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Borisov: Those Who Destroy Bulgarian Monuments Will Face Undesired Consequences
Macedonian Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev yesterday in Vienna assured his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov that the Macedonian authorities will respond to the sacrilege of the memorial plaque of the Bulgarian heroes at Kajmakchalan, which was carried out by journalist Milenko Nedelkovski claims Bulgarian news website "Novinite".
“I do not want to comment”, Borisov told reporters after the summit in Vienna.
Borisov,...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
Ambassadors give their support to Katica Janeva and the Special Public Prosecution
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...
EU tweeted to Gruevski: Whoever signed the Agreement has to support Janeva and Vanhoutte
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...
Greece fears that Macedonia will completely close its border to refugees
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 threatens Greece with exclusion from the Schengen zone
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...
Gruevski – Tusk: Greater coordination between Macedonia and EU needed for refugee crisis
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...
Tusk – Ivanov: EU is ready to give humanitarian and technical assistance to Macedonia
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...
Howitt for “Meta”: Macedonia did not fall over, but it is still standing on the edge
In the past three years, since the 24th of December, 2012, it seems that Macedonia is in a constant political crisis. After the agreement of 15 July, you said that the country managed to pull itself from the brink. What is your point of view about the current situation, bearing in mind that the political leaders breached all the...
European Commission implores parties to adopt the electoral law as soon as possible
The European Commission does not want to comment on whether they will become more actively involved in addressing the new stalemate in negotiations which began over the electoral law, nor have they commented on whether senior officials or the Commissioner Johannes Hahn Macedonia are planning to visit.
The spokeswoman Maya Kocijancic for the EU Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn,...
EU and US urge parties to agree on the electoral law today
The EU mission in Macedonia and the US Embassy issued a joint statement in response to the missing of the deadline for agreeing on the election laws.
Both missions have the same the position as the European Commission, that political parties still will have to close this matter, today.
" The Commission regrets that despite progress made in the working group,...
Kocijancic: If necessary the EU will help about the special prosecutor
The European Union will provide any kind of help if becomes necessary to institute a special prosecutor who is going to investigate the findings that came from the tapped conversations, said Maja Kocijanic, spokesperson of the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, in response to a question posed by the newspaper Vest whether the...
The meeting between leaders of political parties began
The meeting between leaders of political parties began with 20 minutes delay, because the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski did not come on time.
The format of the attendees is the same as in previous meetings, and VMRO-DPMNE leader and Prime Minister came with Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski.
SDSM leader Zoran Zaev is in the presence of Renata Deskoska-Trenevska, while Ali Ahmeti,...
Stanishev: The crisis threatens EU integration of Macedonia
European Socialists believe that the beginning of negotiations for Macedonia's membership in the EU can have a positive impact on the country and give impetus for progress in problem areas, including outstanding bilateral issues, said Deputy Chairman of the Joint Committee for parliamentary cooperation between the EU and Macedonian, Bulgarian MEP and leader of the PES Sergey Stanishev.
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