3 January 2019
NATO urges the parliaments of Macedonia and Greece to fulfill all their obligations regarding the Prespa Agreement that resolves the name dispute. That was the main stipulation of the letter that the NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reportedly sent to both Skopje and Athens, noting that the Alliance expects as fast as possible process. “NATO Secretary-General […]
5 December 2018
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Palmer said in Sarajevo yesterday that Macedonia could join NATO by mid-2020 if it implemented the Prespa Agreement and therefore resolved the decades-long dispute with Greece. According to him, Macedonia could become the 30th NATO member “as early as 18 months”. “It’s a […]
3 December 2018
NATO’s General Secretary, Jens Stoltenberg has remarked that Nikola Gruevski’s asylum is not a NATO-related issue but something that should be solved between Skopje and Budapest. -I’m not the one that should comment this. It’s an issue that should be discussed between Skopje and Budapest, said Stoltenberg at a press conference before the ministerial meeting […]
19 October 2018
The government, with the budget re-balance for 2018, plans to reduce defense spending in the Ministry of Defense planned for NATO integration. in the expenditures section of the Ministry of Defense for the 2018 budget, 935 million were envisaged for security and defense promotion, namely, the integration into NATO, and with the re-balance this item […]
24 September 2018
The Macedonian Army has not just been participating in operations outside the country for 16 years, but has spent half of its expedition internship as one of the leading countries according to the percentage of armed forces engaged in combat operations outside of its own territory, according to data from the Office of Public Relations […]
6 September 2018
More than 4,000 ARM soldiers have participated in NATO missions so far, Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska said after today’s meeting with the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, at the Ilinden barracks in Skopje. “Today, the NATO Secretary General was present in Stajkovci, where Macedonia could count on NATO in the recent […]
5 September 2018
Can Macedonian citizens expect an increased scope of foreign investments, and accordingly the opening of new jobs if the referendum for the approval of the agreements with Greece succeeds? Montenegro has the freshest experience, a country that after a decade on its road towards NATO has become a fully fledged member of the Alliance in […]
24 August 2018
The frivolous and anti-state behavior of VMRO-DPMNE president Hristijan Mickoski went as far as him publicly stating that the citizens are a statistical error for him. Citizens are not and will never be any kind of error, as Mickoski says. Citizens are most important, they are in first place, SDSM said in response to yesterday’s […]
15 January 2018
Any kind of solution (for the name dispute) that will be agreed upon by Macedonia and Greece, and will be supported by the Macedonian Constitution, we (the Russian Federation), most probably are going to accept it, said the Head of the Russian diplomacy Sergey Lavrov, when he was answering a question posted by a Greek […]
23 October 2017
Today in Paris, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani, met with the Minister for European Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry, Nathalie Loiseau, where they discussed the Euro-Atlantic integration of Macedonia, as well as bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Osmani informed Loiseau about the implementation of the “3-6-9” plan and pointed out […]
19 October 2017
The Euro-Atlantic aspirations of the country are not and should not be an obstacle for the development of bilateral relations between Macedonia and Russia, especially since both countries share a position on a sustainable security system in the world. This is the joint assessment of today’s meeting between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the Ambassador […]
23 September 2017
The Government of the Republic of Macedonia confirms its commitment to basic democratic values, good governance, the rule of law and respect for human rights, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the 72nd General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. Zaev concluded, that apart from the adjustments on a global level, it is […]
30 August 2017
Today, the Minister of Foriegn Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, did not want comment on exactly what was said at this morning’s meeting with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias. He said it would not be correct to comment that they would only discuss confidence building measures, taking into account that trust is crucial to good relations. “It’s […]
22 August 2017
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, during the visit to Berlin on the 6th of September, will ask Germany and the European Union to help Macedonia to completely accomplish the Euro-Atlantic integration. -This is a chance for the EU and Germany to show that not only they are able to help by stopping the […]
2 August 2017
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi in his address at Mechkin Kamen in Kruševo said that in the past 26 years the country has gone through many disputes and crises, but the spirit of unity and coexistence has not been disturbed. He said that the foundations of that coexistence were founded in the Kruševo Manifesto. “We have […]
2 July 2017
“The Macedonia I represent, is a more mature Macedonia. We do not need hundreds of monuments on Skopje Square to be proud Macedonians. This Macedonia approaches its neighbours without prejudice and fear”, said Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov in an interview with the regional television “H1”. Regarding the name dispute, Dimitrov said that during his […]
24 June 2017
The countries in the Balkans must respect history and develop good neighbourly relations if they want to join the European Union and NATO, concluded Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his Greek counterpart, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, at their meeting in Athens yesterday. Radev’s visit to Athens comes at a time when the focus of the EU’s […]
21 June 2017
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, in his capacity as president of the SDSM party, today met with Kornelia Ninova, the president of Bulgarian Socialist Party at their headquarters. Ninova supported Macedonia in the integration processes into NATO and the European Union. “We agreed that at least once to hold bilateral conferences and to exchange all necessary […]
6 June 2017
“Our Western colleagues, the USA and the leading European countries are obsessed with the idea of becoming masters of the Balkans. EU has certain plans regarding that. The negotiation processes are currently underway, and Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Monte Negro are part of that,” said the chief of the Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov. He also […]
17 May 2017
British Minister for Europe, Sir Alan Duncan welcomed the decision of President Ivanov to allow the parliamentary majority led by SDSM leader, Zoran Zaev to form a government. “This is an important step forward. The UK calls on all political leaders to work together constructively and in the interests of Macedonia and all its citizens. […]
