Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama has started an official visit yesterday in Germany in an attempt to convince the country to provide its support for the opening of negotiations with the European Union. This visit comes a week after the European Commission gave its recommendation for the launch of this process. PM Rama had …
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Yesterday’s meeting held in Vienna for the solution of the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece was the main headline today in Skopje. According to the media, the UN’s negotiator Matthew Nimetz said that he was optimistic that the sides are committed to solving this contest, but nothing was made public as to what was discussed …
Special Rapporteur for Macedonia in the European Parliament Ivo Vajgl, in an interview for MIA, said that there is a real chance that EU leaders give Macedonia a green light and a date for negotiations as soon as this summer. He pointed out that the EP has long pushed for the negotiations and the name …
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PM Zoran Zaev expects a step forward to be made at today’s meeting in Vienna between Macedonian and Greek foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias with the UN mediator Matthew Nimetz. Zaev believes in two foreign ministers and he is also an optimist, he told reported at presentation of annual employment programme. “There is …
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Macedonia ranks 109th in the latest report for the freedom of media issued by Reporters without Borders, going up two places as opposed to last year, when it ranked 111st. The report says that “the systematic attacks on the freedom of speech were a constant phenomenon during Nikola Gruevski’s term in office”. According to the report, …
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Prominent political figures from the region and other countries of the world will help Macedonia in its path toward NATO and the EU. They have now gathered around a group called “Ohrid Group”, a part of which are staying for a visit in Skopje. Former NATO’s Secretary General, George Robertson is one of the heads …
Macedonian and Greek foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias and the UN mediator Matthew Nimetz are to hold fresh meeting on Wednesday afternoon in Vienna. The previous meeting in the same format was also held in Vienna on March 30. Meanwhile, Kotzias and Dimitrov held bilateral meeting on April 12 in Ohrid. Kotzias told …
Macedonia’s Prime Minister , Zoran Zaev, said today that now that the recommendation for the start of EU accession talks has been given, the team that will lead the the talks will immediately be appointed. Zaev said that he’s very happy with the recommendation, but now there’s a need to focus on the reforms. “EU accession …
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The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk has arrived today in Tirana. This visit comes as part of a Balkan tour. In a joint press conference, Albanian PM, Edi Rama expressed his gratitude for the positive recommendation to start accession talks. “I would like to thank the president of the EU Council for this …
European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn expressed optimism that the Greek dispute over the name of Macedonia could be resolved within the next 15 days. “I am optimistic that in the next two weeks we will have a solution: at least a solution that will pave the way for the start of accession talks with …
Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Thursday and Friday will visit Skopje where the mayors of the capitals of Macedonia and Greece – Skopje and Athens – will sign a cooperation agreement, said the Municipality of Athens on Tuesday. Kaminis’ trip to Skopje is a return visit after he hosted Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov during his visit …
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Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska expects changes in Macedonia and fulfillment of the most of the important tasks to be verified at the forthcoming NATO Summit in July in Brussels. Sekerinska said that Macedonia is credible NATO partner, rightfully expecting to become its 30th member and the most of criticisms presented from previous summits are no …
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Brussels may threaten social media companies with regulation unless they move urgently to tackle fake news and Cambridge Analytica-style use of personal data before the European elections in 2019. The EU security commissioner, Julian King, said “short-term, concrete” plans needed to be in place before the elections, when voters in 27 EU member states will …
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Police have identified the suspect in a deadly van attack in Toronto as Alek Minassian, a 25-year-old man from Richmond Hill, Ont., a suburb north of the city. Ten people were killed and 15 injured on Monday afternoon after a rented white Ryder van jumped a curb and plowed into pedestrians along an approximately one-kilometre-long stretch of Toronto’s busy Yonge Street. Minassian …
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A trial for voting fraud in the 2013 local elections, after the Special Public Prosecution (SPO) raised indictments in its case dubbed ‘Titanic 2’, was adjourned for May 10. On Tuesday, a judge accepted a request of the defense team for postponing the trial saying the lawyers needed time to read the consolidated text of …
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The UN mediator in Macedonia-Greece negotiations on settling the name dispute, Matthew Nimetz, will meet the Foreign Ministers of both countries, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias respectively, on 25 April in Vienna. The meeting is part of United Nations’ ongoing efforts to assist the sides in finding a mutually acceptable solution to the ‘name’ issue, …
A senior delegation of prominent diplomats, led by former Secretary General of NATO Lord Robertson, will stay in Skopje tomorrow. The delegation will be received by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, his Cabinet said today afternoon. A joint press conference is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, after which a panel discussion will be held with the participation …
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Skopje Criminal Court released ex-interior minister Cavkov from pre-trial detention on bail in a form of property deposit. Cavkov is charged with terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and security in connection to the events of 27 April 2017 in Macedonia’s Parliament. During the Parliament incident in April, Cavkov was at the helm of the …
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Prime minister Ana Brnabic said that she was “very sorry” because Defence minister Aleskandar Vulin was declared persona non grata in Croatia. Zagreb made the decision during the weekend, after Vulin, in a provocative statement of his said that he could visit Croatia only if the “commander-in-chief” orders him to do so. Allegedly, Vulin planned to visit a …
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A new round of negotiations will begin this week in Vienna between the foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias regarding the name, through the mediation of Mathew Nimetz form UN. However in Skopje, a declaration made by the prime minister for the news agency AFP over the weekend has caused arguments. “I believe that …
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