High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini commended Tuesday the premiers of Macedonia and Greece ‘for their determination and leadership in reaching the historic agreement.’ “This achievement belongs to the leaders of the two countries and their teams, but first and foremost it belongs to all the citizens of both […]
Republic of North Macedonia, erga omnes, Macedonian language and Macedonian identity is contained in the agreement set to be signed by Macedonia and Greece, according to reports of a Greek radio station and journalists reveling details of the resolutions. Greek journalists have reported the agreement ensures that: – Provisions in the Constitution ‘to protect the […]
The citizens are those who will make their decision by voting in a referendum. Myself, as Prime Minister, and Mr. Gjorge Ivanov, as President, should be helping the citizens rather than obstructing them, Zoran Zaev said Tuesday. Answering a journalist question about a statement issued by President Ivanov’s office regarding the name negotiations with remarks […]
Republic of Northern Macedonia is the name that has been agreed by two prime ministers, while the agreement between the two countries will be signed by Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras over the weekend, probably on Saturday (June 16) in Prespa, on the Greek territory, Greek media report. However, everything will become clearer after today’s […]
President Gjorge Ivanov’s cabinet assessed that Monday’s statement by PM Zoran Zaev given in political show “Top Tema” on TV Telma that possible rejection of agreement with Greece would jeopardize Macedonia’s perspectives to join EU and NATO and increase internal dangers, “represents a desperate attempt to manipulate the public and mislead Macedonian citizens ahead of […]
One of the suspects in the “Bloody Thursday” case, Aleksandar Vasilevski – Ninja, surrendered himself yesterday to the Criminal Court before a judge in a previous procedure, and was immediately transferred to the Sutka Investigation Prison. Ninja was at large for seven months, although he was detained for participating in the attack on MPs and […]
The long-awaited telephone conversation between the prime ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, finally took place yesterday, and the continuation of the talks is announced for this morning. The two prime ministers, as it was announced, talked for an hour between 14:00 and 15:00h, and talks were held in “positive mood”. […]
Just hours before Zoran Zaev’s phone call to Alexis Tsipras, the Greek Prime Minister invited the country’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias to Maximos shortly before 11:00 a.m. local, where he briefed him on the latest developments in the name issue. The discussion of Alexis Tsipras and Nikos Kotzias revolved around the latest facts that emerged from […]
Macedonian MPs unanimously adopted Monday the Code of Ethics in the parliament by 84 votes in favor. The goal of the document is to strengthen the ethics of lawmakers and to increase the confidence in the parliament as representative body of citizens and holder of legislative power. Ruling majority and opposition lawmakers agreed the final […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Monday that he hoped the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece could be solved ‘very soon’, most likely before the Summit of the EU on June 28-29. A prompt resolution to the name issue is correlated with our desire to see the row solved before the EU Summit and prior […]
Greek Minister without Portfolio Alekos Flambouraris in an interview with Sunday’s edition of ‘Ethnos’ daily calls on the Independent Greeks, junior partner of the government coalition, to not hamper the great opportunity for settling Athens-Skopje name dispute and clearly take into consideration the interest of the country. ‘I personally call on the Independent Greeks to […]
Representatives of civil initiatives met with Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Koco Angjusev, along with MEP Director Bajram Rexhepi, the Mayor of the City of Skopje, Petre Silegov and the head of his cabinet, Nikola Naumoski. The “I Love Vodno” initiative informed that someone mislead the Deputy Prime Minister that it is a forest […]
Higher education in the country is on the high fourth place in the ranking of areas of the society in which there is discrimination. Some students feel discriminated on a number of grounds, as victims of political, gender and ethnic discrimination. At the very least, the respondents identified discrimination based on favoritism and nepotism, and […]
With the testimony of the councilor in the Council of the Municipality of Centar, Cvetanka Simonovska, continued the trial of the violence in the Municipality of Centar, and the ordered slaps by the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski for the former mayor Andrej Zernovski. Simonovska said that on June 7, 2013, when a session of […]
The main parliamentary political parties work on coordinating their positions to changes in election laws that cover the election model. The ruling SDSM stated that it is in favor of one electoral unit with open lists, and expects all relevant political parties to agree with its proposal. – The census, according to my information, has […]
“Thousands of citizens across Greece have stated that Macedonia is Greek”, “24 cities, one vote”, “Thousands of citizens on the streets, protested for Macedonia”, “The protests for Macedonia ended peacefully and massively”, “24 cities in the rhythm of protests for the Skopje issue,” are part of Greek media coverage of protests across Greece that “defended […]
Moderate to small (crowd wise) were the protests that took place in 24 cities across Greece, participants of which are against the way negotiations on the name dispute with Macedonia go, opposing use of the term “Macedonia” in the compound name negotiated by the Greek leadership with the Macedonian one. For example, in Pella, which is […]
There is serious progress and the two countries have never been closer to a solution. The coming hours could be crucial for the negotiations and I hope that a positive outcome will create an environment for enhancement of bilateral relations, as well as prerequisites for acceleration of Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic perspective, said Vice Premier for European […]
Expecting the Zaev-Tsipras telephone conversation and a positive response from Skopje is in the focus of the Greek media regarding the possible name agreement. Media report that the Zaev-Tsipras conversation is a matter of hours, while others say it will happen in the coming days. Athens expects a positive response from Zaev regarding the name […]
Greeks defended the “Greek character of Macedonia” last night in over twenty cities. The protests, organized through social networks, took place throughout Greece, from the northernmost to the southernmost region, but the central event was in Pella. The protests were supported by some of the mayors of the cities where they were held, but also […]
