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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 course, Greek diplomacy is using...

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...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was having a dinner with the Mayor of Thessaloniki Yiannis Boutaris on the New Year's Eve in order to send a positive message that there is a will for solving the name dispute. This was announced today by Zaev, in the first comment with the Macedonian journalists after the dinner with Boutaris. When he was...

The Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani, had a meeting today with the President, Gjorge Ivanov, whom he informed about his visit to Brussels with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov and the messages they received from the ministers of foreign affairs of the member states of the EU. "We have one time chance, only in 2018...

Macedonia and Bulgaria are an example of good neighborly relations and cooperation which strengthens the security of the whole region, and Bulgaria unequivocally supports Macedonia on its path to the European Union and NATO and will help implement the strategic goals of the country. This was emphasized at the meetings between Minister of Defense, Radmila Šekerinska with the Prime...

Greece supports the Euro-Atlantic aspirations of the whole region, stressed Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, after meeting with his Macedonian counterpart, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. -We want to help the country and to pass on our experiences and weaknesses. The resolutions from Bucharest have to be accomplished in order for the country to become a member of NATO....

The Minister of Defence, Radmila Shekjerinska doesn't plan to ask for the transcripts from the interview she gave for the British news agency "Bloomberg," informs the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Meta. "The Minister of Defense has no intention to interfere in the work of domestic or foreign media and because of that we don't want to comment the...

The NATO membership will protect Macedonia from Russia's interference in Macedonia's internal affairs, said the Minister of Defence, Radmila Šekerinska , in an interview with the Bloomberg news agency. "We’ve seen some leaks, even before the government was elected, about Russian attempts for influence in key political and security areas. And we have been concerned about them. We believe Macedonian...

The Agreement for Good Neighborly Relations with the Republic of Bulgaria, which was signed by the Government led by Zoran Zaev, goes against the Macedonian state and national interests, and the Macedonian side is the loser in this process, said the former Minister of Culture and current MP from VMRO-DPMNE, Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska. “In Article 2, paragraph 2 of the Agreement,...

With our presence at the Summit of the Adriatic Charter countries, we said that we are ready to cooperate in the interest of the citizens of our countries and through the integration processes to bring the region to the large family of NATO, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the opening address of the Summit of the countries members...

The Deputy General Secretary of NATO, Rose Gottemoeller, praised the Treaty for Goodneighborliness between Macedonia and Bulgaria. "The Treaty that was signed by Boyko Borisov and Zoran Zaev is a milestone in building forward -looking relations in the region," wrote Gottemoeller on her Twitter profile. https://twitter.com/Gottemoeller/status/892683666027106305 The Treaty between Macedonia and Bulgaria was praised by USA, EU, and Great Britain.

The United States is working to see that Macedonia becomes part of NATO, whether through support for democracy-building reforms or exercises such as "Dragoon Guardian 17", said the US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily, in Kumanovo, during a joint military exercise by the Macedonian and US military.   Ambassador Baily pointed out  <>that next week, US Vice President Mike Pence in...

Macedonia is the next country that should be joining NATO, stated former NATO commander James Stavridis for "Voice of America." - I hope that Greece will be able to work with Macedonia in finding a solution for the name dispute which will open the door for Macedonia to join NATO. I think Macedonia is the next country that will join...

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...

Today, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE announced that MPs at Parliament will vote for Macedonia's membership in the European Union and NATO, and called on Prime Minister Zoran Zaev "to use the momentum and immediately, as soon as possible, bring the country into the EU and NATO." The party said they welcome the meetings and telephone conversations that Zaev had with the...

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has repeated today that the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) must be resolved before the tiny Balkan neighbor can join the European Union and NATO, reports the Greek daily newspaper "Kathimerini." Speaking during a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić ahead of a trilateral summit...

The two main priorities of the new government coalition in Macedonia are the solution to the longstanding dispute with Greece regarding the constitutional name of the state and the joining of NATO under the reference “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” said DUI’s party leader, Ali Ahmeti for an interview for the Greek daily newspaper “Kathimerini” "Solving the name dispute is...

The Parliamentary Commission for European Issues held its first session, during which the promotion of the European reformatory agenda was discussed. The President of the Commission, Artan Grubi, has asked the Commission to adopt a conclusion in order for the Parliament to vote a declaration for speeding up the reformatory and the integrative processes for Republic of Macedonia's membership...

The activities that refer to the integration processes should be implemented and VMRO-DPMNE will support all the reforms that it will mark as of interest of the citizens, stressed the leader of the opposition party, Nikola Gruevski during a meeting with the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. Gruevski, as announced by VMRO-DPMNE, at the...

With the realization of the reformatory procedures in the domain of rule of law, freedom of the press and control over the executive power, in a very brief time we shall show that Macedonia can be seen as a country that has established the essence of the democratic principles. This was stressed by the Minister of Defence, Radmila Šekerinska...