VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski in an interview with Radio Free Europe says the order of priorities for Macedonia’s admission to NATO and EU are reforms and afterward solving of the name spat. Nikoloski assesses that much better deal can be struck with Greece as compared to the current one. “I am absolutely convinced that a better deal can be ...

Speaking of reforms taken in all spheres prior to the EU accession talks in June 2019, PM Zoran Zaev at the MP Q&A session called on the parliament to unblock the Law on Media and the Law on Agency for Audio and Audio-Visual Media Services (AAVMU). According to Zaev, reforms in the public administration should lead to depoliticised and professional ...

Norway’s Ambassador to Macedonia Arne Sannes Bjørnstad and Vice Premier for European Affairs Bujar Osmani signed a Memorandum at the Secretariat for European Affairs on Thursday to announce Norway’s support for Macedonia’s EU integration. Norway will provide EUR 3 to 5 million to finance reforms and development projects in line with EU and NATO standards. “The signing of the Memorandum ...

Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski held Wednesday meetings with officials from the White House, the Congress and the Atlantic Council on the first day of his visit to the United States. Deputy FM Zernovski also attended the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom held in Washington at the invitation of US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Macedonia is launching the NATO pre-accession talks, after the country officially received the membership invitation at the Alliance Summit in Brussels on July 12. A NATO delegation led by head of the Euro-Atlantic & Global Partnership Office at NATO, James Mackey, is visiting Macedonia for discussions on political, security, defence, financial and legal issues related to the membership negotiations with ...

Head of the Government Zoran Zaev welcomed a delegation from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth. At the meeting PM Zaev reflected on the current political situation in the country with special accent on the process of attaining political consent around basic principles and issues related to realisation of the referendum ...

Leaders of the four biggest political parties in Macedonia after almost a six-hour debate reached agreement on part of the issues on the table in the first part of the Monday leaders’ meeting. Despite initial statements that agreement was reached on SEC composition, party funding law and technocratic government ahead of elections party leaders failed to align on the referendum ...

Macedonian FM Nikola Dimitrov held a meeting with German Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth. Dimitrov briefed his guest of the current political developments in the country related to the coming implementation of the agreement with Greece as well as activities for realisation of foreign political priorities. The Macedonian FM also voiced satisfaction with the recognised progress of the ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sent a letter to congratulate Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the agreement solving the Macedonia-Greece name issue and establishing strategic partnership between the two countries. In the letter, signed by PM Orban also on behalf of the Visegrad Group, he welcomes the agreement reached by Macedonia and Greece to settle the name dispute, the ...

The leaders’ meeting on Thursday, taking place in shortened format i.e. the leaders and one representatives from the four biggest political parties, was concluded after nearly four hours, but no agreement was reached around the issues related to the coming referendum and the formation of the State Election Commission. The meeting was attended by the leaders of SDSM, DUI, VMRO-DPMNE ...