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Bulgaria Issue: FM Osmani Denies Skopje Has Assumed Obligations

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani has denied that obligations were assumed at the meetings in Sofia, as Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday afternoon. In Friday night’s interview with the Samo…

28/06/2021

Maas, Santos Silva and Logar: Enlargement Is Strategic and Shared Interest

Foreign Ministers Heiko Maas (Germany), Augusto Santos Silva (Portugal), and Anze Logar (Slovenia) have promised to work hard following the failure of Skopje and Tirana to get a start of…

28/06/2021

Zaev: EU Integration Path Mustn’t Be Held Hostage by Bilateral Issues

According to PM Zoran Zaev, the EU integration path mustn’t be held hostage by bilateral issues. As he said on Friday, the negotiations with the EU mustn’t turn into talks…

28/06/2021

Bulgaria Issue in Focus of Session for Parliamentary Questions

At Thursday’s session for parliamentary questions, VMRO-DPMNE urged PM Zoran Zaev to say, as it was pointed out, whether the negotiations with Sofia concern the Macedonian identity and language. MPs…

25/06/2021

Radev: Skopje’s Movement towards EU Depends on Dialogue with Sofia

According to Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, North Macedonia’s swift movement towards the EU depends only on the dialogue with his country. “It’s time for everyone to realise that the acceleration…

25/06/2021

Xhaferi Comments on Plans for Scheduling Local Elections

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi will towards the end of July or start of August schedule the local elections that should be held in the second half of October. The exact…

25/06/2021

Filipce: Pfizer and Sinovac Doses to Arrive Friday & Sunday Respectively

A new shipment of 100,000 Pfizer vaccines through COVAX will arrive on Friday. Two days later, the 500,000 Sinovac doses will come as well. Health Minister Venko Filipce said on…

25/06/2021

Vucic Regrets Skopje and Tirana Haven’t been Given Start of EU Negotiations

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic regrets that Skopje and Tirana haven’t been given a date to start negotiations. As he said on Thursday, that’s not fair towards the two countries and…

25/06/2021

Reactions in Country to Bulgaria’s Blockade

“We need an economically prosperous Balkans of the 21st century, integrated into the EU. Today, I will also add a Balkans that lives in the present and builds a prosperous…

24/06/2021

Ambassadors React to Latest Developments on North Macedonia’s EU Path

“We do remain disappointed that the EU Member States were unable to include approval at the General Affairs meeting yesterday,” US Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes said at the Skopje Economic…

24/06/2021