First implementation of the reforms, then solving the name dispute, is the order of priorities for the country’s entry into NATO and the EU, according to VMRO-DPMNE deputy leader Aleksandar Nikoloski. In an interview with Radio Free Europe, he says a much better agreement with Greece can be reached than the one achieved by the […]
The date for the holding of the referendum on the agreement reached between Skopje and Athens concerning the issue of the country’s name will be announced on Monday. This is confirmed by the office of the speaker of parliament, Talat Xhaferi. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has announced September 30th as a possible date for the referendum. […]
Announcing the referendum on the agreement to resolve the issue of the name, which was signed in Prespa last month, is a matter of days in Macedonia. The country’s parliament, following a government and opposition agreement, approved the new members of the National Electoral Commission yesterday, which will be responsible for conducting the referendum. However, there […]
Minister of State of Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, Michael Roth is set to meet with Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov during his visit to Macedonia today. Dimitrov and Roth will discuss the foreign policies of Macedonia and the next steps towards full implementation of the Prespa name agreement.
We cannot change the universal right the neighbours to be called Macedonians, at an individual or unofficial level, but we can call them however we want, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Sunday in an interview with Greek news agency ANA-MPA. “What we have said is that the citizens of this country have the […]
More than 40 intellectuals from Europe and the United States in an open letter published in the British daily newspaper The Guardian are seeking the historic agreement of 17 June signed between Macedonia and Greece, which ends the name dispute, to be implemented. In the letter signed by university professors from London, California’s Berkeley, Bologna, […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sent a letter to congratulate Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the agreement solving the Macedonia-Greece name issue and establishing strategic partnership between the two countries. In the letter, signed by PM Orban also on behalf of the Visegrad Group, he welcomes the agreement reached by Macedonia and Greece to […]
When the president of VMRO-DPMNE came in the company of Tanja Karakamiseva-Jovanovska at the leaders’ meeting at 6pm, many failed to hide their surprise. The question was raised-why, apart from three vice-presidents, general secretary, about forty MPs, current and former officials, Hristijan Mickoski decided to bring the professor of constitutional law and political system to […]
It is obvious that the name agreement will pass in the Greek parliament, otherwise we would not have signed it, says government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos. In an interview with Greek radio Real FM, Tzanakopoulos explains that the government wants a larger majority “for this important agreement, which closes a 25-year-long issue in the best possible […]
The agreement reached between Skopje and Athens shows that persistent negotiations and diplomacy work, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in the interview with the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, noting that Austria supports EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. “We warmly welcome the agreement between the two sides. It shows that persistent negotiations and diplomacy work. For […]
We, the leftists, the democrats and the progressive citizens, support the agreement, because we oppose nationalism and revisionism and we are committed to a peaceful European, Balkan neighborhood, as the agreement surpasses nationalist and religious tensions, reads the text in support of Prespa agreement signed by over 320 Greek intellectuals including university professors, journalists, writers. […]
The Prespa name agreement is very important and positive both for Greece and for FYROM. Once it is finalized, we can implement in practice some very good and positive ideas for cooperation between the two countries in terms of new technologies, says Nikos Pappas, Greek Minister of Digital Policy, Media and Telecommunications. According to him, […]
The historic agreement between Greece and Macedonia over the name dispute proves that it is possible to overcome deep bilateral differences, if confidence is increased and political will exists, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, Michael Roth told Monday. In the statement, prior to his participation at the meeting of […]
It took only 27 minutes for the parliamentary majority to hold the 54th session, the only topic being the ratification of the name agreement with Greece. With 69 votes in favor, one abstained, and none against, the Parliament again endorsed the deal after it was first adopted 16 days ago, but President Gjorge Ivanov returned […]
President Gjorge Ivanov should sign the law ratifying the name agreement, followed by its confirmation at a referendum, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Thursday. PM Zaev said citizens get a chance for the first time after 27 years to decide about Macedonia’s future. “I believe in our people and success of the process that […]
The Parliament endorsed Thursday the law ratifying the name agreement with 69 votes ‘in favor’ and one ‘abstained’. This was the second vote on the law after President Gjorge Ivanov failed to sign the decree for its promulgation after the Parliament had initially passed it on June 20. The opposition did not attend the Parliament […]
A session in which MPs will vote again for the law ratifying the name agreement has been scheduled on Thursday, it was agreed Monday in a coordination meeting of Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and coordinators of parliamentary groups. Last week, a decision of President Gjorge Ivanov was forwarded to the Assembly saying he wouldn’t sign […]
Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras will meet in London, according to IBNA and Nezavisen Vesnik, on the sidelines of the Western Balkans Summit that the United Kingdom will host on July 10, 2018. The two Prime Ministers will discuss developments after the signing of the Prespa Agreement, co-ordinate their actions for the successful conclusion of […]
According to a press release from the Greek Prime Minister’s Office, it is clear that the Greek side has not yet decided how to ratify the Greek-Macedonian Agreement. “When the other party does its best to fulfill the commitments stemming from the Agreement, the government will make decisions regarding the ratification process collectively, always respecting the international […]
The second vote on the law on ratification of the agreement with Greece is scheduled for Thursday, At today’s coordination in parliament, it was agreed that the new session be scheduled on July 5, when at least 61 MPs should declare the ratification for the president to be obliged to sign. The Parliament of Macedonia […]
