In an interview with ERT3, Greece’s Prime Minister Tsipras says the delay of North Macedonia’s accession negotiations is owed to the German Bundestag’s impossibility to give the green light “because of the summer break”. “The delay of North Macedonia’s accession negotiations is not a result of the country’s failure to implement reforms, but mainly because of …
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said Kosovo security mechanisms have information about plans for destabilization being prepared by certain people in the north, under Belgrade’s coordination. “Attempts by different Serb actors, officials and business people in the North of Mitrovica in coordination with authorities in Belgrade to present a humanitarian catastrophe in this part …
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Two more opinion polls published over the weekend showed Greece’s main opposition party well on course to score a landslide general election victory over ruling SYRIZA on 7 July. Following the publication of surveys by Pulse and Alco polls which put conservative New Democracy in an 8 to 9.2 point lead over Alexis Tsipras’s left-wing …
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With a clear victory, the 49-year-old Ekrem Imamoglu is the winner of the repeat municipal elections in Istanbul. The opposition candidate won with a difference of about 773,000 votes against Binali Yildirim, who had the support of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Action Party (MHP). “These elections were not won …
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The Paris summit, where top representatives of Serbia and Kosovo were supposed to meet, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has been postponed. This was confirmed by the German government’s press service. “It is true that the meeting announced for July 1 will be postponed. Germany and France …
The stakes are high today, with elections being held for the mayor of Istanbul, but all political analysts agree that the outcome of the elections will also have a major influence on political developments in the country. The city of 18 million inhabitants with the 10 million eligible voters always determines the developments and it …
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French President Emmanuel Macron has invited leaders of Kosovo and Serbia in a meeting in Paris, however, this meeting may not be held after all. The leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Kadri Veseli maintains that he would never agree to discuss Mitrovica or any other part of the country’s territory on this table …
The postponement of the decision to begin accession negotiations could lead to a widespread crisis in the Balkans and Europe The decision of the EU foreign ministers to postpone the start of the accession negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania until October 2019 can be described, at the very least, as a “cold shower”. The …
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said on June 18 that she regrets that it had not been possible for EU foreign ministers to make a decision on starting accession negotiations with the Republic of North Macedonia and with Albania. Zaharieva was quoted in a Foreign Ministry statement after a meeting of EU foreign ministers, in …
EU ministers chairing the General Affairs Council have started discussion on the 2019 enlargement package and on opening formal membership negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. According to the draft communique released from Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council, the EU ministers from the bloc’s 28 states will re-examine the issue in October. The Council takes stock …
Brussels is looking into the proposal to lift visa regime for Kosovo, however, chances are that this decision may be postponed. France and some other EU countries believe that Kosovo is yet to deliver the necessary criteria for the liberalization of visas. French senator Helen Conway-Moyret has published on Twitter the response coming from the …
The European Union “must not lose credibility” as it weighs opening membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia, said German EU Affairs Minister Michael Roth. In his opinion, the two countries “have done their homework” assigned by Brussels, adding that North Macedonia deserves commendation for settling a name dispute last year with neighbouring Greece. Speaking …
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EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Federica Mogherini congratulated North Macedonia today on the first anniversary of the Prespa Agreement. Mogherini called on EU member countries to open accession talks for North Macedonia and Albania. “Today marks the first anniversary of the Prespa Agreement between North Macedonia and Greece and I think we …
“Republic of Macedonia” or “Republic of North Macedonia”. People are still divided over this on the first anniversary of the signing of the Prespa Agreement. Most people believe that the best option is for the country to move forward and secure a better future. This is also the opinion of Violeta S from Skopje, who …
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High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini congratulated North Macedonia on the anniversary of the Prespa Agreement and urged EU member countries to greenlight the start of talks with North Macedonia and Albania. “Today’s the first anniversary of signing the Prespa Agreement between North Macedonia and Greece,” Mogherini said. “We …
North Macedonia and Albania should get a date in June or July to start talks, said High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini at Wednesday’s meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski in Brussels. Mogherini said she would recommend this to all EU member countries’ foreign ministers next week, once again acknowledging our country’s …
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President of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has told Kosovo and Serbia that they shouldn’t hope for EU integration unless they reach a deal that would normalize ties between them. “We would not like to import instability within the EU, but we would like to export stability to these countries”, Juncker said. The head of the …
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Former US President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday in Pristina that Kosovo deserves integration in the European Union and NATO, expressing his conviction that the US will continue to fully support Kosovo in its journey ahead. “I think Kosovo deserves to be part of the European Union, NATO and every other organization that an independent …
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North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and Kosovo’s Deputy PM Enver Hoxhaj visited Monday the construction site of strategic project Belanovce in Republic of North Macedonia – Stancic border crossing point in Kosovo. “This building is a joint project of the two countries having in mind that for its realization the …
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Jadranka Kosor was Croatia’s prime minister in the period between 2009 and 2011, when, after the resignation of the controversial Ivo Sanader, she succeeded the helm of the HDZ party. While serving as the head of the government in Zagreb, an agreement was reached to overcome the border dispute with Slovenia, which meant unblocking Croatia’s …
When you are going through hard times, remember Croatia’s path to the EU Read More »
