Zaev: Rejoice Macedonia! The doors to NATO membership are open


Rejoice Macedonia! The doors for our full-fledged NATO membership are opened, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Wednesday in regard to the decision of the Alliance’s members to invite the country to start the accession talks. ‘This afternoon NATO members states have decided to invite the Republic of Macedonia to start the accession process. Our partners and friends …

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Macedonia receives invitation to start NATO accession talks


NATO member states have agreed to invite Macedonia to start the accession talks, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference on Wednesday. ‘We welcome the historic agreement between Athens and Skopje on the solution of the name issue and agreed to invite the government in Skopje to start accession talks. Once all national procedures have …

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Are leaders born or made


Ljupco Popovski In politics, one person can transform entire societies, inspire large regions, or take over into confusion and deceive huge masses. The historical situation makes great leaders out of some people, and some serve for comparisons of what they can become when weakness and opportunism prevail. Theory says that with the very election for …

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NATO Summit in Brussels begins today


The leaders of 29 NATO Allies and many partner nations will meet in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday for a Summit at the Alliance’s new headquarters. Together, they will take decisions to strengthen NATO’s deterrence and defense, step up in the fight against terrorism, and achieve fairer burden-sharing. On Wednesday, defence spending and burden-sharing will …

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Opposition’s “Working Summer”- VMRO-DPMNE moves to Kavadarci


After two months of preparation, VMRO-DPMNE starts with the activities of the “Working Summer”. A total of 1,500 working teams of four people are going to every part of Macedonia to inform citizens about the consequences of the harmful policy of Zoran Zaev’s government. They demand early parliamentary election, along with the presidential which is …

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Dimitrov: We want deadlines and dates, but it is more important to make our country European


We deserve a clear decision for the start of accession talks, but politics is an art of the possible and we will invest maximum efforts to move forward, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov told debate “Beyond Berlin: What Does the Next Decade Hold for the Western Balkans” within the EU-Western Balkans Summit in London on Tuesday. …

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Robertson: Macedonia’s progress owed to courageous leadership and reforms


Macedonia’s progress would not be possible without the courageous leadership and the successful reforms, said members of the Ohrid Group, friends and supporters of Macedonia, led by Sir George Robertson, at Tuesday’s meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans Summit in London. Former NATO Secretary General Robertson said members …

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Justice Minister Deskoska meets Venice Commission delegation


Minister of Justice Renata Deskoska met with a four-member delegation from the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission on Monday to discuss reform processes carried out by the Ministry of Justice to integrate Macedonia into the EU. The Venice Commission delegation is paying a working visit to the country to evaluate the changes made within the …

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Roth: Name deal proves it’s possible to overcome deep differences


The historic agreement between Greece and Macedonia over the name dispute proves that it is possible to overcome deep bilateral differences, if confidence is increased and political will exists, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, Michael Roth told Monday. In the statement, prior to his participation at the meeting of …

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Sekerinska: Majority of Macedonian citizens will vote ‘yes’ for the country’s future


I am certain that the majority of citizens will vote ‘for’ the Macedonian identity, ‘for’ the Macedonian future, ‘for’ the EU and NATO membership, Defense Minister Radmila Sekerisnska says in a Sunday’s interview of Radio Free Europe. We have a historic opportunity, but also bear a historic responsibility, she says, pointing out the approach of …

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Zaev-Keqiang: We are opening prospects for economic cooperation


We are opening the perspectives for deepening economic cooperation with the People’s Republic of China and we want to cooperate on projects that will contribute to the country’s infrastructural and economic development. This was stressed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the meeting with the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang, …

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Macedonia-Montenegro defense cooperation sets example for Western Balkans


A delegation of Montenegro’s Ministry of Defense, led by State Secretary Slobodan Filipovic, on an invitation of his Macedonian colleague Dragan Nikolic, paid a working visit to Macedonia for the past two days. Within the visit, the excellent bilateral co-operation between the two ministries and armies was highlighted, which could serve as an example for …

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