Macedonian, Bulgarian Presidents urge their countries to advance overall cooperation

Macedonia and Bulgaria should work on advancing the business cooperation and communication at all levels, the Presidents of both countries, Gjorge Ivanov and Rumen Radev respectively, said Saturday at a gathering of  presidents of economic chambers and representatives of companies. ‘We have been already enjoying a political confidence at the highest level, which is a …

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Xhaferi-Radev: Bulgaria to fully support Macedonia’s bid to join EU, NATO

Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev agreed Saturday that the bilateral friendship treaty  opens new possibilities in the relations between the two countries and demonstrates Sofia’s commitment to support Skopje’s efforts to join the European Union and NATO. Xhaferi commended Bulgaria’s support of the Western Balkan countries’ accession to the EU …

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Greek daily “To Vima”: Kotzias and Dimitrov are stepping up for an agreement

Points of convergence and positive climate after meeting in Vienna – the key to final agreement remains the combination of the gradual implementation of the erga omnes and amending of the constitution, reads an analysis of the Greek daily ‘To Vima’ about the marathon meeting of Greek, Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Nikola Dimitrov …

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Juncker: Western Balkan states must solve border disputes before joining EU

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Saturday underscored the importance of offering countries in the Western Balkans the prospect of EU membership, but insisted they must resolve all border disputes before joining the bloc, Reuters reports. “There are many border disputes in the West Balkans and they must be resolved before we can go a …

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President Ivanov organizes traditional working lunch for V4 Ambassadors to Macedonia

President Gjorge Ivanov organized Thursday a traditional working lunch for the Visegrad Group (V4) Ambassadors to Macedonia. Ivanov and Ambassadors Lazslo Istvan Dux (Hungary), Henrik Markus (Slovakia), Jacek Multanowski (Poland), Miroslav Toman (the Czech Republic) discussed on possibilities for advancing the bilateral relations and cooperation, political developments in Macedonia, its activities on the road to …

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Zaev-Zhang: Macedonia’s economy moving in the right direction

Positive developments are happening in Macedonia, there is fiscal stability and reforms are being implemented to strengthen the capacities of the institutions, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tao Zhang concluded at their meeting Thursday in Skopje. At the meeting, Zaev was accompanied by Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski …

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Macedonia, Bulgaria to seek funding together for infrastructural projects

Macedonia and Bulgaria will join forces to provide funds for infrastructural projects along Corridor 8 deemed important for the region’s development, Macedonian Minister of Transport and Communications Goran Sugareski and his Bulgarian counterpart Ivaylo Moskovski announced after their meeting Thursday in Sofia. While discussing railway projects, Sugareski said Macedonia was actively working on the construction …

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USAID Assistant Administrator Bierman to visit Macedonia next week

The Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, Brock Bierman, will travel to Macedonia and Kosovo next week, MIA reports from Washington. This will be Bierman’s first visit to the region since taking the office earlier this year, the USAID said in a press release. In Macedonia Bierman is set to …

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Opposition leader Mitsotakis slams Greek PM over poor handling of name negotiations

Everybody is already aware that the government handling of Skopje-Athens name negotiations has been wrong from the start, leader of Greek opposition New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a speech before his party’s parliamentary group. ‘Without a plan, guarantees they (the government) has started to give in everything being satisfied only with two symbolic gestures …

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Grujevski and Boskovski to appear before Supreme Court in Athens on Friday

Athens, 15 February 2018 (MIA) – Ex-secret service officers Goran Grujevski and Nikola Boskovski are scheduled on Friday at 9:30 a.m. to attend a hearing at the Supreme Court in Athens, which is to deliberate over their appeal involving the extradition ruling of a court in Thessaloniki, MIA reports from the Greek capital. Grujevski and …

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Osmani-Babic: EC Enlargement Strategy ‘vital’ for Western Balkan countries

The Western Balkans Strategy of the European Commission is considered one of the most vital initiatives for the region, because it clearly shows that the European Union is restoring its focus on Western Balkan countries and is putting the region back on the EU’s top agenda, it was concluded Thursday by Deputy PM for European …

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Sekerinska and Dimitrov to attend 2018 Munich Security Conference

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov will participate at 2018 Munich Security Conference (MSC) which will take place on Feb.16-18 in Munich, Germany. The conference will be attended by US Defence Secretary James Mattis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, British PM Theresa May, EU Commission …

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Интервју со Арсим Зеколи: Сѐ уште се работи на постигнување консензус за името

Во интервју за ИБНА, поранешниот амбасадор на Македонија во ОБСЕ, Арсим Зеколи, говори за интензивирањето на разговорите за спорот со името и како би можело да се постигне решение. Тој верува дека процесот на преговори е упатен кон финално решение, но, според него, не се понудени многу објаснувања и има недостаток на транспарентност. „Истовремено, без …

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Osmani: Government, NGO sector need synergy to implement EC strategy:

No strategy, including the one by the European Commission aimed at transforming societies for the purpose of adopting EU values, will not be sustainable unless there is synergy between the Government, the academic community and the NGOs, said Vice Premier for European Affairs Bujar Osmani prior to Thursday’s national trilateral conference titled “Macedonia’s Euro-Integration and European …

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Decision on renaming Skopje airport, highway enters into force

19 signposts bearing the outgoing name of the highway ‘Alexander the Great’ will be replaced with another signs with its new name ‘Friendship Highway’ under a government decision on renaming the highway along Corridor 10 and the airport in Skopje that has come into force after being published in the Official Gazette. “The Public Enterprise …

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Angjusev: Eight new investments worth EUR 73,5 million in free economic zones

Skopje, 15 February 2018 (MIA) – There are eight new investments in the technological-industrial development zones worth EUR 73,5 million and due to open 1,570 new jobs, said Vice Premier for Economic Affairs Koco Angjusev on Thursday. “In a couple of months after unveiling the Government’s Economic Growth Program we have eight new investments worth over …

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