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Following the debate in the Assembly of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on constitutional changes to implement the Prespa agreement Members of the European Parliament Mr David McAllister and Mr Eduard Kukan issued the following statement: “We understand the difficult choices related to the implementation of the Prespa agreement. However, we trust that all political actors will use this ...

Macedonia’s FM Nikola Dimitrov wished success to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who resigned on Wednesday and promised commitment in the process of finalizing the Prespa Agreement.  “In only one year, we managed to achieve something that in the past 27 years was considered to be impossible – we brought our two countries closer and we signed the historic Prespa ...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has resigned following a disagreement with the defense minister over the handling of a recent deal which would change Macedonia’s name in exchange for Greece dropping its objections to the country joining NATO, AP reported. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced Wednesday he had accepted Kotzias’ resignation, and said he would take over the foreign ministry ...

I encourage the neighbor to proceed with determination and courage and to make the decisive step while completing the obligations stemming from the historic Prespa Agreement, because there will be no other opportunity, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said speaking to reporters after accepting the resignation of FM Nikos Kotzias. In a four-minute statement Tsipras conveyed several messages referring to ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski responded Wednesday to a letter of Wess Mitchell, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, reiterating that the Prespa Agreement is detrimental to the interests of Macedonia. “This Agreement is detrimental to the interests of my nation and homeland and as such it is unacceptable for VMRO-DPMNE and the large majority of the ...

MPs of the VMRO-DPMNE and the For Better Macedonia coalition at a joint coordination meeting on Wednesday decided to quit the ‘futile debate’ taking place in Parliament.  “The parliamentary group has concluded that everything has been said and that there is no need for the debate to continue regarding the proposed constitutional changes and the Prespa Agreement, which has been ...

The Government says the initiative filed by a lawyer to the Constitutional Court over the assessment of two articles in the Criminal Code goes beyond any logic and against a state governed by the rule of law. The Government has proposed to the Constitutional Court not to accept the initiative filed by a lawyer, who represents a former official in ...

Reforms implemented by the government, with an emphasis on judiciary, reform of the public administration, fight against corruption and organized crime, as well as reforms of security services were discussed by Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov at a meeting with a delegation of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, consisting of Arjen Taselaar, Head of International Relations and Projects, and ...

The government is authorized to propose initiating of constitutional amendments and is tasked by a committee, provided that it is approved by Parliament, to prepare draft-amendments within 15 days. Here, as the head of government, I will confirm that together we will sit down to work on amendments, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Tuesday at a session in which MPs ...

acedonia’s NATO accession negotiations are set to officially begin on Thursday and Friday in Brussels, where members of the Committee for NATO integration and the Working Committee on Macedonia’s Integration with NATO will meet with Alliance representatives involved in the evaluation whether the country meets NATO’s criteria. This session of talks in Brussels will open the last stage of Macedonia-NATO ...