Government circles express satisfaction over the visit of the Greek Prime Minister to Skopje, as the government stresses after 30 years of inertia, tension and suspicion, the implementation of the Prespа Agreement acts as a bridge of strategic cooperation in a number of critical areas. Government officials refer to the internationally acclaimed press reports that […]
33 MEPs from 16 countries support Zaev and Tsipras to be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. This is the first time that such a pioneering agreement, like the Prespa Agreement, is being reached in the Balkan region, write the MEPs from 16 countries and six political groups in the European Parliament, who signed a letter […]
The US Department of State officially submitted to the US Senate all the necessary documents for ratification of North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his speech at the reception to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington DC. “This year, we’re preparing to welcome […]
EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn’s statement in the European Parliament that he would propose “entering preparatory stage for accession negotiations” for our country, despite all the apathy from the efforts for EU integration – echoed like a bomb. Despite the fact that no one has ever received a recommendation for such a stage, which is even […]
With your support, North Macedonia will soon become the thirtieth member of our Alliance, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in his address to the United States Congress. “And NATO’s door remains open,” Stoltenberg said. “What started in 1949 with 12 members, has proven a powerful force for peace. An Alliance that others strive to […]
The Parliament in Poland is set to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol on Thursday morning, said Polish Ambassador to the country Wojciech Jerzy Tyciński Wednesday at a diplomatic panel titled ‘Road to Brussels’, organized as part of the NATO week. “It’s not a coincidence that the ratification vote is taking place these days,” Tyciński […]
The visit that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held in Skopje yesterday has triggered a debate and was also commented by presidential candidates during the meetings that they had with voters. VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was critical about the fact that the national anthem was not played and the Republican Guard was not present […]
The national anthem will stay as it is, there have never been and never will be talks for changes. It remains the same, both textually and instrumentally, said Government Spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski today. “All formal welcoming activities including the guard salute, the flower-laying ceremony and playing of the anthems were scrapped because of the delayed […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, during his first day of the working visit to Washington DC, met with Philip Reeker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and US Congressman Brendan Boyle. The talks were focused on the pace of the reform process as a prerequisite […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came carrying this message in his first official visit to North Macedonia that was done without an official welcome, allegedly because of the delegation’s delayed flight. Tsipras assessed that this visit presents an important and historic day for us and for the Balkans, that a lot of time has been […]
The European Commission is expected to recommend the launch of negotiations for the accession of Albania and North Macedonia in May. This was declared yesterday by EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn during the proceedings of the European Parliament Committee for Foreign Affairs. This meeting was considered to have a special importance because it was the […]
A small Cesna PN210N model plane has crashed yesterday in the Jakupica mountain range in North Macedonia. Authorities said that a Bulgarian family of four was travelling on the plane. The plane was registered in Germany and it was flying from Ohrid to Skopje. The Ministry of Interior announced that it has not yet reached […]
Stability of the region is the price North Macedonia should pay to Greece for protecting the Macedonian airspace, under an agreement of Tuesday’s meeting of the High-Level Cooperation Council between Athens and Skopje. As part of the meeting, several memorandums for cooperation were signed, including a document between the defense ministries envisaging that North Macedonia’s […]
Today’s meeting of working groups of the ruling authorities and the opposition over the law on the public prosecutor’s office and the future status of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) again produced no results. Justice Minister Renata Deskoska said the meeting focused on the two key topics – the SPO status, and the initiated proceedings […]
A historic visit which aims at leaving behind hate and division and to build bridges of cooperation and understanding. This was declared by the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras in Skopje following a meeting that he had with his counterpart, Zoran Zaev. He said that he and PM Zaev are building a different story for […]
Betty Baziana, domestic partner of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who accompanied him on his first official visit to Skopje, visited the grave of the famous Greek Georgios Zorba, who was buried at the Butel cemetery in Skopje. The visit to Zorba’s grave was within the program of Tsipras’ partner, but this was done discreetly. […]
Prime Ministers of North Macedonia and Greece Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras and two countries’ ministers signed Tuesday in Skopje several agreements to boost bilateral cooperation. Prime Ministers Zaev and Tsipras, during joint session of the High-Level Cooperation Council between the two countries, signed an action plan to strengthen overall cooperation in accordance with the […]
North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and visiting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hold Tuesday tête-a-tête meeting in the Government. PM Tsipras has arrived early Tuesday in the Republic of North Macedonia for a first-ever visit to the country. The Greek delegation led by Tsipras has been welcomed by Deputy PM and Defense Minister Radmila […]
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has arrived to Skopje today in what is considered to be a historic visit and the first one by a Greek prime minister since the country declared its independence in 1991. The head of the Greek government was received by PM Zoran Zaev and the government delegation through a simple ceremony, […]
Alexis Tsipras will land at the airport in Skopje today, which in the current turbulent chronology of the Macedonian-Greek relations will be listed as the first Greek Prime Minister who arrived on an official visit to the country. His visit means achieving what seemed unlikely in the first years of independence, and which became impossible […]
