Tag Archives: European Parliament

King: Macedonia is country of Origin, Transit of Illegal Weaponry

The EU Security Commissioner Julian King provided the European Parliament on the security situations in the West Balkans. “The security situation in this region is a challenge by itself, and it also has impact over the security of the EU. It is better for us to export security, than to import instability from potential member-states,” King said. Referring the situation ...

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EPP Might Exclude VMRO-DPMNE from own Ranks

VMRO-DPMNE could be expelled from the European People’s Party (EPP) if it persisted with its non-constructive attitude towards the Prespa Agreement, EPP members say. The EPP is the largest and most influential political group in the European Union, bringing together almost all center-right parties of the EU member and candidate states. The EPP currently includes 77 parties and partners from ...

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40 EU and US Intellectuals support Name Agreement

More than 40 intellectuals from Europe and the United States in an open letter published in the British daily newspaper The Guardian are seeking the historic agreement of 17 June signed between Macedonia and Greece, which ends the name dispute, to be implemented. In the letter signed by university professors from London, California’s Berkeley, Bologna, New York, Warsaw, Cambridge, members ...

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Osmani: Time for Big Decisions

This is a time for big decisions. EU and NATO integration is the overlapping point in the country and we have a year ahead of us to prove that we deserve the membership, said Vice Premier for European Affairs and chief negotiator Bujar Osmani on Tuesday. “This is a time for big decisions, historic decisions, strategic decisions, decisions that will ...

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MEP Vajgl: No Second Chance for EU Integration

This is a key point in Macedonia’s history and should be seen as the first concrete step towards EU membership, said Ivo Vajgl, Macedonia Rapporteur at the European Parliament, while addressing the Parliament’s National Euro-Integration Council on Tuesday. “This is not a formality, this is a credible chance for progress. EU and NATO membership are historic opportunities for Macedonia, there ...

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FM Dimitrov addresses Liberals and Democrats meeting in European Parliament

Тhe Minister of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia Nikola Dimitrov is in an official visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where he addressed a meeting of the Group of European Liberals and Democrats. “In time of numerous crises around Europe, we managed to establish friendly relations with two of our neighbouring countries, which only few months ago disputed our ...

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FM Dimitrov in official visit of European Parliament

Тhe Minister of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia started his official visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. “The European Parliament is drafting a resolution on Macedonia that is to be discussed in August. We are finally opening the doors of Europe. I am here to seek for EP’s support, an institution that has produced principled support for our ...

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