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Dimitrov will ask for help in Berlin for starting the EU negotiations
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, during the visit to Berlin on the 6th of September, will ask Germany and the European Union to help Macedonia to completely accomplish the Euro-Atlantic integration.
-This is a chance for the EU and Germany to show that not only they are able to help by stopping the crisis and to prevent it...
Moscow: USA and EU didn’t hesitate to interfere into Macedonia’s internal affairs
US Vice President Mike Pence made another series of anti-Russian statements in Podgorica, scaring leaders of Western Balkan states with a mythic “Russian threat” and went as far as to accuse our country of attempts to redraw the borders in the region by force, said the press reaction issued by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Pence's statement...
Xhaferi: We have a common homeland and we are all responsible to preserve and develop it
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi in his address at Mechkin Kamen in Kruševo said that in the past 26 years the country has gone through many disputes and crises, but the spirit of unity and coexistence has not been disturbed. He said that the foundations of that coexistence were founded in the Kruševo Manifesto.
“We have a common homeland and we...
Poposki: We wanted to achieve reciprocity for all items in the agreement with Bulgaria
The former Foreign Minister, Nikola Poposki stated that the previous Government while negotiating with Bulgaria, sought to achieve equality and reciprocity for all items in the agreement.
“At the level of the working groups, the text was given as a draft with five or six empty spaces. For each empty space, there were option for Macedonian and Bulgarian proposals, which...
Bieber: The Government in Macedonia can break the cycle of cynicism about the EU enlargement
The new government in Macedonia can be the new impulse for breaking the cycle of cynicism that rules within the European Union and the Western Balkans countries regarding the Union's enlargement process, said Florian Bieber, a professor at the Professor at the University of Graz and member of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), in an interview...
Tsipras: Name issue must be resolved before our tiny neighbour joins NATO, EU
The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has repeated today that the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) must be resolved before the tiny Balkan neighbor can join the European Union and NATO, reports the Greek daily newspaper "Kathimerini."
Speaking during a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić ahead of a trilateral summit...
Dimitrov: We do not need hundreds of monuments to be proud Macedonians
“The Macedonia I represent, is a more mature Macedonia. We do not need hundreds of monuments on Skopje Square to be proud Macedonians. This Macedonia approaches its neighbours without prejudice and fear”, said Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov in an interview with the regional television “H1”.
Regarding the name dispute, Dimitrov said that during his recent visit to Athens, progress...
Bulgaria and Greece to Macedonia: If you want membership in the EU and NATO, respect history
The countries in the Balkans must respect history and develop good neighbourly relations if they want to join the European Union and NATO, concluded Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his Greek counterpart, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, at their meeting in Athens yesterday.
Radev's visit to Athens comes at a time when the focus of the EU's enlargement to the Western Balkans...
EP adopts resolution on Macedonia: First results from the reforms, then negotiations
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...
Hahn: Firstly a positive report by the EC is necessary and then approval from all 27 member states will be needed for negotiations to start
The forming of the new government is a positive development that reflects the democratic outcome of the elections in December, said EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn at the joint press conference in Brussels with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
-Macedonia has turned a new page after the political crisis which lasted too long. This is a new start but there is a...
Ivanov: EU to learn its lesson from its previous approach towards Macedonia and the region
The European Union must learn its lesson from the effect of its previous approach towards Macedonia and the region, said the country’s president, Gjorge Ivanov in its expose at today’s meeting of leaders from the process Brdo-Brioni, that is taking place at Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia.
He stated that the longstanding status quo situation with the integrations has deepened...
Western Balkan leaders committed to cooperation and mutual respect
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, Federica Mogherini hosted an informal gathering with all the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans to discuss the European perspective of the region, announced Mogherini’s cabinet.
They said that during the meeting, all participants reaffirmed their full commitment to continue working on the process of integration into the European Union.
“They reiterated...
Hahn spoke with Soros about strengthening reforms and the open societies
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...
Kukan hopes for a significant reversal of the crisis in Macedonia and the Balkans
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...
Rama: The platform was written in Macedonia, I facilitated the communication
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...
“For a United Macedonia” asks for a meeting with Commissioner Hahn
“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 wants Hahn on Tuesday to condemn the platform and to consider the protests
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...
Mogherini: Ivanov should reconsider the decision in the interest of all citizens
I had long and substantial meetings, and hopefully they were constructive, and in the coming days we will see how constructive, announced this evening in Skopje the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini after meetings with party leaders and President Gjorge Ivanov.
She said that the goal of the visit was to confirm that...
EU expects “swift formation of a new, broad-based government” and support for the SPO
Brussels expects the swift formation of a new broad coalition government and the complete enablement of all conditions for the SPO, says spokeswoman Maja Kocijančić for the European Commission for "Meta", after the statement made by the leader of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski that he would not agree to an extension of the mandate for the SPO.
“The EU looks forward...
After Kurz, Szijjártó will pay a double visit to Macedonia
Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó this morning came to Macedonia on a state visit, and met with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Poposki, and tonight he too will be a guest at a VMRO-DPMNE election rally.
Mr. Szijjártó just like his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz, who this week took part in a VMRO-DPMNE rally, and then had a bilateral meeting with...
