The US believes that former PM Nikola Gruevski should serve his jail term at home, POLITICO reported on Thursday. “After a thorough and transparent legal process, Nikola Gruevski was convicted by Macedonian courts of misuse of office and sentenced to two years in prison. Multiple courts upheld this conviction. In addition, Mr. Gruevski is indicted in four pending criminal cases,” ...

The eighty votes in favor of the Prespa Agreement in Parliament represent a historic turning point, which opens the path forward for a European future for Macedonia and its people, said Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U. S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer during a press conference with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Monday. ...

The United States support the Prespa Agreement and its full implementation, a State Department official told Greek web-portal Real.gr. Asked by Real.gr’s correspondent about the U.S. administration’s stance regarding the Plan B of Panos Kammenos, leader of the Greek government junior coalition partner, allegedly presented during a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell, ...

Deputy-Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski took part Thursday in Washington at a Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, hosted by US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. Vice President Mike Pence opened the conference, saying religious freedoms represent a key priority in U.S. foreign policy and serve the interest of global peace and security. Deputy FM Zernovski told MIA that his conference address ...

Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski held Wednesday meetings with officials from the White House, the Congress and the Atlantic Council on the first day of his visit to the United States. Deputy FM Zernovski also attended the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom held in Washington at the invitation of US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Pete Marocco, US Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Official for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO), had a meeting Tuesday with Macedonia’s National Coordinator for prevention of violent extremism and fight against terrorism and his deputies, Borce Petrevski, Xheladin Ajvazi and Zlatko Apostolovski respectively.  The talks were focused on initiatives for preventing violent extremism and efforts to strengthen ...

Thursday FM Nikola Dimitrov partook in a meeting of member states of the US-led Global Coalition for combating terrorism and the Islamic State, within the second working day of the NATO Summit at the invitation of NATO Chief Stoltenberg and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “On this occasion Minister Dimitrov, presenting the national activities for tackling threats from terrorism and ...