Tsipras: Name settlement should include compound name for overall use

A compound name to be used both at home and abroad, which also requires changes to the Constitution, and elimination of any kind of irredentist claims constitutes the framework guaranteeing a closure of the dispute, said Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Speaking at a meeting of SYRIZA’s parliamentary group, Tsipras amongst other things, involving the economy …

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NBRM: Macedonia economy well prepared for possible global market turbulence

Macedonia’s economy should be vigilant, but it is prepared well to handle turbulence that might occur on financial markets globally, argues Dimitar Bogov, Governor of the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (NBRM). “Recently, we, too, have taken a series of measures with which the banking sector was enhanced. In recent years, we have …

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Explosive device set off at Greek opposition leader’s wife’s store

A makeshift explosive device went off outside a store operated by Greece’s opposition leader’s wife in central Athens near the Acropolis hill early Monday. No injury has been reported but only minor damages to the fashion store that belongs to Mareva Grabowski, New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ wife, Xinhua reports. The perpetrators fled and …

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Zaev-Yildirim: Turkey supports Macedonia for NATO membership, bilateral cooperation to be promoted

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met Monday with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. Zaev kicked off late Sunday his official visit to Turkey accompanied by Minister for Foreign Investments Adnan Kahil, MPs Enes Ibrahimi and Jusuf Hasan and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Viktor Dimovski. Zaev at the beginning of the meeting expressed …

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Governments want name solution, Silegov tells “Dokumento”

It is better to solve problems than ignore them, Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov tells Greek newspaper “Documento”, MIA reports from Athens. “When you want to solve a problem you do that. At this time I see that both governments are committed to solving the problem,” says Silegov. Asked about possible constitutional changes urged by Greece, …

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Ministry of Interior confirms rescue of French nationals at Popova Sapka

 Two French nationals, lost at the slopes of Popova Sapka mountain, were found alive on Saturday evening, the Ministry of Interior has confirmed. The French nationals, volunteers at the Center for Intercultural Dialogue-Kumanovo, lost their way while hiking and called to report this. Afterwards, Popova Sapka police offers and rescue services located, found and pulled …

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Over 64 percent of Macedonian citizens favor EU accession, 66 percent want NATO membership

 A poll by the Institute for Political Research-Skopje (IPIS) shows that 64.2 percent of Macedonian citizens favor EU accession while 66 percent want NATO membership. Eighteen percent of respondents are against EU accession, while 17.8 percent are undecided. In comparison to the 2016 poll, 66.9 percent of Macedonian citizens favored EU accession, while 24.8 were against. …

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Western Balkans is not Switzerland, it needs NATO: Debate

 The Western Balkans is not Switzerland so that it does not need NATO membership, because the region is a channel of terrorism-related extreme ideologies, heard Thursday’s debate on the tasks, challenges and opportunities from Macedonia’s NATO membership. The discussion was organized by NGO Civil, in the framework of project “Free Media for Free Society”, funded …

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Speaker Xhaferi meets Russian Ambassador to Macedonia Shcherbak

Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and Russia’s Ambassador to the country Oleg Shcherbak expressed hope Thursday for the friendly relations between the two countries to keep advancing. Notifying that after the incident on 27 April 2017 the Parliament has managed to enter a normal course of functioning, Xhaferi briefed the guest about the upcoming activities …

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EC’s Juncker kicks off WB tour with visit to Macedonia on Feb. 25

President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker on February 25 will visit Macedonia, the first stop of his Western Balkans tour aimed at presenting the EU’s Western Balkans Strategy, Bujar Osmani announced on Thursday. The Macedonian Deputy PM for European affairs held today in Skopje a news conference to present and offer an in-depth analysis …

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Pavlopoulos: Constitution changes for name solution and NATO, EU integration

The name can be resolved only when there are no signs of irredentism, because irredentism is contrary to international law and European legislation, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said, reiterating his position about Macedonia that constitutional changes are necessary, remove of irredentist positions and afterwards solution to the problem and Euro-Atlantic integration. Aimed at finding a …

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New German government firmly backs the European perspective of the Western Balkans

Berlin – The new German government firmly backs the European perspective of the Western Balkans, taking into consideration the continuing importance of the EU’s enlargement policy for promoting peace, stability, and cooperation. This is part of the draft coalition agreement between CDU/CSU and SPD, German daily Die Welt reports, pointing out that final details were now being added to the text of …

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Grubi expects US help in resolving name dispute with Greece

The MP and Chairman of Parliament’s Committee on European Affairs Artan Grubi met in White House in Washington with Molly Montgomery, special adviser for Europe, Eurasia and Russia in the Office of US Vice President Mike Pence and discussed the political situation in Macedonia and the challenges related to the reforms and country’s Euro-Atlantic integration. …

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