30 January 2019
The new name of the country, “Republic of North Macedonia” will be officially in use from February 15. Government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski confirmed for “Meta” that the decisions arising from the Prespa Agreement will come into force 7 days after Greece ratifies Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol, and Greece is likely to ratify the protocol on February 8. […]
7 September 2018
This is a historic opportunity, a unique opportunity to become a full member of the international community, but to do so, you must accept the Agreement with Greece. There is no other way! Said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to the Macedonian opposition at today’s press conference after meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. “I […]
4 September 2018
The former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE’s party leader, Nikola Gruevski announced at today’s press conference that he will not appear at the Appeal court tomorrow and during the trial at the “Tank” case neither his attorneys will attend, because, the decision was already decided politically. Gruevski accused the government that it leads a political prosecution […]
18 June 2018
Spokeswoman for the European Commission, Maja Kocijančić, said that until Greece and Macedonia fully implement the agreement reached over the name dispute, the European Union will continue to call the country by its provisional name. “An agreement has been reached, however, a number of steps remain to be completed. For official purposes we will continue […]
18 June 2018
The government strongly condemns the violence, hate speech and incitement to violence following yesterday’s events which were aimed at manipulating and harassing citizens, says the Government. “We call for an atmosphere of reason and constructiveness so that a meaningful debate takes place and every Macedonian citizen has the opportunity to express his own opinion before […]
18 June 2018
At last nights protest outside Parliament, 7 police officers were injured and 25 demonstrators were detained, stated the MOI. More details will follow today. “At yesterdays protest in Skopje, some of the protesters used explosive devices and violently pushed the protective fence, while forcefully trying to enter Parliament. In order to prevent the situation escalating […]
18 June 2018
“Zoran Zaev is the biggest weapon the Greek side has had in the name negotiations. With this agreement, Zoran Zaev has made possible three major issues, which have caused irreversible damage. With this agreement, the name Macedonia is deleted, the Constitution will change and Macedonian identity is at risk”, read VMRO-DPMNE’s statement after the agreement […]
14 June 2018
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov tried to inform President Gjorge Ivanov of the name agreement reached with Greece, but the president’s office say the meeting lasted two minutes. “Today, President Ivanov will address the people and citizens of Macedonia,” announced Ivanov’s office. In a statement sent by the government, it reads […]
3 May 2018
No change in the name is the attitude of almost half of the citizens or 47.1 percent, according to the latest poll by the MCIC and the Institute for Democracy, published by Telma. Only 14.4 percent of citizens would accept a “double formula”, nearly as much as 14.1 would accept a name for overall use […]
23 April 2018
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 […]
13 February 2018
The mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris said that they will have to think about changing the name of the airport in Thessaloniki “Macedonia” because when tourists land in Thessaloniki, think they have landed in Skopje. -I don’t think it should change, but I’m publicly asking to think about it because the name “Macedonia” has divided the […]
12 February 2018
The President of the Alliance of the Albanians, Zijadin Sela, has asked that the opposition parties and the parties of the Albanians be included in the negotiations. -We, the Alliance of the Albanians, are against the tendencies for Slav influences on the name. As we said, we are opposing the Slavic name of Macedonia we […]
6 February 2018
We expect that Skopje should finally publicly reveal what will be the adjective in the composite name and it should explain that to its citizens, said Nikos Kotsias, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an interview for “Euro news” published in Greek language. He claims that Athens is preparing the terrain for the Greeks to […]
1 February 2018
The mediator in the negotiations in the name dispute, Matthew Nimetz has met with President Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. After that, a meeting is planned with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov which will be followed by giving statements for the media. This afternoon, starting at 15h, Nimetz will meet with […]
24 January 2018
The leaders of political parties will soon be meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov in order to discuss the framework for the solution of the name dispute, that our state has with Greece, informed today the Government’s spokesperson, Mile Boshnjakovski. -The government began the process of analyzing and coordination regarding the latest framework provided by mediator […]
22 January 2018
The talks about certain issues on Wednesday at Davos will show where we are heading, was the reply the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Nikos Kotzias gave to a journalist about resolving the name dispute, reported the Macedonian Informative Agency (MIA). “No one is pushing us, nor we are letting anyone push us. Of […]
14 January 2018
The leader of the Independent Greeks, Panos Kammenos , in his column on Sunday’s edition of the newspaper “Dimokratia”, says that a referendum will have to be held in Greece, on the “new name of the northern neighbor”. “The Greek people will have to decide this, without precedent in the history of mankind, the deviation […]
13 January 2018
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov said that there is still no proposal for resolving the name dispute, but mediator Matthew Nimetz was encouraged by the Macedonian side to come up with an initial framework as early as next week. “We do not have a proposal on the table to resolve the name dispute. We […]
24 September 2017
As soon as the 72nd UN General Assembly has ended, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Nikos Kotzias has briefed Greek media about the solution for the name dispute with Macedonia. According to the writings of the Greek media, he has said that the name dispute has four acts i.e. the name and the […]
15 August 2017
The VP for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani has held today the first meeting with ambassadors from countries of the Western Balkans, that will be an introduction in continuous coordinative meetings. At the meeting that took place at the Secretariat for European Affairs (SEA) representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, and Montenegro took part […]
