Zidan: Slovenia will be the second country to sign Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

Slovenian Parliament Speaker Dejan Zidan congratulated Monday to his visiting colleague from Macedonia, Talat Xhaferi, on the adoption of constitutional amendments and Greece’s ratification of the NATO Accession Protocol. Macedonia is a positive example that with a political will even the most complex disputes may be peacefully resolved, Zidan said. Slovenia is a strong supporter …

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NATO, NATO, my dear?

Zdravko Saveski And so it happened. They signed the Protocol for NATO membership. Our rulers were happy! And why would they not be, right? The country has been waiting for this moment for more than a quarter of a century! But do we, the people, need to share the joy with the authorities for the …

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A formal ceremony in front of the government for raising the NATO flag

The NATO flag will be set up tomorrow in front of the Macedonian government building, after the members of this alliance, through their ambassadors in the alliance, signed the Accession Protocol for the country in Brussels last Wednesday. A formal ceremony will be held on the plateau in front of the government tomorrow morning on …

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Wrong weather forecast

Erol Rizaov Political meteorologists alert: as of tomorrow there will be a dramatic drop of temperature, a polar winter is coming to ruin the wildlife in Macedonia. It will freeze absolutely everything. Dinosaurs and all endemic species that are authentic in this area since the beginning of the time will freeze and turn into fossils …

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Albania will ratify Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol on Thursday

The Law Commission of the Albanian Parliament voted unanimously on the Protocol for Accession of Macedonia to the North Atlantic Alliance. With full consensus, opposition and majority members voted for the Protocol, which paves the way for Macedonia to join the Alliance as the 30th member. This approval gives the green light to the Albanian Parliament, …

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Opposition in Kosovo rejects the idea for territorial swaps with Serbia

Opposition parties in Kosovo are against the idea proposed by the country’s president, Hashim Thaci for border changes with Serbia. The opposition’s reactions were provoked by the fact that the Kosovar president has now openly admitted that the final agreement with the neighbouring country will also include a small border correction. “If a small border …

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Government to put up new ‘Government of Republic of North Macedonia’ sign

The new  country name, Republic of North Macedonia has come into effect. In the early hours of this morning, the old sign “Republic of Macedonia” was removed, while waiting to be replaced by the new sign with the new name on it. This has been confirmed by the government’s press office. These measures include the …

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Gaber-Damjanovska: Other prosecutor’s offices should have the same resources as the SPO

The regular Public Prosecutor’s Office doesn’t have the same resources as the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, the country should invest more in the rest of the prosecutorial structures, says Natasa Gaber-Damjanovska, director of the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors in Sunday’s interview with Radio Free Europe. “I do not know how motivating it is …

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Ruci: Albania will probably ratify Macedonia’s NATO Accession protocol on Thursday

Albania’s Parliament Speaker Gramoz Ruci has told Macedonian Ambassador Danco Markovski that the NATO Accession Protocol would be ratified very soon. “The first possible date for the ratification is during the next parliament session on Thursday,” said Ruci and added that the government has already passed the decision. Ruci and Markovski discussed the NATO Accession …

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Zakharieva: Bulgaria working with EU partners to implement Sofia Declaration from Western Balkans summit

Bulgaria is systematically working together with other European Union countries to implement the activities outlined in the Sofia Declaration adopted in May 2018 at the EU-Western Balkans summit, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zakharieva has told the National Assembly. The Sofia Declaration and the annex to it, known as the Sofia priority agenda, were signed on May …

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Tsipras: “I welcome North Macedonia” – With 153 votes in favour passed the NATO Accession Protocol

With 153 “yes”, the Greek parliament voted for the accession of North Macedonia to NATO, after a meeting that was marked by the confrontation of Alexis Tsipras with Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the final unraveling of the parliamentary group of ANEL. In particular, the admission protocol was approved by the majority that had been formed in …

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Hahn: I’m confident that EU member states will acknowledge this remarkable achievement in June

EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has stated that EU will give the green light for the opening accession negotiations this year if reforms are implemented. Commissioner Hahn salutes the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol and says the name row settlement with Greece is a decisive step towards the Euro-Atlantic …

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Athens will send a Note Verbale to Skopje tomorrow

Athens will send a Note Verbale to Skopje on Monday, informing that Greece has ratified the Prespa Agreement and the NATO Accession Protocol, says Alternate Foreign Minister Geirgios Katrougalos. In an interview with ANA-MPA, Katrougalos explains the next steps following the Greek parliament’s green light to the Prespa Agreement and the NATO Accession Protocol. “A …

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Ratification: Most difficult in the US, the longest in the Netherlands and Germany

Once the ministers of the member states have signed Macedonia’s Accession Protocol to NATO, the only thing that separates the country from full membership is the ratification. Greece today is expected to put a “stamp” on this document by voting in Parliament, and be not only the first country to ratify it, but also to …

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Joveski: PPO will seek Parliament’s interpretation of law on SPO

The expert collegiate of the Public Prosecution Office (PPO) agreed to seek for the Parliament’s authentic interpretation of the disputable Article 22 of the Law on the Special Prosecution Office (SPO), Public Prosecutor Lubomir Joveski told a press conference on Thursday. Under this Article, SPO, set in 2015 to prosecute criminal offences related to and …

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NATO will use ‘Macedonian language’ once the Prespa process is over

NATO will use term ‘Macedonian language’ once the procedures related to the Prespa Agreement are completed. The Alliance failed to use the term at its website after Wednesday’s signing of the NATO Accession Protocol, despite regularly using it before. A NATO source told MIA that term ‘Macedonian language’ will be used once the Prespa Agreement …

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Changes in 2019

Petar Arsovski Yesterday the accession protocol for Macedonia’s NATO membership was signed and at the same time the fence was removed in front of the Government. Two unconnected but symbolically close promises of the government before the election. Naturally, NATO is a disproportionately bigger promise, but I think the symbolism of these two parallel deliveries …

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Kocijancic: Journalists need an enabling environment which allows them to do their work

A European Commission spokesperson has reminded all political actors in Macedonia that freedom of the media and journalists is of crucial importance to the EU. The European Commission, through its spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic, reacted to a statement of Vice PM Bujar Osmani and a press release of the Ministry of Health. In both cases, threats …

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