19 April 2018
When I think about the situation of this house a year ago, I can conclude that you have come a long way. The good news is that you are back on the path, you have overcome the worst political and institutional crisis and this is a great achievement to be proud of. This was stressed […]
19 April 2018
At a press conference today, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and EU High Representative, Federica Mogherini, said that Macedonia deservedly received a clear recommendation for the start of negotiations with the EU. “In ten months, we have made great progress in the European integration process. The reforms in many key areas, as well as the policies […]
18 April 2018
The government is now even more energetic to lead the reform processes, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev this morning at a joint press conference with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. “We are ready to take a new step forward. The clear recommendation is a strong motive for the next difficult […]
17 April 2018
Citizens are most deserving of the positive recommendation from the European Commission, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told a press conference in Government, after the recommendation for the start of negotiations with Macedonia was announced by the European Commission (EC) to the European Council. “Some of the successes are attributed to the opposition due to joint […]
17 April 2018
Macedonia received a clear and unconditional recommendation to start talks regarding the country’s membership with the EU, explained EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar during a press conference at the EU InfoCentre in Skopje, after a live video link with Brussels of the presentation of the European Commission Progress Report on the Western Balkans and Turkey. EU […]
16 April 2018
The fact is, we have worked hard and Macedonia truly deserves a crystal clear recommendation from Brussels, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the eve of the announcement of the report of the European Commission and the arrival of High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn in Skopje […]
16 April 2018
The European Commission is again recommending opening accession talks with Macedonia, and the country’s progress report is among the more positive parts of this package from Brussels, which, as the report says, “clearly recognizes the political will for progress,”reports Radio Free Europe (RFE), whose correspondents from Brussels had an insight into the document which is to […]
13 April 2018
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European affairs, Bujar Osmani, said that 90 percent of Government’s reform plan “3-6-9” was completed which helped Macedonia to return on the right, Euro-Atlantic path. The Deputy Prime Minister said that 95 percent of the measures would be implemented, but some of the reform laws, such as the law […]
15 March 2018
French Ambassador Christian Thimonier said for SDK.mk that the unconditional recommendation to start EU membership negotiations can be problematic, because the Law on the Use of Languages in the Parliament was adopted yesterday without a minimum of consensus and without a civilized discussion. “Yesterday it was a disappointing day because we saw events that we […]
13 March 2018
We expect the valorization of Macedonia’s reform efforts to be noted in the upcoming report by the European Commission, where we expect a clear and unconditional recommendation from the EU Council to begin the negotiations. This was stated today by Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani, who is on a working visit to […]
7 March 2018
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani expects the most positive report for Macedonia from the European Commission, which will be followed by a clear and unconditional recommendation for the start of Macedonia’s EU accession talks. He said at a government conference, that this will be the best confirmation that Macedonia is back on […]
25 February 2018
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expects the European Commission, President Jean-Claude Juncker to give a precise date today, when Macedonia would receive an unconditional recommendation for the beginning of negotiations with the EU. Juncker’s tour through the six Balkan countries begins today with Macedonia. He will have a meeting with Prime Minister Zaev, President Ivanov, also […]
28 December 2017
The police violated the right to MPs immunity and the presumption of innocence when the three MPs were detained on November 28th, this year, as part of the 36 people detained who are suspects in the violence in Parliament on 27 April, the Ombudsman found. According to the Ombudsman, the police in this case did […]
21 September 2017
Continue to work democratically on the commenced reforms, what you will achieve is important for the prospects of your country and the entire region, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn said at the meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the 72nd General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. Hahn […]
26 June 2017
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 […]
14 June 2017
Today, the European Parliament in Strasbourg will vote on a resolution on Macedonia, which is the recommendation of Parliament linked to the report by the the European Commission for 2016. The resolution was proposed by MEP Ivo Vajgl from Slovenia, who otherwise is the EP special rapporteur for Macedonia, and was debated on April 5th, […]
8 June 2017
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“. […]
19 July 2016
MEPSO, are advising farmers that they should avoid the use of agricultural machinery along routes where power lines of the power transmission network run, and security corridors, and especially not to use powerful tractor machinery, or any other agricultural machinery underneath power cables. The company recommends that farmers do not install piping systems for irrigation […]
10 November 2015
We are happy that with so much effort, sincere dedication to citizens and Macedonia, we managed to save the European Commission’s recommendation for Macedonia, said at today’s press conference the Deputy Leader of the SDSM, Radmila Sekerinska. “The recommendation, unfortunately, after 10 years of being in a candidate status, the recommendation is conditional and it […]
10 November 2015
The recommendation from the EU to start negotiations for membership for Macedonia, unfortunately, is conditional because Brussels no longer trusts Nikola Gruevski, says the SDSM after the publication of the European Commission’s report on Macedonia’s progress. “Together with the citizens, we managed to keep the Euro-integration process of Macedonia, which now has seriously questioned the […]
