6 December 2017
We are very pleased with the work the Prime Minister has done so far, and even though this is our first meeting, I know that this is a start of a wonderful friendship, said today in Brussels the President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker during the joint press conference with Prime Minister Zoran […]
24 November 2017
In June, we are waiting for a date for the start of negotiations with the EU, of course, only if we finish the job properly, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani at a session dedicated to MPs questions tonight. Responding to MP Artan Grubi, about what is being done concerning the European […]
20 November 2017
The goal of the “3-6-9” plan is not to implement a new section “12” after, but with a decision to start negotiations, said Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani at a joint meeting with the ministers Oliver Spasovski, Biljan Salji and Damjan Manchevski with EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn. Osmani’s cabinet announced that the Deputy Prime Minister […]
21 October 2017
The termination of article 175 of the Law for electronic communications on part of the Constitutional Court in this moment will lead to a vacuum situation where the possibility of any kind of legal monitoring of communications will be denied, a kind of monitoring that would be within the framework of protection of Macedonia’s constitutional […]
8 September 2017
At the margins of an informal meeting with the ministers of foreign affairs of the countries members of the European Union and the countries – candidates for a EU membership that took place in Tallinn, today, the Head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov has had a meeting with the Eu Commissioner Johannes Hahn, announced […]
6 September 2017
The Macedonian government has made an impressive start by setting among its priorities the issues with its neighbors, to the ambitious reformatory projects and their positive steps, said the Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel during today’s meeting with the Head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov in Berlin, states the announcement issued by […]
12 July 2017
During the Western Balkan Summit in Trieste, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev had a bilateral meeting with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel, who expressed support for the new government, the essential reforms and the determination to integrate the Republic of Macedonia into the EU, read a statement from the Prime Ministers […]
27 June 2017
The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, along with Nikola Todorov, a member of the Executive Committee of the party, today discussed with US Ambassador Jess Baily the current state, priorities and challenges of the country. At the meeting, the party stated that the Republic of Macedonia is ready to get a positive decision on NATO membership […]
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
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 […]
1 June 2017
The Ambassador of the United State of America in Macedonia, Jess Baily, through his Twitter profile, congratulated the new Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the parliamentary majority the formation of the new government. “Congratulations to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the parliamentary majority, the formation of the new government in Macedonia. As friend and partner, […]
27 April 2017
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and the founder of the “Open Society” foundations, George Soros, today in Brussels discussed the strengthening of reforms and the open society in the countries from the Western Balkans and in Eastern Europe. “It is always good to meet with George Soros to discuss our […]
27 February 2017
This afternoon, the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev met with the EU Ambassador to Macedonia Samuel Žbogar, where they discussed the process of forming a new parliamentary majority to form a new government in Macedonia. Zaev told Žbogar that he had submitted the 67 signatures to President Gjorge Ivanov and he expected to be awarded […]
25 February 2017
As enough signatures of MPs have been collected, we look forward to the next steps. We now expect the President to give the mandate to form the next government to the candidate from the parties which have the majority in the Assembly, in line with the Constitution, said the statement of the Euro Commissioner for […]
11 November 2016
The government does not have any capacity to carry out reforms, and Macedonia is moving in the wrong direction because it has a predominant executive government that is influencing the judiciary and the Assembly – this was the conclusion of the debate on topic “Urgent Reform Implementation Misses,” organized by the Foundation Open Society Institute – […]
5 September 2016
Holding elections does not mean that necessary reform process in Macedonia has ended, these were the categorical statements by representatives of the international community, which were directly or indirectly involved in brokering the Pržino Agreement and its sequel reached on July 20 this year. Mainly, what’s required is implement urgent reforms, the SPO can smoothly […]
2 June 2016
Dutch Ambassador Wouter Plomp while at today’s “Coffee Break” event, organized in cooperation with the Secretariat for European Affairs, answering a question by the media, said that everything on paper in the form of an Agreement, has to be fulfilled. As said by Plomp, the country must begin implementing the reforms, but the most important […]
21 December 2014
At today’s open session of the Government, reforms of Law on higher education, which envisage the introduction of a state exam for students, were passed. Thus, the public debate on this law, which will be sent to the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, was closed. Minister of Education and Science Abdilakim Ademi said that […]
20 December 2014
Legislative amendments which project paymentof contributions for pension and health insurance by the freelancers will be enforced from 1st of January. During today’s visit of Shtip, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said that the Government remains committed to the legal amendments to force employers to hire freelancers. Gruevski once again repeat the well-known opinion that […]
