Today, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev unveiled the names of the new ministers for agriculture, environment, culture, local self-government and political system and relations between the communities. These include Trajan Dimkovski (Minister of Agriculture), Naser Nuredini (Minister of Environment), Hysni Ismaili (Minister of Culture), Goran Milevski (local self-government) and Sadula Duraki (political system and […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today is expected to forward to Parliament the list of names of ministers who will be part of the reshuffled government. The motion should be adopted by MPs at a session due to take place this week. Directors and members of steering and supervisory boards in the public enterprises […]
Will the strong vote coming from the party giants yet again be lost in the political horizon for a qualitative change of the electoral model? Experts are not convinced that the major parties are ready to create conditions for equal electoral opportunities for all, that is, to lose their monopoly. In the past years, it […]
The divisions in Europe and the interests of the countries that formed the EU are the main reason for the decision to postpone the date for accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania. This is the general assessment of many diplomats in the main European capitals, including officials in the European Union for the (un)expected […]
According the UK daily newspaper Telegraph, diplomats in Brussels accuse Emmanuel Macron, who styles himself ardent Europhile, of blocking negotiations between Brussels and Skopje on north Macedonia joining the EU. Emmanuel Macron was accused of holding North Macedonia hostage to force through his dream of closer political integration among European Union countries on Wednesday. “The […]
This week, Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev is expected to finalize cabinet changes he had announced a while ago. Zaev said that he would remove 8 cabinet members and tens of heads of departments due to their poor performance. “I think we will be able to constitute the new government as soon as […]
We believe that a decision on the opening of accession negotiations is important not only for us, but also for the message spread all over the region and beyond that to invest in reforms and good neighborly ties is to invest in a better future for the citizens, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Wednesday at […]
The postponement of the decision to begin accession negotiations could lead to a widespread crisis in the Balkans and Europe The decision of the EU foreign ministers to postpone the start of the accession negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania until October 2019 can be described, at the very least, as a “cold shower”. The […]
A joint communiqué is signed by former Foreign Ministers, Albania’s Ditmir Bushati, Bulgaria’s Daniel Mitov, Greece’s Nikos Kotzias and Cyprus, Ioannis Kasoulides, to begin without delay the European route of North Macedonia and Albania. Joint communiqué: “The European Commission presented its Communication on the 2019 EU enlargement policy with the accompanying Country Reports on 29 […]
North Macedonia highly appreciates the strong commitment and the firm support from Slovakia for country to get a date for starting accession negotiations with the EU, President Stevo Pendarovski said at Wednesday’s meeting with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák. President Pendarovski said that the integrated and safe […]
“If you ask me about my impressions on last night’s conclusions, we will not be happy if a decision is not taken in October. I think our success will be a very important signal for the entire region that our door is open and that there’s a European vision for Western Balkans. If such thing […]
Yesterday’s conclusions by the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg acknowledged our new foreign affairs policy aimed at solving problems, North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said at the session of the National Convention on the EU. “We’ll be satisfied when we get the decision in the fall and when we take part in organizing the […]
The decision to open accession talks between EU and North Macedonia will be taken in October. This was the conclusion of the meeting of foreign ministers of EU member countries held in Luxembourg. However, political sides in Skopje are divided over this. Zaev wrote on Facebook that the EU Council has recognized the achievements and […]
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said on June 18 that she regrets that it had not been possible for EU foreign ministers to make a decision on starting accession negotiations with the Republic of North Macedonia and with Albania. Zaharieva was quoted in a Foreign Ministry statement after a meeting of EU foreign ministers, in […]
The conclusions of the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg strongly and undeniably acknowledged North Macedonia’s achievements over the past year, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in a Facebook post. The prime minister also pointed out the agreements with Greece and Bulgaria received high praise, and the ongoing reforms in the country were also clearly recognized. […]
EU ministers chairing the General Affairs Council have started discussion on the 2019 enlargement package and on opening formal membership negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. According to the draft communique released from Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council, the EU ministers from the bloc’s 28 states will re-examine the issue in October. The Council takes stock […]
North Macedonia has gained 23 spots in the World Peace Index compared to last year, while sharing the 65th position with Greece. Among the 25 top countries on the list, 17 countries are in Europe. For 11 years in a row, Iceland has been considered as the safest country to live in, while Afghanistan ranks last, […]
The European Union “must not lose credibility” as it weighs opening membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia, said German EU Affairs Minister Michael Roth. In his opinion, the two countries “have done their homework” assigned by Brussels, adding that North Macedonia deserves commendation for settling a name dispute last year with neighbouring Greece. Speaking […]
The last subjects on the agenda of today’s session of the Judicial Council are the discussion of the reports of the committees for determining the responsibility of judges and making decisions on the submitted requests for determining responsibility. However, up to the beginning of today’s session, there was no information whether the President of the […]
EU foreign ministers are expected to decide today if North Macedonia and Albania will be given the green light to launch membership talks, as the European Commission recommended on 29 May in its progress report. Experts of political affairs are expecting the country to receive goods news. Simonida Kacarska of the Skopje based Institute for […]
