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The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, will arrive today for a working visit in Skopje. Tusk during his stay will have separate meetings with President Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and the main topic of the meetings will be the refugee crisis and coping with the influx of migrants coming into to Europe. The visit of the President of...

Today. the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski visited Ohrid where he attended the laying of a cornerstone of the construction of a closed swimming poll, in a recreational centre “Biljanini Izvori”. Later in the day, Gruevski will visit the Institute of Film – The Academy of Film Ohrid where he will attend the opening of the recreational centre on Risto Chado...

A group of European Parliamentarians led by Richard Howitt, will visit Macedonia tomorrow. Mr Howitt has been designated to visit the SDSM leader during the visit. After the meeting, Howitt will hold a press conference at the party headquarters. So far, there have been no details as to what they will discuss at the meeting or  what they will announce at the...

Today the President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, accompanied by his wife, Maya Ivanova, will visit the Vatican City State and the Republic of Italy. President Ivanov on Saturday will have an audience with the Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, and will meet with Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. During their visit to the...

Almost all the events that brought tension on to the political scene last week will stream into the of tomorrow's agenda. The visit of the High Commissioner for the EU Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations , Johannes Hahn. Although there hasn't been an official statement of Mr Hahns scheduled meetings whilst he is in Macedonia, however he will certainly meet with the heads...

The President of SDSM Zoran Zaev, during his visit to Israel, was received at the highest state level, said the statement from SDSM. "In Israel, President Zaev had successful meetings in his schedule and a number of additional meetings outside of the agreed agenda, the media reported”, says the opposition's statement among other things. Israel's Ambassador to Macedonia, Dan Oryan, when...

The Interior Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, Silvan Shalom, had a brief courtesy meeting with the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, during his visit to the country, stated the press office of the Deputy Prime Minister, reports TV "Telma". In a statement, conveyed by the Israeli Ambassador Dan Oryan, it was emphasized that at the meeting security or...

US Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess Bailey, waited for Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski for 50 minutes at the beginning of the opening of the new school building at the school for rehabilitation of children and youth with impaired vision "Dimitar Vlahov". Nikola Gruevski’s Cabinet announced today that the Prime Minister would be visiting the Municipality of Kisela Voda. In the announcement...

The leader of SDSM Zoran Zaev, who is visiting Israel, today is to meet with the Deputy Director of the Israeli Intelligence Agency Mossad, reports TV "News 24". According to the television, the meeting between the Mossad official and Zoran Zaev will be held behind closed doors. The topic of conversation, as reported by "24 News", using their own sources,...

The leader of SDSM Zoran Zaev, today met with the President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin where they discussed the progress of cooperation between the two countries. The meeting was attended by the Macedonian Ambassador to Israel and Israel's ambassador to Macedonia, stated SDSM. “We talked about agriculture, energy, water resource management, and facilitating telecommunications cooperation. We also discussed the cooperation...

EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, arrived this morning in Gevgelija, visiting the refugee reception centre in Gevgelija, where he met with Syrian refugees. - On Monday, representatives from the European Commission and experts from your country will assess the situation, to identify needs for additional financial support, equipment and human resources to effectively deal with...

EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, who is a two-day visit to Macedonia on Tuesday visited camp refugees in Gevgelija. Today he has a slightly different agenda he announced, at 12 am he is to meet with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, and at 12.30 with SDSM leader Zoran Zaev and half an hour later he...

  Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighborhood policy and Enlargement Negotiations arrived in Skopje for a two day visit. This morning he met with representatives of non-governmental and civil society and EU Ambassador Orav. He on his Twitter account said "I just arrived in Skopje. First a meeting with civil society, whose engagement is crucial to the reform process. " https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/644768415928946688 Commissioner Hahn's...

Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn arrives late this evening in Skopje on a commercial flight. The working visit will officially start tomorrow, at 10.30 am, a meeting with the National Council for European Integration, after which the European Commissioner will have a working lunch with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. After the meeting with the Prime Minister,...

The EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Johannes Hahn, arrives on Friday in Skopje to re-new accession talks at a high level with the European Union (HLAD). First on his agenda is a meeting scheduled with the National Council for European Integration in the EU , and then he will have a working lunch with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. The...

Recent developments in Macedonia led Commissioner Johannes Hahn to again schedule a trip to Skopje in the first half of next week, stated his spokeswoman Maja Kocijanik for META. It is unclear whether his visit will coincide with that of Victoria Nuland, but the US and the EU will coordinate. Kocijanchik also stated that discussions between political leaders are in...

This is a wise step of the Greek diplomacy which will contribute to the European integration of the region and to improvement of bilateral relations, said Poposki before tomorrow's visit of his Greek counterpart, reports "Telegraph". Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki evaluated tomorrow's visit of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kodzias as very useful. He stressed that at the moment the two...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kodzias will travel to Skopje on Wednesday for a meeting with Macedonian political leadership. Macedonia will be the first state which Kodzias will visit on his mini-tour of the Western Balkans for strengthening relations and cooperation between Greece and the Balkan countries and for maintaining regional stability. It is expected Kodzias in Skopje to have detailed...

Opposition leader Zoran Zaev, along with SDSM Secretary General Oliver Spasovski, and the Mayor of Kumanovo Zoran Damjanovski, visited houses in Divo naselje where fighting raged between the police and the terrorist group this weekend. SDSM leader was welcomed with cheers, and the people greeted him with applause. Zaev said he came to visit the place where the trauma occurred this...

Because of the police action in Kumanovo, Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov interrupted the visit to Moscow and returned to Macedonia. Immediately after the return, it is expected to convene the Security Council. Council members from DUI didn’t participate in its meetings, because, according to them, Ivanov is an illegitimate president. Because of that, the last Council session was called "session of top...