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VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikolovski who is visiting Brussels for the conference of the European People’s Party dedicated to the Western Balkans has said that any next government in Greece would not give up on the name process even if the Prespa agreement fails. ‘There is no official communications, but the information coming from Syriza and New Democracy and the ...

  Wess Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, has sent a letter to the VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski, saying the United States has been disappointed with the positions of the party’s leadership, including himself personally. “As we have discussed, the United States strongly believes that the Prespa Agreement between Macedonia and Greece is a historic opportunity ...

The hearing for the 27 April parliament incident where protected witness S1 is to be heard is set to resume on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. The Tuesday hearing from which the public was excluded started in the new building of the Criminal Court but for technical reasons it was transferred to the old court building. However, the quarrel between the ...

MPs have concluded Monday’s debate on the government motion for constitutional changes, which is set to resume Tuesday. The afternoon session was not short of different views from both the ruling majority and the opposition party. Opposition MPs consider the Prespa Agreement ‘harmful, unconstitutional and politically dead.’ The parliament majority has said there is no better deal than the Prespa ...

House Democracy Partnership (HDP) commission of the U.S. House of Representatives has encouraged Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to implement the constitutional revision resulting from the Prespa Agreement, despite the challenges following the referendum, including the open and covert Russian efforts to undermine the agreement. The commission has sent a letter addressed to PM Zaev, signed by Congressman Peter Roskam (RIL) ...

The Prespa Agreement is an important and beneficial agreement for both Greece and the region and it will be endorsed by the majority of MPs in Greece, Shipping Minister Fotis Kouvelis has said. “I would say my assessment and my conviction as well is that the Prespa Agreement, a very important and beneficial deal both for Greece and the wider ...

Corruption exists in all countries without exception, as a criminal and sociological phenomenon, moral and ethical issue of different kind and intensity, Justice Minister Renata Deskoska said in her address at the international conference in the Croatian city of Sibenik. We, she said, have been witnessing how transnational organized crime, which goes hand in hand with corruption, becomes a common ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev elaborated the motion for constitutional revision in parliament, saying the country’s future lies in the hands of the MPs, urging them to vote according to their own will, especially the ones who are reluctant. “Look to the future, the future of your children. The citizens’ will is for the country to move forward,” said PM Zaev. ...

Spanish Ambassador to Macedonia Emilio Lorenzo Serra told Monday that tendency is clear – Macedonia has a very good opportunity in becoming EU member state, but it has homework that needs to be done, and it is the implementation of reforms.  He claims that it is big lie that no one wants Macedonia in the EU, referring to part of ...

There is no better than the Prespa Agreement for both nations, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says in an exclusive interview with the Greek daily ‘Ta Nea’, voicing belief that the Macedonian lawmakers will respect the will of citizens who voted in the referendum.  Ahead of the parliament voting on constitutional revision, Zaev points out that the realization of the vision ...