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The Law Committee of the Albanian Parliament endorsed on Monday the Law for Ratification of the Protocol for Accession of Macedonia in NATO. This approval gives a green light to the Albanian parliament to ratify the Protocol, and a session on this matter was already scheduled for Thursday. Before this, Slovenia is expected to be the first NATO member after ...

The leader of the Greek opposition Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a speech in the city of Kozani that once his party comes to power, it will put veto to Macedonia’s membership in NATO and EU. “The first thing I shall do once the citizens of Greece grant me their trust via election, is to use Greece’s right to put a ...

The Russian Ambassador to Greece Andrey Maslov says in an interview for news agency “sputnik” that the integration of a new country in NATO, in the particular case Macedonia, cannot strengthen in any way the stability in the Balkan region. “Macedonia and Greece managed to reach a solution to their bilateral issue over the constitutional name of the former, and ...

A delegation of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Macedonia (LDP) took part in the meeting of the Council of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in Berlin. The LDP delegation included party leader Goran Milevski and Minister for Improvement of the Business Climate Zoran Sapuric. At the meeting, the Council of ALDE adopted a resolution which welcomes the ...

A delegation of MPs from the MP group for cooperation with the Slovenian Parliament, joined by parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, started their official visit of Slovenia. On Monday, Xhafri met his Slovenian counterpart Dejan Zidan, who congratulated the Macedonian Parliament on the adoption of the Prespa Agreement and the constitutional changes which secure the integration of Macedonia in NATO and ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on wet roads and muddy snow in some parts of the country. Mid-intensity snowing is going to happen around Krusevo, Mavrovo, Struga and the mountain passes Gjavato and Pletvar, and with lesser intensity around Straza, Preseka, Debar and Kicevo. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, ...

The Greek Parliament, after a 10-hour long debate, ratified the Protocol for Accession of Macedonia in NATO with 153 votes in favour and 140 against. “History will judge us,” said Greek PM Alexis Tsipras at the session. Macedonian PM Zoran Zaev congratulated the ratification via Twitter. “Our dear friends, Greece, are the first country to ratify the NATO Protocol. We ...

The Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament Talat Xhaferi signed on Friday the Declaration of the Presidential Election 2019, marking the official start of this electoral cycle. The first round of the presidential election is scheduled to take place on 21 April, while the second round is scheduled for 5 May. “I hope that we will have fair and peaceful election, ...

The EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn says in an interview for MIA that the EU will start membership negotiations with Macedonia in June 2019 only if the country implements all reforms required for this process. “Given the efforts it took to achieve the signing of the NATO protocol, for which the Prespa Agreement paved the way, I can just applaud ...

The Bulgarian Vice-PM and Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov said in an interview for the Bulgarian radio Fokus that Macedonia has to fulfill all obligations from the agreements signed with Bulgaria and Greece in order to become NATO and EU member. “Official Skopje took the responsibility to conduct all obligations contained in the Prespa Agreement with Greece and the Good-neighbourliness Agreement ...