Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met Monday with representatives of the German Development Bank KfW Office in Skopje and discussed ongoing projects, which are being realized with the support of the bank in Macedonia and opportunities for future cooperation. The meeting was focused on the ongoing projects which are being implemented by KfW Development Bank in …
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The Greek government junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), headed by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, sticks to the position against including the term Macedonia in the name of our country. The party’s strong position was once again reiterated by the ANEL’s spokeswoman Madalena Papadopoulou in an interview with RealFM radio. “We cannot accept the name …
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The TURKEN Foundation, that “enables students, scholars, researchers to realize both their full potential and the available services” in the U.S. and assists them “at any kind of problem” organised a dinner in London where the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a speech on Sunday. Only a day ahead of the move of the American embassy from …
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini seem to support the need for parliamentary endorsement of a possible name agreement by a larger majority, reads Greek daily “Avgi”. The paper claims that Athens has received advice and recommendation from Brussels to increase the majority required for a ‘green light’ to …
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The integration of FYROM into NATO and the EU requires a name solution, which prescribes the constitutional review and the elimination of irredentism, said Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in his address after being proclaimed an honorary citizen of the municipality of Peonia. – There is one way forward for the integration of FYROM into NATO and …
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The suspect in a deadly knife attack in central Paris on Saturday evening is a French citizen born in 1997 in Russia’s republic of Chechnya, sources say. Named by media as Khamzat Asimov, he was on a French watch list of people who could pose a threat to national security, the sources said. Police shot …
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The opposition VMRO-DPMNE called Sunday for an urgent leaders’meeting, at which Primer Zoran Zaev and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov in the presence of President Gjorge Ivanov would brief on the details and pace of Skopje-Athens name negotiations. VMRO-DPMNE secretary general Igor Janusev told a press conference on Sunday that the party leader, Hristijan Mickovski, cut …
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Conveying the statement of the UN mediator in Athens-Skopje name negotiations, Matthew Nimetz, Greek media reported Sunday that now the solution to the matter is in the hands of Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras. ‘Tsipras-Zaev meeting: New window for Solution’; ‘Skopje issue: The Baton in the PMs’ Hands; ‘Sounio revives ambitions for settling …
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A former Albanian interior minister was put under house arrest Saturday while he is investigated for graft and alleged involvement in a drug trafficking ring, the office of Albania’s top prosecutor said. Prosecutors had asked for Saimir Tahiri to be taken into custody, but Denion Ndrenika, spokesman for the Prosecutor General’s Office, said a court …
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Macedonian National bank (NBRM), citing lower long-term costs and stronger anti-counterfeiting devices, will issue new 10- and 50-denar bank notes on May 15. They will be the country’s first currency issues made out of polymer. Meanwhile, the 1996-issues of the same denominations, but made out of cotton paper, will no longer be legal tender. They will …
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Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi says he will send the law on usage of languages for publishing in the Official Gazette in a proper time. “Considering the fact that there is no deadline for this law to be published in the Official Gazette, I’ll decide when it should be done. After being published, other relevant institutions …
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Macedonian and Greek Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras will met in Sofia on May 17, UN mediator on Skopje-Athens name talks said Saturdayafter the new round of negotiations in Sounio near Athens with the foreign ministers of both countries. ‘I can characterize today’s meeting as rather serious and frequently tense. We have worked hard and …
Greek media reports indicate that Athens and Skopje are heading rapidly toward a new interim agreement that will enshrine the new name of the northern neighbor – sources say Upper Macedonia – and give the country two years to change its constitution and establish use of the new name at home. ‘The UN Security Council …
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Iraq began voting Saturday in its first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic State group, with the country hoping to shore up a fragile peace and rebuild, AFP reports. Polling stations opened around the conflict-scarred nation under tight security as the jihadists still pose a major security threat despite a sharp fall in violence. The …
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The improved business climate creates possibilities for fresh investments and new jobs, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said late Friday at the opening of new hotel in Ohrid. This project is a proof that prominent companies are starting to invest in Macedonia, supporting the overall investing activity in the country, Zaev said. He also reaffirmed the government’s commitment …
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Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov considers the meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias and UN mediator Matthew Nimetz, which to take place Saturday in Sounio, as rather significant, MIA reports from Athens. ‘It is a fact that we have entered the most delicate phase. Tomorrow is a day of great significance, as the meeting is taking place only few …
Tomorrow in Sounio near Athens, Dimitrov, Kotzias and Nimetz will continue the name negotiations on which depends Macedonia’s accession to the European Union. It remains to be seen whether the parties this time will be able to overcome the differences about the problematic issues. The new meeting in Athens is preceded by a meeting between …
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The foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group (V4) consisting of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, and the four Balkan EU member states including Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia (B4) voiced support of the EU enlargement process at their informal meeting being held Friday in Sounio near Athens. We, friends of the EU enlargement have come here, Croatian …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expects good news from Athens ahead of tomorrow’s fresh round of name talks in Greece’s capital. ‘My optimism is based in the progress made thus far. I am pleased to say that we (this government) are recording results in spheres that nobody has ever managed to achieve for the last 27 years. I’ll …
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Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov has told counterparts at the conference “Future of Europe” that EU candidate countries from the Balkans consider words ‘future’ and ‘Europe’ as synonyms. “For us on the Balkans, the candidate-states and and aspirants, the future of Europe, the two words from the session title are almost synonyms. When we think about …
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