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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated Monday that the implementation of the name agreement with Greece is the only way to Macedonia’s NATO membership, and that there is no other way or plan B for the country’s admission to the military alliance.  “NATO is ready to accept Macedonia as the 30th member very soon after the implementation of the name agreement, ...

We will not let them sell our Macedonia. I always supported the idea that we cannot give to Skopje the name Macedonia because simply put, from that moment on, everyone will begin officially addressing them not as Northmacedonians, Uppermacedonians, but only as Macedonians, said the former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, during his speech in front of the members of ...

SDSM rejected, the Prime Minister is silent. Masks have fallen and the true face of the government was revealed. In an open letter to PM Zoran Zaev, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said Zaev has shown three things. Firstly, through not accepting the proposal and his silence about the formation of an independent prosecution that will fight crime he has acted ...

Members of the European Parliament shared opinions Monday on developments in Macedonia following the referendum on the name agreement. Tuesday, the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) should vote on the report on the 2018 European Commission Report on Macedonia, as well as a vocal amendment presented by EP’s rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl. The amendment refers to the referendum ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski met on Saturday with representatives of political parties from the Coalition for Better Macedonia. At Sunday’s press conference Mickoski said the options are early elections with formation of Przino-style government and public prosecutor at the proposal of the opposition or rejecting the agreement and elections after which national prosecutor is to be elected via consensus of ...

The Appellate Court in Skopje dismissed an appeal by former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, as being ‘groundless’, against a ruling over a two-year prison sentence. The Skopje court partially upheld an appeal by a defendant, namely the former associate interior minister, Gjoko Popovski. It changed a section of the sentencing decision and sentenced him to a 4.6 years in prison ...

Macedonia and Germany have close and deep cooperation and share excellent business relations, which is a stable foundation for the future, it was concluded by participants in the second Macedonian-German forum “Building Bridges – Politics and Economy”. The forum was organized Friday in Skopje by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Institute for Social Research – MK 91. Last year, ...

President Gjorge Ivanov, on day two of his official visit to the Czech Republic, met with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Chairman of the Lower House of Parliament Radek Vondráček, and Milan Štěch, President of the Senate of Parliament of the Czech Republic. At their joint meeting, Ivanov and Babiš confirmed their commitment to improving mutual friendship and support at ...

The Archbishopric Council of the Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric (MOC-OA) reaffirmed its position that the name of the MOC should not be changed and that the name of the country should not be changed as well. This decision was reached after the MOC Council held its annual session on Friday and Saturday in a monastery in the village ...

Novo Selo Mayor Boro Stojcev has tendered irrevocable resignation from his post, citing moral reasons. SDSM previously appealed to Stojcev to renounce his post, noting a procedure was launched for Stojcev’s exclusion from the party. The Strumica Prosecution demanded that the conditional sentence against Stojcev dating back to 2015 be activated after he was apprehended on 10 July this year ...