Joint North Macedonia-Bulgaria Commission stuck – No deal for Goce Delchev


No progress has been reported in the works of the mixed North Macedonia-Bulgaria expert committee. North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski acknowledged that the commission is operating at an extremely slow pace. The chairmen of the special teams of this committee also agree that there is no progress and that this is a period of delay …

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Joksimovic: The new European Commission remains committed to the Western Balkans


Serbia’s Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic welcomed today’s election of the new European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen and expressed her expectation that the new composition would remain committed to the direction the previous Commission had sought, confirming the European future of the region. The election of the new European Commission is …

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Dendias in Skopje, Tsipras in Paris to support the European prospects of North Macedonia


Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias was in North Macedonia today on his first visit, in order to actively support the country’s European prospects. Amid uncertainty caused by the French “veto” in North Macedonia’s and Albania’s accession negotiations, Nikos Dendias will be welcomed by President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, while he …

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Dimitrov-Dendias: Greece supports North Macedonia’s EU accession, full implementation of the Prespa Agreement


Greece strongly supports North Macedonia’s EU accession, full implementation of the Prespa Agreement, and strengthening of bilateral cooperation, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Tuesday, at a joint press conference with FM Nikola Dimitrov. “I am happy to be paying my first visit to neighboring North Macedonia, which is soon to become Greece’s NATO partner …

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Albania hit by a devastating earthquake, North Macedonia to send rescue teams


Rescue teams and companies based in the region of Struga and Ohrid, western North Macedonia, have been already dispatched to Albania to help after the devastating earthquake, whereas teams of doctors are waiting for instructions where to help, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has stated. “As early as this morning, our country decided to send assistance …

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Further amelioration of the North Macedonian-Serbian relations


The President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski, who is in Belgrade for a two-day official visit, was received with honors by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic in Palata Serbia. The President of North Macedonia, accompanied by businessmen, will participate in the Serbia-North Macedonia Business Forum and will also meet with Chamber of Commerce President …

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Sassoli: Blocking North Macedonia and Albania’s accession talks as an example why EU rules need to change


European Parliament President David Sassoli pointed out in an answer to a reporter’s question, blocking of the start of North Macedonia and Albania’s accession talks as an example why EU rules need to change. The European Parliament is considering implementing reforms in several aspects of EU’s decision-making process, such as the right to veto, Parliament’s …

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Greek FM Dendias to visit North Macedonia on Tuesday


Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Kostas Fragogiannis will pay a visit to Skopje on Tuesday, November 26th. At a press briefing on Thursday, Greece’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexandros Gennimatas told MIA’s correspondent that the agenda for the visit to Skopje is yet to be finalized, but given …

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Haradinaj: Mini-Schengen aims to expand Russian and Chinese influence in the Balkans


Outgoing Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, addressed yesterday journalists about the Balkan mini-Schengen, which he called a “Belgrade-based Russian and Chinese influence”. He said that the mini-Schengen is not in Kosovo’s interest and has nothing to do with the visa liberalization process. Haradinaj said that mini-Schengen is just an expansion, to which Serbian President …

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EU to discuss enlargement, but not French proposal Tuesday


Tytti Tuppurainen, Finnish Minister for European Affairs, said the French proposal for reforms in the enlargement process will not be discussed at today’s meeting of the General Affairs Council. “It is quite far reaching and today at General Affairs Council we will not discuss the French initiative. We will come back to the enlargement policy …

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Alexis Tsipras’ footsteps regarding the Prespa Agreement


Since yesterday, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been walking in the former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ footsteps regarding the Prespa Agreement. Following his meeting with the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, whom he addressed as dear Zoran, speaking at the Thessaloniki Summit 2019 Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the normalization of the two countries’ relations and its European …

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Zaev-Mitsotakis meeting: Greece supports North Macedonia’s European prospects


Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis endorsed North Macedonia’s EU accession prospects during his meetings with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and with the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, as part of the 4th Thessaloniki Summit, while he appeared ready to undertake appropriate initiatives in this direction. This is a turning point for Mr. Mitsotakis, who up …

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Tsipras: I want to believe that Europe will soon realize the mistake it made with North Macedonia


I want to believe that Europe will soon realize the mistake it made with North Macedonia and I want to believe that it will soon change the decision, says SYRIZA leader and former Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras in an interview with Flash TV. “I believe the decision was wrong and historically incorrect, but …

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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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