The Spokesperson of the Russian Government Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the recent events concerning the accession of Macedonia to NATO, said that the integration in the Alliance is Macedonia’s sovereign right. “That’s the sovereign affair of Macedonia itself. We appreciate and value our good relations with Macedonia and are interested in cultivating our relations. However, as far as efforts to ...
Read More »Vice-PM Osmani: Team for Screening Process to be complete by 17 July
The Vice-PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani announced at a press conference on Saturday that Macedonia will complete its team for the screening process for M accession in the EU by 17 July 2018. “We will have to produce names by July 17, when the screening process is to be launched. This includes the chief political negotiator and the technical ...
Read More »PM Zaev at Joint Press Conference with EP President Tusk
This is a good week for your country and for the Western Balkans. The EU ministers set out the path towards opening accession talks with Macedonia and with Albania in June 2019, and in just a few hours, I expect that the EU Heads of States will endorse this decision, European Council President Donald Tusk told a news conference in ...
Read More »Greek FM Kotzias Positive about Parliament Name Deal Ratification
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is confident that a majority of MPs will vote in favor of ratifying the Prespa (name) deal. Speaking to ‘News 24/7’ radio, Kotzias voices strong belief that the Parliament will endorse the deal. He expects that Skopje will hold a referendum on the deal on 16 or 23 September, followed by constitutional changes and ‘when ...
Read More »Draft Conclusions of EU Summit Welcome Name Agreement
Draft-conclusions of the EU Summit, which should be adopted on Friday, welcome the name agreement reached by Macedonia and Greece. The European Council strongly welcomes and supports the agreement between the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece over the name dispute. Alongside the treaty with Bulgaria, it sets a strong example for the others in the region on how ...
Read More »Municipalities from Northern Greece Call for Referendum on Name Deal
Prefectures and municipalities from the northern part of Greece are asking that a national referendum be held on the Prespa Agreement, ‘so that citizens can exercise their legal right to accept or reject it.’The resolution to ask for a referendum was reached at the Thessaloniki meeting held on Wednesday by the Regional Council of Central Macedonia and attended by 258 ...
Read More »Zaev: We Received Clear Date for Launching Accession Negotiations
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Thursday that Macedonia has received a clear date for the start of EU accession talks, while the screening process of chapters would begin with a visit by Commissioner Johannes Hahn around July 20. “We have received a clear date for the beginning of the talks and there is no dilemma in this. The screening process ...
Read More »Pendarovski: We Expect Official NATO Invitation Announcement
Tomorrow, we are waiting for an official announcement from the NATO headquarters in Brussels that Macedonia will be presented with an official membership invitation at the upcoming summit of the Alliance on July 11-12, said Stevo Pendarovski, the country’s National NATO Coordinator. “NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will make the announcement the Macedonian citizens have been waiting for years. It ...
Read More »Government welcomes Council’s decision on Macedonia’s European path
The government welcomed on Wednesday the decision made by the General Affairs Council the previous day regarding Macedonia’s European path. “Yesterday, we witnessed how almost all EU FMs were pledging for all of us, the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia. The decision of the Council of EU Ministers is fully public and transparent and everybody can see it,” spokesperson ...
Read More »EC: Preparations for Talks with Macedonia and Albania to start
Following the General Affairs Council’s conclusions on Tuesday for a conditional start of negotiations with Macedonia and Albania, the preparations for those talks will start, according to the EC. As spokesperson Margaritis Schinas stated on Wednesday, the EC is now starting the work on preparations and, as the Council’s conclusions say, will continue to support tangible and sustainable results, especially ...
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