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Dobri signali sa prvog susreta premijera Severne Makedonije sa novim grčkim kolegom
Premijer Severne Makedonije Zoran Zaev, u okviru Generalne skupštine UN-a u Njujorku, prvi put se sreo sa svojim kolegom iz Grčke Kirjakosom Micotakisem sa kojim je razgovarao o odnosima Severne Makedonije i Grčke.
Glavna tema sastanka bio je Sporazum iz Prespe, potpisan 17. juna 2018. godine.
Po svemu izgleda, posle preuzimanja nove funkcije, grčki protivnik Sporazuma iz Prespe, Micotakis, promenio je...
Hahn advises to continue the reform process and to adopt the Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office
The Republic of North Macedonia deserves a green light in October for start of the negotiations with EU on the ground of all its accomplishment in the reform process in the last few years, with the Prespa Agreement, but also with the Good Neighborly Relations Agreement with Bulgaria, the EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes...
Ivan Georgiev: The fight against disinformation in Bulgaria is almost nonexistent
Ivan Georgiev is reporter and anchor of bTV, one of Bulgaria’s main TV stations. He has covered some of the leading international and regional events in the past few years, Macedonia included to a large extent.
Ivan is author of numerous short documentaries. In 2012 he was awarded with the World Press Institute Fellowship. He is also holder of several...
Dimitrov: If we don’t start negotiations this year, there is no European perspective
We have received a 10th recommendation to start negotiations, if we are expected to wait for an 11th recommendation from the European Commission next year, I will be to embarrassed to face my people and talk about the European perspectives of the country. If we do not start accession negotiations this year, to mean, it means that there is...
Tsipras: North Macedonia meets the criteria for start of negotiations
The postponing of accession talks with North Macedonia was not because North Macedonia did not implement the reforms but is due to procedural reasons, said the Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras in an interview for the Greek State television ERT3 concerning the concluding remarks that EU gave for our country. He explains that this decision is due to the inability...
Dutch Parliament rejects resolution blocking Macedonia’s EU membership negotiations
Last night, the Dutch parliament rejected two resolutions - from the Socialist Party and the Party for Freedom- with a majority of votes - not to support the start of accession negotiations for Macedonia's EU membership.
At the same time, Parliament passed a resolution against the starting of negotiations for EU membership with Albania.
The resolution urged that negotiations with Tirana...
Zaev: I would exchange two Nobel Peace Prizes for a date on negotiations from the Council of Europe
I would exchange two Nobel Prizes for a decision from the European Council on a date for negotiations, replied Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, as to whether he believes he could really receive the Nobel Peace Prize together with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in an interview with the Belgian newspaper "Le Soir".
"If I get the Nobel Peace Prize, I...
Zaev: If the EU does not deliver a date, the Government is likely to collapse
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...
IRI: A majority of citizens are more orientated to the West
Residents of the country, as well as residents of Serbia and BiH, do not feel like they belong to neither the East or the West, but largely prefer western alliances, a new survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI) showed.
However, people are happier for further greater engagement with the West, which connects the population in the Western Balkans to...
Pendarovski and Xhaferi agree on close cooperation
On today's meeting, President Stevo Pendarovski and the President of Parliament Talat Xhaferi, agreed on close cooperation for the good of the citizens and the state, informed. the Office of the president.
At the meeting, Xhaferi congratulated Pendarovski on his election and they concluded that all relevant institutions ,in the country in the following period, should direct their capacities towards...
Plenković: We will do all we can for North Macedonia to receive a date in June
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...
Zaev to Palmer: It is important the EU gives us a date for negotiations in June
On the eve of the opening of the EBRD General Assembly in Sarajevo, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met with Deputy Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs at the State Department, Matthew Palmer.
Palmer noted that the successful presidential elections is pushing the country in the right direction and has eased efforts in setting a date for negotiations with the...
Laws passed are waiting for implementation – presented report on Chapter 23
In the past period, key reform laws in the fields of justice and human rights have been adopted, but the results of the practical implementation of those laws, which will be important in the accession negotiations for EU membership in Chapter 23, remains to be seen.
This was highlighted at today's policy dialogue "Reforms in Chapter 23" organized under the...
The working week in Macedonia longer than anywhere else in the EU (info-graphic)
The working week in Macedonia lasts longer than in any member country of the European Union, and by the number of working hours weekly, this country is ranking second in the Balkans. The working week in Macedonia is 42.3 hours and the average working week in the countries of the EU is 40.3 hours, show the data provided by...
AAVMU reaction: The government does not respect recommendations from Brussels
The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AAVMU) today strongly responded after the government's decision yesterday, saying that the government cabinet had exceeded its competencies and interfered with the independence of this regulatory body, something Brussels has specifically pointed out.
Namely, yesterday the Government gave a negative opinion on the Regulatory Strategy for the Development of Audio and Audiovisual...
Analysis: Brussels ask that Macedonian politicians change their mentality
At the end of the visit to Brussels, it seems as if the Macedonian delegation was hit by a cold shower.
After receiving praise for the Government’s commitment to reform, expressed at the end of the fifteenth meeting of the Stabilization and Association Council (SA) between the country and the European Union, there is still no guarantee that in June...
Brisel traži od makedonskih političara da promene svoj mentalitet
U finišu posete Briselu, makedonsku delegaciju kao da je udario hladni tuš.
Uz pohvale za posvećenost reformama, izražene nakon završetka 15. sastanka Saveta za stabilizaciju i pridruživanje između ove zemlje i Evropske unije, nije došla i garancija da će u junu dobiti zeleno svetlo za početak pregovora sa EU.
Nakon susreta sa premijerom Zoranom Zaevom, visoka predstavnica za spoljnu politiku i...
Zaev – Rama: We expect our two countries to start accession negotiations with the EU in June
Today, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the government delegation began their official visit to Albania with a meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, with whom Zaev had a face to face meeting, and then held a joint press conference.
At the press conference, Rama called the Prespa Agreement a historic achievement that has paved the way to NATO and...
Peterle: Judiciary, freedom of media and corruption remain concerns on the road to the EU
In an interview with European Western Balkans, Slovenian MEP praised the Governments courage in resolving the decades-long dispute with Greece over the name of the country but recalls that the road to the EU for Northern Macedonia involves many reforms. He said he was concerned with slow reforms in the judiciary, as well as the state of media freedom...
Mogherini and Hahn confirm the arrival of the notification about the new name of Macedonia
EU's High Representative/Vice President for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini and Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn today confirmed the arrival of the notification by the Republic of North Macedonia about its new name and congratulated Skopje and Athens on the acchievement.
"Today, the European Union has formally been notified by the Republic of North Macedonia of its new name,...
