21 July 2016
The final agreement between the political parties was welcomed by the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. He posted the following on his “Twitter” account: Good news also from the form.Yug. Republic of #Macedonia:Political parties reach #agreement on open issues in talks on #Przino agreement 1/2 — Johannes Hahn (@JHahnEU) July […]
23 June 2016
European Commission spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic today reacted to the decision made the opposition party, the SDSM to freeze its participation in Parliament until the Constitutional Court rules on the constitutionality of the SPO. “The parties have themselves the responsibility to bring their country back onto the Euro-Atlantic path. This is not business as usual and […]
14 June 2016
The political parties continue to delay in agreeing to a meeting of party leaders by adopting tactical positions. This proposed new meeting should involve the taking of steps to finding a solution for the political crisis, so the parties, together, can eventually come to an agreement whereby a new deadline date can be set for […]
27 May 2016
Brussels is closely following the situation in the country and we repeat the need for all pardons to be withdrawn, said spokeswoman for the European Commission, Maja Kocijanicic when our journalists from “Meta” asked her to comment on the Presidents decision to partially withdraw some of the pardons. “We have repeatedly made our (EU) position […]
14 May 2016
Brussels regrets that the continued political crisis has caused the country to move away from Euro-Atlantic aspirations, a spokesman for the European Commission told “Meta”. “The Commission notes that several parties have not submitted their list of candidates to the State Election Commission by yesterday’s deadline. We do not see that the minimum conditions to […]
12 April 2016
Today’s decision of President Gjorge Ivanov to stop trials of politicians puts into question Macedonia’s commitment to promoting the rule of law, said the European Commission tonight. “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has committed itself to promoting the rule of law and fighting impunity. Against this background, today’s decision by President Ivanov on the pardoning […]
12 April 2016
The violation of the Przhino Agreement will have serious consequences, said today MEP Richard Howitt to “Meta” who was instrumental in brokering the Przino Agreement. “Politicians in Brussels are urgently studying and consulting on all the latest developments in Skopje and can only warn of the very serious consequences if any party or individual is deemed to […]
22 March 2016
“In Macedonia we face all the risks and threats that exist in our neighbouring countries and in Europe. There are threats, but we successfully deal with them on a preventive basis and we proactively act. Citizens need to be reassured by our institutions, and they need to be in cooperation with their partner agencies, and carry on […]
22 March 2016
Macedonia does not need the to raise the level of security after the terrorist attacks in Brussels, because, unofficially “Meta” has been told by the Ministry of Interior (MOI), they are already at a higher level of security after the attacks in Paris from November 13th from last year, and those measures are still in […]
22 March 2016
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses their deepest condolences to the families of the dead and wounded in the terrorist attacks in Belgium, and strongly condemns the attacks where a number of people were killed and seriously injured. For all information related to the safety of Macedonian citizens who are currently located in Brussels, Belgium, […]
8 March 2016
More than 1,000 migrants mostly from Syria and Iraq are currently stranded at Tabanovce, the Macedonia-Serbian border, because the Serbian authorities refuses to allow transit for the migrants and further along the Balkan route, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) told “Meta”. Meanwhile, at the Southern border, according to information from the Greek side, apparently additional […]
1 February 2016
Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte is expected to submit a new draft-law on the media tomorrow, which will then be presented to all political parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement. According to our sources, the mediator was in Brussels at the weekend where he attended a consultation meeting concerning developments in Macedonia. Scheduled for […]
27 November 2015
The Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski said yesterday that “the level for security has been elevated for preventive precautions and to ensure the safety of citizens,” and this has been confirmed in the past few days at sports events, public gatherings and concerts where it is more noticeable the presence of regular and special police […]
10 November 2015
The Head of Delegation of the European Union, Ambassador Aivo Orav, today meets with President Gjorge Ivanov to present the progress report from the European Commission on the Republic of Macedonia for 2015. As announced, the meeting will be held this afternoon at the Presidential Residence
10 November 2015
“Macedonia got its recommendation to start negotiations to join the European Union, however, it comes with two conditions. Firstly, to implement fully the Przhino Agreement and, secondly, to implement the mandatory reforms, ” said EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn. at the presentation of the report on Macedonia. “Macedonia has a good legislative-legal system. However, the […]
24 September 2015
CEFTA members – the countries from the agreement on free trade in Central Europe – have called for an emergency meeting in the chairing country of Moldova, if the ban on trucks entering Croatia is not lifted until Tuesday, informed the Deputy Minister of Economy, Christian Delev. Mr Delev said that as well as CEFTA […]
16 July 2015
After signing the agreement of Przhino, European diplomats slowly began to open. The night was hard, they tell, and the representatives of the European institutions used “brutal” language to make clear to the four signatories that “this is the last chance”, states a diplomatic source from a European institution that was present at all stages […]
15 July 2015
The European Commission and the three MEPs Richard Howitt, Eduard Kukan and Ivo Vajgl, with a joint statement welcomed the agreement and sent a message that “they will closely monitor the implementation in the coming months”. In September we will hold another high-level dialogue (HLAD), a platform established by the previous Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan […]
30 June 2015
Maya Kocijanchik, spokeswoman for the European Commission, today said she expects concrete results from party leaders in Macedonia. – We welcome the resumption of talks between political leaders in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, including the implementation of the recommendations put on the table by the European Commission and that are part of the […]
30 June 2015
Speculations of a possible movement of the Greek government in order to achieve agreement at the last moment with lenders are spread throughout Greece. The sudden cancellation of scheduled meetings of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with representatives of the Greek associations of traders and hoteliers, the sudden cancellation of athe government briefing and the movement […]
