The name can be resolved only when there are no signs of irredentism, because irredentism is contrary to international law and European legislation, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said, reiterating his position about Macedonia that constitutional changes are necessary, remove of irredentist positions and afterwards solution to the problem and Euro-Atlantic integration. Aimed at finding a […]
I see no need for us to change the Constitution, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Thursday when asked whether the process of solving the name dispute involved the possibility of changing the Constitution. “In the name talks, the demand to change the Constitution is a position of Greece, but we have our own. Macedonia had […]
Serbia wants to see the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece settled and it will support any solution agreed by the two countries, Serbian Ambassador to Macedonia Dusanka Divjak Tomic said Wednesday. “Serbia wishes Macedonia all the best since it is its close neighbor and a traditional friend. We sincerely hope the issue between Macedonia and […]
A meeting of the PMs of Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, hasn’t been scheduled yet, government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski told a news conference Wednesday. Answering a journalist question as to whether Athens as part of the name negotiations was expected to demand amendments to the Articles 3 and 49 of the Constitution […]
There is consensus as to whether we should negotiate, as to whether we should accept some kind of compromise, because both conservative and social democratic administrations have at some point accepted certain compromises, Macedonian Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska told Greece’s Skai TV. Speaking as a guest of the TV show ‘Istories’, Sekerinska said that the […]
Norway will double the financial support to Macedonia in the upcoming period, said Norwegian Ambassador Arne Sannes Bjornstad during Wednesday’s meeting with PM Zoran Zaev. Bjornstad informed Zaev that most of the funds from this significant increase in Norway’s participation in promoting the country’s policies will be directed towards establishing a fund for socio-economic development […]
The name dispute between Macedonia and Greece can be resolved in near future with leadership and statesmanship in both countries, Johannes Hahn, the Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations stated to Deutsche Welle. “This is an issue which is ongoing for many years. There are certain sentiments, particularly in Greece, but I understand that […]
The UK House of Lords calls on the government to push Macedonia to join NATO, with or without a solution to the name issue. The report titled “The UK and the Future of Western Balkans”, which is drafted by the foreign affairs committee of the House of Lords, and is dated from December 2017 and […]
We are prepared for a geographic determinant, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Tuesday while highlighting the importance of the name dispute and the need to give talks a chance. “I want our citizens and the people of neighboring Greece to know the details, but most of all I would like to see success in the negotiating process. […]
The highway leading from Macedonia to the southern border with Greece will be renamed ‘Friendship Highway’ and the Skopje Airport will be called “Skopje International Airport’, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told a news conference Tuesday with the EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Samuel Zbogar. The decision passed today by the government, Zaev said, once again affirms the […]
Macedonia is making significant progress on its European path and the European Commission is ready to prepare recommendations to open accession negotiations, on the basis of fulfilled conditions, reads the EC Strategy for the Western Balkans, presented Tuesday at joint press conference by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, […]
The European Commission intends to give clear recommendation for launching of Macedonia’s EU accession talks, Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn says in a interview for Nova TV. However a decision on the matter should be made by all EU members, Hahn says. Referring to the name row, Hahn says the […]
The Parliament of Macedonia in June for the seventh time will host the Rose-Roth Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA). To that end, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Tuesday met with Henrik Bliddal, political director in charge of Rose-Roth Seminars, who is visiting Macedonia as preparations for the seminar are under way. Speaker Xhaferi expressed satisfaction […]
Greece’s foreign minister has spoken exclusively to Euronews following Sunday’s mass rally in Athens over the decades-long Macedonia dispute. Hundreds of thousands of Greeks protested outside parliament over negotiations to allow the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to shorten their official name to “Macedonia”. Many say it implies a territorial claim on Greece’s northern Macedonia […]
Macedonia’s government is committed to building confidence with Greece’s government in favor of dignified settlement of the open issues between the two European neighbors, cabinet officials told MIA regarding yesterday’s protest in Athens. ‘We believe the majority of citizens in both Greece and Macedonia wish for good-neighborly relations, which lead to friendship, stability and economic […]
Switzerland stands ready to help the State Election Commission (SEC) and the municipal election commission strengthen their capacities and to provide support for election-related reforms, the Swiss Ambassador to Macedonia, Sybille Suter Tejada told Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at a meeting on Monday. PM Zaev informed Ambassador Tejada about the coming establishment of a coordination body […]
The total value of exported goods from the Republic of Macedonia in period January-December 2017 amounted to US$ 5,67 billion, a 18.5% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was US$ 7,72 billion, or 14.2% more than the same period last year, says the […]
Heavy rains over the weekend have flooded offices of the State Archive of the Republic of Macedonia in downtown Skopje. The offices are located on the sixth and seventh floor of the same building that also houses the Archaeological Museum and the Constitutional Court. Several members of the staff for two days are doing everything […]
The new name to be used internally and internationally after the country integrates in the EU, no mandatory constitutional change, non-exclusivity clause on terms “Macedonia” and “Macedonian” for commercial uses, the new name to be used not translated or translated at the discretion of each party, read the proposals from the ‘set of ideas’ of […]
No date has been set yet for the Parliament debate on the 35,569 amendments to the Law on the Use of Languages. The law extends the official use of Albanian over the entire country, and it was passed on February 11. A week later, however, the President vetoed it and sent it back to Parliament, which […]
