68% of Serbian public against a NATO membership Serbia’s support for the integration to the European Union remains below 50%, a trend observed over the last three years with some slight fluctuations. According to the most recent poll conducted by Serbia’s Euro-Atlantic Studies Center in co-operation with the CESID opinion poll, 47% of citizens are …
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In today’s parliamentary debates, Kosovo’s PM, Ramush Haradinaj said that Serbia is treating Kosovo as a country which has lost it. Haradinaj said that Serbia is trying to make everyone believe that Kosovo wants to solve problems through arrogance. “Serbia is complaining that Kosovo is not delivering the Brussels agreement. This country and its diplomats are …
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NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg declared on Wednesday that Kosovo “will face serious repercussions if it goes ahead with the transformation of its emergency force into an armed force”. Stoltenberg made these comments at the conclusion of the meeting of NATO’s foreign ministers, where the situation in Western Balkans was discussed. On 14 December, parliament …
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Brussels – NATO urges the government to reconsider and issue all security permits in the country after Macedonia’s accession to membership, sometime in 2020, to ensure that internal information from member states and the Alliance will not leak, or be abused. The reform of the intelligence and security services is one of the three key …
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Western Balkans meeting together with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini welcomed the work currently underway in Macedonia to implement the Prespa agreement, noting that it does not expect a new thirty-member state. The assessments the Alliance is that Macedonia will become a member by February 2020, and …
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Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, after meeting with NATO foreign ministers, said he was very encouraged by the support Macedonia has received, announcing that the country should become a member of the alliance in February 2020. “For us this is unfinished business. We have wanted this NATO membership since 1993, and we were supposed to join …
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the Western Balkans meeting together with EU foreign policy chief Federika Mogherini in Brussels, have expressed a strong support for the Prespa Agreement to be finalized and implemented, says a top diplomat of the Alliance. Support was extended by all NATO members. The Greek minister said that the courage of Skopje …
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Brussels – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today that the protection given by NATO’s member state Hungary to the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is not an issue for NATO, but something that should be resolved between Skopje and Budapest. “That’s not for me to comment. It is an issue that has to be …
The KFOR forces, ie NATO have been deliberately deceiving the whole public with regard to the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, said president Aleksandar Vucic. He added that “it became clear to everybody under whose instructions and in co-operation with which (great) powers NATO representatives have been lying”. At the meeting with Chinese ambassador Li …
The West needs to improve its relations with Russia, but this is only possible if the situation in Ukraine changes, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov in an interview with the German newspaper Welt. “In the long run, we must weaken tensions between the West and Russia and strengthen co-operation with it. Of course, the …
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Високи воени претставници на 29 – те земји членки на Воениот комитет на НАТО, предводени од заменик претседавачот генерал-потполковник Стивен Шепро, денеска и утре првпат ќе престојуваат во посета на Армијата на Република Македонија. За време на посетата, од страна на домаќинот началникот на ГШ на АРМ генерал-мајот Васко Ѓурчиновски, а по покана од министерката …
Воени претставници на 29-те земји членки на НАТО во прва посета на АРМ Read More »
The Macedonian people’s uprising – October 11 symbolizes our ancient desire for freedom and justice, a country that will defend these values and a future that will guarantee them. On this day 77 years ago, such ambitions and desires seemed completely impossible. Our cities, villages, our region, our Europe at those moments experienced the most …
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Macedonia on Oct. 18-19 at the NATO headquarters in Brussels will officially launch accession talks to join the Alliance. The government yesterday at a session reviewed and passed an information on forming a working committee tasked with realizing the accession talks, government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski told a news conference Wednesday. Macedonia, he said, is fully …
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday there is no Plan B for Macedonia, because the country has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of joining NATO if it implements the Prespa Agreement. “I firmly believe that the country must take decisions over its future. It is up to the government and the parliament to take these decisions. To …
It’s been almost a week after Macedonia voted in the name referendum. NATO accession and EU integration remains a priority neither the government nor the numerous international official will give up on. Macedonia, they say, doesn’t need early elections, what the country needs to do is to implement the Prespa Agreement by securing a 2/3 …
Western countries are aiming to drag Macedonia into NATO even after a referendum on changing the country’s name was held there, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday, TASS reports. “The continuation of heavy-handed outside interference in Macedonia’s internal affairs is evident,” Zakharova stressed. “The goal is obvious – to drag Macedonia …
Slobodanka Jovanovska Nezavisen Vesnik correspondent from Brussels NATO begins to doubt that the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE really wants Macedonia’s membership in the EU and NATO. “What you all should ask VMRO-DPMNE is whether the party is still in favor of the EU and NATO membership. From our perspective, the implementation of the Prespa Agreement …
NATO and EU should not give up on Macedonia due to results of the referendum, but to continue with their support and cooperation, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated. “We have closely monitored the developments. Finally, this is a decision of the citizens of Macedonia and we must respect that. On the other hand, neither …
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Brussels – Following accusations from Russia that a decision is being imposed from outside on citizens in Macedonia over the NATO membership and the Prespa agreement, the alliance said that if Russia was indeed a true friend of Macedonia – and it would have stood behind the referendum. -This is a domestic issue. It is …
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NATO has no intention of giving up on Macedonia and waits for the resolution of the constitutional changes in the country. According to the announcements in Brussels, the pre-accession talks continue on October 17 and will for last two days, as it was planned in advance, with the goal of completing this process by January, …
