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PM Zoran Zaev says for Tanjug that if the EU doesn’t make a decision to start membership negotiations, that will practically mean that it doesn’t respect the Prespa Agreement and that it even punishes it. He points out for the Serbian agency: “Everyone says that the Prespa Agreemnt has so far been one of the best examples in the Western ...

At a debate in Vienna on Wednesday, PM Zoran Zaev said the Government would be “dead” if EU leaders made a negative decision on a start of negotiations. In his view, such a decision will see the ruling structure lose the majority in Parliament that it asked to vote in favour of the name and Constitutional changes. In the attempts ...

According to the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, it is now time to open accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania. “Europe will be a strong global force only if we complete the work to stabilise our own continent, and to make war impossible in an irreversible inside Europe – all of Europe. Because every ...

Commenting on Tuesday’s meeting in Luxembourg, Amelie de Montchalin, State Secretary for European Affairs at the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, said her country didn’t veto the proposal for a start of negotiations with Macedonia and with Albania.  As she added, she wants it to be clear that nobody said “no”. “France’s position is that there is a ...

On Wednesday, Italy ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. On Twitter, Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska thanked the country. The same day, the United Kingdom, too, ratified the Protocol. According to that country’s laws, it was signed by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. As he said in a tweet, he looks forward to Macedonia “joining the NATO family and attending the NATO Leaders’ ...

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 ...

Macedonia will have to still wait for EU membership negotiations to be opened. On Tuesday afternoon, in Luxembourg, France persisted in its blockade of the decision and found support for its stand in regards to Albania in both the Netherlands and Denmark, too. The last chance for a positive decision will be the EU leaders’ summit, which will start on ...

Amelie de Montchalin, State Secretary for European Affairs at the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, stated on Tuesday that though the Western Balkans’ European perspective was justified, a reformed negotiations process was needed. Before the meeting of the EU’s General Affairs Council, she said she hadn’t come with a position to defend a veto. According to Montchalin, the ...

According to PM Zoran Zaev, regardless of the decisions in Brussels, there is no need for early elections. Answering a journalist’s question about the negotiations date issue, he said on Tuesday that he was just one politician, adding that there were “other politicians and political parties”. On the other hand, VMRO-DPMNE said that early elections had to be held regardless ...

In an interview with Austrian newspaper Die Presse, President Stevo Pendarovski says that he expects an EU decision because Macedonia has delivered on everything over the past 18 months. “We even changed our name after the historic deal with Greece. No candidate country had even done that. Considering the EU says that the membership process is founded on results, we ...