The referendum concerning the issue of the name and the country’s accession in the NATO and EU is on the focus of the visit that Macedonia’s Foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov is holding in Brussels. Yesterday he met with NATO senior officials, while today he will also deliver a speech in front of the European Parliament […]
Macedonia has been receiving the continuous support and encouragement for the September 30 referendum from strategic partners such as the U.S.A and the EU, but also from neighbor countries. The citizens’ vote is one of the crucial steps towards the implementation of the name agreement with Greece as well as towards NATO membership and the […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov held a meeting with German MPs Josip Juratovic and Martin Rossmann and representatives of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in which he extended gratitude for the exceptionally important support of Germany to Macedonia’s progress on its EU and NATO path in the past several months. Dimitrov also praised the vital role played by Germany’s […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov had an official meeting Tuesday in Washington with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who voiced strong support for Macedonia to become the 30th NATO member. ‘This is a very significant moment for the Macedonian diplomacy. My meeting today with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was rather encouraging’ Dimitrov told […]
Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov is set to meet Tuesday afternoon with the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In Washington, he is also scheduled to meet senior officials of the US administration, National Security Council, US Department of State, US Congress as well as with the representatives of NGOs and other institutions, Ministry of […]
Committee on Foreign Policy and Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment will hold sessions Wednesday in the Parliament. FM Nikola Dimitrov will brief members of the Committee on Foreign Policy on realization of the foreign policy and Macedonia’s international positioning. Moreover, platforms on diplomatic activities of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of the Republic of […]
The future of Macedonia is in NATO and the EU, and that is not only my personal point of view, it is the joint position of the EU institutions and all 28 member states. I would love to see Macedonia on my side, in Europe, in the near future, because stability, peace, prosperity and democracy […]
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 deserve a clear decision for the start of accession talks, but politics is an art of the possible and we will invest maximum efforts to move forward, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov told debate “Beyond Berlin: What Does the Next Decade Hold for the Western Balkans” within the EU-Western Balkans Summit in London on Tuesday. […]
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 […]
Macedonian government delegation led by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev pays a two-day working visit to Brussels where is set to meet with European Council President Donald Tusk. The meeting will also be attended by Deputy PM and Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska, Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and FM Nikola Dimitrov, Government Press Service […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov held Wednesday farewell meeting with the outgoing UK Ambassador to Macedonia, Charles Garrett, the Foreign Ministry said. Minister Dimitrov praised the important role of Ambassador Garrett in the development of bilateral relations. He said that his professionalism and personal engagement were of utmost importance to improve cooperation in various fields, from […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met Monday with the outgoing ambassador of Poland to Macedonia, Jacek Multanowski. Expressing gratitude to Ambassador Multanowski for his engagement, efforts and support, PM Zaev underscored Poland’s role in the democratic processes in Macedonia on its path to fulfilling its Euro-integration objectives, the government said in a press release. Poland and […]
A session of the Parliament’s committee on European affairs is scheduled to start at 15:00h in which MPs will be reviewing the draft-law on ratification of the Macedonia-Greece name agreement. The legislative committee’s session is slated for 15:15h. The session shouldn’t take long having in mind that the deal should be only reviewed before the […]
According to the legend, Alexander the Great arrived at Gordium to have his army rested. In the palace there was an anathema to Jupiter a chariot from Gordios, father of Midas of Phrygia. The chariot yoke was tied with a skull bark, and the knot was so entangled that it was impossible to see how it […]
Tomorrow is a historic day for Macedonia, a day that paves us the way toward the future, said Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. “Tomorrow is, in fact, one major step to close the issue, which is as old as the independence of Macedonia, that is from 1991,” Dimitrov said speaking to reporters at the opening of the One […]
President Gjorge Ivanov will address citizens during the day following his two-minute meeting with PM Zoran Zaev and FM Nikola Dimitrov at which they briefed him about the deal reached on name issue, Ivanov’s Cabinet said in a press release. The Republic of North Macedonia, erga omnes, change of the Constitution and gradual introduction of […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met Wednesday with the President Gjorge Ivanov and briefed him about the deal reached by Macedonia and Greece in the name talks. Zaev and Dimitrov had a constructive attempt to present and discuss the content of the agreement, but Ivanov interrupted them and walked out of […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov will meet on Wednesday at 10:00h with the President Gjorge Ivanov to brief him about the deal reached by Macedonia and Greece in the name talks. Republic of North Macedonia, used both internationally and bilaterally, which will be further regulated in line with an amendment to the Constitution, […]
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 […]
