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Zaev – Hahn: Preparations for screening begin, the process must be inclusive

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Radmila Šekerinska, Bujar Osmani and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, met with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, this afternoon. The government reported that at the meeting they began preparations for the screening process (Screening of the acquis) regarding the current situation and the chapters that were of...

Dimitrov: The path will be narrow and steep, with rain and strong wind, but we’ll make it

We will make it! There will be sweat, tears and many disappointments to come, but we will make it. The more obstacles, the greater the joy at the end. We missed the time when the road was steady, now we have to climb a mountain path, narrow and steep, in the rain and strong wind. NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL MAKE...

Zaev asks for support from EU prime ministers for start of negotiations with Macedonia

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has written to the prime ministers of EU member states, urging them to support a decision to start Macedonia's accession talks with the EU as a long-deserved decision, stated the government. In his letter he informed them about the Agreement for resolving the name dispute and establishing a strategic partnership between Macedonia and Greece, and he...

Ivanov and Zaev agree that the NBRM cannot be left without a Governor

The National Bank must not be left without a Governor because it would have negative implications on the economy of the country, agreed President Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at today's meeting atthe Vodno cottage held at the request of the prime minister, where they discussed Ivanov's proposal for a new governor of the NBRM. Ivanov, just like...

Mickoski told Hahn that there is corruption and inefficient institutions in Macedonia

The president of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski met with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn today, at the party headquarters where they discussed the European Commission's report on the integration process of Macedonia towards the European Union and the situation in the country economically and politically. The party reports that Mickoski has indicated to Hahn that the...

Zaev: Citizens most deserve the positive recommendation from the EC

Citizens are most deserving of the positive recommendation from the European Commission, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told a press conference in Government, after the recommendation for the start of negotiations with Macedonia was announced by the European Commission (EC) to the European Council. “Some of the successes are attributed to the opposition due to joint compromises. The government is ready...

Macedonia receives a clear and unconditional recommendation for the start of talks with the EU

Macedonia received a clear and unconditional recommendation to start talks regarding the country's membership with the EU, explained EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar during a press conference at the EU InfoCentre in Skopje, after a live video link with Brussels of the presentation of the European Commission Progress Report on the Western Balkans and Turkey. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs...

Zaev: We have worked hard and deserve a crystal clear recommendation

The fact is, we have worked hard and Macedonia truly deserves a crystal clear recommendation from Brussels, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the eve of the announcement of the report of the European Commission and the arrival of High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn in Skopje “The words in that recommendation...

Tomorrow Brussels will recommend starting negotiations with Macedonia

The European Commission is again recommending opening accession talks with Macedonia, and the country's progress report is among the more positive parts of this package from Brussels, which, as the report says, "clearly recognizes the political will for progress,"reports Radio Free Europe (RFE), whose correspondents from Brussels had an insight into the document which is to be released tomorrow in...

Thimonier: The recommendation for the EU is questionable due to the way the Law on the Use of Languages has been enacted

French Ambassador Christian Thimonier said for SDK.mk that the unconditional recommendation to start EU membership negotiations can be problematic, because the Law on the Use of Languages in the Parliament was adopted yesterday without a minimum of consensus and without a civilized discussion. “Yesterday it was a disappointing day because we saw events that we thought we had already turned...

Osmani: I expect an unconditional recommendation from the EU Council to start negotiations

We expect the valorization of Macedonia's reform efforts to be noted in the upcoming report by the European Commission, where we expect a clear and unconditional recommendation from the EU Council to begin the negotiations. This was stated today by Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani, who is on a working visit to Brussels and is accompanied by...

Grubi – Romeo: No law has been debated as much as the Law on the Use of Languages

No other law has been debated as much as the Law on the use of Languages and that is why the time has come to put an end to this issue in the next few days, and therefore, successfully completing the normative part of the Ohrid Agreement said the President of the Committee on European Affairs of the Assembly,...

Osmani: I expect the most positive report, a clear and unconditional recommendation from the EC for Macedonia

Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani expects the most positive report for Macedonia from the European Commission, which will be followed by a clear and unconditional recommendation for the start of Macedonia's EU accession talks. He said at a government conference, that this will be the best confirmation that Macedonia is back on the European track. "Of course, this...

Cheaper roaming doesn’t mean free roaming, says Manchevski

The Minister of Information Society and Administration, Damjan Manchevski, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will have meetings related to the Digital summit in Skopje this April. At the Digital summit, one of the announced subjects will be the discussion for a cheaper roaming between the countries of Western Balkans and the countries that are EU members. "In Brussels, all...

Hahn: The European Commission will recommend starting the accession talks with Macedonia

The European Commission will recommend the start of the accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania, in support of the EU's expansion towards the Western Balkans, said the EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn for the German newspaper "Die Welt." -The European Commission will very soon, most probably by the end of the summer, recommend that the countries members start accession talks...

Russian MFA on Strategy for the Western Balkans: Our principle is not “with us or against us”

Russia sees no obstacles in developing relations with countries that want to become members of the European Union, and does not approach them with the principle "with us or against us," said a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zaharova when she was asked to comment on the European Commission's Strategy for EU Enlargement with countries from the...

Euractiv: Brussels expect concrete results from Macedonia and Greece over the name dispute

The European Commission (EC) welcomes the action taken by the Macedonian government to resolve the 25-year name dispute with Greece, and now expects "concrete results" on this issue, said an unnamed EC official for “EurActiv”, an independent pan-European network who specialize in media and focus on EU policies. According to the EC representative, maintaining good neighborly relations, including a negotiated...

It is not even serious to think that there will be new elections in 2018

It is not serious to think that there will be new elections in 2018, because Macedonia is waiting for the processes for the Euro-Atlantic integration and reforms which need to be implemented, said Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi. He expressed hope, that MPs from VMRO-DPMNE will attend the session on January 9th, which will be the first in the new year,...

Vajgl: The “Jean Monnet” process is not a replacement or an extention of the Pržino Agreement

In the last week of January, next year, representatives of various political parties, MEPs, EU experts, together with EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and representatives of French Parliament and the French government in Paris, will begin the process of mutual dialogue on important issues, which was called “Jean Monnet”, reported the European Parliament's rapporteur...

EC: New mayors will get a clear mandate, all leaders must act responsibly

Local elections in Macedonia give a clear mandate to the new mayors and members of the municipals councils on how citizens would like their local government to be shaped in their municipalities, said European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijančič today. According to her, the focus should now be on moving the EU reform agenda forward through an inclusive proces, in the...