President Gjorge Ivanov met Wednesday with Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip and Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu. Ivanov and Filip welcomed the friendly relations between the two countries, expressing interest to boosting overall bilateral cooperation, Ivanov’s office said in a press release. They also examined the opportunities to increase economic cooperation through use of present potentials and improving the agreed framework ...
Read More »Parliament Revote on Name Issue Agreement Ratification scheduled for 5 July
A session in which MPs will vote again for the law ratifying the name agreement has been scheduled on Thursday (July 5), it was agreed Monday in a coordination meeting of Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and coordinators of parliamentary groups. Last week, a decision of President Gjorge Ivanov was forwarded to the Assembly saying he would not sign the decree ...
Read More »Vice-PM Osmani: Team for Screening Process to be complete by 17 July
The Vice-PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani announced at a press conference on Saturday that Macedonia will complete its team for the screening process for M accession in the EU by 17 July 2018. “We will have to produce names by July 17, when the screening process is to be launched. This includes the chief political negotiator and the technical ...
Read More »Reactions to President Ivanov’s Decision not to Sign Decree for Name Deal
Government spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski said on Tuesday that President Gjorge Ivanov’s decision and non-signing of the decree for ratification of the name agreement would not impact the deal’s implementation. “As far as Ivanov’s decision is concerned, it had been expected. However, it doesn’t affect the steps, i.e. the implementation of the stages of the agreement. The Greek government has already ...
Read More »PS Xhaferi: Western Balkans Looking Less and Less Like Powder Keg
“The Western Balkans are looking less and less like a powder keg. We have a clear European perspective,” PS Talat Xhaferi said on Monday, within the frameworks of the annual meeting of Parliamentary Defence and Security Committees from Southeast Europe countries. He expects President Gjorge Ivanov to respect the Constitution and parliamentary democracy so that the name agreement with Greece ...
Read More »Government Adopts Draft Law for Ratification of Name Agreement
The government adopted on Monday the draft law for ratification of the name agreement with Greece. The document was submitted to Parliament. Once it passes the parliamentary filter, it will be submitted to President Gjorge Ivanov, who will have seven days to sign it. The President has already said he will not accept a constitutional change aiming at a change ...
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