Tag: European Parliament

"FactCheck EU" is the name of the new fact-checking network launched today by 19 media outlets of the International Fact Checking Network (IFCH), a project of the Poynter Institute in Florida, USA. The Consortium "FactCheck EU" is composed of media outlets from 13 countries in Europe and will have the primary task of checking statements/claims and stories that will be published,...

Without solving of all bilateral disputes, there will be no further enlargement in the region of Western Balkans, said Jelko Kacin in a statement for "European Western Balkans", who is the Permanent Representative of Slovenia to NATO and former Rapporteur for Serbia and Montenegro in the European Parliament. The decision of the Republic of North Macedonia to change its name...

Today, European Parliament urged Hungary to extradite exiled former Prime Minister and convicted criminal Nikola Gruevski on the grounds of amendments to the Resolution on Macedonia, even though they have no legal effect, but rather an ethical-moral attitude, it is still an unpopular measure for Hungary, says university professor and FON rector, Nano Ružin. "Action, from a legal point of view,...

During the vote for the resolution for Macedonia, the European Parliament  has passed two amendments with which it demand that Hungary should extradite former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Macedonia, reports MIA. The Social democrats and the Green party's groups have lodged separate amendments related to this issue, but it was feared that one lodged by the Green party will...

This is a historic moment for the Macedonian people. This is the first time that a prime minister of our country addresses the European Parliament in his native mother tongue, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev during his address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Speaking about the referendum on September the 30th, Zaev said that it is an opportunity that...

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...

With 503 votes "for" and 113 "against", today the European Parliament adopted the resolution on the European Parliament’s Special Rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl, linked to the report by the the European Commission for 2016. 45 MEPs abstained on the resolution that recommends Macedonia continue its path towards European integration. MEPs welcome the formation of a new government on 31...

Today, the European Parliament in Strasbourg will vote on a resolution on Macedonia, which is the recommendation of Parliament linked to the report by the the European Commission for 2016. The resolution was proposed by MEP Ivo Vajgl from Slovenia, who otherwise is the EP special rapporteur for Macedonia, and was debated on April 5th, and today a vote is...

The outgoing Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Poposki today through his official Facebook page, recalled a conversation he had with an unnamed MEP, and said that Bulgarian MEPs Andrey Kovatchev and Angel Dzhambaski put their personal goals and interests first while adopting a resolution on Albania's progress towards the EU, in which they requested the acknowledgment of the existence of...

"I am really disappointed by recent events. We have invested a lot in the Agreement from June to July last year to bring the country back on the Euro-Atlantic path. Many of the deadlines were not respected, but finally they were met. And now, the fact of the matter is that now elections on June 5 is a difficult...

After yesterday's summit in Brussels, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras headed towards Strasbourg, where he addressed the European Parliament and explain the position of his country. Tsipras said that his country had become "a laboratory for the austerity measures." - Rescue plan is in force for five years. In no other country the austerity program lasted so long - he reminded. Tsipras...

A plenary session of the European Parliament, on which MEPs debated the current political crisis in Macedonia and recent developments in Kumanovo, was held in Strasbourg late this afternoon. The general assessment of MEPs was that the country is in a difficult political situation, called for responsibility from leaders of political parties in the country for the challenges the country...

Today in the European Parliament (EP), where she participated on a seminar on political dialogue in the Balkan parliaments, Radmila Shekerinska stated that it is "difficult to talk about the political culture even in Brussels when we know that there is no response to our violent removal from the Assembly. What kind of culture are we talking about if...

Radmila Shekerinska and Lidija Dimova from SDSM and Antonio Miloshoski from the ruling majority, today afternoon at the European Parliament in Brussels, will attend the two-day inter-parliamentary seminar on the improvement of the political dialogue and the strengthening of democracy in the candidate countries and potential candidates for the EU. The seminar will be attended by Talat Xhaferi from DUI,...

Commissioner for Enlargement of the European Union, Johannes Hahn, at yesterday’s session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, said that, regardless of the sources, materials published by the leader of the opposition party SDSM Zoran Zaev must be seriously investigated by the institutions, reports "Deutsche Welle". - Regardless of the sources of wiretapping that need to be investigated, any potential...

European Parliament today for the ninth time requested by the Council of Europe without delay to set a date to start accession negotiations with Macedonia. Otherwise, as stated in the resolution, it undermines the credibility of the EU policy towards enlargement. MEPs asked the representative of EU foreign policy Federica Mogerini to find a new initiative out of the impasse...

In order for the European Union to lead an active access policy towards the Republic of Macedonia, the authorities of this country should meet the requirements of the EU Member States, including Bulgaria and Greece, said MEP from the group of ECR and the leader of the party without Bulgaria censorship, Nikolay Barekov, during the debate on the 2014...

Representatives of the European Parliament tonight will consider the resolution on Macedonia's progress, which will tomorrow be put to vote. The resolution, submitted by European Parliament rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl, it is recommended immediately to begin negotiations with Macedonia. The document states that the name should not be an obstacle to start negotiations, because it will be resolved by...

Vice-President of SDSM Radmila Shekerinska today in Brussels met with representatives of its sister party in the European Parliament (EP), the group of social-democrats and their coordinator for Foreign Affairs Richard Howitt. European Socialists today held a "crisis meeting" on the case "Puch" in the presence of Shekerinska. - It's hard to have confidence in that the case is carried out...