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Yesterday, EU member states did not accept the recommendation from the European Commission to set a date for opening membership negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania. According to EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, a small number of countries opposed it. The draft conclusions from the ministerial meeting on general affairs in Luxembourg, which the media previously reported, said that EU member...

You have done everything expected of you, but I want to be honest, not all member states are prepared to make a decision to start negotiations in the coming days. This is what President of the European Council, Donald Tusk told President Stevo Pendarovski after meeting in Brussels. "Personally, I believe that there can be only one decision to start negotiations...

If we do not get the expected date for negotiating the chapters, there is a possibility that it could bring about the collapse of the Government, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev responding to a journalist's question at a press conference in Brussels regarding the consequences if the European Council does not accept the European Commission's recommendation to start negotiations...

In a statement to MIA, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said that Croatia will do everything it can to help North Macedonia receive a date for negotiations in June, reports a correspondent from MIA from Brussels. Plenković, who visited Brussels on Friday afternoon and whose country is taking over the helms of the EU presidency next year, reminded that enlargement...

The agreement with Greece is a capitulation and VMRO-DPMNE will not participate in the work in sessions regarding this agreement, said the leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski at today’s press conference. Mickoski also said that Macedonia has not received a date for negotiations, but a date for an assessment of the situation. “Macedonia did not receive a clear recommendation right away,...

Following a short delay of 40 minutes, the leader's meeting at the MPs Clubhouse between the four largest political parties, all signatories to the Przino Agreement, began. The VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski was the last to arrive, and entered through a rear entrance to the MPs Clubhouse so as to avoid waiting reporters. He was welcomed by Aleksander Georgiev, a government...

The leader of the DUI party, Ali Ahmeti, in an interview for “Art TV” based in Tetovo, says elections in autumn are impossible and that the four leaders already have agreed on an election date in December. “It has been agreed that at the beginning of December, elections will be held so that all parties will agree. Whether they will be...

Three days ago, the leaders of the four political parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement came to the decision to postpone the early parliamentary elections which were scheduled for April 24, for the later date, June 5. Here are the time and the dates which need to be respected. April 7 (60 days before elections) – According to the...

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, on his Twitter account said the Przhino Agreement is alive and that all parties must fully engage and help prepare elections for June 5 to be credible. "I acknowledge the vote in Parliament to postpone elections to June 5. The Przhino Agreement is alive. All parties must fully engage to help...

On February 19 we will evaluate whether Macedonia will be ready for early parliamentary elections on April 24. In the current phase, we still cannot assess which direction the situation will move in. Everything is in the hands of the parties. Today Ambassador Orav answered a question from the media at a press conference for IPA funds. When asked, whether the European...