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The Netherlands doesn’t give the green light for Albania’s accession talks

06/06/2019 17:09

The Dutch government will continue to keep the doors for Albania’s accession talks closed. The confirmation has come from the Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok during a parliamentary debate with opposition parties. “The government is not interested on opening accession talks between EU and Albania. Albania still has a long journey ahead”, he said. Meanwhile, …

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Former presidents of the region issue a message for Brussels

05/06/2019 12:44

The European Union must set a date for the launch of accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania. This has been the message issued by former presidents of the Balkan region during a regional conference hosted in Skopje under the auspices of former President of North Macedonia, Branko Crvenkovski. In the joint document, the former …

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NATO chief to visit Tirana on Sunday

31/05/2019 19:27

NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Tirana for a two hour visit on Sunday, June 2. NATO has announced in a press release that “on Sunday, June 2, NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg will hold a visit to Tirana”. Stoltenberg will hold a meeting with the president Ilir Meta, PM Edi Rama and …

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EU Commission recommends opening of negotiations for Albania and North Macedonia

29/05/2019 15:57

The European Commission has published today the annual enlargement package, which sets out the progress made by the countries aspiring EU membership. The European Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn said that the European Commission recommends the opening of accession talks for Albania and North Macedonia, while demanding these two countries to pursue with their efforts to …

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Greek PM Tsipras intends to call early general election

27/05/2019 15:48

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed his intention to call an early general election, after the end of the second round of Greek local elections next Sunday. Ruling SYRIZA suffered humiliating defeats in all three election battles on Sunday, European, regional and municipal. With over 30 percent of votes counted in the early hours of …

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EU member states cast their final vote in EU parliamentary elections

26/05/2019 11:01

Elections for the European Parliament are held today in most member states of the European Union. Countries such as Croatia, Germany, France, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Malta, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Estonia and Lithuania in Hungary are voting today for Members of the European Parliament. The European elections were already …

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Tsipras: I ask for a vote of confidence for the future of the country

26/05/2019 10:51

The election results on Sunday may open the door for national elections, as the Greek prime minister said in his last interview before the crucial battle, this morning on public television. “On Sunday we do not vote for a government, but it is not an unimportant vote,” said Alexis Tsipras, pointing out that in these …

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Bulgaria and North Macedonia to cooperate in fight against human trafficking

22/05/2019 12:51

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a meeting on May 22, approved a draft protocol on co-operation between the government of Bulgaria and the government of the Republic of North Macedonia on combating trafficking in human beings. The draft will serve as a basis for negotiations between the two countries on a final document to be signed, the …

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Gruevski claims he never rejected talks with Tsipras

21/05/2019 14:39

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras never initiated negotiations to former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski that he could reject. With this claim yesterday Gruevski responded to Tsipras’ interview with the Financial Times, in which he says he had tried to initiate a discussion on the name issue in the time when former PM of North Macedonia, …

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Tsipras: I tried to solve the name issue with Gruevski, but he never wanted to negotiate

20/05/2019 17:49

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says in an interview with The Financial Times that he had tried to initiate a discussion on the name issue in the time when former PM of North Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, was in power.| “Gruevski was a guy who never wanted to negotiate. I remember that I went to Berlin. …

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Region: Serb List wins partial elections in North of Kosovo

20/05/2019 13:05

Partial local elections were held in North of Kosovo on Sunday, namely in North Mitrovica, Leposavic, Zvecan and Zubin Potok. Turnout in these elections was 42%, while Democracy in Action, which is a coalition of non-government organizations, has observed the voting process. According to this coalition, with 85% of ballots counted at midnight, it looks …

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European elections 2019: The enemy at the door

20/05/2019 09:14

The political crisis in Austria is neither accidental nor unique. Nor was it surprising. It was the revelation and possibly the confirmation of how the far-right in Europe is being bolstered by known/unknown “centers” that want to destabilize the European Union and make it backtrack. Of course, merely deciding to boost the far-right is not …

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Zaev attends formal opening of Corridor 10 southern leg in Serbia

18/05/2019 20:10

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Saturday will attend the formal opening of the southern leg of Corridor 10 on a section through Serbia’s Grdelichka Gorge. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will declare the highway open at the ceremony alongside Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Minister of Construction Zorana Mihajlovic. Zaev will address the inauguration …

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Kosovo: PM Haradinaj says deal with Serbia may be signed in Washington

14/05/2019 14:27

Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj has commented the process of talks with Serbia today. According to him, there will no longer be any talks about border changes. “The process is in safe hands now. It’s no longer in Mogherini’s hands. This process will be taken over by chancellor Merkel and president Macron now. What’s …

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Opposition in Albania holds another anti-govt demonstration

14/05/2019 14:19

Opposition in Albania held another big demonstration last evening in the capital Tirana in a bid to convince socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign and announce early general elections. The opposition leader, Lulzim Basha told the crowd of demonstrators, who had gathered in front of the prime minister’s office, that the opposition was the …

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Number of asylum seekers in Montenegro triples

14/05/2019 14:14

In the last two years, the number of asylum seekers tripled in Montenegro, but the number of people who were granted international protection is much lower, said UNHCR representative to Montenegro Roberta Montevecchi, in an interview for the Montenegro media. She added that these figures are not a cause for an alarm. Montevecchi explained that …

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New border crossings between North Macedonia and Greece

14/05/2019 13:42

The Greek parliament’s committee on national defense and foreign affairs endorsed Tuesday the draft-laws on the opening of new border crossings Majden and Markova Noga with North Macedonia. The laws also incorporate the transformation of the Liaison Office in Skopje into an Embassy and the Bitola-based Office for Consular, Economic and Commercial Affairs into a …

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Region: Tsipras confident ahead of 26 May European elections

14/05/2019 13:36

In an interview with Alpha TV on Monday evening, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras predicted that the upcoming European elections will be closer to call than recent opinion polls suggest. The Greek premier added that SYRIZA will win the general elections that will follow in October. Tsipras launched yet another attack against main opposition party leader …

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Opposition in Albania getting ready for today’s demonstration

13/05/2019 13:22

Following Saturday’s violent clashes in the capital Tirana, opposition in Albania is getting ready for yet another big demonstration. The head of the main opposition party, Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha has launched a public call for people to join this anti-government demonstration. The democrat leader has also published a video, saying that nothing can stop …

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Vucic: North Macedonia and Serbia will ‘mute the noise’ in their relations

12/05/2019 17:32

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says he believes North Macedonia and Serbia will ‘mute the noise’ existing recently. Speaking to the press after the inauguration of President Stevo Pendarovski, Vucic said he would extend an official invitation to his new counterpart to visit Belgrade. Asked whether the ‘noise’ in the two countries’ relations – turned on …

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