than 40 university professors, intellectuals, philosophers and students expressed their support for the Prespa Accord between Macedonia and Greece for resolving the name dispute, assessing it as a breakdown and the best solution to resolve the 27-year long dispute between the two countries. In a letter to the British newspaper The Guardian, signatories who […]
20 July 2018
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev received a letter from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulating him on the agreement regarding the Macedonian-Greek name dispute and for reaching a strategic partnership between the two countries, reported the government’s press service. The letter, which Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán signed on behalf of the Visegrád Four, welcomes the solution […]
18 July 2018
In an interview with Al Jazeera Balkans, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said that the referendum will be successful and that the citizens will approve the agreement reached with Greece. “If there is just one vote more which is against, we are absolutely ready to raise our hands and say this is not the right path. […]
16 July 2018
The Russian Embassy in Skopje said that today’s statement by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev that the “Komiti” (a known football supporters group) had been paid by Russian businessmen to instigate protests against the Agreement with Greece and Macedonia’s membership to NATO and the EU, is politically irresponsible and a Russophobic tool. When asked about his […]
16 July 2018
The agreement between Skopje and Athens proves that persistent negotiations and diplomacy bring results, says Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in an interview with the Greek daily Kathimerini, and he went on to stress the Austrian support for the European perspective of the Western Balkan countries. “We warmly welcome the agreement between the two sides. It […]
11 July 2018
The Russian diplomats that Greece is due to expel regarding interference in Greece’s domestic affairs, as well as an attempt to undermine the agreement for the name with Macedonia, have been involved in “many illegal activities” related to protests against the Agreement in Greece, reports Reuters News Agency. The agency reports that Greece had issued official […]
11 July 2018
After the NATO summit, we will have meeting in Parliament, all political parties, to define the data for a referendum, the details of the question for the referendum, and the character of the referendum, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told Greek News Agency ANA-MPA, citing possible dates for holding the referendum as September 22 or […]
