Photos from Strumica published Sunday on social networks by PM Zoran Zaev and FM Nikola Dimitrov were interpreted as message from Skopje to Athens, Greek media report. “Symbolic photo and message by Zaev and Dimitrov to Athens: On the same line;” “Zaev-Dimitrov: On the same line and on a joint holiday;” “Zaev tweed about his […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov has been talking to experts and the press about the name negotiations with Greece. At a conference organized by the European Political Center, he was asked to persuade EU-member countries that hesitate to start negotiations with Macedonia. “There should be a clear distinction,” FM Dimitrov said, “between starting negotiations and EU […]
Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov in Brussels told Greek news agency ANA-MPA he believes the name negotiations to be in the final stage. Dimitrov told ANA-MPA he hoped it was possible for a solution to be reached by the start of the EU Summit on June 28, adding that he had a ‘good meeting’ with […]
Macedonia and progress in the name talks will be on the agenda of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. The Foreign Affairs Council meets several weeks prior to the European Council summit, when EU leaders are set to decide over the European Commission’s recommendation for the start of Macedonia and Albania’s […]
Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met late in the afternoon with Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Early on Monday Mogherini is most likely to brief ministers of 28 EU member states on name negotiation process. Macedonian and Greek foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias arrived in Brussels however no details are […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov is to pay official visit May 28-29 to Brussels. Dimitrov is to take part Monday at the working breakfast with the EU foreign ministers organised by the Bulgaria’s EU Presidency ahead of upcoming Austria’s EU Presidency and Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting. The central point in the discussions will be Macedonia’s European integration process, implementation […]
Ministri i jashtëm maqedonas Nikolla Dimitrov dhe homologu i tij grek Nikos Kotzias do te zhvillojnë raundin e ri te bisedimeve për emrin kushtetues te Maqedonisë, sot dhe nesër ne Nju Jork. Ne ketë takim do te jete i pranishëm edhe ndërmjetësuesi i OKB per çështjen e emrit, Methju Nimiç. Qeveria maqedonase ka konfirmuar se […]
Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov held talks Wednesday in New York with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, focused on the latest developments in Skopje-Athens name negotiations. ‘With vision and sense of leadership the two countries have a historic opportunity to put an end to a long-standing dispute,’ Dimitrov said after the meeting. Today Dimitrov reaffirmed […]
Vice-Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov had a working meeting Monday with the Ambassadors of EU member states to Macedonia, organized by Bulgaria’s Ambassador Ivan Petkov Velkov. The gathering was focused on political developments related to Macedonia’s EU-integration process, and in this respect to the conclusions of the recent […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov on May 24-25 in New York will hold a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias with the UN special envoy, Matthew Nimetz, also in attendance, Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. The meeting was also announced in a statement by the Greek Foreign Ministry around the same time […]
The EU-integration is the best instrument at Brussels’ disposal for assisting those countries that wish for changes and reforms, Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said Wednesday in Sofia at a conference on Western Balkan European prospect. The European Commission’s positive report and recommendation justifies Macedonia’s expectation to get a date for commencing the EU accession […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov considers the meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias and UN mediator Matthew Nimetz, which to take place Saturday in Sounio, as rather significant, MIA reports from Athens. ‘It is a fact that we have entered the most delicate phase. Tomorrow is a day of great significance, as the meeting is taking place only few […]
Tomorrow in Sounio near Athens, Dimitrov, Kotzias and Nimetz will continue the name negotiations on which depends Macedonia’s accession to the European Union. It remains to be seen whether the parties this time will be able to overcome the differences about the problematic issues. The new meeting in Athens is preceded by a meeting between […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov has told counterparts at the conference “Future of Europe” that EU candidate countries from the Balkans consider words ‘future’ and ‘Europe’ as synonyms. “For us on the Balkans, the candidate-states and and aspirants, the future of Europe, the two words from the session title are almost synonyms. When we think about […]
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, held talks Thursday on the pace of Skopje-Athens name talks and Macedonia’s latest activities on its road to the EU, NATO membership. Dimitrov highlighted the significance of German support of Macedonia’s bid to join the Euro-Atlantic organizations. […]
The foreign ministers of Macedonia and Greece and the UN name envoy, Matthew Nimetz, will hold a fresh meeting on May 12 in Athens, MIA’s Athens correspondent has learned. Ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias will meet with the UN mediator a day after the conference slated to take place next Friday in Sounio, Greece. Speaking at a news […]
We share the same destiny with the EU but we are not at the table yet, said Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov at the third quadrilateral ministerial meeting (Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria), which takes place in Thessaloniki on Friday. “We are politically part of the EU, we are there in geographic terms, we share the same economic […]
A working dinner was held ahead of the quadrilateral meeting of foreign ministers of Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria and Albania in Thessaloniki on Friday. The dinner was hosted by Greek FM Nikos Kotzias, also including counterparts Nikola Dimitrov of Macedonia, Ekaterina Zaharieva of Bulgaria and Ditmir Bushati of Albania. The foreign ministers will be joined by the countries’ […]
At the invitation of Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, Nikola Dimitrov will attend the third quadripartite meeting between the FMs of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and Macedonia taking place in Thessaloniki on May 3 and 4. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other ministers and high representatives from all four countries’ Ministries of Internal Affairs and […]
The issue of the name continued to be one of the central topics of debate during the weekend. PM Zoran Zaev has warned that the solution of this issue may be reached before the end of the summit of June that the European Council has planned to hold. “Believing that this is the right time […]
