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If Macedonia doesn’t get a date by October, that will mean a full stop for its EU perspective, FM Nikola Dimitrov said at a joint press-conference on Wednesday with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak FM Miroslav Lajcak, who’s visiting Skopje. According to him, the country has done a lot both domestically and in terms of resolving difficult issues over the past ...

According to FM Nikola Dimitrov, the General Affairs Council’s conclusions valorise and acknowledge Macedonia’s reform agenda and new foreign policy, which resolves problems instead of ignoring them. “We will be satisfied when we get also the decision in the autumn and when we will be in organisation of the first governmental conference that we want to be held in December ...

The Bundestag is the only technical obstacle that prevented Macedonia from getting a date for membership negotiations on Tuesday. The Deputy PM for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani, says that there are no dilemmas that the decision in October will be positive. He denies that seven Member States were against a date. French Ambassador Christian Thimonier, too, considers Tuesday’s decision not ...

According to VMRO-DPMNE, the decision not to give a date for start of membership negotiations to Macedonia on Tuesday was expected. The opposition party considers that crime, corruption and failure to implement reforms are among the reasons for that. “What’s the guarantee that a date will be given in October? Because nobody confirmed in Luxembourg yesterday that the decision would ...

The U.S. believes that Macedonia should get a date to start membership negotiations with the EU as soon as possible. “The U.S. Government strongly believes that North Macedonia deserves a date to open accession talks at the soonest opportunity,” Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Skopje, told MTV1 TV.

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists ...

“In light of the limited time available and the importance of the matter, the Council will revert to the issue with a view to reaching a clear and substantive decision as soon as possible and no later than October 2019,” reads a conclusion of the General Affairs Council (GAC) that was held on Tuesday in Luxembourg. EU Member States didn’t ...

In a column for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, FM Nikola Dimtrov says that the recommendation for a start of accession negotiations represents acknowledgement of the big progress made by Macedonia. “Success stories are rare in Europe. We don’t have the luxury of ignoring them,” Dimitrov writes for the German newspaper. According to him, a positive decision to start negotiations will send ...

In a heated atmosphere and environment of deep divisions, EU FMs have for three hours been trying to prepare the conclusions for Macedonia and for Albania, Kanal 5 TV reported at 3 pm on Tuesday. Neither yesterday’s Council, at a level of Ambassadors, nor the one today, at a level of Ministers, hasn’t revealed whether the country will get a ...

The new US Ambassador, Kate Marie Byrnes, will soon start her term in Skopje. According to unofficial announcements, she will arrive in Skopje in mid-July. On Monday, she was formally promoted to her country’s New Ambassador in Washington DC. At the ceremony, the US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Philip Reeker, who was the US ...