Macedonia

PMs Zaev and Mitsotakis to meet today at the Thessaloniki Summit

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says the coming NATO summit and the Prespa Agreement implementation will surely be discussed with Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Thessaloniki on Thursday. “The Thessaloniki Summit will focus on economic topics but we will surely discuss the European agenda too. I am grateful that Greece is directly involved in …

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Government allocates more than 800 thousand euros for printed media

The Government of North Macedonia has accepted the proposal put forward by Minister without Portfolio in charge of Communications, Accountability, and Transparency Robert Popovski for the new 2019 Program to Support the Publication and Distribution of Printed Media. 50,000,000 denars from the national budget will be allocated to print media. Next, the General Secretariat of …

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Zaev expects enhanced economic cooperation with Greece

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will travel to Thessaloniki tomorrow to attend this year’s Summit, and will be part of the discussion “Southeast Europe: Regional Cooperation Initiatives and Reforms”. On the sidelines of the Summit, he will meet with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Zaev says he expects enhanced economic co-operation with Greece. “I want to …

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Bregu: ‘Mini-Schengen’ is a developing story that should be considered

The initiative promoted in Ohrid and Novi Sad in relation to the so-called ‘mini-Schengen’ is a developing story that should be considered, said Majlinda Bregu, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperating Council (RCC). “Regional cooperation becomes meaningful once the final end is EU integration. As enlargement is about connecting markets and people, we believe every …

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Pendarovski and Macron meet in Paris

After meeting his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday in Paris, North Macedonia’s President Pendarovski said that ‘open and dynamic’ talks took place, but Paris hasn’t yet provided any guarantees about a date for opening of EU negotiations. Macron is asking for more time for the EU to reform itself within. President Pendarovski presented his …

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The Netherlands ratifies North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

The Dutch Senate ratified Tuesday the NATO Accession Protocol for North Macedonia, wrote Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov on Facebook. After the approval of the Netherlands, only two countries, France and Spain, remain to ratify the document, which will allow the country to become the 30th member of NATO. Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska said earlier that …

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“Mini-Schengen” as seen by analysts

The Western Balkans ‘mini-Schengen’ initiative should be seen through the prism of the French veto of the enlargement of the EU summit, analysts warn. The announcements of economic convergence and facilitation of movement and procedures in the region are not disputed, but the political implications of the project raise concerns. “Regional linkages have never been …

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Pendarovski to meet Macron today

North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski who is paying a two-day visit to Paris, attended Monday evening a dinner for the heads of state and government organised by the French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of 2019 Paris Peace Forum. Today, the president will attend Paris Peace Forum and will deliver an address on regional security, his …

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Zaev on Facebook: We agreed in Ohrid on measures to improve movement of people, goods and services through the region

We agreed in Ohrid on measures to improve movement of people, goods and services through the region and ensure a better life for all in a modern and peaceful Balkans, PM Zoran Zaev posted on Facebook Monday morning, following Sunday’s leaders’ meeting on the regional cooperation initiative, known as ‘mini-Schengen’. “Crossing borders using only personal …

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Thaci explains why he refused to attend the Ohrid trilateral meeting

President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci has stated that his country doesn’t want to substitute its Euro-Atlantic perspective with any other regional initiative, Tanjug news agency reports Sunday. In a Facebook post explaining why he refused to attend the Ohrid trilateral meeting, Thaci says that Serbia ‘snubbed Kosovo intentionally’ at the first summit of the new …

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Mickoski: There’s no alternative to full-fledged EU membership

We think there’s no alternative to full-fledged EU membership, and we’ve been reiterating this for a long time, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said yesterday. “We’ve said it before, but Macedonia should use every chance it gets to improve the quality of living standards for the citizens, however it should be done through bilateral agreements,” Mickoski …

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Toxic spill at the chemical plant OHIS detected by local residents

Inspectors of the Kisela Voda Municipality, the City of Skopje and the State Environment Inspectorate and a team of the Interior Ministry have arrived at the chemical plant OHIS, where water was spilled after being used to clean a cistern in which methyl acrylate monomer had been stored. The spillage was detected after local residents …

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Dimitrov-Dendias: Bilateral cooperation in all fields of mutual interest through implementation of the Prespa deal

Bilateral relations, developments in the region and its European perspective following the recent European Council were in the focus of today’s meeting of North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Geneva. The meeting took place at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s “Strategic Dialogue on the Western Balkans …

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Gerberich: Reason for not starting negotiations didn’t lie in Skopje and Tirana but in enlargement skepticism

German Ambassador to Skopje Thomas Gerberich said the reason for the delay in the start of accession negotiations did not lie in North Macedonia and Albania but in enlargement skepticism. Ambassador Gerberich told conference “Transition of Legal Systems: 30 years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall” at the Skopje-based Faculty of Law that the …

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