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Zaev: It is important that we are not deprived of our identity at home

It is very important that we are not deprived of our identity at home, not to be disenfranchised, said Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in an interview with Bulgarian TV BTV, while commenting on talks on the name dispute with Greece. During which, the question of which name is most acceptable did not receive a direct response, but he stressed...

Dimitrov and Kotzias conclude talks with a working dinner

The foreign ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias, discussed a solution to the name dispute in Vienna for four hours yesterday and concluded the meeting with a working dinner. After the meeting, the foreign ministers of both countries did not give any statements to the media. Negotiator Matthew Nimetz, special envoy of the UN Secretary-General, said that there was...

Dimitrov, Kotzias and Nimetz to meet on Wednesday in Vienna

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov will meet with Foreign Minister of Greece Nikos Kotzias, along with UN mediator Matthew Nimetz, on April 25 (Wednesday afternoon) in Vienna, reports the MFA. Last week, Kotzias, in an interview with Greek radio "24/7" regarding the talks and the points for which he was negotiating, said identity is a matter of self-determination, and for the...

The Jean Monnet process has been postponed until May due to organizational reasons

The Jean Monnet process, initiated by the three MEPs Ivo Vajgl, Knut Fleckenstein and Eduard Kukan, had been postponed until May, confirmed MIA from Vajgl's office. The meetings between representatives of the parliamentary groups from the Macedonian Parliament and representatives from the European Parliament and EU officials should be held from the 15th to 17th of March in Ohrid, where...

Nimetz has met with Zaev and meetings with Dimitrov, Ahmeti and Mickoski will follow

The mediator in the negotiations in the name dispute, Matthew Nimetz has met with President Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. After that, a meeting is planned with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov which will be followed by giving statements for the media. This afternoon, starting at 15h, Nimetz will meet with the leader of VMRO-DPMNE,...

Nimetz: After Athens, I expect good discussions in Skopje

We had good meetings in Athens. We are hoping to have good ones as well in here. I look forward to the meetings at the government and with the other leaders, said the UN's mediator, Matthew Nimetz after his arrival in Skopje, reports the MIA news agency. This afternoon he was staying at the Holiday Inn hotel together with his...

Nimetz’s statement after meeting with Kotzias: The waiting is pointless, it’s time for making decisions

There is a momentum, it's time for decision making, stated the mediator in the name dispute, Matthew Nimetz after the meeting with Greece's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, reports the Macedonian Information Agency (MIA). Nimetz stated that the meeting was constructive and said that the Head of the Greek diplomacy have talked about the ideas that the mediator...

Dimitrov shall meet Kotzias tomorrow at an undisclosed location

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, will meet tomorrow with his Greek colleague, Nikos Kotzias, informs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They also informed that "the focus of the talks will be issues of bilateral interests including further strengthening of confidence-building measures." The meeting location wasn't announced.

Zaev: The coalition will be discussed in the forthcoming days when the heads are cooled

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced today that he hasn't talked with his coalition partners and other political parties about them entering or leaving the government, including the appointments at vacancy ministerial positions, deputy-ministerial and directorial positions after the local elections. He expects that these issues will be discussed int he forthcoming days, after, as he said, the dust will...

Nimetz in Skopje will meet with top state officials regarding the name dispute

There will talks held between Macedonia and Greece and UN Special Envoy, Matthew Nimetz, who will be staying in Skopje until July 4th and will be meeting with state leaders about possibilities for resolving the name dispute. The UN Secretary General Office spokesman, stated that Nimetz has come to Skopje at the request of the Macedonian government, in order to...

Both the government and the opposition must focus on the reforms, said Hahn before his visit to Skopje

The new government and the opposition should focus on the implementation and the reformatory priorities including the Przino Agreement in order to return Macedonia on its way towards the European Union said today’s announcement issued by the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, who will be visiting Macedonia on Monday. "The country has finally overcome,...

Baily: It is good that Macedonia is having talks with Greece

The US supports a mutual acceptable solution to the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece, stated the US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily, and added that it is good that negotiations between the two country’s our developing. “It is good that Macedonia is having talks with Greece and other countries in the region. The US has always supported and will...

What is Vajgl denying: Whether Gruevski said “prison”, or that it was his faux pas?

The rapporteur for the Republic of Macedonia in European Parliament, Ivo Vajgl in his statement for the state news agency “MIA” denied that he had said something in the media about the president of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, or he had conveyed something that Gruevski had told him during his last visit to Skopje. Still, the renunciation doesn’t mention the word...

Ahmeti will meet with the Central Presidency of DUI this afternoon

The leader of DUI, Ali Ahmeti, convened the Central Presidency of the party for today at 17.30 pm, confirmed DUI for "Televizija 24". At the meeting, reported the television, the three vice-presidents of DUI, Teuta Arifi, Nevzat Bejta and Izet Medziti will refer to the talks with the working team of SDSM. The meeting of the Central Presidency of the party...

Poposki: It is better when there is a political government that can make decisions

“In this moment, it is very difficult to predict when and in what shape the government would take or whether we will decide to repeat the elections. In practice, it’s better when you have a government with a political mandate, that can make decisions on basis of which you will be able to assess how successful it is” said...

Ahmeti: We should make a good decision and soon there will be a definite result

We should make a good and solid decision, and each reaction could have fatal consequences, announced today DUI’s party leader Ali Ahmeti, after the celebrations of the 16th anniversary of the armed conflict in 2001. Ahmeti said that the party is making all sorts of analyses, but they won’t result in a bombastic solution, but it’s about certain issues...

Ahmeti- Thimonier: DUI is under irrational media pressure, but it is not under anyone’s service

The Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) is not in a hurry, but it wants to make sure that the citizen’s expectations will be fulfilled along with “re-opening and solving suspicious cases such as “Monster,” “Sopot,” “Kumanovo” (Divo Naselje) and the illegal wiretapping. This was said by DUI’s leader Ali Ahmeti at today’s meeting with Christian Thimonier, the Ambassador of...

Gruevski: Hahn realised that a broad coalition is not a feasible idea

VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski in an interview with "Nova" television said European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn came to the country with the idea to encourage political parties to enter a broad coalition, but after talks with party leaders, he came to the conclusion that such a thing was not feasible. “During the talks, he realized...

Zaev: Ahmeti hasn’t requested a written document, but he will receive one if he requests it

We will give the materials to DUI, we are doing everything to complete the process of collecting signatures so that we can enter negotiations to form a government, said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev after the meeting with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. Zaev said that DUI’s leader, Ali Ahmeti, so far, personally, had not requested any written...

Hahn will meet Ivanov tomorrow at Villa Vodno

The President of the state, Gjorge Ivanov, tomorrow at 9 o’clock will be meeting with the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, announced Ivanov’s cabinet. The meeting will be held at the presidential residence on Vodno. The EU Commissioner arrived in Skopje last night, and today he participated at the sixth meeting of the ministers of the...