In a joint open letter titled “Let’s move forward in the Western Balkans,” the Czech, Polish, Slovak and Hungarian foreign ministers urge the EU to make a bold decision for start of accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania. “As the EU decides whether to start accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania, it is …
Goran Adamovski During these past few days while Macedonia was celebrating October 11 – the Day of the People’s Uprising in 1941 against the fascist regime, Bulgaria sent our country additional conditions that we must meet in order to get Sofia’s green light in the process of accession negotiations with the European Union. The country …
Zdravko Saveski The date. The date. THE DATE! We are waiting to receive that bright, maybe even holy date that is supposed to turn our doors wide open to the prosperity of the West, which we reportedly deserve. Will we finally get lucky? Because we did our part. Every EU diplomat kindly says this to …
France insists the EU should not, at this stage, greenlight the start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, a French diplomatic source said, speaking to the state-run North Macedonian News Agency MIA. The decision on whether or not to start accession negotiations with these two countries is expected to be taken during the …
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President of France Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met on Sunday evening in Paris to have a working dinner and to discuss, amongst other things, the opening of EU negotiations with North Macedonia. Start of accession talks has been already approved by the Bundestag recently. Macron and Merkel’s working dinner is mainly focused …
Misinformation is used to depict NATO membership as something that is not good for the country. Big players try to convince people that the country is not on the right track, says Zoran Jankovic, Chief of NATO Liaison Office in Skopje, in an interview with Radio Free Europe. As for the possibility of North Macedonia …
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of France Emmanuel Macron are set to meet on Sunday, which diplomats see as the last chance to convince Paris to change its position on blocking the start of EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. “We hope Paris will reconsider its position and not allow being …
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Aleksandar Krzhalovski The new team that was introduced the other day by VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, as he called it – a team of strategic associates, is nothing new on the Macedonian political scene, especially in terms of the two leading parties. Gruevski once presented a Council of Intellectuals led by former Prime Minister Nikola …
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on October 10 to approve a framework declaration put forward by the government on the EU accession of the Republic of North Macedonia and of Albania. The declaration had not been on the agenda of the October 10 sitting but was added at the proposal of MP Emil Hristov. It was …
Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska said on Wednesday that the investigation into the “Racket” case was extended to four new suspects. One of the suspects, vise president of NGO International Alliance Jasna Mandic, was arrested and questioned before judge in Skopje Criminal Court. Court ordered a house arrest for Jasna Mandic. She is suspected of fraud and …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama and Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic are set to hold a trilateral meeting in Novi Sad on Thursday. Vucic’s Office has said the meeting will focus on networking regional markets and removing business barriers, resulting in free flow of people, goods and services. Zaev arrived …
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The Deputy Parliament Speaker and Member of Parliament Frosina Remenski was behind the scams committed by the President of the International Union, Bojan Jovanovski-Boki 13 with the NGO that was presented as a humanitarian organization. Remenski along with Jovanovski attended the meetings organized by Boki 13 with the companies from whom he was extorting money …
Petar Arsovski The debate whether Macedonia needs a third option has been going on for some time, inspired by different motives and on different grounds. Although the reasonable answer would be yes, because every new political offer, especially if it is of quality, raises the general level of discourse and political product, enhances competition and …
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev reiterated yet again that the upcoming parliamentary elections are likely to be held next October, or exactly one year from now. During a visit to the Markart factory in Veles, in response to a journalist’s question whether there would be early elections, Zaev replied affirmatively, stating that “early elections will take …
Aleksandar Nikoloski The prestigious Bloomberg has announced that Volkswagen will officially invest in Turkey. It also announced that Macedonia had not entered the final phase of the decision at all. A news that almost went unnoticed. I wonder if society has gotten used to bad news and failures that it no longer wants to hear …
Greece’s Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis warned against the opening of EU negotiations with only one candidate country. “Due to the presence of an Albanian element in the region, decoupling and opening of accession talks with only one candidate country could pave the way for destabilization on our northern border,” Varvitsiotis said Wednesday …
The Committee on European Affairs of the Dutch Parliament agreed Tuesday that Albania and North Macedonia’s European prospects should be discussed separately at the meeting of the Council of Ministers in Luxembourg October 15, before the European Council makes a final decision October 18. Foreign Minister Stef Blok reiterated the government’s attitude that starting negotiations …
Dutch Parliament in favor of separating North Macedonia and Albania, but won’t veto Read More »
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva announced on October 9 some of the conditions that Sofia is putting to Skopje to support the Republic of North Macedonia in its bid for starting European Union membership negotiations. The points touch on various parts of history that have been highly sensitive for decades, and …
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Early parliamentary elections will take place by the end of October 2020, namely 45 days prior to the regular elections, said North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. PM Zaev said the Government’s intention was to demonstrate the benefits and the impact of EU and NATO for the economy, growth and jobs. “The final decisions will …
All top state officials, including myself, the prime minister and the foreign minister, have always said that both countries need to start EU negotiations, President Stevo Pendarovski said Tuesday after it was reported that the Netherlands today will define its position on the matter. According to a Reuters report published this past weekend, Germany proposes …
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