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For President Ivanov, the European Commission’s report is objective
Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov received today the Ambassador of the European Union in Macedonia, Ambassador Aivo Orav.
Ambassador Orav handed the report on Macedonia's progress of 2015 to President Ivanov and informed Ivanov on key estimates contained in the document, prepared by the European Commission.
Ivanov said that this year's European Commission report gives an objective picture of the current situation...
VMRO-DOMNE: The citizens will have the last say on the report on the 24th of April
Macedonia today received a new recommendation on their progress in European integration, which means it has the capacity to join the European Union, but I do not believe that the European Commission has the capacity to accept Macedonia as a full member, announced Antonio Milososki, at press conference, a member of the Executive Committee of VMRO DPMNE.
According to him, the...
This afternoon Orav will present the progress report to President Ivanov
The Head of Delegation of the European Union, Ambassador Aivo Orav, today meets with President Gjorge Ivanov to present the progress report from the European Commission on the Republic of Macedonia for 2015.
As announced, the meeting will be held this afternoon at the Presidential Residence
Hahn: Macedonia gets its recommendation under the condition that it implements the Przhino Agreement
"Macedonia got its recommendation to start negotiations to join the European Union, however, it comes with two conditions. Firstly, to implement fully the Przhino Agreement and, secondly, to implement the mandatory reforms, " said EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn. at the presentation of the report on Macedonia.
“Macedonia has a good legislative-legal system. However, the political system is undermined because...
EU: We’ll believe it, when we see the agreement!
The EU mission in Macedonia so far refrained from commenting on yesterday's agreement, because we still have not received it.
"We'll believe it when we see it," said a brief of the EU delegation.
EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, who today is visiting Kosovo, however, will not be visiting Macedonia. The press office for the Commissioner,...
Tevdoski: Our goal is to beat inequality in society
At a press conference the President of the Commission of Economy at SDSM, Dragan Tevdovski, stated that their goal is to beat inequality in society and restore the middle class.
He recalled the four pillars of "Vision of Macedonia".
“The first pillar prevents the misuse of state resources by a small group of people in power. The second pillar allows redistribution of...
The starting process of accepting the report on Macedonia’s progress has begun
The process for closing the progress report on the Balkans has started, said a spokesman of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas.
“The internal process of receiving reports has started. I am not in a position to announce the exact date, but I can say that the process has already begun”, stated Schinas.
According to preliminary unofficial information, the reports were meant to be...
Hristov: Macedonian Journalism is in a deep coma
It seems that the past two years nothing has changed in Macedonia, but in fact, many things have changed, said Bobi Hristov on the panel discussion "Speak up" ("speak" or "Raise your voice") conference in Brussels on the media situation in the countries in the Western Balkans and Turkey.
“If a few years ago, journalism was unconscious, it is now...
Nimetz: It is high time we found a solution to the name dispute
The mediator Matthew Nimetz requests that Macedonia and Greece out an end to the pause in negotiations over the name dispute and again to put the issue high on the political agenda.
In an interview with the Greek newspaper "Kathimerini", the special representative of the United Nations (UN) in the name talks between Macedonia and Greece, opens all cards from...
Brussels: Macedonia has not stated how many refugees it will take in
At this moment in time, Macedonia has not stated how many refugees it will take in, announced Natasha Berto, a spokeswoman for the European Commission today.
“All representatives of the 12 countries. the European Commission and the agencies of the Council of Europe, participated in yesterday's preliminary video-conference. We also have a list of contact persons, which are all named in the...
Germany to VMRO-DPMNE: Show us that you have the will and carry out the Przhino Agreement
"The Special Commissioner for the Western Balkans, Turkey and the EFTA countries, Dr. Ernst Rajhel on the 28th of October 2015 invited the Macedonian Ambassador in Berlin, Saso Markovski for a discussion at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, to express his disappointment and concerns about the Federal Government's implementation of the Przhino Agreement, which is still insufficient”, announced the...
On the 5th of November, will Macedonia get a conditional recommendation from the EC ?
On the 5th of November, the European Commission (EC) will publish their reports on the progress of the Western Balkans, Turkey, and Macedonia, according to the sources referred to by the portal "Nova TV" will get a conditional recommendation for the start of accession negotiations with the European Union (EU).
As the portal suggests, the requirement will be the implementation...
Police forces of Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo signed a memorandum of cooperation
The Police forces of Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo in Ohrid today signed a memorandum of cooperation which provides for the formation of an expert group dealing with illegal arms trafficking in South-East Europe, and regulating the manner of mutual cooperation, stated the Ministry of Interior. (MOI)
"In the past few years, this region has not only been a crossroad...
Western Balkans and Brussels agree on short-term plan for dealing with refugee crisis
The leaders of the European Union at last night's meeting with the countries of the West Balkans in Brussels, adopted 17 points that are part of a short-term plan for dealing with the largest refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War. The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, nevertheless, stressed that it...
EU seeks improvement on cooperation on Macedonian-Greek border
Greece have agreed to accept and accommodate 50,000 refugees in its territory. Along side this, yesterday at the refugee crisis summit in Brussels, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also accepted the condition to begin a better border-crossing cooperation to be able to cope better with the refugees passing through the Balkans, Athens, Skopje and Tirana.
According to information from Greece,...
Vucic: We do not hold it against Macedonia or Montenegro, but we won’t forget
The Serbian Prime Minister Aleksander Vucic voiced his unhappiness on Tuesday because of the support Macedonia and Montenegro gave to Kosovo with their recommendation for Kosovo's membership for UNESCO, but they are their own countries with their own policy. However, he added that Serbia "will not forget."
“My message to the citizens of Serbia is: head up, no matter how...
Shalom: At the meeting with Zaev, security or financial issues were not discussed
The Interior Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, Silvan Shalom, had a brief courtesy meeting with the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, during his visit to the country, stated the press office of the Deputy Prime Minister, reports TV "Telma".
In a statement, conveyed by the Israeli Ambassador Dan Oryan, it was emphasized that at the meeting security or...
Gruevski and Tsipras discussed name dispute in New York
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a brief meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski in New York over the long disputed name issue. Greek newspaper "Real", indicated that the two Prime Ministers had a discussion during a reception hosted by US President Barack Obama in honour of world leaders participating in the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Tsipras...
Serbia have blocked Macedonian transporters taking goods to Croatia
Macedonian transporters and carriers on the Croatian-Serbian and Hungarian-Serbian border are blocked after Belgrade officially decided to block all goods being carried to Croatia or somehow linked to the neighbouring country, which has strained relations because of the refugee crisis.
Namely, truck drivers returning from European countries have to use alternative border entry points in Serbia, because they can not...
Commissioner Hahn: Selecting the Special Prosecutor is not the end of the story
The appointment of a special prosecutor is an important element for the normalization of the political situation in Macedonia, but it is not the end of the story, said on Thursday in Brussels the EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, the day before his visit to Skopje.
Commissioner Hahn welcomed the appointment of the Special...
