Tag: European Union

There is growing concern and fear in Greece following unilateral announcements from countries in the European Union, that, if necessary, in the coming weeks Macedonia may have to close its southern border to prevent the flow of migrants travelling the Balkan route. Greek authorities, however, approve favorably the Macedonian policy on the issue of border closures. which, according to...

The Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will visit Macedonia and Greece on Sunday, the Dutch Embassy has announced. Holland currently holds the rotating European Union Presidency. Meetings with the Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, will focus on the refugee crisis and opportunities for better cooperation between countries on the western Balkan's route for refugee's....

The EU delegation at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna called on political parties in Macedonia to fully implement the Przhino Agreement. “The European Union recalls the great importance it attaches to the full implementation of the 2 June 2015 political agreement and its 15 July 2015 Protocol (the “Przino agreement”) between the four main political parties in order to...

Today at the EU Info Centre, EU Ambassadors and Ambassador Aivo Orav came together and met with the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, which just happened to be on her birthday, and expressed their support for her work. "All of the Ambassadors from the European Union in Skopje express their strong support for the independence of the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva...

Setting up an additional wired fence at quota 59 at the Macedonian-Greek border, for protection against migrants illegally crossing, apparently is the first phase of the implementation of the agreement between Macedonia and the European countries to help control the refugee crisis in the wake of the influx of people expected to arrive in the Spring. The second phase, as announced,...

The EU mission in Skopje today via its official Twitter profile has called upon all political parties to respect the Przhino Agreement and the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva and her work. "All the signatories of the Przhino Agreement should support the work of the Special Public Prosecutor and all four sides of the working groups", wrote the EU delegation...

Slovenia today denied reports that they had requested Macedonia to close the southern border for entry of migrants due to a malfunction of the railway lines and pointed out that the railway transport in the country for the past few days has been working without disruption. "The Republic of Slovenia did not request Macedonia to close its border with Greece....

The number of refugees in Idomeni is on the rise as the border crossing remains closed. Fear has begun to grow in Greece because of the decision to close the Macedonian border to refugees may be more than just temporary. Although the official explanation is that the border is closed at the request of Slovenia due to a malfunction on the...

EU Ambassador Aivo Orav at the session at the Parliamentary Committee for European Affairs and the National Council for European Integration, said that European officials had received threats and that therefore have to increase their provision. “We are here to help you, because you are a candidate-country. However, a negative campaign has started against the intermediaries of the European Union and...

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, accompanied by Zoran Stavreski, Nikola Todorov, Nikola Popovski, Ilija Dimovski and Martin Protoger have just arrived at the residence of the European Union in Przhino. It is expected that EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn will have a separate meeting with representatives of the ruling party. After then end of this meeting representatives from DUI should arrive. and then representatives from DPA. After they...

After threatening to leave the euro zone, Greece is facing warnings and threats of a possible exit of the Schengen zone. These Greek newspapers "Kathimerini" and "Proto Thema", reported that the Member States of the European Union (EU) have already began sending serious warnings to Greece that if it does not implement the refugee crisis measures agreed upon the...

The head of the Macedonian diplomatic delegation today in Brussels met with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. As announced by the Macedonian Foreign Ministry, the meeting focused on the prospects of the EU integration process of Macedonia, in light of the recent report from the European Commission. Mr Popovski welcomed the continued recommendation for a...

President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, called for calm after Turkey, a candidate for European Union membership, took down a Russian war jet on the Syrian border.   "In this dangerous moment, after the crash of the Russian plane, we all need to have cool heads and calm remain calm," wrote        former Prime Minister of Poland on...

Since the 19th of June until yesterday, 276,303 migrants have passed through Macedonia. Even with the announcements the EU have made, the country has only received 90,000 euros in aid, which amounts to roughly 20 denars per refugee, even though most European officials when passing through Skopje from Brussels always announce that they are doing more. This was the...

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...

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, in Skopje today discussed the migrant crisis. The meeting concluded that the new challenges facing Europe are a consequence of the decisions of a growing number of countries who will only accept the refugees and migrants who come from regions affected by war, but not economic migrants...

The EU is ready to continue its support of Macedonia through humanitarian and technical assistance through agencies of the Union, said on Friday the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk at a joint press conference with President Gjorge Ivanov. “We are ready to provide more after we assess the countries needs. I will speak with other member states about what more...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said today in Budapest that Hungary will support Macedonia's membership in the EU and NATO, which, he said, will fill the gap in the Balkans. Orban said after meeting with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, that wasn't announced in Macedonia, said that it in the interest of Hungary, any country in the Balkans had interest,...

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...

“We, invite you to repeat the Commission's recommendation to open negotiations for Macedonia's membership into the EU and its shared friends from Washington and other EU Member States, to return the focus on the resolution of the name dispute and the opening of the Euro-Atlantic perspective for Macedonia”, it said on the letter from the DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, had...