MP Vlatko Gjorcev from the ranks of the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, confirmed for Nezavisen Vesnik/Independent newspaper that he will run for president of the country. He believes that with the experience and knowledge he has obstained, he will succeed in winning the votes of the citizens. The public ad for presidential candidates in the main …
Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Koco Angjusev and Economy Minister Kresnik Bektesi will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos from January 23 to 25. The event brings together over 2,500 leaders from business, government, international organizations, civil society, academia and media. At the annual Davos …
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UN mediator Matthew Nimetz for the name dispute talks between Greece and Macedonia, said that failure to ratify the Prespa Agreement would have profound consequences for both sides, Kathimerini reports. “If the Prespa Agreement does not come into effect, the consequences of the failure will be profound and both sides might well reconsider many elements …
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Greek Parliament has started the debate on the ratification of the Prespa Agreement. New Democracy MP Nikos Dendias asked that Macedonia’s Constitution following the constitutional revision is distributed to them, saying “this is a required prerequisite for discussion, because we need to understand the reality if the Greek parliament endorses the agreement.” Democratic Alliance MP …
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Despite the opposite announcements by Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani, the government decided to send the entire Law on Languages to the Venice Commission. The opinion of the advisory body of the Council of Europe regarding the constitutionality of the law is sent to the two members that are not part of the adopted decision: …
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Citizens of Athens have announced fresh protests against the name deal between Greece and Macedonia on Thursday. The so-called Committee for the Greek Character of Macedonia has urged citizens to come out and protest in downtown Athens , amid the parliament’s vote to ratify the Prespa Agreement. “No one should go to work on Wednesday …
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The head of NATO’s intelligence and security division, Ambassador Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, started three days of talks in Skopje on Monday focused on reforming the country’s defence and security institutions. While in Skopje, Mr von Loringhoven will hold meetings with half a dozen senior government officials, including Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and President Gjorge …
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Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev and his counterpart from Macedonia, Venko Filipce, signed a co-operation plan on January 22, setting out areas where the two ministries will work together over three years, the Health Ministry in Sofia said. The cooperation plan arises from a Cabinet decision in December 2018, which also sets out the objectives, …
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A deal to settle a 27-year-old dispute between Greece and Macedonia that comes to the Greek parliament for ratification this week provides a rare achievement to celebrate in the Western Balkans, says The Financial Times in an article published Tuesday. Macedonia has been stuck in an economic and geopolitical no man’s land since it was …
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Ilo Trajkovski The topic of this column seems to me to be current. But not because of the acuity of the issues it raises, but because of their chronic character. It talks about problems with a disease of society from which it will not die, as specialists say about rheumatism patients, but it will die …
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Greece’s Committee for National Defense and Foreign Affairs members’ debate on the Prespa Agreement in Greek Parliament resumed Tuesday with right-wing politicians asking that the Macedonian Constitution be submitted for consideration in full. New Democracy’s foreign policy official Giorgos Koumoutsakos asked to see the Macedonian Constitution in its entirety as well as the letter by …
VMRO-DPMNE’s parliamentary group has demanded Macedonia’s Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov to answer MPs’ questions, following a declaration according to which the people of this country were full of “complexities”, made by the minister during a parliamentary committee meeting. MPs are expected to vote on this motion on January 28. According to VMRO-DPMNE’s lawmakers who signed …
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Debates are taking place in the Republic of Macedonia about the potential candidates that the largest political parties in the country will run for the presidential race which is expected to take place on April 21. Political parties have not yet announced any candidates, saying that they’re still looking into it. SDSM decides with the …
Greece’s parliament’s committee on defense and foreign policy is to resume Tuesday at 10:30h the debate on Prespa Agreement ratification. A plenary session will take up the debate on Wednesday, before a vote set for late Thursday, said Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis said. The process on Prespa Agreement ratification started Monday while the debate of committee …
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This week we will have serious discussions both within our party and within the ruling coalition on whether we will go to early general elections, that is, who will be our candidate for the presidency, said yesterday Deputy PM and Vice President of SDSM, Radmila Sekerinska. She says that as a person who has posts …
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Slovenia has accepted the Protocol for Macedonia’s accession to NATO, which should be ratified by all NATO member states, before Macedonia officially becomes NATO’s 30th member. NATO Accession Protocol has been accepted by all member states without a problem, and now Greek Parliament is expected to ratify Prespa Agreement, followed by the ratification process of …
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Maja Moracanin is a lawmaker in the Macedonian Parliament, and last year she became the head of DOM, the only green party in our country. Right before the upcoming presidential elections, Moracanin, in an interview with Nezavisen Vesnik/Independent newspaper, says that the new president should be a person who will unite all citizens, and that …
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The debate in the Greek parliament for the ratification of the Prespa Agreement begins on Wednesday at 10 am local time, and the vote will be on Thursday evening, sources from the Greek parliament said. This was decided at a meeting of the Greek Parliament Speaker with his deputies. According to the same sources, the …
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At least 25 police officers were injured and seven people arrested, police report in Athens over the mass protests against the Prespa Agreement with the Republic of Macedonia. Demonstrators threw rocks, flares, firebombs, paint and other objects at riot police who responded with repeated volleys of tear gas. Some protesters jumped over a fence and tried …
An upcoming vote in Greek parliament on Athens’ deal with Skopje to change the name of the Republic of Macedonia to North Macedonia (known as the Prespa Agreement) could potentially reshape Greece’s political map ahead of a general election later this year. Following the breakup of the SYRIZA – Independent Greeks coalition, the controversial issue …
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