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Last night, the Dutch parliament rejected two resolutions - from the Socialist Party and the Party for Freedom- with a majority of votes - not to support the start of accession negotiations for Macedonia's EU membership. At the same time, Parliament passed a resolution against the starting of negotiations for EU membership with Albania. The resolution urged that negotiations with Tirana...

Today, European Parliament urged Hungary to extradite exiled former Prime Minister and convicted criminal Nikola Gruevski on the grounds of amendments to the Resolution on Macedonia, even though they have no legal effect, but rather an ethical-moral attitude, it is still an unpopular measure for Hungary, says university professor and FON rector, Nano Ružin. "Action, from a legal point of view,...

United Nations mediator Matthew Nimetz welcomed the announcement by Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras on finding a mutually acceptable solution to the decades-long name dispute. Mr Nimitz said it had been an honour mediating between the two countries and commended the two foreign ministers who demonstrated leadership, vision and determination in the negotiating process and never faltered in...

In a joint statement, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini and EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn congratulated the Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras for their determination and leadership in reaching a historic agreement on the name...

The Republic of Macedonia is threatened with the first Resolution with an indictment by the Council of Europe if until March this year it doesn't issue an apology to the German citizen of Lebanese origin, Kalid el-Masri. This was said at today's press conference about the second monitoring report regarding the reforms in the judiciary, organized by representatives of...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, has issued a resolution revoking the confidentiality of all documents related to the Foreign Minister’s business trips and for all employees of the Foreign Ministry, announced the MFA today. This means that any documents related to business trips by employees from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will again become public information meaning that the...

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, and today a vote is...

With 54 votes “for” and 8 “against,” the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament (AFET) adopted the draft – resolution for the advancement of the Republic of Macedonia in its European integrations during 2016, reports MIA. Previously, the Euro-MPs had adjusted 28 compromised amendments and today they adopted them all. All of them contain terms such...

The Government's decision to overturn the resolutions made by the Interior Minister from November 11 last year to April 7 of this year is an illegitimate procedure, outside the laws and rules of procedure of Government, said Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski in an open letter to interim Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev. Spasovski emphasized that the information on which the Government adopted...

It is likely that the political crisis is to be resolved very soon, because the positions of the two major political parties - VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM – are getting closer, learns META from sources in the negotiating teams. According to our information the major differences are ironed out, except whether the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will be "passive" amid electoral...

European Parliament today for the ninth time requested by the Council of Europe without delay to set a date to start accession negotiations with Macedonia. Otherwise, as stated in the resolution, it undermines the credibility of the EU policy towards enlargement. MEPs asked the representative of EU foreign policy Federica Mogerini to find a new initiative out of the impasse...

In order for the European Union to lead an active access policy towards the Republic of Macedonia, the authorities of this country should meet the requirements of the EU Member States, including Bulgaria and Greece, said MEP from the group of ECR and the leader of the party without Bulgaria censorship, Nikolay Barekov, during the debate on the 2014...

Representatives of the European Parliament tonight will consider the resolution on Macedonia's progress, which will tomorrow be put to vote. The resolution, submitted by European Parliament rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl, it is recommended immediately to begin negotiations with Macedonia. The document states that the name should not be an obstacle to start negotiations, because it will be resolved by...