Zakharieva: Bulgaria does not forget the conditions for Macedonia


Bulgaria’s national interest regarding Macedonia is to have a stable and secure neighbor.  It will be such when it will join NATO and the European Union, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zakharieva said. She said ‘the country will not compromise the conditions that have to be respected to become part of the entire EU negotiation process.’ …

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Weber: Name dispute has to be solved to give Macedonia positive economic and European future


Manfred Weber, who will lead the European People’s Party (EPP), European election campaign, said that Greece-Macedonia name dispute has to be solved in order to give Macedonia a positive economic and European future. “Everybody knows that [the name dispute] has to be solved in order to give Macedonia a positive economic and European future,” Weber …

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Tsipras: Ratification of the Prespa Deal in the Greek Parliament in the course of January


In an interview with OPEN TV on Wednesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out the possibility of him leading a minority government, should his coalition with the Independent Greeks party break up over the Prespa Agreement. Alexis Tsipras said he believed junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will not bring down the government, despite his strong …

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Final phase of constitutional amendments on the country’s name begins today


The third and final phase of constitutional amendments stemming from the Prespa Agreement signed with Greece is set to start today. In order for the proposed constitutional amendments to be enacted, two thirds of MPs should vote in favour. The country’s Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev has declared that he’s optimistic that the necessary 80 votes …

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Opposition leader Mickoski optimistic that VMRO-DPMNE will win the presidential election


Leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski has declared that this party’s candidate will win the presidential elections which are expected to be held at the end of May this year. “I think that VMRO-DPMNE will achieve a landslide victory in the next presidential elections”, Mickoski said. He stressed that his party is transparent in the process …

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ISIS fighters arrested in Skopje


The Skopje Prosecution has charged seven Macedonian nationals with participating in foreign armed forces, police, paramilitary or para-police formations. “The defendants as foreign terrorist fighters actively took part in war conflicts in Syria and Iraq. With an intention to become part of paramilitary formations, they had left Macedonia and traveled to Syria, where they were …

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Cancelled sentence over ‘Trista’ case: SPO’s verdicts are failing


The only official from the previous government who ended up in prison and was sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison, Gjoko Popovski, won a smaller legal battle. The Court of Appeal abolished the nine-year sentence for the former assistant minister in the Interior Ministry for illegally procuring 300 vehicles for the Ministry …

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Zaev: Let the beauty and warmth of Christmas fill the hearts of all believers


Let the beauty and warmth of Christmas fill the hearts of all believers who celebrate the great holiday – Christ’s birth, says Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in the congratulating note. “Let the spirit of Christmas fill the homes with peace and the joy of life, sharing it with close ones and friends. Let’s help all …

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Zaev: Let’s not allow for politics of division to resurrect


“Our intention is to remember but to never allow for politics of division and conflict to resurrect,” PM Zaev said Monday. Tolerance is vital for establishing democratic relations between diverse social groups and a starting point for putting an end to injustice, hatred, fights in schools, streets or stadiums, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said. Zaev …

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Political forces in Macedonia clash over the developments in 2018


Political parties in Macedonia have started to engage in strong debates concerning the developments taken place in the country during 2018. The leader of the biggest opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski declared that this year has been the worst ever for the country. “Progress has not been made and Macedonia can be compared to countries …

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Osmani reassures: Macedonia to start EU accession negotiations in 2019


“2019 will be the year when Macedonia is to open EU accession negotiations,” Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani told a press conference on Sunday. His expectations are based on the achievements in the historical 2018, the expectation for the finalization of obligations stemming from the Prespa Agreement, the implementation of the priorities set …

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Analysts and experts offer their insights on the constitutional amendments


University professor and former ambassador to the EU, Blerim Reka says that the final phase of constitutional amendments will be in a race against time in relation to Greece and the numbers in parliament. He says that the majority should look into possibilities on how to convince Macedonian opposition MPs who have abstained and 4 …

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Macedonian Foreign Ministry responds to Bulgarian Deputy PM Karakachanov’s threat over Zaev’s ‘Macedonian language’


The Foreign Ministry in Macedonia has responded to Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and VMRO party leader Krassimir Karakachanov’s threat to block the country’s path to the EU and NATO if its Prime Minister Zoran Zaev continues to claim the Prespa Agreement recognizes a “Macedonian language”. Words such as those by Karakachanov could create negative attitudes and hostility …

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Lavrov: Constitutional changes imposed by blackmailing and bribing lawmakers


Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Greek newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton that constitutional changes were imposed by blackmailing and bribing the lawmakers and by direct interference of foreign diplomats. Lavrov said that “large and continuous interfering of NATO and EU in the internal affairs of Macedonia is obvious.” “The referendum as it is …

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