A trilateral meeting between Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Ministers of North Macedonia and Albania, Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama, is to be held on Thursday, October 10, in Novi Sad, Serbian President’s Office said in a press release. The meeting will be held at the Petrovaradin Fortress. Vucic announced earlier that he would …
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Bojan Jovanovski-Boki 13, the main suspect in the “Racket” case, will be escorted by the police to the Public Prosecutor’s Office tomorrow at noon for questioning. The examination of evidence by the suspect’s defense team is over and Jovanovski is due to testify at the Prosecutor’s Office for the first time on Tuesday. There is …
The EU accession negotiations are like the Tour de France – a long, winding and hard road ahead, said Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg on Monday. “I can compare this process to the Tour de France. It is not important who is on the starting grid, there are many stages and a long road ahead, …
Austria’s clear message of support for EU enlargement and North Macedonia’s EU integration aspirations was conveyed Monday at a meeting of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with the Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg. Austria has an overwhelming consensus regarding a positive decision for North Macedonia at the October European Council …
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The second round of the Strategic Dialogue between Greece and USA begins on Monday, October 7, 2019. The Strategic Dialogue was launched in December 2018 in Washington, DC. The second round follows the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Greece and the upgrading of the Defense Agreement with the US via the signing …
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Early parliamentary elections were held peacefully and democratically in Kosovo on Sunday. According to preliminary data, the Vetevendosje Movement won in this election, with a slight margin from the Democratic League of Kosovo. With 90 per cent of the vote counted by the State Election Commissions, the Vetevendosje Movement received about 26 per cent of …
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“North Macedonia and Albania have delivered – now it’s high time that member states deliver, too! Thank you to EU leaders for making this strong stance for opening accession negotiations with both countries in October,” tweeted EU-Commissioner for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn on Sunday. #NorthMacedonia and #Albania have delivered – now it’s …
Austria’s Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg is set to pay an official visit on Monday. Schallenberg will meet with his host, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov before holding a joint press conference in Skopje, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. Schallenberg will also hold talks with President Stevo Pendarovski, Prime Minister Zoran …
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Today, Kosovo votes in early parliamentary elections, the fourth held ahead of the regular date since 2010 and another which is unlikely to produce a stable government. The last time the former Serbian province with a majority Albanian population elected parliament after its full term was in 2007. The election was this time triggered by …
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Duško Marković and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that the first official visit of a US Secretary of State to Montenegro testifies to the fact that the two countries foster friendship and alliance, Montenegro Government Press service announced. “Following the visit of US Vice President Mike Pence, this is further …
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I am confident that North Macedonia would be a strong, capable NATO partner and I’m confident that the United States Senate will ratify your accession protocol this fall so that we can formally fold you in to the NATO team, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday at a joint press conference alongside PM …
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United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to North Macedonia, which comes at an exceptionally important time for the country, reaffirms the friendship between the US and North Macedonia, a friendship based on common values for peace, freedom and democracy, President Stevo Pendarovski said after toda’s meeting with the US Secretary of State in …
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev hold a joint press conference in Ohrid:
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Friday at the Ohrid airport, where he was welcomed by Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. During his short stay in Ohrid, Secretary of State Pompeo will meet with President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Pompeo is expected to underscore that the Prespa Agreement is an incredible step …
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to arrive in Ohrid today and meet with President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Pompeo is expected to underscore that the Prespa Agreement is an incredible step that demonstrated leadership and real courage of the leaders both in North Macedonia and in Greece, and …
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I don’t expect Bulgaria or Greece to block our Euro-Atlantic integration ambitions, in fact, we expect them to advocate for the opening of negotiations with the EU and full-fledged NATO membership, said North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. “We don’t have a plan B if someone resorts to blockade, our plan B is to go …
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State Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski has authorized Lile Stefanova to continue as prosecutor in the case dubbed “Empire”, said the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecutor Stefanova was a prosecutor in the Special Prosecutor’s Office – SPO, which cases have been taken over by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The “Empire” investigation involves 13 people, who are suspected …
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Today, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said a compromise regarding the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office required concessions from SDSM. “I don’t believe there is sincere will by SDSM for this, especially not now, a few months before the parliamentary elections,” Mickoski told the media. Asked about the party’s position on the changes to the …
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says the Government and the ruling SDSM party are prepared for changes in the Electoral Code, be it the option of a single election district or open lists. Both models cannot be combined, whereas the decision is to be adopted by consensus. “The influence of small political parties is …
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Today marks the 24th anniversary from the assassination attempt on former President of the Republic of Macedonia Kiro Gligorov. The president survived the assassination with serious head injuries. His driver Aleksandar Spirovski was killed in the attack, while Gligorov’s bodyguard Ilco Teovski was injured. The organisers of the assassination are still unknown. The investigation against …
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