The law under which The Prespa Agreement is ratified and enforced has been published in the Official Gazette of Greece, after Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos previously signed it. With the publication in the Official Gazette dated January 25, 2019, the agreement between the two countries is already officially a law in Greece. The law of …
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Aleksandar Krzalovski With the adoption of the constitutional changes in our country and the ratification of the Prespa Agreement in the Greek Parliament, we can at least conclude that the road to Euro-Atlantic integration of Macedonia is now open. After all, that was the whole purpose of reaching this agreement and the whole process that …
“Congratulations my friend Alexis Tsipras, together with our peoples we reached a historical victory. Long live the Prespa Agreement! “For eternal peace and progress of the Balkans and in Europe!,” posted Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on his official Twitter and Facebook profiles following the ratification of the Prespa Agreement in the Greek Parliament. President of …
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The Greek Parliament ratified the Prespa Agreement on Friday with 153 lawmakers voting in favour of the name agreement. Against the agreement were 146 Greek MPs, and one deputy abstained from voting. All Syriza parliamentary group members voted in favor of the Prespa Agreement. They were joined by seven independent MPs and one member of the …
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Erol Rizaov Last year in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev made a pact for a historic and civilized goal – to solve a very difficult problem, long declared as unsolvable by the rest of the world. Zaev and Tsipras did not start from the piles of painful layers, but began from …
“I don’t want even want to lose a basketball match, let alone the presidential election,” said Vlatko Gjorcev from his parliamentary office on the first floor of the Parliament. Although in parliament yesterday was a regular day of activities, it was a special day for him: for the first time, he entered the Parliament as …
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Petar Arsovski As the US government’s blockade turned over a month, the political landscape has dramatically changed under the feet of the White House, with the latest information from Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen, who published this information on the BuzzFeed website, according to which the president of the United States, in addition …
Yesterday, the former head of secret police Saso Mijalkov, after the end of the Titanic 2 hearing, met and greeted the leader of the Democratic Party of Albanians, Menduh Thaci. Soon they will both hear the verdict on the election irregularities they arranged together in the 2013 local elections in order to repeat the vote …
Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed support to Macedonia’s integration during meetings with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. PM Zaev and Commissioner Hahn agreed that implementation of the historic Prespa Agreement is going as …
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“The Prespa Agreement is not balanced and therefore problematic,” said Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship and former Greek FM in regard to the debate on Prespa Agreement in Greece’s Parliament in Athens. “All governments in the past had agreed on the geographical distinction, in this case the word ‘North’ …
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Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Meleșcanu believes that the EU should prove its commitment to Macedonia and Albania by starting accession talks with the two countries. Meleșcanu presented the priorities of the Romanian EU presidency for the next six months before the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. Foreign policy, enlargement to …
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The Council of Europe has confirmed that the Macedonian Government requested an opinion from the Venice Commission over the Law on the Use of Languages without providing further comment. The Venice Commission Secretariat has confirmed they received the law but refrain from comments prior to its review by their experts and drafting of the opinion. …
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Since early Wednesday morning the debate on the Prespа Agreement from the plenary session of the Greek Parliament is underway, in the midst of intense political controversy. The MPs of New Democracy speak of “opacity” and “violation of the Agreement” on the part of Macedonia. In particular, they attack the government on the grounds that …
Antonio Milososki backed Vlatko Gjorcev’s candidacy for the upcoming presidential election. The former minister, who speculated he was one of the opposition’s favorite candidates for Gjorge Ivanov’ successor, congratulated his counterpart on Facebook for his motivation and promised to vote for him at the convention in Struga. “The most important for such support is that …
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The Greek parliament finished the first part of the debate on ratification of the Prespa Agreement in the early hours of Thursday and is set to continue this morning. The vote in Athens will take place in the evening or during the night. Greek media report that opposition party New Democracy will not file a …
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What has been said since the beginning of the year, has received its official confirmation yesterday. MP Vlatko Gjorcev said he would run for the party announcement for the party’s presidential candidate. He made this announcement from the press hall in the Parliament, which was quite unusual, and not in the party headquarters or someplace …
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has published a special video message for the citizens of Greece, saying it is time to discover the facts about the Prespa Agreement with Macedonia and to find out the truth. “With the Prespa Agreement we protect our (province) Macedonia. We overcome fear and with inertia of self-confidence we open …
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Montenegro has excellent experience with the use of languages. Human and minority rights can never be terminated, but they need to be continually promoted because we all live in a common country. Montenegro’s Parliament Speaker Ivan Brajovic told reporters Wednesday at the joint press conference with his Macedonian counterpart Talat Xhaferi when asked about his …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he doesn’t have any prejudices and believes in the perspectives after Prespa’s Agreement is ratified in both countries. “I might be the first to change my passport with a new name Republic of North Macedonia. I was the first who said ‘Long live Republic of North Macedonia’. This is …
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Nano Ruzin University Professor People do not like walls, especially those who play games with the lives of families and nations. The fall of the product of the Cold War – the Berlin Wall, which divided the Germans from East and West Berlin for half a century, has grown into a symbol of freedom and …
