Civic Initiative for collecting signatures of at least 150,000 voters for holding an additional referendum for deciding citizens on the entire territory of the Republic of Macedonia delivered through the authorized nominator Todor Petrov, yesterday at the session of the Parliamentary Commission for Political System and Inter-Ethnic Relations with eight votes “in favour”, no votes […]
“Long live Macedonia! Long live North Macedonia!”, Zaev said. While the Prespa Agreement received the green light in Skopje, it’s up to Greece now to ratify this agreement. PM Zoran Zaev has asked the Greek authorities to do the same and take a positive step. “I strongly believe that Greece will ratify the Prespa Agreement […]
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras expressed his resoluteness to carry on to the end with Prespa Agreement, saying that as our neigbour did not retreat, so the Greece will also not retreat. Speaking at a conference dedicated to the Prespa Agreement, Tsipras congratulated his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev, and said that with the agreement, Greece freed […]
Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, after today’s resignation of Greece’s Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, spoke with his Greek counterpart, Georgios Katrougalos, who assured him that the Greek government remains committed to completing the work with the Prespa Agreement. “Macedonia has solved the major problem related to its foreign policy, which pulled the country down for […]
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, leader of the junior Independence Greek (ANEL) coalition partner in government, announced Sunday that his party is withdrawing from the government due to its opposition to the Prespa Agreement. The announcement came after his meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. After the leader of the Independence Greek Party (ANEL) Panos […]
The United States welcomes the decision by Macedonia’s Parliament to adopt the constitutional amendments needed to ratify the Prespa Agreement with Greece. Macedonia’s leaders demonstrated vision, courage, and persistence in their pursuit of a solution to the name dispute, which will allow Macedonia to take its rightful place in NATO and the EU as the […]
In the next few days, along with our friend Greece, we shall discard isolation and misunderstandings and confirm the historic deal, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Saturday at press conference, following the Macedonia’s Parliament endorsement of the constitutional amendments, necessary for implementing the Prespa Agreement with the southern neighbor. ‘I am certain that the Greek […]
United Nations mediator in the name negotiations Matthew Nimetz welcomed the final steps taken by the Macedonian Parliament towards implementing the Prespa Agreement. ‘I welcome the final steps taken by the Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia towards the implementation of the Prespa Agreement. I wish to congratulate the Parliament and the country’s citizens […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev. The Greek Prime Minister congratulated Zoran Zaev on the successful completion of the revision process of the constitution of Macedonia on the basis of the Prespa Agreement. /IBNA
With 81 votes in favour, the Macedonian Parliament adopted the amendments to four articles of the Constitution and thus accepted the name agreement with Greece. Once the parliament in Athens ratifies the process, the country’s new name will be the Republic of North Macedonia, and there will be other interventions in the Constitution. In return, […]
The eight independent VMRO-DPMNE MPs who originally supported the constitutional changes have also agreed to support the amendments’ final adoption, which will secure the majority necessary to implement the Prespa Agreement. “We have come to an agreement on the final amendments to the Constitution, securing at least a two-thirds majority,” the Government’s press service said. […]
While awaiting the beginning of the parliamentary session for the final phase of constitutional changes, political circles speculate that the BESA of Bilal Kasami and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev have reached an agreement on the demands of the Albanian opposition party. There are talks that an agreement has been reached, and that one of Kasami’s […]
Despite cold weather and snowfall, a group of citizens are staging protest again today against constitutional changes outside the Parliament building. Citizens say that the protest is aimed at defending the Macedonian name, identity, history and tradition of Macedonian people and against “the greatest national treachery.” Members of citizens associations “Macedonia Blocking,” “Christian Brotherhood,” “United […]
Parliament in Skopje is expected to start the third and final phase of debates regarding the constitutional amendments which are related to the Prespa agreement on the name issue. The parliamentary session is taking place without the participation of VMRO-DPMNE lawmakers, but the majority is convinced that it has the necessary 80 votes. PM Zoran […]
Manfred Weber, who will lead the European People’s Party (EPP), European election campaign, said that Greece-Macedonia name dispute has to be solved in order to give Macedonia a positive economic and European future. “Everybody knows that [the name dispute] has to be solved in order to give Macedonia a positive economic and European future,” Weber […]
In an interview with OPEN TV on Wednesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out the possibility of him leading a minority government, should his coalition with the Independent Greeks party break up over the Prespa Agreement. Alexis Tsipras said he believed junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will not bring down the government, despite his strong […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev thanked his coalition partners in the government that worked on reaching the agreement with Greece (DUI, LDP, DPA, Besa of Afrim Gashi), and mentioned the independent MPs (excluded from VMRO-DPMNE), the Alliance led by Zijadin Sela, Besa by Bilall Kasami, as well as the MP from the opposition, Pance Minov, who […]
A crucial meeting of the SYRIZA Political Secretariat was held Monday to discuss developments with regards to the imminent ratification of an agreement with Macedonia to change the neighboring country’s name. The Political Secretariat members examined the ramifications of the ratification for the stability of the ruling coalition between left-wing SYRIZA and right-wing Independent Greeks […]
Talks with representatives of the opposition party BESA over a two-thirds majority for the constitutional revision resume on Tuesday. This is the second meeting with the BESA representatives after last week’s discussions between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and BESA leader Bilal Kasami. BESA and Alliance for Albanians have filed amendments to the constitutional amendments, while VMRO-DPMNE […]
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ relations with the leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, took a turn for the worse over the controversial Macedonia name-change deal known as the Prespa Agreement. In fresh statements over the weekend, Kammenos vowed to oppose the government’s agreement with Skopje “to the end”, adding that his […]
