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Alexis Tsipras to attend the Economist conference in Skopje – Meeting with Zoran Zaev

SYRIZA President Alexis Tsipras travels to Skopje on Monday, September 30, to attend a conference organized by the Economist magazine: “Western Balkans Summit – Enhancing the momentum for European integration”. In particular, according to an announcement by SYRIZA, on Monday afternoon at 18.00, Alexis Tsipras will meet with the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran …

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Karamanlis: If necessary, we will play the veto card regarding the EU integration of neighbors

We will do everything to mitigate the consequences of the Prespa Agreement, protect trademarks and, if necessary, play the veto card regarding the EU integration of neighbors, says Greek Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Kostas Karamanlis. “As much as SYRIZA is trying to convince us to the opposite, our position is firm. We would have …

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Dutch Foreign Minister: Skopje and Tirana should be assessed independently

Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said that Skopje and Tirana should be assessed independently when it comes to opening EU accession talks. “I believe that North Macedonia and Albania should be assessed independently because they are different countries with different problems and different degrees of progress. I’ve also indicated earlier that I think the rate …

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Tsipras, Mitchell, Verhofstadt and Schulz in Skopje for “The Economist” Western Balkans Summit

Western Balkans Summit titled “Reinforcing the momentum for European integration” organized by the weekly magazine newspaper “The Economist” is set to be held in Skopje on October 1st. The event will bring together about 450 participants, including foreign businessmen, politicians and managers who are playing an important role in terms of the regional ambition for …

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IBNA exclusive interview with Zaev: Greece will support us in the European Council.

On the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly in New York, Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran ZAEV spoke exclusively to IBNA about his first meeting with the new Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Prime Minister, how was your first meeting with the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriacos Mitsotakis? For me it is …

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Bulgaria’s Deputy PM throws spanner in works about North Macedonia’s EU hopes

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and leader of a nationalist party, Krassimir Karakachanov, has thrown cold water on support for the Republic of North Macedonia’s hopes of EU accession. Statements by Karakachanov, leader of the nationalist VMRO party, came in response to reported comments by the President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, about historical figure Gotse …

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Dimitrov: We will have France’s support to start EU accession talks

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov expects France to support North Macedonia for a date to start EU accession talks. “I honestly can’t believe that one of the greatest leaders of Europe would make such a strategic mistake. You can’t expect Europeization of the Balkans without encouraging positive trends. I think we’ll have France’s support,” Dimitrov told …

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Rama: Opening accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia would be the wisest EU decision

Opening EU accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia would be the wisest decision by the EU, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said in his address at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. “Providing a positive response to Albania and North Macedonia’s ambition to open accession talks will not merely be a reward …

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Supreme Court reviewing Jankuloska’s verdict for more than two months

The Supreme Court has been reviewing the final ruling against former Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska, who has been sentenced to four years in prison for the “Tank” case, or the purchase of luxury Mercedes for Gruevski, for more than two months. The highest court has only briefly informed that there is no decision on the …

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Bundestag gives green light to negotiations, but not without conditions

German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports that North Macedonia will receive a “full green light” for the start of accession negotiations, while the Bundestag will give a “dark green” light to Albania. According to the newspaper, the decision of the Bundestag of North Macedonia will grant the start of negotiations without additional conditions, …

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Government press office: All Western Balkan leaders agree that our country deserves to open EU talks

Western Balkan leaders unanimously agree that North Macedonia deserves to open EU accession negotiations and that any other decision will be very negative for the region, government press office said. “In regard to the question of the future of the Balkans, I have a positive answer: The Balkan region is moving in the right direction, …

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Katrougalos: It seems that Athens wants to make the cases of North Macedonia and Albania a package

It seems that Athens wants to make the cases of North Macedonia and Albania a package with respect to accession policies, Greece’s former foreign minister and now Syriza MP Georgios Katrougalos said in an interview with ANA-MPA’s radio station Praktoreio FM. “But in Albania we also have other issues, we need the protection of our …

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Zaev meets Reeker and Palmer on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly

North Macedonia is fully focused on getting a date for the start of EU accession negotiations in October and progress in the ratification of the NATO Accession Protocol, the two strategic objectives to which the United States have largely contributed, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at a meeting with Philip Reeker, U.S. Assistant Secretary of …

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Pendarovski: The “Racket” case is a crucial test, influence should not be tolerated

The “Racket” case is a crucial test for the legal system and should be solved thoroughly, not for the sake of Europe but for our own sake. Influence, regardless of the side it is coming from, should not be tolerated, said President Stevo Pendarovski at the third plenary session of the National Convention on the …

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Pendarovski announces closing of at least four Macedonian embassies abroad

North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski in an interview with Sitel TV said that a list of embassies abroad that are to be closed will be determined in the coming weeks. Currently, there are 27 vacant diplomatic posts. According to an analysis by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there is a proposal to close at least …

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Conditions in the Shutka Prison – Boki and Katica have a doctor and a hairdresser at their disposal

Dismissed head SPO Prosecutor Katica Janeva spent an hour yesterday at the Public Prosecutor’s Office, where she was called to testify about her involvement in the “Racket” case. Unlike last time she testified as a witness, and was arrested the very next day, this time she did not have the smile on her face and …

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Greece, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Romania voice full support for start of EU accession negotiations

Foreign Ministers of Greece, Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria have voiced full support for the start of EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania at a meeting held as part of the UN General Assembly in New York. The FMs of these four Balkan countries, members of the EU, have reviewed the European integration bids …

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