Tag: EU

At the official ceremony in front of the Government building, the NATO flag was raised this morning marking a historical event following the signing of the Accession Protocol for Macedonia's NATO membership last Wednesday, which triggered the final steps to full-fledged NATO membership under the name North Macedonia. In the presence of almost the entire government cabinet, the ARM General Staff,...

"A historical date", "a century-old dream come true", "the greatest achievement since the independence of Macedonia" - these were only some of the comments about probably one of the three most important weeks and dates in Macedonia’s recent history. The first, of course, was the signing of the Prespa Agreement regarding the new name, the second was the vote...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today met with the Director-General for EU Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Christian Danielsson, who together with EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar participated at the meeting on the current status of the EU integration process of the country. The government stated that Zaev and Danielsson had a tête-à-tête meeting, after which a joint meeting was held with Deputy Prime Minister...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, together with the Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Kocho Angjushev and the Minister of Economy, Kreshnik Bekteshi, at the World Economy Forum at Davos, Switzerland met with the EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn and the NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The government informs that at the meeting with Hahn it was concluded that the implementation of...

The Secretary General of the Alliance for Albanians and Mayor of Gostivar, Arben Taravari, paid an official visit to Brussels today. According to the party, Taravari will meet with senior representatives of EU institutions during his two-day visit, as well as with Macedonia's supporters on the road to EU and NATO integration, such as European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and...

The Macedonian knot can not be cut, it needs to be carefully undone. I worked on undoing that knot. I was aware that there were red lines which couldn’t be crossed. Someone who thought that he could cut the knot and solve the Macedonian question at any cost came to power. Pandora's box is open and now everyone has...

The adoption of the law on amnesty concerning the persons that were involved in the attacks at the Parliament on the 27th of April 2017, was greeted by Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. -The decision by the Assembly to adopt a law on amnesty with a large majority is an...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev took part in the Summit of Heads of Government from member states of the Central European Initiative in Zagreb. He assessed the event as a good opportunity for Macedonia to reiterate its expectations of support from friendly countries, for membership of our country in NATO and the start of negotiations with the EU. "We have requested the support...

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn indirectly commented on the escape of former convicted Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski on his Twitter account, saying it is a "matter of Europe's credibility". "A strong rule of law is one of the fundamental criteria of EU accession. After years of backsliding, Macedonia is making good progress in this area, including...

The idea that a strongman with such legacy, now a convicted felon facing many other trials, will seek refuge from the rule of law in a candidate country to an EU member state is impossible to digest.  Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said in a written statement regarding the exile of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Hungary. Nikola Gruevski is...

Macedonia will successfully become part of the strategy of the enlargement commission with the Western Balkan countries and will achieve the 2025 Agenda, Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani told EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn at today's meeting in Brussels, stated the Secretariat for European Affairs. "Plan 18 has already been adopted by the Government and its implementation, for...

In an interview with Deutsche Welle, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn said that 2025 is a realistic date for the admission of new members from the Balkans, but only if the criteria are met. "The date 2025 is indicative, but if the implementation of reforms is intensified, then it is quite realistic. However, all criteria...

Today marks the launch of GDPR Today – an online hub for staying up-to-date with the (real) life implementation of the new EU data protection law the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The project will monitor the implementation of the law across Europe by publishing statistics and sharing relevant news around key subjects. "GDPR Today, led by several EDRi member organisations, aims to...

President Gjorge Ivanov received the Deputy - President of the government and a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Miro Cerar. Regarding the Macedonian Euro-Atlantic integrations, Ivanov has expressed hope that the longstanding open and strong support from Slovenia will continue in the future with the goal of opening Macedonia's accession negotiations with the EU and NATO. "Regarding the...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov today met with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Palmer, who is on a working visit to Macedonia. at the Macedonian Foreign Ministry The meeting focused on the country's Euro-Atlantic perspectives, as well as the current political situation in Macedonia and the region. They discussed negotiations with NATO,...

VMRO-DPMNE’s MP, Vlatko Gjorchev, at his speech at the Parliament during the session for constitutional revision, stated several numbers with which he claimed that number of citizens drastically decreased in three countries that have joined the EU. But the numbers he gave are wrong. - To be honest, this is an absolutely provable manipulation and a lie when someone says that...

VMRO-DPMNE should overcome their inner differences and stop preventing the EU accession process, stated the Parliament's Vice President, Goran Misovski. He called upon the opposition MPs to vote for the constitutional changes. -I don't want to believe that the MPs and VMRO-DPMNE's leadership will prevent Macedonia's road towards EU and NATO. If the voting doesn't pass, there is no...

Under the headline "Referendum Aivar", the pro-government Serbian daily newspaper "Politika" announced on Tuesday that "instead of humbly admitting that the referendum failed, European, American and NATO officials are claiming victory, with even more intensified political passion." "The hypocrisy of the Western ruling political elites and the attempt to rewrite the will of the citizens of Macedonia, who did not agree to...

The government's spokesperson, Mile Boshnjakovski, at today's press conference about the decisions from last night's 93 government session, has repeated the government's expectations about achieving a two-third majority necessary for the constitutional changes regarding which, the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Affairs will start today the discussion upon the proposal about the need for constitutional changes submitted by the government....

Macedonia has begun screening for the EU accession process which will end in June 2019, however, if the Prespa Accord there will be no membership negotiations, explains Bojan Maricic, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Chief Technical Negotiator in the European Integration Process. Screening, or determining the alignment of Macedonian legislation with EU law, is a technical process...