Tag: European Union

The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and the founder of the “Open Society” foundations, George Soros, today in Brussels discussed the strengthening of reforms and the open society in the countries from the Western Balkans and in Eastern Europe. “It is always good to meet with George Soros to discuss our joint efforts to boost reforms...

The civil society in Macedonia is a target of public political accusations that are used for gaining political points, and the civil activists are discredited and marked. This was said today by the Euro Ambassador Samuel Žbogar in Štip during the promotion of the new call by the European Union for the country’s civil organizations in the amount of...

The Ambassadors of Sweden, Netherlands and Slovenia, Mats Staffansson, Wouter Plomp, and Milan Jazbec, said today that Brussels doesn’t see the need of organizing new early parliamentary elections especially because the last elections were marked as fair and free, and the new elections would only deepen the political crisis in Macedonia. "The elections that were organized in December were free...

Instead of political games, we have to see a political will and true reforms, not on paper but in reality, especially in key areas such as the rule of law, competitiveness, and the connectivity. This is the message issued by the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn to the countries of western Balkans, including Macedonia...

The MEP Eduard Kukan, a rapporteur for Macedonia in the European Parliament, in an interview for the European Western Balkans said that in the upcoming months he expects a significant reversal in the political situation in Macedonia and other Balkan countries where there is a trend of blockades and boycotts of key institutions. "We are facing serious political crises in...

The complexity of the situation in Macedonia, the region and beyond, in the European Union, lies a country which needs to find a fast way out of the political crisis, “using the available political and institutional capacities, to return to its pro reform course.” This was said by the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Arber Ademi during today’s...

The goal of the platform of the Albanian parties is not for unification of Macedonia but for Macedonia to be the next phase in the creation of a third Albanian state, said the president of the state during yesterday’s interview in the “One on One” TV show on the Croatian Radio Television (HRT) Regarding the platform, Ivanov said that...

“We urge the President to move forward with the process. It is also important that Parliament moves forward, and that begins with a new Speaker of Parliament being voted in by the new members of Parliament.” This was said today by the US Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess Baily, when he replied to a question by a journalist regarding the celebration...

Gjorge Ivanov must allow for a peaceful transfer of power rather than to protect criminals, said SDSM’s morning press release, which states that “Ivanov’s and Gruevski’s scenario for blockade of democratic processes due to criminal interests.” “A reason must prevail instead of interests concerning Mijalkov’s oil. The citizens have heard about the six million of euros that Gruevski’s cousin,...

Europe and the world can see that Gjorge Ivanov’s behavior isn’t based on democratic principles, decency, and rational mind, and that is why we received the last message from the leaders and the institutions of the European Union, which was passed on by the president of the European Union, Donald Tusk, said SDSM’s reaction after the joint press conference...

Albanians have never been, nor will they be a problem in Macedonia, as for the accusations surrounding the so called “Tirana platform”, it is a political game, said the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, in an interview for the web portal Dialogplus.ch, reports a “Meta” correspondent in Tirana. Rama in the interview added that Macedonians know very well that...

The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk will be visiting Macedonia next week as part of his Balkan tour, confirmed Tusk’s cabinet for Meta. "President Tusk will be on a regional tour to discuss among other things the implementation of the EU's timely response to the migration crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean and to review the situation on the...

There is no time to lose, a new government is needed urgently, the EU path for Macedonia is open, tweeted the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, also adding that talks with the leaders and representatives from the parliamentary political parties has begun. https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/844176137228050432 https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/844178685242626048 At the moment, Hahn is meeting with the leader of Besa, Bilal Kasami.

“For a United Macedonia” are asking for a meeting with European Commissioner of Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn who arrives in Macedonia on Tuesday. This was announced today by a member of the initiative and Director of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, Igor Durlovski, who said that no one “is allowed, or can ignore 200.000 citizens who are...

VMRO-DPMNE will put forward three requests to the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations,Johannes Hahn during his visit on Tuesday. This was announced by MP from VMRO-DPMNE, Aleksandar Nikoloski as a guest on the daily news journal on "Sitel" television. "Firstly, we expect him to clearly condemn the Tirana platform and condemned the interference of foreign countries in the internal affairs...

Today, during his stay in Valandovo, the Euro Ambassador Samuel Žbogar said that the Pržino Agreement has led to a solution, but there are still things that have to be implemented. -When we look back at the Pržino Agreement we shall see that it was an arduous process but it has resulted in a solution. There are certain things that...

Macedonia must urgently ask for a preventive and a stabilizing mission from the European Union in the country, said the former Minister of Defense and Ambassador of Bulgaria in NATO, Belgium, and Luxemburg, Bojko Noev, in an interview for the Bulgarian news agency “Fokus”. The letter from President Gjorge Ivanov addressed to the European Union, USA, NATO and Turkey is...

Macedonia and Albania have to understand that it is necessary for them to start functioning democratically and to implement the democratic principles of the European Union, said the chief of the Greek diplomacy, Nikos Kotzias, after the Council for EU’s foreign policy. In a statement given for the Greek national broadcasting service, Kotzias stressed that the at the Council...

The situation in the Western Balkans is tense with challenges on an internal, regional and global plan, and what is necessary is a strong and convincing support from the European Union for the integration of that region, said today in Brussels the EU's High Representative, Federica Mogherini. Before the session of the EU’s ministers of foreign affairs and defense,...

Outside interference in the internal affairs of Republic of Macedonia is taking extreme forms, said today’s statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which accuses the European Union and NATO of putting unprecedented pressure on the president of Macedonia. "The EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini,...