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Diplomatic club Skopje proposes the airport to be renamed as “Kiro Gligorov”
The diplomatic club Skopje is supporting the initiative where the Skopje airport to be renamed as the former Macedonian president's name i.e. Kiro Gligorov.
The Diplomatic club state that by renaming the airport's name after president Gligorov will materialize the great role he has played in the process of creating Macedonia as a modern state."
"We stress that the...
Zaharieva: Bulgaria and Greece are ready to help Macedonia with its reforms
Bulgaria and Greece are ready to help Macedonia to implement the reforms necessary for starting the EU accession talks, said the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Ekaterina Zaharieva, in an interview for the Bulgarian radio "Darik."
-For a start, it is necessary to build trust between the political leaderships. They have a long way...
Dimitrov: During the course of the negotiations we will need to turn Greece into being our friend
In the negotiations with Greece, we need to act positively and not with shallow nationalism, said today in Prilep the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov. He visited the city in order to provide support for the mayoral candidate, Ilija Jovanovski.
The Head of Macedonian diplomacy said that the main catch in the negotations with Greece regarding the name...
Dimitrov: The question of identity will play no part in the upcoming negotiations
Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, denied the information that during negotiations with Greece, they are discussing the matter of identity.
“Negotiations have not yet started, we are currently drawing the contours at what level, in what format and when they begin. It is not useful to speculate about something that Minister Kotzias...
Kotzias has assessed that the name dispute can be resolved though “package-negotiations”
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 use of its name,...
Macedonia has overpaid foreign investments 225 million euros
Foreign investments from 2007 to May 2017 cost Macedonia 225 million euros, Government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski announced on Thursday.
He said that foreign investors employed 20,000 workers, but most of them were taken over by Macedonian companies. It costs the Governemnt around 11.00 euros for one employment.
“There are no documents to show how the negotiations with foreign investors were conducted....
Dimitrov: Negotiations with Greece will definitely begin at the end of this year
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, in an interview with Deutsche Welle on his visit to Germany, expressed strong confidence that negotiations with Greece over the name dispute, which have gone on for a long time, will continue by the end of the year.
“During a visit by Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias, last Wednesday in Skopje, we discussed confidence...
Mickoski: Zaev gave Bulgaria an opportunity to block the option of opening new chapters in the negotiations
With the Treaty for good neighborliness, Bulgaria will have an opportunity to reassess Macedonia's behavior along its road towards the European Union as Zaev has accepted that Bulgaria will not to allow opening of any chapter in the membership negotiations if any of its goals and positions aren't met, said today the General Secretary of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. He...
Poposki: We wanted to achieve reciprocity for all items in the agreement with Bulgaria
The former Foreign Minister, Nikola Poposki stated that the previous Government while negotiating with Bulgaria, sought to achieve equality and reciprocity for all items in the agreement.
“At the level of the working groups, the text was given as a draft with five or six empty spaces. For each empty space, there were option for Macedonian and Bulgarian proposals, which...
Zaev: The agreement for good neighborly relation with Bulgaria is in accordance with the national interest
The agreement of good neighborly relations with Bulgaria is in accordance with national interest, and this big step is in the interests of the peoples of Macedonia and Bulgaria, and also it is a reflection on the new spirit of policy from a generation of politicians who build bridges, not crash them, bring citizens together, not divide them", said...
Zaev: By July 1st, “Roadmap” will be ready and it will lead us to negotiations for EU membership
The Government is working on their action plan called “Roadmap”, which should be finalized by July 1st, and covers all the reforms in key areas such as the rule of law, professional state institutions, independent regulatory bodies and freedom of the press. This was stressed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at a joint press conference with EU Commissioner for...
EP adopts resolution on Macedonia: First results from the reforms, then negotiations
With 503 votes "for" and 113 "against", today the European Parliament adopted the resolution on the European Parliament’s Special Rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl, linked to the report by the the European Commission for 2016. 45 MEPs abstained on the resolution that recommends Macedonia continue its path towards European integration.
MEPs welcome the formation of a new government on 31...
VMRO-DPMNE: Negotiations over the name without touching on identity issues
“Everyone expects SDS to fulfill their promises such as quick entry into NATO and the EU, without touching upon identity issues. They are making agreements and are harming the Macedonian people”, said this morning’s statement from VMRO-DPMNE.
The opposition party added that regardless of the repetition of the Greek red lines by Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias, the ruling party...
Osmani expects an unconditional recommendation for negotiations with the EU by the end of summer
In this period, the Government is fully committed to actualize the urgent reform priorities in the next three months, so by the end of the summer the country can obtain an unconditional recommendation to start negotiations with the European Union, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, Bujar Osmani in an interview for "Televizija 24".
Osmani assessed that the arrival...
SDSM: We failed to reach an agreement with Besa, but we have left doors open for cooperation
In a brief statement today, SDSM informed that they failed to reach an agreement on some issues with the Besa Movement, but left doors open for cooperation on reforms.
“We inform you, in connection with the negotiations with the Besa party, despite the fact that we agreed to share the commitment for urgent reforms for democratic and European development in...
Besa: We are not stepping away from our demands to SDSM and from our principles
After the meeting between Bilal Kasami, the leader of Besa Movement with SDSM's party leader, Zoran Zaev, Faton Fazliu of Besa Movement said that an agreement between the parties still hasn't been reached. Fazliu said that Besa will not step away from the demands it has submitted to SDSM as a condition for entering the new government.
When asked...
It is highly unlikely that I will submit the government lineup at Parliament today
SDSM's party president and mandatary for the new government, Zoran Zaev, today, before the meeting with the president of the Besa Movement, Biljal Kasami at the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, has announced that it is unlikely he will be able to submit the lineup of the new government at the Parliament.
-I don't believe that we shall be...
Zaev: I wish if a date is set in 2018 for a start of association negotiations
I’m happy that we managed to meet today, talk to each other and to conclude that we all stand on the line of the needs of our citizens for promoting the collaboration. The concluded here in the presence of Mogherini that even EU will respect us more if we cooperate more in the region said SDSM’s party leader Zoran...
The verdict against the hooligans at the Parliament was ordered, criminal and shameful
I sincerely hope that none of the people that participated in this politically ordered sentence will ever experience what SDSM's MPs and the parliamentary majority experienced when they were attacked by a mob at their workplace, in order to realize that these sentences are criminal, a shame and probably one of the blackest dates in the history of the...
Zaev and Ahmeti had talks about the reforms in the rule of law and the allocation of departments
After the meeting with the leader of the Alliance of the Albanians, Zijadin Sela, the president of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, this afternoon in Mala Rechica, had a meeting with DUI’s party leader, Ali Ahmeti.
-We are closing our opinions more and more, and this evening we are continuing with Besa. The quality of the people is important, and we...
