UN envoy Matthew Nimetz, who acted as the mediator in the name dispute between Greece and Macedonia deal , has asked Athens to ratify the deal as Skopje has completed its internal legal procedures. Skopje on Wednesday formally informed the Greek government of its ratification of the deal known as the Prespa Agreement, following a parliamentary …
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The ruling Social Democrat Union continues to hold consultations and talks in the party’s governing bodies on whether to go to early general elections. The voices “in favour” are getting louder, that is, to accept the request of the opposition on May 5, along with the second round of the presidential elections, to choose both …
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Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in an interview for Civil Media said that he believed in reconciliation, sharing his optimism regarding the outcome of current political processes. While saying it’s a good thing that President Gjorge Ivanov’s term is ending because Macedonia needs a president who supports the country’s on its way to prosperity, Zaev …
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Protesters have started to gather at Syntagma Square in front of the Greek Parliament. Greek citizens are chanting and shouting that the Prespa Agreement is “treason” while waving Greek flags and banners saying “Macedonia is Greek” and “Referendum Now”. Among the protesters against the Prespa Agreement are ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn supporters, as well as members …
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“As a party we submitted criminal charges against the people who were accomplices in this act of violence against the Constitution, the laws and procedures of Parliament. Professor Kekenoski sent a request to the Constitutional Court to evaluate the law and if the Court makes its decision based on the rule of law, this law …
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The Prespa Agreement and its ratification in the Greek parliament is the focus of all Sunday editions of Greek newspapers. Real News publishes an interview with Vice Prime Minister Bujar Osmani titled “Greece is the Main Guarantor for our Euro-Atlantic Ambitions”. Avgi, considered a left-oriented newspaper, features an interview with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who says …
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Erol Rizaov Debates in the Macedonian and Greek parliament on the “Macedonian issue” and the tensions in both countries that have deep roots are once again taking us back to the past, and provoking new divisions and hatred among the citizens in Greece and Macedonia. Disguised as patriotism, battles for power are essentially fought in …
Implementation of the Prespa Agreement depends on whether we will get a date for the start of negotiations for EU membership in June, warns Bojan Maricic, head of the Macedonian technical negotiating team with the EU. He points out that our country is trying to fulfill the conditions that our partners from Brussels have set …
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The Republic of Macedonia received a positive response less than two months after it filed a motion for involvement in the European project for assessment of hybrid threats, said Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska on Thursday. Minister Sekerinska met with Gabor Iklody, director of Crisis Management and Planning Directorate (CMPD) of the European External Action Service, saying …
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VMRO-DPMNE and the so-called “Coalition for a Better Macedonia” urged central and local government institutions to ignore and boycott the law on languages. This party said that if these institutions face threats, VMRO-DPMNE will assist them through its legal team. “VMRO–DPMNE calls on all central and local government institutions to boycott the application of this unconstitutional and harmful …
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The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has issued an international arrest warrant for Nikola Vojmirovski, who has been sentenced for the attack on MP Zijadin Sela during the 27 April 2017 events in Parliament. The police failed to find Vojmirovski, who was in house arrest up to the sentence’s enforcement. Vojmirovski is sentenced to 13,5 years …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s brother Vice Zaev yesterday did not appear at the pre-trial hearing in the civil court, where he filed a defamation lawsuit against VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski. Zoran and Vice’s cousin Goran Zaev came to court as his attorney. The public was almost certain that Vice Zaev sued Nikoloski for the …
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After the nervous reaction of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about accepting the constitutional changes in Macedonia, President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov personally came up with new assessments. In a final attempt to influence the vote in Greece and to give a loud voice to their demand for the name agreement …
The optimistic announcements by SDSM representatives that their presidential candidate, which will be selected along with DUI, could win the first round of elections are highly unlikely. In a state of disappointment and apathy among the Macedonian citizens, it is questionable whether there would even be a turnout that is needed in the second round …
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Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won the confidence vote from parliament on Wednesday, which will pave the way for the parliament to ratify the agreement he and PM Zoran Zaev reached last year to end a long dispute over the name of the Republic of Macedonia. Tsipras clinched the support of 151 lawmakers in the 300 …
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Aleksandar Nikoloski Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE Last Friday, January 11th will be remembered as one of the darkest days in the history of the Macedonian people and the country. On that day, 81 MPs in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, people elected by the citizens to represent them, without the consent of the …
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia Nikola Dimitrov will pay a working visit to Turkey on 17 January 2019. During the talks hosted by Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, opportunities for further enhancement of the close cooperation between Turkey and Macedonia will be elaborated and subsequent …
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The owner of the Kosmos residential complex in Skopje, businessman Fijat Canoski, told the court Wednesday that its demolition was of ‘political nature’. He said he would also seek damages, which was estimated at €40 million during the investigation. Evidence provided by two witnesses were read out loud at today’s trial in the Criminal Court. The …
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Moscow does not oppose the new name for Macedonia, but there is the issue of the legitimacy of the ongoing process, which may be due to the goal of driving all the Balkan countries into NATO as soon as possible, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “We have always actively supported this dialogue [between Greece …
The recent political developments in Greece and the vote of confidence for Alexis Tsipras’ government are closely being followed in Skopje, because this will have a direct impact on the Prespa Agreement which is expected to be ratified by the Greek side too. “The ratification of the Prespa Agreement by the Greek parliament is not …
