Kim Jong Un: North Korea will close nuclear site, foreign observers will witness it

North Korea’s nuclear test site will shut in May and reveal the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, South Korea’s presidential office has said. On Friday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed “complete denuclearisation” of the Korean peninsula in the first inter-Korean summit in more than …

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Ambassador Pryatt: Great progress made in negotiations

Great progress made in negotiations We believe that great progress has been made in the negotiations and we hope that this progress can be maintained, but time will tell, US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reports. Pyatt spoke at the event in Thessaloniki before graduated students at American Universities and answering …

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Merkel and Trump cannot hide their differences over trade and NATO

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump aired differences over trade and NATO on Friday at a White House meeting where they tried to put on a show of warmth and friendship despite tensions between the two allies, Reuters reports. With Trump poised to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium soon that will impact European …

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Sekerinska at US State Department: Macedonia is ready for NATO membership

Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska during her official to the US met with Laura Cooper, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia and senior officials of the US State Department. Sekerinska at the meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Elisabeth Millard, explained the arguments that …

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Tusk on the name dispute: The impossible can become possible

The impossible becomes possible, European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday in regard to the process for settling Athens-Skopje dispute over Macedonia’s name. Speaking at a joint press conference with leaders of the Brdo-Brijuni Process, Tusk voiced satisfaction with the tangible progress of the name talks, which to a great extent ‘is a result of the efforts …

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Zaev-McIlwham: Britain supports Macedonia’s bid to join EU and NATO

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held talks Friday with Fiona McIlwham, Director for Western Balkans at the British Foreign Office, the government said in a press release. McIlwham voiced support for the policies of Macedonia’s government, focused on reforms and building friendships as democratic values significant for the country’s integration with European, Euro-Atlantic organizations. Macedonia-Bulgaria Friendship Treaty is …

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The beginning of a new era: North and South Korea sign complete denuclearization

A new era of peace is beginning, according to a declaration signed by the leaders of North and South Korea after their first meeting in over a decade. Both nations are aiming to completely denuclearize the Korean peninsula. “South and North Korea affirmed their shared objective of achieving a nuclear-free Korean peninsula through complete denuclearization,” reads …

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Silegov: Historic day for Skopje and Athens

The municipalities of Skopje and Athens signed Friday an agreement for cooperation. The document was signed by the mayors of the capitals of Macedonia and Greece, Petre Silegov and Georgios Kaminis respectively. “After signing the agreement, Skopje and Athens will start sharing information, experiences, new practices and nourishing cooperation in various spheres of our duties and competences, …

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Presidents of the Brdo-Brijuni process and Tusk in Skopje today

The meeting of the presidents of the countries of the Brdo-Brijuni process will take place today in Skopje. The president of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov is the host of this meeting, which will also be attended by the presidents of Albania, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the president of the European Council, …

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Kotzias briefs Stoltenberg on name talks

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias briefed Thursday NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg over the course of the name talks, ANA-MPA reports. According to diplomatic sources, Kotzias told Stoltenberg that Greece appreciates the fact that the Alliance has refrained from involvement in the talks. The Kotzias-Stoltenberg meeting took place at the NATO HQ in Brussels, while interlocutors failed to …

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Stoltenberg: Russia does not decide on Macedonia’s membership in NATO

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reminded that only Macedonia and 29 member states can decide on the country’s membership in the Alliance. At a press conference, prior to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, Secretary-General Stoltenberg asked to comment on the statements of the Russian ambassador to Macedonia that the country would become …

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Zaev: I would have revealed concrete ‘Monster’ evidence if I had it

If there had been any concrete evidence, trust me, I would have released ‘the bomb’ as I did releasing all the other (batches of illegally wiretapped conversations). But, it contains some serious indications and my duty, first and foremost as a citizen and back then as leader of the opposition, was to fully hand them …

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Ivanov-Kitarovic: Bilateral issues to be solved in parallel with Euro-integration process

  Macedonia and Croatia have exceptionally friendly relations and no open issues. Croatia is a great champion of Macedonia’s EU and NATO integration, while open issues with other countries should not stand in the way but solved in parallel with the accession talks, agreed President Gjorge Ivanov and Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic after a …

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Thimonier: EU integration ‘indispensable’, patience and optimism is needed

European construction for us is not under threat, it is a necessity, but there is still a lot of work to be done because we have came across some organizational limitations. We have to work hard, particularly in terms of the decisions we have to make. Patience and optimism is necessary, French Ambassador Christian Thimonier …

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Croatian President to visit Macedonia on Thursday

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia, will pay an official visit to Macedonia on Thursday. Croatian President Grabar-Kitarović will be welcomed and hosted by President Gjorgje Ivanov. The two country leaders will have a tête-à-tête and later attend a plenary meeting between the official delegations of Croatia and Macedonia. Grabar-Kitarović will also meet with Parliament Speaker Talat …

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