NATO and allied forces continue to support the civilian response to the COVID-19 pandemic. After Macedonia and the Czech Republic, Albania and Montenegro are receiving ventilators and medical supplies, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on his Twitter account. “#NATO and Allied militaries continue to support the civilian response to the #COVID-19 pandemic. The Czech Republic, Albania and Montenegro are ...

The leaders of Serbia, Albania and Macedonia – President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Ministers Edi Rama and Zoran Zaev held a meeting through a conference call to renew the regional cooperation initiative launched last year. The activities of the regional cooperation initiative were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the elections in Macedonia and Serbia, and the three leaders agreed ...

“The Trump Administration’s focus on resolving economic issues in the Balkans and turning a blind eye to politics has contributed to the deterioration of relations between some countries since the war two decades ago,” Foreign Policy reported Wednesday night. The analysis, entitled “How Trump Lost the Balkans,” by Edward Joseph, a professor of conflict management at Johns Hopkins University in ...

The contacts of the Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski with the government officials are being established after he tested positive for the coronavirus. Probably neither the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev nor any of the ministers will go into self-isolation after the Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski announced last night that he is positive. However, the final word will be given ...

On the occasion of the new Framework for Cooperation for Sustainable Development 2021-2025 with the UN, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the country has a strategic document for strengthening the principles of sustainable development and building a prosperous and inclusive society. As part of the activities on the occasion of the United Nations Day and the 75th anniversary of ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev together with Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani on Thursday held a series of virtual meetings with EU leaders, among which were European Council President Charles Michel, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan ...

“For Germany and the whole Berlin process, it would be a failure if Macedonia does not start negotiations by the end of the year, and we are doing everything in our power to make it happen,” says German Ambassador to the country Anke Holstein. She expects the member states of the Union, which unanimously gave the green light to Macedonia ...

The joint action of Macedonia and FRONTEX in the country has been shaken, after Bulgaria blocked the implementation of the initialled agreement on joint border management. This was stated by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson at a press briefing in Brussels. She confirmed to reporters that she was in constant contact with the government in Sofia in order ...

After resolving the name issue with Greece, which has blocked the start of the country’s membership talks for years, Macedonia now faces another dispute, with its neighbour Bulgaria over language and history, the Brussels Times reported. The paper cites works by the European Commission as saying that good neighbourly relations and regional co-operation remain essential elements of the enlargement process, ...

“Ensuring the safety and security of the citizens has always been and will remain a priority for all of us. The challenges are the same, only the ways we deal with them change. Illegal migration, organized crime, arms trafficking, drugs, human trafficking, the fight against corruption are at the top of the agendas of the institutions we run. The security ...