Press conference held by Deputy Prime Ministers Radmila Sekerinska and Bujar Osmani and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov: <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/P8h8rTTgijI” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe>
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Western Balkans meeting together with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini welcomed the work currently underway in Macedonia to implement the Prespa agreement, noting that it does not expect a new thirty-member state. The assessments the Alliance is that Macedonia will become a member by February 2020, and […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, after meeting with NATO foreign ministers, said he was very encouraged by the support Macedonia has received, announcing that the country should become a member of the alliance in February 2020. “For us this is unfinished business. We have wanted this NATO membership since 1993, and we were supposed to join […]
The West needs to improve its relations with Russia, but this is only possible if the situation in Ukraine changes, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov in an interview with the German newspaper Welt. “In the long run, we must weaken tensions between the West and Russia and strengthen co-operation with it. Of course, the […]
The new independent parliamentary group, formed by eight MPs from VMRO-DPMNE and the coalition “For Better Macedonia”, which voted “for” accession to constitutional changes, will meet today with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the ministers of foreign affairs and justice, Nikola Dimitrov and Renata Treneska Deskoska, to discuss the draft amendments to the Constitution that […]
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Miro Cerar, will pay an official visit to the Republic of Macedonia at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov on Wednesday. As reported, the meeting between FM Dimitrov and FM Cerar will focus on exchanging views on […]
Macedonia’s FM Nikola Dimitrov wished success to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who resigned on Wednesday and promised commitment in the process of finalizing the Prespa Agreement. “Under the leadership of Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev, together with Foreign Minister Kotzias, we shared months of intensive communications, during which we became true friends. In […]
The Parliament should decide whether to follow the people’s will, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov a debate on Monday. “The referendum turnout was close to 37 percent, and although the Electoral Code stipulates a higher turnout, there were 609,000 citizens who said ‘Yes’. This is the majority and they want Macedonia to move forward. Discussions in […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has filed a report to the Interior Ministry and the Public Prosecutor’s Office involving a forgery and possible misuse of an institution and a manner for communication in connection to a fake resignation letter of Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, which was leaked yesterday, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski told a news […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said Monday that the referendum is not a legal aspect noted in the agreement, but a political pledge and promise, both by SDSM in its election programme, but also by VMRO-DPMNE back in 2005. “The turnout is not mentioned in VMRO-DPMNE’s 2016 election programme. It only says that ‘citizens will be […]
The constitutional amendments are not written nor negotiated. They are formulated in Parliament by a two-third majority, through public debate, discussions in committees, in line with the Rules of Procedures,” said Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov on Monday. FM Dimitrov elaborated the four constitutional amendments in question, resulting from the agreement with Greece. “The first refers […]
The statement of President Gjorge Ivanov that he will not vote at the coming referendum is no surprise for us. Shying away from responsibility is shameful, and on top of that, uttered from across the ocean not in Macedonia,” said Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov on Monday. FM Dimitrov referred to Ivanov’s past actions to pardon individuals […]
We have sufficiently matured as a society to face reality – the road to EU and NATO goes through the name agreement, this is the reality. All world leaders, starting from NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg up to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have said there is no Plan B for us to sit on their table, […]
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas expressed hope Tuesday that all citizens of Macedonia would exercise their right to vote in the 30 September referendum, seize the historic opportunity for resolving the name dispute and consequently open the EU prospect for the country. The decision is now in the hands of citizens, Maas said Tuesday at […]
UK Minister for Europe Sir Alan Duncan is set to visit Macedonia on Tuesday for meeting with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. Duncan-Dimitrov talks will tackle Macedonia’s reform agenda related to EU, NATO integration processes and ongoing activities for successful organization of the 30 September referendum, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday in a press […]
Macedonia is writing history, not only a national one but also European. The name agreement with Greece is a unique chance for opening of EU and NATO doors. I would like to see our Macedonian friends in the group united in the two associations as soon as possible, said Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe […]
During his visit to Skopje, Dutch Foreign minister Stef Blok has considered the agreement reached between Macedonia and Greece with regard to the issue of the name as a historical achievement, because this enables the country’s Euro-Atlantic integration path. Blok said that citizens also have a responsibility for the future of the country and they will […]
Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok is arriving to Macedonia Wednesday for talks with Macedonia’s officials. Blok is set to meet his counterpart Nikola Dimitrov to discuss the current political developments in Macedonia, preparations for the upcoming referendum and the pace of necessary reforms related to the EU, NATO membership, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said […]
I am convinced that the referendum will succeed, because whenever we have a major historical crossroads we choose wisely and I think that it will be so in this case, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov at the roundtable ” Euro-Atlantic future for Macedonia? “. The referendum, as he pointed out, is a political […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov on Thursday and Friday in Vienna will take part in an informal meeting of foreign ministers of EU members and EU candidate countries, namely Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. Dimitrov has been invited to attend by EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, and Karin Kneissl, Minister for Europe, Integration […]
