The bus accident at Laskarci on the Skopje-Tetovo highway is the latest crash with many casualties. The driver of the Durmo-tours bus, which was traveling from Skopje to Tetovo, lost control and the bus smashed into two roadside fences and fell from a six meters high wall. 14 people lost their lives, and 32 injured, …
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Foreign Policy Committee of the Albanian Parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved the protocol for Macedonia’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO. “In a broad consensual atmosphere, members of the ruling majority and the opposition green-lighted the accession of a neighbouring and friendly Republic of North Macedonia to NATO,” Albanian media reported. On Monday, …
The Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol at Tuesday’s extraordinary session. By this, Slovenia becomes the second NATO member state followed by Greece that ratified NATO Accession Protocol. Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who is on an official visit to Slovenia, addressed the Slovenian Parliament. He thanked on behalf of the …
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The NATO flag will be set up tomorrow in front of the Macedonian government building, after the members of this alliance, through their ambassadors in the alliance, signed the Accession Protocol for the country in Brussels last Wednesday. A formal ceremony will be held on the plateau in front of the government tomorrow morning on …
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The Law Commission of the Albanian Parliament voted unanimously on the Protocol for Accession of Macedonia to the North Atlantic Alliance. With full consensus, opposition and majority members voted for the Protocol, which paves the way for Macedonia to join the Alliance as the 30th member. This approval gives the green light to the Albanian Parliament, …
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Albania’s Parliament Speaker Gramoz Ruci has told Macedonian Ambassador Danco Markovski that the NATO Accession Protocol would be ratified very soon. “The first possible date for the ratification is during the next parliament session on Thursday,” said Ruci and added that the government has already passed the decision. Ruci and Markovski discussed the NATO Accession …
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The draft bill “Ratification of the Protocol of the North Atlantic Treaty for the Accession of North Macedonia” was ratified by the plenary of the Greek parliament on Friday after securing a majority of 153 votes. During the roll-call voting procedure, all SYRIZA members plus eight independent deputies voted in favour; one independent voted present; …
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M-NAV has hired 39 people since June, 2017. The public is already familiar with some of them and their links to officials. And that only confirms the conclusion that it is very difficult for politicians to remain consistent with the promises they made while in opposition – that they will fight nepotism after they become …
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The countries of the region which are aspiring to become EU member countries, must implement reforms in the justice system. This was said today in a meeting hosted by the Group for the Balkans dubbed “Building powerful states in Southeast Europe: The strengthening of the rule of law, respect of human rights and rights of …
“Welcome to NATO. Accession is very important not only for your country, but for the region too.” This was declared by Slovenian ambassador to Skopje, Milan Jazbec, who delivered a press conference in which he announced the benefits that the country would see from being a NATO member. Former ambassador of the country in the …
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Macedonia finally accomplished what it had been waiting for these past three decades. “Meeting with history” was the perfect announcement by the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov for yesterday’s ceremony in Brussels, where at the NATO headquarters the ambassadors of 29 member states of the Alliance signed the protocol for Macedonia’s accession to the military …
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Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov welcomes Macedonia’s signing of the Accession Protocol with NATO, as has always been supportive of the country’s strategic goals, reads the press release from his Cabinet. “The Macedonian President believes it is unfortunate that today’s signing of the Protocol was preceded by an agreement that changes the constitutional name of the Republic of …
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On Friday, the Greek Parliament will ratify the protocol for the admission of North Macedonia to NATO, House Speaker Nikos Voutsis made known. With the return of the Greek Prime Minister from Turkey – where today he meets with Turkish President Erdogan – on Thursday, a debate will be held in the competent committee, while …
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The Greek Parliament will vote on the protocol that paves the way for the Republic of Macedonia’s accession to NATO under the name “Republic of North Macedonia,” as agreed with the Prespa Agreement signed by both countries. Greece’s Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis on Tuesday said the accession protocol would be presented to a special parliamentary …
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Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met with US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs Wess Mitchelland discussed the implementation of the Prespa Agreement and Macedonia’s upcoming signing of the accession protocol with NATO. During their meeting at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Monday, FM Dimitrov said he was looking forward to …
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A debate has started in Macedonia regarding the latest developments in Venezuela. Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov has posted a message on his Twitter account, saying that the country has officially recognized Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president. “The Republic of Macedonia, in line with its European partners, supports and considers the President of the Venezuelan Assembly, …
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57 candidates applied to be part of the anti-corruption commission at a call issued by the Parliament, which ran from 22 until 27 January. The candidates who have applied to be elected as members of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption, including a president, are being interviewed Sunday at a session of the Parliament’s …
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“One day I will return, I didn’t come here to live, but to take refuge from political persecution. I’m unjustly convicted. I fought in court, but I saw that all the absurdities were met for me to go prison,” said former Prime Minister Gruevski in his first TV interview since his escape to Hungary. Gruevski also said that …
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday in Bucharest that he expects all 29 Allies to sign Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. At the joint press conference with President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, Stoltenberg expressed expectations that all 29 Allies will sign the Accession Protocol soon and then Skopje will take part in NATO meetings as …
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Germany has approved the accession of Macedonia to NATO. The German cabinet released a statement for the press, saying: “This will make an important contribution to security in the Euro-Atlantic area, while also providing important impetus for the further stabilization of the Western Balkans.” “A historic moment. On 17 June 2018, in the Prespa Agreement, Athens …
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