Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met late in the afternoon with Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Early on Monday Mogherini is most likely to brief ministers of 28 EU member states on name negotiation process. Macedonian and Greek foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias arrived in Brussels however no details are …
If I have political responsibility, name dispute will be resolved when I consider that the solution will serve the national interests, Greek opposition New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis told private broadcaster Skai in an interview on Sunday when asked what would be his steps if elected Prime Minister in case name negotiations fail. “We have lived …
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Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov is to pay official visit May 28-29 to Brussels. Dimitrov is to take part Monday at the working breakfast with the EU foreign ministers organised by the Bulgaria’s EU Presidency ahead of upcoming Austria’s EU Presidency and Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting. The central point in the discussions will be Macedonia’s European integration process, implementation …
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Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov held talks Wednesday in New York with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, focused on the latest developments in Skopje-Athens name negotiations. ‘With vision and sense of leadership the two countries have a historic opportunity to put an end to a long-standing dispute,’ Dimitrov said after the meeting. Today Dimitrov reaffirmed …
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I believe that citizens of Macedonia deserve the right of open court procedures, which is to be the most serious, symbolic part of the judicial reforms, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said late Wednesday in the first ever TV duel with opposition VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski. ‘It is not yet perfect, there are none or just …
The government clearly stated that it was negotiating with Skopje on the basis of the four names, proposed by the UN, namely the package of suggestion tabled by mediator Matthew Nimetz, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday in response to the criticism of the opposition ‘New Democracy’ leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the name ‘Republic of Ilinden Macedonia’. …
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Hastily enough, Zoran Zaev’s proposal to renaming the Republic of Macedonia into Republika Illindenska Makedonija was dismissed by most Greek political parties. Above all, the rejection of the proposal in the heat of the moment primarily highlights the lack of seriousness of the political world and secondly to their little knowledge of history. The absolute …
One year has passed since the formation of Zaev’s government, and we are witnessing strong early signals of slowdown in the economy, as well as having no clear concept where we want it to move. Disagreement in key economic departments, and among the leading people of those departments about which way to go. Thus, one …
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The proposal “The Republic of Ilinden Macedonia” did not even last for 10 days, as much as the Krusevo Republic. The uprising this time was stifled after only one day. But, this time it wasn’t the Ottomans. However, it has been shown on both sides, both in Greece and in our country, which forces are …
Chancellor Angela Merkel had a telephone conversations with Macedonian and Greek Prime Ministers on Tuesday. The topics and other details are not revealed, but the conversations took place just two days after Macedonian Prime Minister Zaev announced to the Macedonian public that the draft solution for the name was “Republic of Ilinden Macedonia” and after …
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Former assistant minister of interior Gjoko Popovski was sentenced Wednesday to six-and-a-half years in prison, while second defendant, former prime minister Nikola Gruevski received a two-year prison sentence in the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Tank”. Popovski is sentenced for abuse of office, while Gruevski for acquiring personal gain and stimulating the commitment of a crime. …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has sent Tuesday the list of nominees for new Government ministers to the Parliament on Tuesday. As of tomorrow, the list will be available on the Parliament’s website. Yesterday PM Zaev expressed hope for a plenary session on the government reshuffle to be scheduled by the end of this month. Incumbent Minister of Education and …
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Former assistant minister of interior Gjoko Popovski was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in prison for abuse of office in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Trista”. Popovski was charged with abuse of office and damages to the budget in the amount of EUR 453.570 in the process of procurement of 300 vehicles for the …
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Andreas Elsner is leaving the position of the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Member of Board of Directors of the Makedonski Telekom AD as of July 1, Makedonski Telekom said in a press release. Andreas Elsner served as the Director and Chief Executive Officer at Makedonski Telekom AD since May 1, 2017. Elsner came to …
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The Macedonian Television (MTV) will host Wednesday (20:00h) the first TV debate between Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE president Hristijan Mickoski. Last week, the opposition leader urged for a debate, which the PM promptly accepted. Interlocutors will confront their views on a number of topics, such as the name talks, domestic …
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Eleven ministers have governed the education and science department in the past eighteen years. Five ministers spent about a year in office since 2000, and as many ministers were in office for nearly two years as head of the education department. The frequent changes of ministers in one of the most important departments, where policies, …
The fifth governor is the first bearer of the monetary authority in the country selected in the period of cohabitation, so that the act of voting for her subtly drew the relations between the political factors in the country With respectable 81 votes in favor and none against or abstained, yesterday the Parliament elected Anita …
New governor of the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (NBRM) Anita Angelovska-Bezoska will take over the post from Dimitar Bogov on Tuesday. The Parliament elected Angelovska-Bezoska to the position on Monday by 81 votes in favor, with none against or abstained. Angelovska-Bezoska is Macedonia’s fifth governor and the first women in the seat. She comes from …
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Greece supports the need to adopt one of the names proposed by UN envoy Matthew Nimetz, said Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Although the name issue was not raised in their meeting, the Greek FM said it was discussed during his meeting earlier with Wess Mitchell, …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is set to submit the nominees for new Government ministers to the Parliament on Tuesday. “The CVs of the new ministers, deputy ministers and directors of institutions will be timely submitted, in hope that they are debated at a plenary session by the end of the month, so that the Government is …
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