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Zaev and Dimitrov meet with Reeker and Palmer: The start of the accession negotiations with the EU is also of interest for the US

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov have met at the margins of the UN's General Assembly with the high representatives of the US Department of State, the Acting Assistant Secretary Philip Reeker and the special representative for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer, informs the government. At the meeting, Prime Minister Zaev stressed that...

Тълкувайки президента Радев, български портал не уцели изявлението

В наистина кратка статия за вчерашната среща на българския президент Румен Радев с българските членове на Съвместната комисия по исторически и образователни въпроси между България и Северна Македония, българският портал „Аларма“ си позволи прерасказване, т.е. свободно тълкуване на изявлението на Радев. И при това напълно погрешно предаде изявлението, тоест прекрои изявлението и изнесе неистини за това, което е казал. Така...

Pendarovski – Tusk: The start of the accession negotiations will be a strong impulse for the essential reforms

President Stevo Pendarovski has met today with the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. During the friendly meeting, they exchanged opinions about the situation in the country and the region as well, including the country's aspirations for a membership in the EU. President Pendarovski stressed that Macedonia in the last two years has made tough decisions regarding many sensitive issues,...

Dimitrov: If no date is given in October, then the nationalists and the populists will get stronger

If we have no perspective, and that is the stake of getting the date for the start of the negotiations with EU in October, we shall grow weaker, and the sceptics, the nationalistic forces and populists will get stronger. That will help those that doubt the European project, which is our strategic orientation, while on the other hand a...

EC calls for the pace of reforms and political dialogue in North Macedonia to continue

At today's 16th meeting of the Joint Stabilization and Association Committee, which consists of representatives from North Macedonia and the EU, officials from the European Commission encouraged all political parties and stakeholders in the country to work together to maintain and strengthen the political dialogue and to continue to implement the EU agenda, especially in regard to the judiciary,...

Negotiations start date for Macedonia not until October

Yesterday, EU member states did not accept the recommendation from the European Commission to set a date for opening membership negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania. According to EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, a small number of countries opposed it. The draft conclusions from the ministerial meeting on general affairs in Luxembourg, which the media previously reported, said that EU member...

US: We expect that EU this year will reach a decision to open the accession talks with North Macedonia

The USA strongly believes that North Macedonia deserves a date for the start of the accession talks as soon as possible, the Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Skopje, Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, stated today. “The U.S. Government strongly believes that North Macedonia deserves a date to open accession talks at the soonest opportunity. We took note of the statement out...

Pendarovski: Europe has shown that it knows how to value political courage

We received a clear recommendation to start accession negotiations without any additional conditions. The report is the best so far, said President Stevo Pendarovski, after receiving the European Commission's Report about the country's advancement for 2019. He said that the EU knows how to value political courage. It only remains for the country to fight against corruption. -Europe has shown that...

Plenković: We will do all we can for North Macedonia to receive a date in June

In a statement to MIA, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said that Croatia will do everything it can to help North Macedonia receive a date for negotiations in June, reports a correspondent from MIA from Brussels. Plenković, who visited Brussels on Friday afternoon and whose country is taking over the helms of the EU presidency next year, reminded that enlargement...

Possible meeting between Mogherini and Western Balkan prime minsters in December

The European Commission is considering the possibility of a meeting between high-level foreign policy official, Federica Mogherini, and the prime minsters of the Western Balkans, in the second half of December. The media in Serbia, citing sources in Brussels, report that the Western Balkan six include - Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia - and for now there is...

Osmani – Hahn: Macedonia will manage to achieve EC 2025 agenda

Macedonia will successfully become part of the strategy of the enlargement commission with the Western Balkan countries and will achieve the 2025 Agenda, Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani told EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn at today's meeting in Brussels, stated the Secretariat for European Affairs. "Plan 18 has already been adopted by the Government and its implementation, for...

Hahn: Do not jeopardize the future of Macedonia over party-political considerations

I call on all political actors to work constructively to achieve this goal and not to jeopardize the progress made due to party-political considerations, said EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn told Macedonian politicians in an interview with EurActiv. He says that Macedonia has made the most progress in the past year by overcoming the deep...

Bujar Osmani is going to be the head of the negotiating team with the EU

Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani has been appointed as head of the delegation and chief negotiator for the European Union, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said this morning at a joint press conference with EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn after a thematic government session dedicated to the screening process for the beginning of EU negotiations. The adviser of the...

Pence to Zaev: Congratulations for the Agreement with Greece – the doors are opening to the EU and NATO

Yesterday, US Vice President Mike Pence spoke with Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and congratulated him on reaching an agreement with Greece regarding the long-standing name issue and praised him and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras on their leadership, stated the Macedonian government. "According to Vice President Pence, the agreement is a clear sign that the Republic of Macedonia is...

Government: Macedonia received a date for negotiations, positive changes were recognized

Another great day for the Republic of Macedonia, and more recognition for our country. The Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member states of the European Union yesterday decided to start negotiations for membership for the Republic of Macedonia in June 2019, the Government stated. "The European Union and the leaders of all member states recognized the Republic...

Donald Tusk in Macedonian said that the EU stands behind Macedonia

President of the European Council Donald Tusk, after a meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, told a news conference in Government in the Macedonian language that the EU stands behind Macedonia, just as Macedonia supported the European Union in the Salisbury incident . He said that many things have changed in the country since 2015, when he was here on...

Zaev: Citizens most deserve the positive recommendation from the EC

Citizens are most deserving of the positive recommendation from the European Commission, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told a press conference in Government, after the recommendation for the start of negotiations with Macedonia was announced by the European Commission (EC) to the European Council. “Some of the successes are attributed to the opposition due to joint compromises. The government is ready...

Thimonier: The recommendation for the EU is questionable due to the way the Law on the Use of Languages has been enacted

French Ambassador Christian Thimonier said for SDK.mk that the unconditional recommendation to start EU membership negotiations can be problematic, because the Law on the Use of Languages in the Parliament was adopted yesterday without a minimum of consensus and without a civilized discussion. “Yesterday it was a disappointing day because we saw events that we thought we had already turned...

Osmani: If we do what is needed, I expect a date for negotiations in June

In June, we are waiting for a date for the start of negotiations with the EU, of course, only if we finish the job properly, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani at a session dedicated to MPs questions tonight. Responding to MP Artan Grubi, about what is being done concerning the European integration plan, Osmani said that...

Ivanov’s interview for the British Telegraph: EU’s failure in the Balkans is used by Russia and China

Eu's failure in the Balkans is used by China and Russia, said the President of Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, in an interview for the British newspaper "Telegraph." The Macedonian President thinks that EU is stuck in a 20th-century mindset and petty internal squabbles had left it unable to meet the challenges of the current century, from mass migration...