Tag: name issue

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski told Greek Antenna television that his party is awaiting the name proposal, but they do not want to interfere in order not to influence the process itself. Mickoski emphasized that he has a positive atmosphere around him, but he does not know the reason for this because since the arrival of the new government they have...

The government wants to provoke VMRO-DPMNE to leave Parliament so that it can bring laws that go against the interests of the people, says VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski in an interview with the "Independent newspaper". He says the party decided that MPs in its ranks should attend yesterday's session, which was when NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed Parliament, because...

I have to be honest with you and it's no good to lie to you - there is no Plan B and no entry into NATO until the name dispute is resolved, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on three different occasions, while answering journalist’s questions as to whether it is possible for the country to be accepted under...

Resolving the name issue is crucial for Macedonia’s accession to NATO. Together, with a mutually acceptable solution to the name issue rests, also, the importance of reform and stability in the country, said Captain Gorzad Bartol, the Chief of the NATO Liaison Office, Skopje, in an interview with “European Western Balkans”. According to Bartol, the formation of the new government...

Bilateral elections, the name dispute and Euro-Atlantic integration of Macedonia were topics discussed in the telephone conversation between the Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, and Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras. Greek Prime Minister Tsipras congratulated Zaev on taking office, announced his office. The two prime ministers discussed developments in the region, further development of relations between the two countries and...

“The indecisiveness of the European Union and NATO to unblock the integration of the Republic of Macedonia was one of the main reasons for the perpetual internal political crisis in Macedonia that culminated this year. However, the Republic of Macedonia is not an exception. The entire Balkan region is in stagnation. We see retrograde processes reappearing. Balkan states believed...

The Secrets Archives of the Vatican will be opened for Macedonian researchers, announced today the President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, after a 40-minute meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican where they agreed about the archives. “Finally, the Vatican Secret Archives are open to our researchers. So, soon two of our researchers can come and explore everything that has never been available...

Support from the citizens for membership in the European Union is unchanged since March 2014, shows new research in the field of public opinion for EU integration of Macedonia, conducted by the Institute for Democracy "Societas Civilis". However, as the report says, the factor of the "name change" of the state in a significant proportion of the population is...

Despite the political turmoil in Greece, its Ministry of foreign affairs is planning to continue to intensify the policy of proactive cooperation with Macedonia, directed at improving the relations between the countries and solving the name issue. According to diplomatic circles in Greece, the Greek foreign ministry is considering continuing the activities around the name issue even though there is...