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There is no progress towards a solution with Sofia, but the talks continue, according to Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. As he said on Wednesday, after June, the capacity to find a solution is exhausted. Afterwards, it will be considered which future steps will be taken. According to the Minister, there is no official state stand whether membership in the new ...

Strong support for North Macedonia’s EU integration pat has been expressed by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. At Wednesday’s press-conference in Skopje with his counterpart, Bujar Osmani, the Greek politician stated that the negotiations should start immediately. “We are sure and deeply believe the negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania should start right away,” he said. According to Osmani, a ...

At a briefing with media, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has said he doesn’t feel a need to apologise to the employees for the words heard in the audio. “I don’t have an explanation for that in terms of an explanation. I am the Parliament Speaker and my competence is prescribed in the Rules of Procedure of Parliament. Among the other ...

In the frames of his visit to the Vatican and Rome, on the occasion of Ss Cyril and Methodius Day, PM Dimitar Kovacevski had an audience with Pope Francis on Monday. North Macedonia and the Vatican, Kovacevski stated, are firmly connected by mutual respect founded on joint historical, cultural, and religious traditions, as well as significant figures like Ss Cyril ...

PM Dimitar Kovacevski and his Bulgarian counterpart, Kiril Petkov, held a meeting in Rome on Monday. According to Kovacevski, the meeting was exceptionally constructive and saw multiple topics discussed. However, he said that it couldn’t be currently said whether progress was achieved in terms of finding a mutually acceptable document with Bulgaria. The talks between the two countries’ Foreign Ministries’ ...

In the frames of his visit to Rome, PM Dimitar Kovacevski held a meeting with the President of the Italian Council of Ministers, Mario Draghi. At the meeting with his counterpart, Kovacevski stated that Skopje and Rome fostered exceptionally close political and economic relations founded on intensive dialogue and frequent meetings at the highest institutional level. Also, he underlined Italy’s ...

In the frames of his participation of the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Stevo Pendarovski held several bilateral meetings. At the meeting with Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez, he expressed gratitude for Spain’s principled support for North Macedonia’s integrations. The EU enlargement policy needs to continue in the interest of stability, security, and prosperity of the Western Balkans, it was ...

Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov buried on Friday Enlargement Commissioner’s Oliver Varhelyi’s expectations about Bulgaria allowing a start of negotiations with Skopje in June. Just 24 hours after their meeting in Sofia, Petkov stated that there would be no individual making of decisions regarding the matter. “It should be very clearly said that I, as the PM, don’t assume independently any ...

Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov has in a video address urged the country’s President, Rumen Radev, to convene the Consultative Council on National Security over the state of the Skopje-Sofia negotiations. On Friday, he said the Bulgarian Government wouldn’t do anything without broad national consent. He also pointed to adjustment with the coalition deal of the ruling coalition. In Petkov’s view, ...

The Foreign Ministry has confirmed for Telma TV that there will be a meeting in Rome between PM Dimitar Kovacevski and his counterpart from Bulgaria, Kiril Petkov. The two delegations will mark Ss Cyril and Methodius Day. The latest European speeding up to overcome the dispute is expected to be the topic. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska, regarding the allegations ...