The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is expected to arrive today afternoon for a two-day visit to Macedonia. The Greek delegation will arrive at the international airport Skopje. Meetings are scheduled with the head of the Macedonian diplomacy Nikola Dimitrov, and other senior state officials. As the Macedonian foreign minister announced, the two ministers will discuss …
“I hope our neighbors will continue to negotiate through good will so that we reach a mutually acceptable solution”, says Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, MIA reports from Athens. In an interview with Greek TV station Blue Sky, Tzanakopoulos reiterated the Greek positions of a compound name for all uses, without entering into details …
Opposition lawmakers threw Wednesday tear gas canisters in the parliament chamber in a bid to prevent other deputies ratifying a border agreement with Montenegro, a key condition for Kosovo to gain visa-free travel to the European Union, Reuters reports. The opposition party Vetevendosje is adamantly against the agreement with Montenegro, signed in 2015, claiming it …
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About 1,000 people staged a protest Wednesday in front of the government and Criminal Court buildings in Skopje, outraged by the prosecution’s decision to amend charges of ‘premeditated murder’ to ‘endangering property and people’s safety in traffic’ in the so-called ‘Almir’ case. Protesters in Skopje carried banners, reading ‘No Justice, No Peace’ and chanted ‘Justice …
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The prime minister, cabinet ministers, deputy ministers, state secretaries and the secretary-general of the incumbent Government spent twice less funds in the first six months after election compared to the Gruevski-led government in 2014. The current government spent close to MKD 22 million (EUR 355,000), while the former authorities nearly MKD 45 million (EUR 730,000) …
The Special Public Prosecution (SPO) has established subject matter jurisdiction over the ‘Monster’ case involving the killing of five men near Skopje in April, 2012. “We hope we will be ready to present it before the court at a hearing in April,” chief special public prosecutor Katica Janeva told a news conference on Wednesday. On …
“The resignation of Justice Minister Bilen Saljiji will not affect the implementation of reforms because nothing will be deadlocked”, stated Mile Bosnjakovski on Wednesday. Minister Saljiji announced his resignation on Tuesday evening at a news conference. The government spokesman said Saljiji had stepped down due to personal reasons, for feeling a moral responsibility over the …
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The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office today announced three new investigations against 25 individuals and four legal entities for crimes involving abuse of office, fraud and money laundering. This was announced at today’s press conference by special prosecutor Fatime Fetai. The first investigation is conducted under the name “Census” against the presidents of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski …
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Name issue was one of the topics discussed at the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner Panos Kammenos held Tuesday in Prime Minister’s palace in Athens. Kammenos after the meeting told that the position of Independent Greeks (ANEL) opposing the use of term Macedonia is unchanged adding that the …
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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will pay an official visit to Macedonia on March 22-23, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. The Greek delegation will land at International Airport Skopje on Thursday. Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos has also confirmed Kotzias’ visit to Skopje. Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Greek counterpart Kotzias will …
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After Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias revealed that the text containing Greek proposals and agenda for future cooperation has been sent to Skopje, Greek media outlets including Kathimerini and Ta Nea reported five names on the table for talks. It is about the same ideas proposed by UN mediator Matthew Nimetz, and they are: Republic …
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Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska is paying an official visit to Turkey, upon an invitation of counterpart Nurettin Canikli. During the visit, Minister Sekerinska will also meet with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Defense Ministry said in a press release. Discussions will focus on current developments in Macedonia, prior and future …
The Special Public Prosecution (SPO) filed an appeal to the Court of Appeals challenging a tax evasion ruling involving TV journalist Ivona Talevska. The SPO requests Talevska’s sentence to be substituted with jail time. In February, the journalist was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges. A court also …
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Monday morning announced that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with his junior coalition partner, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, on Tuesday, as press speculation continued to swirl in the Greek capital over “clouds” in the relationship between the two “strange bedfellows” coalition party leaders. Spokesman Tzanakopoulos added that the …
The parliamentary Committee on Election and Appointment Issues at a session today acknowledged the resignations of five members of the National Commission for the Prevention of Corruption who resigned after an internal audit report scandal. DUI’s Artan Grubi invited the other two Anti-corruption members to resign so that the Commission could finally start doing its …
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-“The adoption of the law on languages will improve relations between the communities and bring the country back to the reform agenda,” EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar said Monday underlining that the EU is optimistic in regard to the implementation of the law. Zbogar answering journalist question related to the language law, which was passed last …
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-“The adoption of the law on languages will improve relations between the communities and bring the country back to the reform agenda,” EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar said Monday underlining that the EU is optimistic in regard to the implementation of the law. Zbogar answering journalist question related to the language law, which was passed last …
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According to PM Zoran Zaev, the upcoming visit of Greek FM Nikos Kotzias to Skopje and the negotiations with the UN mediator, Matthew Nimetz, is an opportunity for the two sides to come closer to resolving the issue of Greece with Macedonia’s constitutional name. “I believe there is a possibility to find a solution, and …
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_”The law on the use of languages is not the end of Macedonia”, says former Interior Minister Ljube Boskoski in a statement for “Nezavisen/Independent”. According to him, Macedonia’s fate was determined back in 2001 with the signing of the Framework agreement, and he does not understand the drama that is happening around the adoption of …
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Foreign secretary Boris Johnson claimed that Russia had created and stockpiled nerve agents “within the last decade”. In remarks on Sunday morning that significantly escalated the row over the use of a lethal nerve agent in Salisbury two weeks ago, the foreign secretary said: “We actually have evidence within the last 10 years that Russia …
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