The meeting of the PMs Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras is good news, because only through dialogue problems and open issues could be solved, EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar said Thursday in Bitola. “In the past several months, the governments of Macedonia and Greece have really established a very intensive dialogue so as to create an …
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Bulgaria supports efforts of the PM Zaev’s government, the institutions, the civil society sector and the media for Macedonia to return on the path to Euro-Atlantic integration, Bulgarian Ambassador to Macedonia Ivan Velikov Petkov said Thursday’s presenting priorities of the Bulgarian EU Council presidency. “Yesterday we heard an encouraging message in Davos at the meeting …
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Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Ivo Vajgl, who also serves as EP’s rapporteur for Macedonia, will be joined by MEPs Edvard Kukan and Knut Fleckenstein for a trip to Macedonia by the end of February, where they will hold talks to set a new date for meetings as part of the Jean Monnet process. In …
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Davos – Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, welcomed Wednesday’s meeting between Prime Minister of Macedonia and Greece Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, assessing it as very good news. The meeting shows courage, vision and statesmanship. Solving this long-standing issue will be good for the countries, the region and Europe, Hahn …
Mother and four children have died in a fire that broke out early Wednesday in house of Zulbaeri family in Tetovo. Relatives and neighbours of the victims told that Fatime Zulbeari (39) and her four children aged four to 13 have died in the fire. The husband and father was at work and was not …
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The leader of the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) Joseph Daul hailed the “window of opportunity” to resolve a long-standing name dispute between Greece and Macedonia, saying he hopes for concrete results. “I hope that a mutually acceptable solution will be found and we welcome this window of opportunity that could lead to concrete results,” …
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Macedonia and Greece will increase the level of the name negotiation process. The future process will be attended by the foreign ministers of both countries, under the auspices of the United Nations. This was announced by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today, after the first direct meeting with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, which lasted for …
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The UN mediator in Skopje-Athens name talks, Matthew Nimetz, will visit Macedonia next week, but the exact date has not been determined yet, government officials told MIA on Wednesday. At the last round of negotiations on 17 January in New York, Nimetz presented a new set of ideas, expressing optimism that a solution is within …
A coordination meeting over the framework proposed recently by the UN mediator in the name talks, Matthew Nimetz, will take place on Saturday afternoon at the MPs’ Club. The meeting, initiated by the Foreign Ministry (MoFA), will be attended by President Gjorge Ivanov and the leader of the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, MoFA told …
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A trial involving a case codenamed ‘TNT’ of the Special Public Prosecution (SPO), which investigated the demolition of a residential complex of businessman Fijat Canoski, will resume on February 9. On February 2, the defence counsel should take over all evidence submitted by the SPO. The evidence includes 26 audio recordings of telephone conversations, 50 …
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Scheduling a referendum in Greece over the name issue would be a catastrophic mistake, says Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis and adds that the solution must be comprehensive not focused solely on the name. Kaminis told Greek radio Thema 104,6 that although majority of Greeks support a referendum in opinion polls, its scheduling would be wrong, …
The incumbent Greek administration will be seeking a solution to the name dispute regardless of the political price it has to pay, provided that the other party is also demonstrating preparedness to solve it, because it takes two to tango, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Katrougalos told Greek MPs, MIA reported. He accused the …
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Macedonian Power Plants (ELEM) will allocate EUR 20 million for environmental projects, according to the company’s annual investment program. Funds are projected, among other things, for overhaul of the filters and lowering of dust emissions in mining-energy combine (REK) Bitola. “We believe this amount will contribute to the improvement of air pollution in Bitola and …
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The Parliament’s Committee on Labor and Social Policy on Tuesday unanimously passed amendments to the Law on Salaries and Fringe Benefits of Elected and Appointed Officials in Macedonia. The changes foresee a reduction to kilometre allowances by 33% for MPs and office holders. Speaking at the committee’s session, DUI MP Xhevad Ademi said that ‘as a provocation’ he …
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The European future of Macedonia was the focal point of Tuesday’s meeting in Brussels of Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. “The biggest patriotic duty of our generation is to make sure we catch the EU train and ensure European future, stability and prosperity for the …
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Investments estimated at MKD 16,7 billion (EUR 271,6 million) are envisaged in the 2018 annual program for construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and maintenance of state roads of the Public State Roads Enterprise, adopted by the government at yesterday’s session. “The government will continue to make intensive efforts to construct and overhaul road infrastructure in a bid …
Enhancement of bilateral relations in the context of the confidence-building measures and analysis of results from the renewed talks over the name issue will be in the focus of Wednesday’s first direct meeting of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, taking place at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in …
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The average monthly net wage paid per employee in November, compared to the same month in 2016, is up by 3.6 percent, says the State Statistical Office. The average monthly net wage paid per employee in November was MKD 23,196 (EUR 377). This increase is caused by the increase of the average monthly net wage paid …
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Deputy PM for EU Affairs Bujar Osmani met Tuesday with the Sweden’s State Secretary to the Minister of EU Affairs and Trade Oscar Stenström and discussed bilateral cooperation, Macedonia’s EU integration process and Sweden’s support to the EU enlargement process of the Western Balkan countries. Osmani showed gratitude for the active role of Sweden in …
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A Spanish judge has rejected a petition from the country’s prosecutor to ask Danish authorities to arrest ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, AP reported. Puigdemont arrived Monday in Copenhagen from Brussels to speak at the University of Copenhagen. He was to meet Danish lawmakers on Tuesday. The trip is Puigdemont’s first outside Belgium since he …
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