The NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 98th Rose-Roth Seminar started in Skopje on Wednesday. The three-day event is dedicated to “Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Western Balkans: Reinforcing the European Peace Project”. PS Talat Xhaferi said he was convinced the name agreement between Skopje and Athens would be fully implemented by the two sides by the end of 2018 at the latest and ...
Read More »PM Zaev delivers Address at debate in Vienna
Within the frameworks of his visit to Vienna, PM Zoran Zaev delivered an address in the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, which, together with the European Fund for the Balkans and the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group, organised the debate “Towards a Common European Future for Southeastern Europe: The Case of Macedonia”. As he pointed out, in one year, ...
Read More »Macedonia Gets Conditional Date for Start of EU Accession Talks – in June 2019
With the achieved progress, Macedonia has opened the path to starting accession negotiations in June 2019. At Tuesday’s meeting in Luxembourg, the EU Council conditioned the decision with the implementation of the necessary reforms. The meeting saw the Council decide that Macedonia set the road towards a start of negotiations in June 2019 due to the achieved progress. According to ...
Read More »Reactions to EU Council’s Decision on Macedonia
On Tuesday, the EU’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, in a statement for Telma TV, congratulated Macedonia’s citizens on the EU Council’s decision. “Now, it’s clear that we will start negotiations in June next year and we can, as a Commission, immediately start preparing these negotiations from tomorrow onward,” he said. PM Zoran Zaev, too, ...
Read More »PM Zaev Meets Austrian Chancellor Kurz in Vienna
On Tuesday, PM Zoran Zaev held a meeting with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna. At the joint press-conference following the meeting, Kurz said his country strongly supported Macedonia regarding a start of accession negotiations with the EU. According to him, Macedonia deserves that. The Austrian Chancellor added that his country would do everything it could in order for the ...
Read More »Reactions to President Ivanov’s Decision not to Sign Decree for Name Deal
Government spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski said on Tuesday that President Gjorge Ivanov’s decision and non-signing of the decree for ratification of the name agreement would not impact the deal’s implementation. “As far as Ivanov’s decision is concerned, it had been expected. However, it doesn’t affect the steps, i.e. the implementation of the stages of the agreement. The Greek government has already ...
Read More »Reactions to Macedonia-Greece Name Deal Continue
The reactions to the name agreement reached between Macedonia and Greece have continued in both countries. “The highest national interests have been jeopardised by the disgraceful deal with Greece. PM Zoran Zaev has given up on all national positions defended by previous governments and politicians, regardless of their political affiliation,” VMRO-DPMNE said on Tuesday. SDSM rejected the accusations. “The final ...
Read More »NATO Sec Gen Stoltenberg Specifies Conditions for Macedonia Invitation
NATO Sec Gen Jens Stoltenberg specified on Monday the conditions for Macedonia getting an invitation. “Of course, the decision will be taken by Heads of State and Government at our Summit in July, but I expect and I hope that the Heads of State and Government can agree to start accession talks. Then, of course, we’ll all be able to ...
Read More »Greek FM Kotzias: Europe Must Keep its Word to North Macedonia and Albania
“In our opinion, as long as the European Commission started and set a horizon this summer to launch formal negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, we will have to deliver the promise we made,” Greek FM Nikos Kotzias says in an interview with EURACTIV. He urges “all sides to understand that there are indeed problems with these countries; we have ...
Read More »Special Prosecutor Janeva Explains Procedure Related to Skopje 2014 Project
Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva said on Monday that “until all documents are checked and it is established where budget money ended up, with which physical or legal entities they out-flew, whether they are in Macedonia or outside and who uses them, an investigation will not be opened into certain persons directly involved in the Skopje 2014 project”. At a conference ...
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