Varvitsiotis: We are against decoupling North Macedonia and Albania

We are against those who want to decouple the two countries, those that never gained momentum  or numerical majority in the European Council, said Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis. Varvitsiotis briefed members of the Parliament’s European Affairs Committee on issues related to the Union and conclusions of the recent Council summit. Regarding …

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Garcia: We will bring Albania and North Macedonia to the agenda before Spring

The initiative for the return of the issue of the start of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia to the European Council’s agenda announced the leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe Garcia, in a televised interview. When the EU fails to deliver on its promises it …

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Zaev: North Macedonia is not looking for an invitation to join EAEU

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has rejected all speculations that North Macedonia had been invited to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) during a press conference today. “It seems there is a protective wall around the government and we haven’t received such an invitation. We’re not looking to get one, either,” Zaev said in …

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Parliament to dissolve on February 11

Parliament of North Macedonia will dissolve on February 11 before Speaker Talat Xhaferi calls the early parliamentary elections, set to take place on April 12, 2020. In accordance with the Constitution, the elections should be held withing 60 days after the dissolution of Parliament, Xhaferi told a press briefing on Wednesday. If Parliament dissolves on …

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SYRIZA: The government is turning Greece into an “extra”

SYRIZA strongly criticizes the government’s foreign policy, accusing it of having reduced the country into a mere observer that has turned Greece into an “extra” of critical international developments. Opposition sources stress that in the wake of Zaev’s visit to Rome aimed at unblocking the accession process for North Macedonia, such an initiative should have …

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No one controlled Igor Spasov while getting medical treatment

None of the institutions controlled convicted special police agent Igor Spasov while he was released to get medical treatment, that is, while serving his prison sentence because he had to undergo meniscus surgery. Spasov was only obliged to submit medical documentation every month to the judge for the execution of sanctions in the Shtip court …

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Palmer: I’m coming to reaffirm America’s strong support for North Macedonia

I’m coming here to reaffirm and reinforce America’s strong support for North Macedonia and its European path and perspective, United States Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters after his meeting in Skopje with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, Palmer said he was pleased he was back again to see …

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Russia invites Albania, North Macedonia to join the Eurasian Union

The invitation to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has been addressed to Albania and North Macedonia by Russia’s Permanent Representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, during the Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona, Italy on Friday. Albania and North Macedonia will find understanding sooner within the EEU than in the EU, the Russian diplomat noted. …

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VMRO-DPMNE leaves session while Dimitrov and Osmani discuss EU’s decision in Parliament Committee

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani told MPs Tuesday the European Council decision not to give North Macedonia a date for the start of accession negotiations is an injustice and historic mistake. VMRO-DPMNE MPs abandoned the session prior to Osmani and Dimitrov’s remarks, labeling it as a government party. The Parliament’s Committee on European …

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Pendarovski for Al Jazeera: The Western Balkans region is not neighboring to the EU

For us, there’s no better alternative than EU integration, and therefore, all other options for strategic or special forms of partnership are impossible and unacceptable, President Stevo Pendarovski said in an interview with Al Jazeera Balkans. “There are as many alternatives as you want, as many options as you want, but nothing is more sustainable …

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Both advisor and court employee – attends his boss’s hearing

Goran Stamenkovski, advisor to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who is also an employee of the Criminal Court, sat on the back bench meant for public audience on Thursday and watched Zaev’s testimony about the mass wiretapping. Stamenkovski is head of the Human Resources department at the Criminal Court and reporters can often spot him at …

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Zaev to meet with Conte in Rome and Mogherini in Brussels

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is set to meet with Italian PM Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday in Rome. Zaev will also attend EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini’s farewell working dinner with Western Balkan leaders in Brussels. PM Zaev confirmed in a TV interview last week that Conte invited …

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Nikos Kotzias undertakes international initiative for the Balkans

Former Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is undertaking an international initiative on the situation in the Western Balkans, following a decision by the last European Council meeting to postpone setting a date for the start of EU accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. The former Foreign Minister had meetings with the Slovak Foreign Minister …

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Is there a hug for Macedonia?

Nikola Popovski Does anyone remember when the Russians and Serbs last held joint military exercises before October 2019? Probably in October 1944 when the Red Army liberated them from the Nazis and internal collaborators and handed free Belgrade to left-wing political forces in Serbia, then proceeded to Budapest and Vienna. This current exercise, held at …

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Nicely wrapped (un)truths

We will never find out whether, if Nikola Gruevski succeeded in forming a government after the last parliamentary elections, the pre-election promises to reduce the employment rate below 18% by the end of 2020 would create 70,000 new jobs, 4,000 euros in aid for each company that will hire a redundant worker and guarantee this …

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Zbogar: Postponement of the census is a logical decision in order to eliminate any political influence

EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar has said that postponement of the Census due to the early parliamentary elections is a logical decision in order to eliminate any political influence, in hope the statistical operation will take place by 2021 at the latest. “The census had to be postponed due to the decision on the early elections, …

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