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On the fringe of the EU Western Balkans Summit, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held meetings with representatives from the Ohrid Group and Friends and Supporters of Macedonia, led by Sir George Robertson. The Government’s Office say at the meetings, experienced diplomats and politicians, representatives of several international organizations emphasized the exceptional progress the Republic of Macedonia has made, as well...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Radmila Šekerinska, Bujar Osmani and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, met with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, this afternoon. The government reported that at the meeting they began preparations for the screening process (Screening of the acquis) regarding the current situation and the chapters that were of...

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov refused to meet Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov in the scheduled meeting for tomorrow morning, the meeting was canceled by Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, explaining that the Bulgarian government does not want to be involved in internal political issues in Skopje, the Bulgarian agency "Focus News" reported. “We do not want...

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, at the invitation of his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias, will take part in a second meeting, in an extended composition of foreign ministers of the Balkans and the Visegrad Group in the so-called "Visegrad-4 Plus Balkan-4 Plus" format, which will take place on May 10 and 11, in Sunni, near Athens, informs the Ministry of...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said at today's press conference after the ministerial meeting in Thessaloniki that there are still 1-2 central issues that need to be resolved, and with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov discussed the alternatives and variants of the solution, but did not come to a decision, MIA reports. "I think that today we came up with...

The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, will meet with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Sunday, May 6, in Dojran, informs the office of the Macedonian President. Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov at the invitation of Bulgarian President Radev in June will be on an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria, says Ivanov's office. Bulgarian President Radev will attend...

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias, will meet tomorrow in Thessaloniki, where both will participate in a quadrilateral forum, which will be also attended by their counterparts from Bulgaria and Albania. After the last meeting between Dimitrov and Kotzias in Vienna, mediator Matthew Nimitz, said the two sides remain committed to solving the problem without presenting...

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov will meet with Foreign Minister of Greece Nikos Kotzias, along with UN mediator Matthew Nimetz, on April 25 (Wednesday afternoon) in Vienna, reports the MFA. Last week, Kotzias, in an interview with Greek radio "24/7" regarding the talks and the points for which he was negotiating, said identity is a matter of self-determination, and for the...

Government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski confirmed that a new meeting between the foreign ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias will take place at the end of the month, but that the exact date has not yet been confrmed. “There will be a new meeting by the end of the month, and the date still needs to be...

The president of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski met with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn today, at the party headquarters where they discussed the European Commission's report on the integration process of Macedonia towards the European Union and the situation in the country economically and politically. The party reports that Mickoski has indicated to Hahn that the...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will arrive in Ohrid this afternoon, and he will have a working dinner with the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. The official meeting of the two foreign ministers is scheduled for tomorrow. The Foreign Ministry states that the Minister Kotzias’s visit is within the fringes of the continuous dialogue between the two ministers, regarding efforts...

Today, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who is currently on a two-day official visit to Macedonia. Zaev said that this meeting coincides with an extremely positive moment in time, where long-lasting solutions for bilateral issues in the region are expected in the perspective of the European Union's expectations. "The focus of our talks must be...

The current conditions for resolving the name dispute have improved over time, but the United States will not resolve the problem for you, said Assistant Secretary of State at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Wess Mitchell, at a press conference following a joint meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev . "The United States supports Macedonia's path to reform....

The status of the Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric will be the topic of the meeting between Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte and the Russian Patriarch Cyril, who is paying a visit to Sofia today and tomorrow to mark the 140th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. This was confirmed by Bulgarian Metropolitan Anthony in a statement on...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Vice Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani attended audience that was organized by the Prime Minister of Great Britain in honor of the heads of the governments of countries from the Western Balkans. The government's press service informs that May and the British Minister of Foreign Affairs, Boris Johnson, at a separate meeting with...

Germany is not actively involved in the name talks that are being held between Macedonia and Greece under the auspices of the United Nations and mediator Matthew Nimetz, said government spokesman, Mile Bosnjakovski in response to a journalist’s question at today's press conference. “Today's meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is bilateral, where they will discuss various...

The President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, is on a two day official visit to Macedonia, on the invitation of the Macedonian president, Gjorge Ivanov. Radev will be greeted today with the highest state and military honors in front of the cabinet of President Ivanov's plateau, and tet-a tet meeting will follow afterward. Radev and Ivanov will have a meeting...

Today, in Government, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Bujar Osmani held a financial contributor's  meeting, where ambassadors and representatives from international organizations attended, in order to reach an agreement and understanding regarding the contribution of donors in the process of creating, implementing and monitoring sectoral national policies and the European integration of the country. “In a time of...

The Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, will have a meeting this evening in Vienna with the Minister of Foreign Affairs if Greece, Nikos Kotsias, informs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dimitrov and Kotsias will have a joint meeting with the UN mediator, Matthew Nimetz. Dimitrov and Kotsias will meet again on the 15th and the 16th of...

The Foreign Ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias, will meet in Sofia on the 15th and 16th of February, on the sidelines of the informal meeting of the heads of diplomats of the EU countries and candidate countries for membership, announced the Independent Balkan News agency IBNA. Dimitrov and Koztias expect to discuss the next steps...