According to local STA, the turnout at this parliamentary election after 95% of the votes had been counted was at a historic low 49.88%. Still, Sunday’s general election preliminary results confirmed that the right-wing Democrats (SDS) had won, whereas the second place belongs to the “newcomer” LMŠ. Although Janez Janša’s anti-immigration opposition party has won, its victory is not […]
“Грчката влада очекува од господинот Заев да го направи решавачкиот чекор кон постигнување на договор за името, топката е на нивниот терен“, рече портпаролот на грчката Влада и министер без ресор, Димитрис Ѕанакопулос. Во интервју за грчката телевизија “Контра”, Ѕанакопулос рече дека не може да предвиди кога премиерите на Грција и на Македонија Алексис Ципрас […]
Нешто помалку од половина испитаници или 48,3 отсто се согласуваат дека грчката влада треба во овој момент да се стреми кон постигнување решение на прашањето за името, покажуваат резултатите од последното истражување на јавното мислење во Грција, спроведено од агенцијата „Rass“ за грчката телевизија „Action24“. На прашањето „дали се согласувате или не со мислењето дека […]
The leader of the Democratic Union for Integration, Ali Ahmeti held meetings today in Pristina with different senior officials of the Kosovan state. Stability and the solution of different contests in the region were some of the topics that were discussed in the meeting that Ahmeti had with the president of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci and […]
If the Macedonian, Greek Prime Ministers, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras respectively, agree in the next few days on a solution to the name issue in the key phone conversation and convene a meeting in Prespa to make it official, several phases would follow until the parliaments of two countries ratify the deal. Part of […]
Montenegro, seeing a rise in the number of migrants passing through the country on a new route to the European Union, is considering building a razor wire fence on its border with Albania to stem the flow, a government official said on Sunday, Reuters reports. Thousands of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Sarajevo Sunday for a working visit and headed immediately from the airport, under heavy security measures, to the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina for talks with a state delegation, led by Presidency chairman Bakir Izetbegovic. Even before Erdogan’s arrival, thousands of Turks came to Sarajevo to attend a day […]
The mayor of Greece’s second-largest city Thessaloniki has been treated in hospital after being beaten up by about a dozen people, officials say. Yiannis Boutaris, 75, was kicked in the head and legs and beaten with bottles by a group of nationalists angry over his appearance at a remembrance event, the BBC reported. The mayor, […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, whose country Bulgaria is current EU’s presidency-holder, hosts Thursday EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia, said that the Western Balkans integration in the EU is put back on the agenda after 15 years. “Everyone understands the importance of the Western Balkans and therefore 15 years after the Thessaloniki meeting we have […]
The two issues that remain for an agreement are the erga omnes application of the name decided and a revision of that country’s Constitution, stated Alternate Foreign Minister responsible for European Affairs George Katrougalos, talking to the Greek News Agency radio station “Praktoreio,” ANA-MPA reports. “These are issues that are not minor, which FYROM has […]
The Greek government junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), headed by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, sticks to the position against including the term Macedonia in the name of our country. The party’s strong position was once again reiterated by the ANEL’s spokeswoman Madalena Papadopoulou in an interview with RealFM radio. “We cannot accept the name […]
The TURKEN Foundation, that “enables students, scholars, researchers to realize both their full potential and the available services” in the U.S. and assists them “at any kind of problem” organised a dinner in London where the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a speech on Sunday. Only a day ahead of the move of the American embassy from […]
A former Albanian interior minister was put under house arrest Saturday while he is investigated for graft and alleged involvement in a drug trafficking ring, the office of Albania’s top prosecutor said. Prosecutors had asked for Saimir Tahiri to be taken into custody, but Denion Ndrenika, spokesman for the Prosecutor General’s Office, said a court […]
The foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group (V4) consisting of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, and the four Balkan EU member states including Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia (B4) voiced support of the EU enlargement process at their informal meeting being held Friday in Sounio near Athens. We, friends of the EU enlargement have come here, Croatian […]
Одлуката на Србија за забрана на раководството на Косовскиот карате сојуз и косовските каратисти да влезат во Србија, за да учествуваат на Европското првенство во карате од 10 до 13 мај во Нови Сад, предизвикаа остри реакции во Косово. Косовскиот премиер Рамуш Харадинај на Фејсбук напиша дека одлуката е „неприфатлива, без преседан и страшен чин“, […]
Authorities in Kosovo said that the lifeless body of one of two police officers who have gone missing since the night of April 28, has been found. According to the authorities, the body of the police officer was found on Thursday around five kilometers from the place of the accident. On 28 April, two police […]
A working dinner was held ahead of the quadrilateral meeting of foreign ministers of Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria and Albania in Thessaloniki on Friday. The dinner was hosted by Greek FM Nikos Kotzias, also including counterparts Nikola Dimitrov of Macedonia, Ekaterina Zaharieva of Bulgaria and Ditmir Bushati of Albania. The foreign ministers will be joined by the countries’ […]
“During the meetings that I’ve had with different representatives of the international community, I’ve heard the option for the division of Kosovo being mentioned to me.” This was said today by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj during today’s parliamentary debates. Haradinaj spoke about the talks with Serbia at a time when these talks […]
Great progress made in negotiations We believe that great progress has been made in the negotiations and we hope that this progress can be maintained, but time will tell, US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reports. Pyatt spoke at the event in Thessaloniki before graduated students at American Universities and answering […]
The municipalities of Skopje and Athens signed Friday an agreement for cooperation. The document was signed by the mayors of the capitals of Macedonia and Greece, Petre Silegov and Georgios Kaminis respectively. “After signing the agreement, Skopje and Athens will start sharing information, experiences, new practices and nourishing cooperation in various spheres of our duties and competences, […]
