SkopjeDiem Macedonia in English

  The informal summit of the EU and West Balkans kicked off in Berlin on Monday afternoon. The summit is organised by the heads of state of France and Germany, Emanuel Macron and Angela Merkel respectively. At the opening of the summit, both Merkel and macron welcomed the progress made by Macedonia processes for its integration in the EU. “We ...

The PM Zoran Zaev attends in Berlin the informal summit of the EU and the West Balkans, where he met German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he discussed the Prespa Agreement and Macedonia’s integration in the EU. “The cooperation, friendship and reforms our government implements stand as serious and positive arguments for the EU to determine date for start of ...

  The Chamber of Representatives of the Belgian Parliament approved on Thursday the Law for Ratification of the Protocol for Accession of Macedonia in NATO. The information was revealed by the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders. “I am very glad to announce that our Parliament has adopted the Law on the NATO Protocol for North Macedonia. We are ...

The EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn says in an interview for the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) that a delay in the processes leading to start of membership negotiations with Macedonia and other countries in the West Balkans may destabilize the entire Balkan region. “Delaying the entire process, i.e. not recognising the progress the West Balkan countries shave made in their processes ...

The Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin says in an interview for Russian TV “Russia 24” that once Macedonia becomes NATO member, Albanians will live in a single politically-secured area. “Macedonia recognised Kosovo and now constantly attacks Serbia in political context, even though great deal of its Western territory is under threat to be taken over by the movement for “Greater ...

During his participation in the “Silk Road” conference in Beijing, the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said that the Prespa Agreement strengthens the dynamics of stability and development of the Balkan region. “We managed to resolve a 30-year long bilateral dispute, and now thanks to the cooperation between us and North Macedonia, the region is far more stable than before, and ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly wet roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists ...

The Basic Court Skopje 2 published on Wednesday the decision which declares that Skender Buzaku is to replace Sulejman Rexhepi as grand Mufti of the Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia (IRC). “The court acted upon a request filed on 3 April 2019 by IRC, which requires change of the person representing IRC. Acting upon the request, the Court decided on ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov paid an official visit on Wednesday to the Netherlands. Dimitrov met Michael Stibbe, the EU Advisor to the Dutch PM, Dutch MPs Peter Omtzig and Klaas Dijkhoff and the former Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders. In the meetings, Dimitrov introduced the interlocutors to the progress of Macedonia towards integration in NATO and EU ...

Over 80 NGOs from the West Balkans addressed a petition to the President of the Council of Europe (CE) Donald Tusk asking the EU to not delay the start of membership negotiations with Macedonia and Albania. “We express concern that the delay of the membership negotiations may negatively affect the aspirations of the citizens of these two countries when it ...