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Asked for reaction on the press - conference of Zoran Zaev in which he announced that negotiations are unsuccessful, the European Commission, through its spokeswoman Maja Kocijanchik, stated for META: "Our position is quite clear: we urgent call on the parties to find a compromise in the interest of the country and the citizens. Agreement of 2nd of June offers...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing the most intense 48 hours in his prime ministerial career. Torn between the Greek "no" to the rigorous measures, pressures from the extreme wing of SYRIZA not to accept European pressures, agreement and promise to most of the Greek political forces that an agreement that will keep the country in the Eurozone...

It seems that the agreement of 2nd of June is slowly but surely applied in practice. This is indicated by the recent reactions of the government and the opposition, which likely want to be cooperative while negotiations last and give a positive impression to foreign observers. The sureness of the decision of the agreement is confirmed by information from the...

Leaders of the main political parties met today at the MPs Club to continue discussions on the precise organization of the government that would prepare the elections, as provided for in the sixth item of the agreement of 2nd of June, according to press releases of SDSM, DUI and VMRO-DPMNE. - In this context, the leaders agreed to meet again...

In a climate of great anxiety and uncertainty, Greece awaits the next round of tense talks between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European lenders. Sunday is the deadline for completion of negotiations between Athens and Brussels. Will the weekend finally bring an agreement or Greece faces bankruptcy? Optimism that reigned at the beginning of the week about a possible...

Past meetings of leaders of political parties for resolving the political crisis and the documents arising from them, as well as meetings with representatives of the international community, have brought some schedule in the activities until early elections in April 2016. According to it, the following dates and deadlines are certain: On 29th of June Leadership meeting at which the parties will...

Political parties are satisfied with the conclusions adopted by the EU Council today. SDSM said they were ready to honor them if an agreement on a transitional government of which Nikola Gruevski won’t be part is agreed. Prime Minister Gruevski, who welcomed the conclusions on his Facebook profile, says he will continue to raise standards in all areas. DUI are satisfied with...

The agreement of 2nd of June, made during a meeting at the residence of EU Ambassador Aivo Orav in Skopje Przhino must be respected, recommended EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn after the meeting with Fatmir Besimi. The same was recommended by US Ambassador Jess Bailey at the meeting with DUI leader Ali Ahmeti. But SDSM said that, without a transitional government, that...

Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) today announced the whole agreement which all four party leaders, Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci, with the mediation of EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn, EU Ambassador Aivo Orav and US Ambassador Jess Bailey, signed on 2nd of June at the residence of the European Union (EU) in Skopje. Under the agreement,...

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti today met with Eric Fournier, Director for Continental Europe in the French Foreign Ministry and Laurence Auer, Ambassador of France to Macedonia at the party headquarters in Tetovo. Topic of the meeting was the current crisis in the country, the political dialogue and the agreement reached on 2nd of June, as well as Euro-Atlantic integration...

"High school plenum" and the Government didn’t reach an agreement even after the third meeting. The government says it is willing to restore the old concept of graduation and mathematics not to be a compulsory subject, but they won’t make concession to the external testing. High school students say they do not agree with this outcome and will not...

The meeting between representatives of the "High School plenum" and Minister of Education and Science Abdilakim Ademi, his deputy Spiro Ristovski and Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Vladimir Peshevski ended without compromise, but with an agreement negotiations and meetings between the concerned parties to continue. Meanwhile, the boycott of classes will continue, and high school students will spend...

Basic Court Skopje 1 today passed a final judgment against Z.K., one of the defendants in the case "Puch", after the draft agreement submitted by the Public Prosecutor for prosecution of organized crime. "After submitting draft agreement by the Public Prosecutor for prosecution of organized crime and corruption to the criminal court, judge of prior procedure verify the agreement with...

Greek Government indicated the agreement in Brussels as its success, victory and final meeting of civil requirements and needs. Government of Alexis Tsipras is satisfied with the agreement in Brussels, saying that it succeeded to allocate victory on the extraordinary meeting of the Eurogroup and realize what was planned without having to withdraw from its red lines. "Greece today turned...

Tonight in Brussels, Greece received a four-month delay on debt repayment. Athens and Brussels agreed the Greek government to submit a list of reforms that will result in a better position to continue the subsidy program till the end of business on Monday. According to Brussels officials, the agreement was reached "in the...

Yesterday's meeting of the "Student plenum" and UKIM with representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science was not of decisive character and the only agreement that was reached was to hold another meeting in the next few days. Meanwhile, students will continue the occupation of the faculties. - The meeting wasn’t of decisive character. We clarified our key requirement,...