Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told Sunday’s interview with RFE/RL’s Balkan Service that eight foreign companies made decisions to invest in Macedonia and are awaiting confirmation from the parent companies to sign the contracts. “We signed 10 contracts with foreign investors in ten months, and additional negotiation teams of eight companies decided to invest in Macedonia and are awaiting […]
Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Koco Angjusev is optimistic that planned GDP growth of 3.2 percent for this year can be achieved. He told reporters at Saturday’s press briefing in government that he is optimistic due to the fact that the wages have already started to increase, the industry is on the rise and the realization of […]
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 impossible becomes possible, European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday in regard to the process for settling Athens-Skopje dispute over Macedonia’s name. Speaking at a joint press conference with leaders of the Brdo-Brijuni Process, Tusk voiced satisfaction with the tangible progress of the name talks, which to a great extent ‘is a result of the efforts […]
One year after the violent events in Parliament, Talat Xhaferi urged Friday that the events of ‘Bloody Thursday‘ should never happen again. “After one year I am once again here (in press center) and I have the same feeling recalling the situation when in a split of a second I was supposed to think about life or death. […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held talks Friday with Fiona McIlwham, Director for Western Balkans at the British Foreign Office, the government said in a press release. McIlwham voiced support for the policies of Macedonia’s government, focused on reforms and building friendships as democratic values significant for the country’s integration with European, Euro-Atlantic organizations. Macedonia-Bulgaria Friendship Treaty is […]
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, […]
I feel there is a change in the political mentality in Macedonia and real will to move the country forward in its Euro-Atlantic integration process. I see brave leadership focused on the future. The EC recommendation is the best proof that Macedonia’s efforts have impressed many in Europe, said European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday. […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reminded that only Macedonia and 29 member states can decide on the country’s membership in the Alliance. At a press conference, prior to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, Secretary-General Stoltenberg asked to comment on the statements of the Russian ambassador to Macedonia that the country would become […]
A small group of citizens before the Criminal Court is demanding for a prison sentence for the murder near Smilkovo Lake. They stressed that they organized themselves in order to seek justice. The parents of the killed boys did not attend the protest, but told the media that they would wait to see how the Special […]
If there had been any concrete evidence, trust me, I would have released ‘the bomb’ as I did releasing all the other (batches of illegally wiretapped conversations). But, it contains some serious indications and my duty, first and foremost as a citizen and back then as leader of the opposition, was to fully hand them […]
Macedonia and Croatia have exceptionally friendly relations and no open issues. Croatia is a great champion of Macedonia’s EU and NATO integration, while open issues with other countries should not stand in the way but solved in parallel with the accession talks, agreed President Gjorge Ivanov and Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic after a […]
The name issue should be solved by you, I am not in charge of giving ideas or guidelines, but I will underscore the urgency that characterizes the name row settlement, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, said in an address in the Parliament of Greece. “Mr. President, I will say something before the MPs […]
European construction for us is not under threat, it is a necessity, but there is still a lot of work to be done because we have came across some organizational limitations. We have to work hard, particularly in terms of the decisions we have to make. Patience and optimism is necessary, French Ambassador Christian Thimonier […]
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia, will pay an official visit to Macedonia on Thursday. Croatian President Grabar-Kitarović will be welcomed and hosted by President Gjorgje Ivanov. The two country leaders will have a tête-à-tête and later attend a plenary meeting between the official delegations of Croatia and Macedonia. Grabar-Kitarović will also meet with Parliament Speaker Talat […]
Yesterday’s meeting held in Vienna for the solution of the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece was the main headline today in Skopje. According to the media, the UN’s negotiator Matthew Nimetz said that he was optimistic that the sides are committed to solving this contest, but nothing was made public as to what was discussed […]
Special Rapporteur for Macedonia in the European Parliament Ivo Vajgl, in an interview for MIA, said that there is a real chance that EU leaders give Macedonia a green light and a date for negotiations as soon as this summer. He pointed out that the EP has long pushed for the negotiations and the name […]
PM Zoran Zaev expects a step forward to be made at today’s meeting in Vienna between Macedonian and Greek foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias with the UN mediator Matthew Nimetz. Zaev believes in two foreign ministers and he is also an optimist, he told reported at presentation of annual employment programme. “There is […]
Macedonia ranks 109th in the latest report for the freedom of media issued by Reporters without Borders, going up two places as opposed to last year, when it ranked 111st. The report says that “the systematic attacks on the freedom of speech were a constant phenomenon during Nikola Gruevski’s term in office”. According to the report, […]
Prominent political figures from the region and other countries of the world will help Macedonia in its path toward NATO and the EU. They have now gathered around a group called “Ohrid Group”, a part of which are staying for a visit in Skopje. Former NATO’s Secretary General, George Robertson is one of the heads […]
