A march FOR European Macedonia, organized by coalition Together FOR European Macedonia, takes place in downtown Skopje on Sunday. The march started near the Parliament and is set to finish in front of the EU Delegation building. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, actress and union representative Sanja Arsovska and journalist Tomislav Kezarovski …
Serbia will benefit the most if Serbs and Albanians reach an agreement and solve problems once and for all, says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in an op-ed in Belgrade daily “Blic”. Vucic says the two sides need to overcome the “provincial mentality” and realize this is a new era for the entire Balkans and Serbia. …
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis will pay an official visit to Macedonia on Monday. Secretary Mattis is expected to meet with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska, followed by a joint media statement. Mattis will express U.S. clear support to the coming referendum on the name agreement, but also concern over Moscow’s …
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says he has no intention of backing down in the face of a “resurgent” Russia, insisting the Western alliance will hold a firm but fair line with Moscow while continuing to accept former Soviet states, Voice of America reports. Stoltenberg made the comments Friday, following meetings at the White House …
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The referendum is the greatest and most powerful form of direct democracy. Therefore, people should go out on September 30 and have their say on the direction that Macedonia should take, said MPs Ivana Tufegdzik, Bojan Petreski and Xhevad Ademi of coalition FOR European Macedonia on Saturday, within the observance of International Day of Democracy-September …
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Zvonko Davidovic These days, a fierce campaign is taking place in my country, which seems to be a campaign ‘for’ or ‘against’ the referendum, with which citizens would declare their opinion membership in NATO and the European Union. I say seemingly, because in my country everything could be twisted, polluted, disfigured and the essence …
Erol Rizaov Hristijan Mickoski and VMRO-DPMNE are still campaigning for the party. The latest invention is throwing down the gauntlet for television duel with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for causing new divisions and deeper hatred among citizens. They still cannot accept that the referendum is not an election. Somehow they direct the gap on that …
The EU’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini was in Skopje yesterday on an official visit, where she called on the citizens of the country to participate in the referendum which will be held on September 30. “On September 30th, you will have the key to your future. Do not waste this opportunity because your future is …
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Aleksandar Nikoloski Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE At the beginning of the campaign for the referendum on the change of the name of Macedonia and the denial of the Macedonians, the question remains: how did we end up here? How did we find ourselves in a situation where we have a deal with which we lose …
Macedonia is writing history, not only a national one but also European. The name agreement with Greece is a unique chance for opening of EU and NATO doors. I would like to see our Macedonian friends in the group united in the two associations as soon as possible, said Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe …
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The Macedonian Orthodox Church has called on the citizens to decide according to their own belief on the referendum on September 30. The Holy Archbishop Synod of the MOC-Ohrid Archbishopric thinks that the citizens are politically mature and that they will exercise their democratic right of choice freely and in their own confidence in the …
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Aleksandra M. Mitevska One and a half month after the announcement of the referendum – a period in which thousands of appeals were sent to the leadership of VMRO-DPMNE to announce its position on the referendum, the opposition finally announced that its position was that there was no position. It was quite anticipated and subtly …
The United States strongly support the Prespa Agreement. We see it as an opportunity to welcome you as the 30th NATO member, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Wess Mitchell after Thursday’s meeting with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. “We know a lot of work and compromise was required from both sides. …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev addressed Thursday the European Parliament at the invitation of EP President Antonio Tajani. Zaev said the address was the first by a Macedonian Prime Minister in Macedonian language in the European Parliament. “This is a historic moment for the Macedonian people. This is the first time for as prime minister from …
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MEP Ivo Vajgl, the Rapporteur for Macedonia in the European Parliament, criticizes the opposition’s “negative position” related to the name dispute resolution, fearing that this referendum may be “the last chance”. “I think that now is the moment when everyone should be on the same side, on the side of Macedonia’s long-term interest. Because it …
One week after the public session ended, the Court of Appeal had not yet decided whether former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who was sentenced to two years in prison for the procurement of a luxury Mercedes, would end up behind bars, return the case to a retrial before the Criminal Court, or change the prison …
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Yesterday, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has met with Albania’s Foreign minister, Ditmir Bushati who is on a visit in Skopje. Minister Bushati said that a vote in favour of the Prespa Agreement in the September 30threferendum would be the key to EU and NATO accession. “It’s a historical duty of every Albanian in Macedonia and …
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Thursday’s hearing in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case Target-Fortress over illegal surveillance of communications has been postponed until October 8. The trial has been postponed because the Criminal Court has still not received the Appellate Court ruling on the appeal over the trial in absentia of former Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) official Goran Grujevski …
Greek government spokesperson Dimitris Tzanakopoulos says the Prespa Agreement will be ratified in the Greek parliament. “We can see from the statements given thus far that there is a realistic majority for ratification of the Prespa Agreement in the Greek parliament,” Tzanakopoulos told radio Real FM. Asked about the possibility of early elections in Greece …
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The European Union will begin screening in Macedonia by the end of the month, and NATO has also announced that in the same period the accession talks for membership with the Alliance will start. On the other hand, the reforms that are being announced are postponed one by one, from those in education, those for …
