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“Foreign Affairs”: Brexit could separate Macedonia from its path towards the EU, and push it into conflict
Major events in Europe, since the fall of the Berlin Wall, tend to incite violence in the Balkans, says the magazine "Foreign Affairs" in an analysis of the impact of Brexit in the Balkans and its Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
“When the Berlin Wall came down, it landed in Yugoslavia”, opens the article.
In Macedonia, according to them, certain forces have reappeared that nearly...
Orav meets with Nedelkova to discuss reforms to the Judiciary
Reforms to the judicial system, adopted laws and their implementation, as well as the IPA projections for the judiciary, were the topic of discussion between the President of the Supreme Court, Lidija Nedelkova, and EU Ambassador Aivo Orav, which took place on Wednesday this week.
Nedelkova, stated the Supreme Court, at the meeting expressed graduation for the cooperation and assistance...
Hahn did not mention Macedonia once, he asks the Western Balkans to first unite economically, and then join the EU
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, in his address at a business forum about the Western Balkans Summit in Paris, did not mention once Macedonia, unlike Montenegro, Albania, Serbia and Kosovo.
The Commissioner believes that although at present the EU is in a difficult phase, the potential for EU membership continues to be a factor...
Hahn: Brexit is not an end to EU enlargement
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn believes that the United Kingdoms’s exit from the EU does not mean the end of the enlargement of the EU, but provides, even more reasons for its enlargement.
Hahn, while opening the business forum at the Summit for the Western Balkans in Paris, stressed that there is an EU...
Orav: Parties have to find a solution for the political crisis in the next few days, not weeks or months
The European Union is deeply concerned about the political crisis. Instead of finding a solution, the country is again at a standstill, announced today in Skopje EU Ambassador to Macedonia Aivo Orav, accompanied by other Ambassadors of EU member states.
“More than a month has passed since the Parliament reconvened. Regrettably, we have not seen much progress addressing the deep...
Poposki on Brexit: Macedonia has lost a supporter of the enlargement process of the EU
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki commented on Great Britain's exit from the European Union, saying that with Brexit, the EU has lost a valuable member state, reports “Press24”.
“For the Balkans and Macedonia, we have lost a supporter of the enlargement of the Union. It is obvious that we need to listen to the remarks from those who...
Ivanov on Brexit: We fear that the EU could travel the same road as Yugoslavia
We received the news about what happened today in the UK with great concern, primarily because all our strategic objectives are aimed towards the European Union, stated today the President of the country, Gjorgi Ivanov, during his visit to the Ministry of Interior.
Ivanov said that Europe now finds itself in a new situation for which they have no previous...
Negotiations for Negotiations are frozen, while Parties are at War with each other
There is no outlook or announcements to revive the broken down “negotiations for negotiations” , where it is expected the four main political parties, and signatories to the Pržino Agreement are to sit down and hold talks. However, there is no new initiative for new talks, consultations or meetings with the lower echelon parties.
The negotiations, according to the Vice...
Political Crisis in Macedonia on Today’s Agenda at the Foreign Affairs Council for the EU
Today the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union meet in Luxembourg, by the proposal of Germany and the UK, where they will discuss the situation in the country.
Foreign Ministers of EU member states will make a nonbinding recommendation on the political crisis in Macedonia, as a candidate country for EU membership.
According to reports, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs...
The International Community will not accept partial or selective annulments
Last week on Friday, President Gjorgi Ivanov decided to annul the pardons he had granted to 22 politicians out of the 56, a decision which has been strongly criticized by the International Community.
Today, as announced, the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) are expected to issue an official comment regarding the annulment of the 22 people. At the Special Prosecutor's Office,...
Gruevski meets Danielsson: VMRO-DPMNE’s priority is to normalize the political situation
The current government has a legitimate mandate until 2018, but as a party the VMRO-DPMNE is ready to hold elections earlier if the opposition expresses willingness to come out and face the citizens, stated the president of the ruling party, Nikola Gruevski at today's meeting with the Director General for Enlargement at the European Commission, Christian Danielsson.
At the meeting,...
Brussels is closely following the questioning of members from the Helsinki Committee
The European Union is following developments regarding the representatives of the Helsinki Committee in Skopje being called for police questioning.
“We are closely following developments, however, we are currently not in a position to comment on individual cases”, said a senior EU official for “Meta”, responding to the police interrogations of the top representatives of the Helsinki Committee and professor...
Hammond: Macedonia may lose the benefits of its association with the EU and NATO
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs said today in Brussels that are broad concerns regarding the situation in Macedonia.
“I think the broader concern that in a country like Macedonia which is on a trajectory towards Europe, towards NATO, there are very clear standards that we expect to be observed, and we expect in all of these...
Berlin: The parties can no longer test the International Community’s patience
Berlin is “extremely concerned about the internal political situation in Macedonian”, said the German Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth from Brussels. He stressed that the country needs to meet two requirements urgently, firstly, to create conditions for democratic and free elections, and to fully support the Special Prosecutor’s Office.
“The political parties should not test the patience of...
Germany appoints a special envoy to Macedonia to help resolve political crisis
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has appointed a special envoy to Macedonia, which should mediate in resolving the political crisis. The German Foreign Office announced this on their official Twitter account this afternoon.
The special envoy, according to the announcement, will be working in coordination with representatives of the European Union and the United States in the country to mediate...
Hahn: Przhino Agreement is not dead, and is important for elections
The Przhino Agreement has a future and it is important that the elections will be accepted and supported by the International Community, said EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, in an interview with "Radio Free Europe".
“It has a future. We have experienced that usually all the various deadlines were met as originally agreed, or were...
Steinmeier: The growing instability in Macedonia is taking it far off its path to the EU and NATO
I hope that the political parties in Macedonia understand that the growing instability will make the country’s path towards the European Union and NATO very difficult, said from the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
That was Steinmeier’s message to the political parties in the country, to those who are signatories of the Przhino Agreement - a way out of the...
“What elections? Are you joking?” – Ahmeti tells Vienna’s “Standard”
"What elections? Are you joking?" This was the reaction of the leader of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Ali Ahmeti, when he answered the first question in an interview with the Austrian newspaper "Der Standard" about the elections.
The DUI’s response explains the parties position on meeting all the criteria, according to them, the credibility of the elections has to...
DOM: Sanctions will affect innocent citizens
DOM has expressed deep concern over announcements made by the EU and the US that they will sanction Macedonia by subtracting the recommendation for EU membership and stop financial assistance through the European Fund and the World Bank as well as other penalties.
"Not only does it not lead to any resolution of the political crisis, but it will mean...
Howitt for “Meta”: Macedonia is in a dangerous and unstable position
MEP and one of the mediators of the Przino Agreement, Richard Howitt in an interview for "Meta", said that responsibility of the future of Macedonia is in the hands of the Macedonians politicians. He noted that the country is in a dangerous and unstable condition, and that politicians in Skopje, after yesterday's warnings from Brussels, should reconsider in which direction...
