The Macedonia-Greece name dispute was high on the agenda of a meeting between German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias in Berlin on Tuesday. Germany fully supports the efforts of finding a solution to the decades-long dispute, Deutsche Welle reports. FM Maas saluted the negotiations process and highlighted Berlin’s interest in a …
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Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is right when he says that in his “time”, referring to the ten years spent at the helm of Macedonia, he did not know any of the judges. If they believe the “bombs” that the then-opposition was broadcasting, and the current government, some other people in his closest environment and …
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov has been talking to experts and the press about the name negotiations with Greece. At a conference organized by the European Political Center, he was asked to persuade EU-member countries that hesitate to start negotiations with Macedonia. “There should be a clear distinction,” FM Dimitrov said, “between starting negotiations and EU …
“Bombs” are being presented at the hearing of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) Trajectory case, which is taking place at the Skopje-based Criminal Court on Tuesday. Former PM Nikola Gruevski, former Vice-premier Vladimir Pesevski, former Transport Minister Mile Janakieski and former State Roads Agency director Ljupco Georgievski are at the hearing. They are suspected of …
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If the Macedonian, Greek Prime Ministers, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras respectively, agree in the next few days on a solution to the name issue in the key phone conversation and convene a meeting in Prespa to make it official, several phases would follow until the parliaments of two countries ratify the deal. Part of …
After the publication of the document from France and the Netherlands, Besa’s Tetovo Wing claims that it has uncovered the government’s false optimism about the EU integration process The non-paper from France and the Netherlands, which states that Macedonia and Albania have not taken the necessary steps and failed to fulfill the promised reforms, and …
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Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi attended a conference on building modern, professional and representative parliaments on Tuesday. Addressing the participants, Xhaferi said that Macedonia, over the past 27 years of parliamentary democracy, has taken significant steps towards becoming one of the world’s modern democracies. Proof of this, he said, was the last EC report that recommended …
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A government delegation led by PM Zoran Zaev will pay an official visit to Malta on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the Cabinet’s press release, PM Zaev will meet with President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, and Maltese PM Joseph Muscat, followed by a plenary session between the two government delegations. Zaev will also meet with Maltese Parliament …
The EU has clearly voiced its intention to support and accompany a possible Skopje-Athens agreement on the name issue, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini told a press conference in Brussels on Monday. The briefing by the Foreign Ministers of both countries on the progress made in name negotiations is …
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The final outcome of this phase of the name negotiations is expected to be known by the middle of this week, announcing a senior government official for Nezavisen daily newspaper. He announces as a key moment for the outcome of the name negotiations the talks between the prime ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev …
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Parliament will hold a session to reshuffle the government on June 1st. MPs will pick new members of Cabinet, and voting should end by midnight. Also on the agenda is the appointment of deputy ministers. The Cabinet reshuffle coincides with the anniversary of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s forming a new Government. The proposed new Cabinet …
Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn says the EU is encouraged by the latest round of name talks between Skopje and Athens. Hahn, who attended Monday an informal breakfast organized by Bulgaria and Austria alongside Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and his European counterparts, tweeted that the meeting was fruitful and …
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The foreign ministers have completed their part, negotiations continue at expert level, and when they finish, the texts prepared by the ministers will be in the hands of the prime ministers for a final agreement, says Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias about the name negotiations. “The foreign ministers have completed the task given by the prime ministers …
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Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov in Brussels told Greek news agency ANA-MPA he believes the name negotiations to be in the final stage. Dimitrov told ANA-MPA he hoped it was possible for a solution to be reached by the start of the EU Summit on June 28, adding that he had a ‘good meeting’ with …
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Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is expected to appear in court this week on three other cases opened by the Special Prosecution. Today, he has been summoned to appear in court regarding the so called “Titanic” case, where, along with his party fellow peers, he’s accused of electoral rigging, vote buying, destruction of electoral materials …
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Macedonia and progress in the name talks will be on the agenda of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. The Foreign Affairs Council meets several weeks prior to the European Council summit, when EU leaders are set to decide over the European Commission’s recommendation for the start of Macedonia and Albania’s …
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Organizers of protests over “the Greek character of Macedonia” have scheduled fresh gatherings across Greece on June 6. The announcements for the protests come after the latest developments in the name talks. Following protests in Athens and Thessaloniki, the organizers have now reached local authorities in other cities. “Through these protests, the Committee fighting for …
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The prime ministers of Macedonia and Greece have spoken once or twice over the phone after briefing political parties in both countries a week ago, reports Greek TV station “Skai”. The conversations between Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras referred to the implementation of the name for all uses (erga omnes) from the set of proposals …
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An American delegation was engaged in talks on Monday with North Korean officials at the demilitarized zone, raising hopes that a planned meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could be back on. Earlier, the U.S. State Department said U.S. and North Korean officials had met at Panmunjom, a village in …
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Greek daily Kathimerini, citing well-informed sources, says that apart from mediator Nimetz’s four proposals, there is another name on the negotiating table, which has not yet been published in the public, and is associated with Krusevo and the Ilinden period. The Greek newspaper says the new name will reflect the country’s Slavic origins, rejecting links to …
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