Concluding the part dedicated to the government’s economic failures, promises that the government will be held accountable for all the bad deeds it has done to Macedonia, and the announcements that the opposition party will defeat them all one by one, Hristijan Mickoski asked his supporters and supporters to sing “We have but one name […]
Skopje-based Public Prosecution launched a pre-investigative procedure over Ivanov’s failure to sign language law and the Prespa Agreement. The Primary Prosecutor’s Office-Skopje has launched a pre-investigative procedure regarding President Gjorge Ivanov’s failure to sign the Law on Languages and the Prespa Agreement. The prosecutor’s office says the procedure has been initiated following two anonymous reports. […]
The “absolute veto” of the law on ratifying the Prespa agreement is probably the last “ammunition” that President Gjorge Ivanov used to obstruct the agreement between the governments of Macedonia and Greece, creating the ground for his political-legal “sendoff” for disrespecting The Constitution. After activating the process on constitutional changes, as the second stage after […]
“Let me congratulate Macedonia on the historic decision to continue with the implementation of the Prespa Agreement, thus sending a signal of encouragement, not only for Macedonia, but the entire region,” said Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in the opening remarks of conference “Balkans and the EU – Five-year Cycle of the Berlin Process”, which takes […]
Unconditional suspension of the initiative for constitutional changes, the cancellation of the Prespa agreement, immediate dissolution of the parliament, scheduling of early parliamentary elections and the formation of a transitional technical government for conducting fair and democratic elections. These are the demands of Levica, which announces massive civil resistance due to Friday’s vote in the […]
“Every MP who believes and knows that Macedonia needs be part of the western world should support the constitutional changes in the following stages. Therefore, we will continue to implement policies of unifying all positive and progressive forces in the country. Let’s put aside divisions in the interest of the country’s future,” said Sekerinska, welcoming […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was the first one to congratulate MPs for the voting of the constitutional amendments which give way to the approval of the new country’s name, “Republic of North Macedonia”, based on the Prespa agreement. “Our journey toward the EU and NATO has just started. We still have a lot of work […]
A majority vote of 80 MPs has approved the decision to open the constitution for constitutional amendments to the name under the Prespa Agreement. These changes will enable the country’s name change in the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa Agreement reached between Skopje and Athens. Initially, it was voted through the […]
Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, had a telephone conversation after the resignation of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. According to a Greek government spokesman and minister without portfolio Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, the PM Zaev and Tsipras agreed and reiterated that they would continue working on the implementation of the Prespa Agreement. […]
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 […]
“I want to send a message to our neighbors who these days are focused on their processes to initiate constitutional changes, change of their constitutional name as foreseen in the Prespa Agreement. I encourage them to proceed with determination and courage because there will be no other opportunity. I will say it here once […]
EPP President Joseph Daul explained the procedure for excluding members from the European People’s Party on Twitter. – There are clear rules to exclude a party from EPP: Article 9 of our statutes clearly states that 7 members from 5 countries must send a request to the party presidency to exclude a party. We always […]
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias submitted his resignation Wednesday, a day after a tense cabinet meeting during which he clashed with Defence Minister Panos Kammenos over the Prespa Agreement. According to sources, Kotzias was disgruntled over the fact that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras failed to support him against attacks from Kammenos, who is also junior […]
Today marks the third day of debates on the constitutional amendments which need to be voted in order for the Prespa agreement to take effect. Experts of political developments say that the fact that these debates still continue, is offering an opportunity to the majority and opposition to reach compromise on the voting of the […]
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner Panos Kammenos, who is also defense minister, Monday dined together at the Hellenic Armed Forces Officers’ Club in Athens amid efforts to smooth over tensions in the government concerning the Prespa name deal which is to be discussed in Skopje’s Parliament Tuesday ahead of a vote. Government […]
MPs in Macedonia continue their debates today regarding the draft for the constitutional amendments concerning the Prespa agreement, according to which, the country’s new name will be “Republic of North Macedonia”. Majority and opposition continue to have opposite stances on this issue, although yesterday, PM Zoran Zaev said that the opposition would be pardoned for […]
Being the government’s coalition partner, I was obliged to present an alternative proposal, which Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is aware of, but does not approve it, says Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos regarding his plan B on inter-state agreements as an alternative to the Prespa Agreement that was presented at meetings with U.S. officials during […]
The Prespa Agreement is a unique opportunity for reconciliation and resolving of a two decade-long dispute between Skopje and Athens, and it may never happen again, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini says in an interview with MIA. It will be clear tomorrow if there is a two-third majority in […]
There is no better than the Prespa Agreement for both nations, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says in an exclusive interview with the Greek daily ‘Ta Nea’, voicing belief that the Macedonian lawmakers will respect the will of citizens who voted in the referendum. Ahead of the parliament voting on constitutional revision, Zaev points out that […]
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will brief EU member states on Monday (Oct. 15) on the situation in Macedonia and the outcome of the consultative referendum held on Sept. 30. Besides Macedonia, Mogherini will also inform about the outcome of the elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mogherini’s message is […]
