On Friday, the Greek Parliament will ratify the protocol for the admission of North Macedonia to NATO, House Speaker Nikos Voutsis made known. With the return of the Greek Prime Minister from Turkey – where today he meets with Turkish President Erdogan – on Thursday, a debate will be held in the competent committee, while […]
The Greek Parliament will vote on the protocol that paves the way for the Republic of Macedonia’s accession to NATO under the name “Republic of North Macedonia,” as agreed with the Prespa Agreement signed by both countries. Greece’s Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis on Tuesday said the accession protocol would be presented to a special parliamentary […]
Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met with US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs Wess Mitchelland discussed the implementation of the Prespa Agreement and Macedonia’s upcoming signing of the accession protocol with NATO. During their meeting at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Monday, FM Dimitrov said he was looking forward to […]
Aktivitetet lidhur me implementimin e Marrëveshjes së Prespës si dhe aktivitetet vijuese rreth ratifikimit të Protokollit qasës për anëtarësim të Maqedonisë në NATO, kanë qenë temë e takimit të ministrit për Punë të Jashtme Nikolla Dimitrov me ndihmës sekretarin shtetëror për Evropë, Ves Miçel që u mbajt në Stejt Departamentin në kuadër të vizitës së […]
Members of the Macedonian Parliament will pay a working visit Feb. 4-5 to NATO HQ and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Brussels at the invitation of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Secretariat. Members of the Delegation of the Macedonian Parliament to the NATO PA and the members of the Committee on Defence and […]
Sekretari i përgjithshëm i NATO-s, Jens Stoltenberg kumtoi se më 6 shkurt do të mbahet ceremonia e nënshkrimit të dokumentit për inkuadrim të Maqedonisë në Aleancë. “Më 6 shkurt do të shënojmë historinë: Aleatët e NATO-s do ta nënshkruajnë protokollin për inkuadrim me Maqedoninë e Veriut së bashku me MPJ Dimitrov”, shkroi Stoletenberg në Tuiter. […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the ceremony for the signing of the Accession Protocol with Macedonia will take place on February 6 in Brussels. “On 6 February we will write history. NATO Allies will sign the accession protocol with the future Republic of North Macedonia together with FM Nikola Dimitrov,” Stoltenberg tweeted […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday in Bucharest that he expects all 29 Allies to sign Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. At the joint press conference with President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, Stoltenberg expressed expectations that all 29 Allies will sign the Accession Protocol soon and then Skopje will take part in NATO meetings as […]
Germany has approved the accession of Macedonia to NATO. The German cabinet released a statement for the press, saying: “This will make an important contribution to security in the Euro-Atlantic area, while also providing important impetus for the further stabilization of the Western Balkans.” “A historic moment. On 17 June 2018, in the Prespa Agreement, Athens […]
The Government of Bulgaria at its regular session on Wednesday approved the signing of Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. By this decision, the Government in Sofia authorized the representative of the Permanent Delegation of Bulgaria to NATO to sign the accession protocol. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced earlier this week that signing of Macedonia’s NATO […]
After the ratification of the Prespa agreement by the Greek parliament, authorities in Skopje are waiting for the meeting of the ambassadors of NATO member countries, where the protocol accession is expected to be signed. Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said that this protocol is expected to be signed this week or at the start […]
When in 2014 DUI leader Ali Ahmeti uncompromisingly announced that he would withdraw from politics when Macedonia became part of NATO, he probably did not even believe that this would happen in five years. In times when the last pieces of the Skopje 2014 project were put into place, and thus chances for an agreement […]
Macedonia will sign the NATO Accession Protocol this week or during next week and will sit in its North-Atlantic Council chair as soon as the protocol is ratified in the Greek parliament, says Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. “The NATO protocol should be signed this week or the beginning of next one. Afterwards, it should […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the protocol to accept Macedonia as a member state to the Alliance will be prepared soon. The document will be sent to all NATO member states for ratification, but primarily to Greece, which undertook an obligation to ratify it as soon as it is received. -We will sign […]
The head of NATO’s intelligence and security division, Ambassador Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, started three days of talks in Skopje on Monday focused on reforming the country’s defence and security institutions. While in Skopje, Mr von Loringhoven will hold meetings with half a dozen senior government officials, including Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and President Gjorge […]
Slovenia has accepted the Protocol for Macedonia’s accession to NATO, which should be ratified by all NATO member states, before Macedonia officially becomes NATO’s 30th member. NATO Accession Protocol has been accepted by all member states without a problem, and now Greek Parliament is expected to ratify Prespa Agreement, followed by the ratification process of […]
The Republic of Macedonia received a positive response less than two months after it filed a motion for involvement in the European project for assessment of hybrid threats, said Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska on Thursday. Minister Sekerinska met with Gabor Iklody, director of Crisis Management and Planning Directorate (CMPD) of the European External Action Service, saying […]
After the nervous reaction of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about accepting the constitutional changes in Macedonia, President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov personally came up with new assessments. In a final attempt to influence the vote in Greece and to give a loud voice to their demand for the name agreement […]
Moscow does not oppose the new name for Macedonia, but there is the issue of the legitimacy of the ongoing process, which may be due to the goal of driving all the Balkan countries into NATO as soon as possible, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “We have always actively supported this dialogue [between Greece […]
Although the crisis in the government coalition in Greece brought a dose of uncertainty over the Prespa Agreement, the whole procedure for Macedonia’s accession to NATO was ready and the approximate assessment shows that Macedonia could become a member of the alliance as soon as February and our representatives could start participating in all meetings […]
