Tag: European Commission

The European Commission today confirmed that EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn will visit Skopje this month, but it is yet to be revealed when exactly. “Johannes Hahn will visit Skopje, but when exactly, I can not confirm yet”, said Catherine Ray, spokesperson for the European Commission. Ray, however, gave no details of the letter that Hahn...

President Gjorge Ivanov will pay a two-day working visit to Brussels, announced the President's Cabinet. As predicted, Ivanov is scheduled to meet with First Vice President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, and tomorrow the President will meet with NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. "The focus of the talks between President Ivanov with his interlocutors in Brussels will be the integration...

The European Commission gave great importance to the freedom of expression and freedom of the media, said Maja Kocijancic, when asked by journalists yesterday about alleged threats from the opposition to journalists who are close to the Government. Ms Kocijancic reminded that the progress report on Macedonia, condemns threats and intimidation of journalists by anyone. “It clearly states in the recommendation...

The European Commission today gave a brief reaction to yesterday's election of a new Government in Macedonia provided by the Przhino Agreement. “The European Commission was very clear with the insistence to implement the political agreement which was adopted with the mediation of Commissioner Johannes Hahn in the summer. All steps in that direction are welcome",  said Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman...

Brussels clearly and unambiguously said that media freedom in Macedonia regressing, that there is violence against journalists, the Government directly and indirectly interfere in the editorial policy of the media through opaque advertising , said the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), in response to the European Commission's progress report. - In the report the Commission pays appropriate attention to...

The report is the real mirror of the general situation in the country and the obligation for institutions to act in accordance with the expectations of Brussels, assessed the Democratic Union for Integration, Ali Ahmeti, who today received the progress report on the country by the Ambassador of the European Union in Macedonia , Aivo Orav, announced the party. Ahmeti...

This is Macedonia's seventh consecutive year, receiving recommendations from the European Commission to start negotiations for membership in the European Union, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski announced after the EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Aivo Orav received the annual report on the country's progress in European integration. Gruevski said that the political report evaluates the characteristics of Macedonia through the prism of...

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov received today the Ambassador of the European Union in Macedonia, Ambassador Aivo Orav. Ambassador Orav handed the report on Macedonia's progress of 2015 to President Ivanov and informed Ivanov on key estimates contained in the document, prepared by the European Commission. Ivanov said that this year's European Commission report gives an objective picture of the current situation...

The reports by the European Commission provided for Macedonia's progress in the past four years, show differences in frequencies of the use of certain keywords, which is an indicator of the deterioration of the situation in certain areas. For example, the term "corruption" in a report in 2012 was mentioned 39 times, where as in 2013 it was mentioned 37...

We are happy that with so much effort, sincere dedication to citizens and Macedonia, we managed to save the European Commission's recommendation for Macedonia, said at today's press conference the Deputy Leader of the SDSM, Radmila Sekerinska. “The recommendation, unfortunately, after 10 years of being in a candidate status, the recommendation is conditional and it is because of the frivolous...

The recommendation from the EU to start negotiations for membership for Macedonia, unfortunately, is conditional because Brussels no longer trusts Nikola Gruevski, says the SDSM after the publication of the European Commission's report on Macedonia's progress. "Together with the citizens, we managed to keep the Euro-integration process of Macedonia, which now has seriously questioned the policies of the current government....

Today, Macedonia's progress report from the European Commission received a conditional recommendation for a start for EU accession talks. The report points out that "serious challenges reported in previous years have been underscored by the country's most severe political crisis since 2001 with intercepted communications, apparently involving senior government officials, suggesting breaches of fundamental rights, interference with judicial independence, media...

The European Commission today called on political parties in Macedonia to take the remaining steps necessary, to fully implement the Przhino Agreement. “We understand the parties are close to an agreement. We encourage all parties to make the necessary remaining steps in view of  implementing  the commitments of the June/July agreement. This is also relevant in the context  of the...

The process for closing the progress report on the Balkans has started, said a spokesman of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas. “The internal process of receiving reports has started. I am not in a position to announce the exact date, but I can say that the process has already begun”, stated Schinas. According to preliminary unofficial information, the reports were meant to be...

It seems that the past two years nothing has changed in Macedonia, but in fact, many things have changed, said Bobi Hristov on the panel discussion "Speak up" ("speak" or "Raise your voice") conference in Brussels on the media situation in the countries in the Western Balkans and Turkey. “If a few years ago, journalism was unconscious, it is now...

On the 5th of November, the European Commission (EC) will publish their reports on the progress of the Western Balkans, Turkey, and Macedonia, according to the sources referred to by the portal "Nova TV" will get a conditional recommendation for the start of accession negotiations with the European Union (EU). As the portal suggests, the requirement will be the implementation...

The European Commission today expressed their disappointment over the constant breaking of the terms of the Przhino Agreement. “The Committee is disappointed and calls on the leadership and the responsibility of all political parties, in good faith to implement the agreement”, Maja Kocijancic told "Meta", spokeswoman for EU  Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. Ms Kocijancic noted that the agreement...

Today, the European Commission urged the political parties in Macedonia to reach an agreement on the electoral laws as soon as possible. “The Commission understands the fact that the parties failed to reach agreement on electoral reform, but negotiations will continue today. The Commission will closely monitor developments and expect parties to reach an agreement as soon as possible”, said...

'Meta' has learned that Macedonia's progress report on the country's integration to the EU, will receive a recommendation for negotiations. The recommendation, according to senior government sources, was not seen as controversial, especially since the implementation of the Przhino Agreement had already started and the selection of a Special Public Prosecutor reached its deadline on time. However, the report, which...

The European Commission has welcomed the agreement reached on appointing the special public prosecutor, said Maja Kocijancic spokeswoman for Commissioner Johannes Hahn during today's press conference. "We welcome the agreement made this morning in Skopje by the political parties for the appointing of the new Special Public Prosecutor, which was an important element of the political agreement, which was brokered...