Citizens who voted at yesterday’s referendum and supported Macedonia’s EU and NATO integration through the Agreement with Greece give full legitimacy to institutions to resume with the implementation of the obligations arising from the deal, Vice Premiers Radmila Sekerinska and Bujar Osmani told a joint press conference on Monday. “We had a consultative referendum as […]
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, say Monday in a joint statement that an overwhelming majority of those who voted at yesterday’s referendum have supported the Prespa Agreement. “In a peaceful and democratic vote an overwhelming […]
Politico Europe referred to the outcome of the Macedonian referendum in Monday’s “Brussels Playbook” feature. Author Florian Eder says the low turnout represents a risk for the Prespa Agreement, adding that the message of those who failed to vote is unclear. “Who knows what the uncast votes were meant to say. But if parliament takes […]
Peter Vanhoutte, former EU mediator in the Przino Agreement talks, has congratulated the majority of citizens who supported the Prespa Agreement at Sunday’s referendum. Vanhoutte calls on the Government not to resign, but to continue the work since “this is your damned duty!” “Don’t waste time and money on early elections again, but engage in […]
The citizens who voted against a name change in the referendum and those who didn’t come out to vote sent the loudest message saying ‘This is Macedonia’, said the leader of the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. Addressing a news conference in the party’s headquarters, Mickoski said that Macedonia had expressed its opinion against […]
91.03% voted For and 6.03% were Against in the name referendum, show initial data posted by the State Election Commission on its website coming from 20 per cent of processed polling stations. Voters in Macedonia on Sunday voted in a referendum whose question reads “Are you in favor of EU and NATO membership by accepting the […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said late Sunday that a peaceful and democratic referendum has been administered in Macedonia. “If a large majority of citizens voted ‘For’, then their will should be implemented in the Parliament. Otherwise, snap elections will be scheduled,” said PM Zaev in a statement after polling stations were closed at the referendum. […]
Polling stations across Macedonia closed at 7 p.m., where the citizens cast their ballots to vote Yes or No to the referendum question: “Are you in favor of EU and NATO membership by accepting the agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Greece?” 1,806,336 people registered in the Voter’s List were eligible […]
No serious violations of the voting process in Sunday’s referendum have been registered so far apart from an incident that took place in a school yard in Skopje involving an attack on three police officers by a man in his mid 20s, said public prosecutor Xhelal Bajrami, head of the commission on monitoring possible referendum […]
The official State Election Commission (SEC) data shows that 11.907 domestic and 493 foreign observers have been accredited to monitor the September 30 referendum. Additionally, 194 translators have been accredited to the SEC. Besides domestic, the referendum will be covered by foreign journalists. The SEC has also accredited 83 journalists from 32 media outlets, with […]
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said his government will survive the ratification of the Macedonia name-change deal even if junior partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) decided to quit the coalition. “I think my government will survive, but I don’t know if my coalition will survive, but this is […]
The initial, unofficial results of the vote in the referendum, on which citizens should vote ‘for’ or ‘against’ the question “Are you for NATO and EU membership by accepting the agreement between Macedonia and Greece” should be known Sunday evening. After midnight, the uncertainty should come to an end, and find out how the citizens […]
Referendum campaign ended at midnight, which kicks off 48-hour silence ahead of the name referendum scheduled on Sunday Sept. 30. According to a decision passed by Macedonia’s Parliament, the referendum question reads: “Are you in favor of EU and NATO membership by accepting the agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Greece?” […]
On Sunday you will face a historic decision. You should make a choice. Remember, it is not a choice between two political parties. It is a choice for your future, the future of your country. It is a choice for the future of our cherished Macedonia, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says in a recorded video […]
I urge the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia to come out in large numbers and vote in the referendum on the agreement with Greece on September 30 in order to pave country’s way for EU and NATO integration, Kosovo’s Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said Thursday in Skopje. At the joint press conference with his […]
Day after day, one member after the other, VMRO-DPMNE clearly is turning to a boycott of the referendum instead of the publicly expressed position for an individual decision. Official campaign does not lead, but officials (former and current), members of the Executive Committee, MPs and members of the party openly say that they will not […]
The Prespa agreement and the success of the referendum which will be held on September 30 is an opportunity to improve security in the region, security experts in Skopje say. Zoran Todorov of the Diplomatic Corpus, says that the Prespa Agreement aims at putting an end to a number of disputes and to improve regional […]
We need to accept the name deal because it is the only viable solution, said Vasil Tupurkovski in a recent interview with MIA. Tupurkovski is an expert in international law, founder of the erstwhile Democratic Alternative party and current president of the Macedonian Olympic Committee. “Twenty-seven years ago,” Tupurkovski said, “we had quite an acceptable […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that Greece has “turned the page” after eight years of austerity and economic depression during his speech at the annual Concordia Summit in New York. Referring to the Prespa agreement between Greece and Macedonia, he said that it would help make the Balkans “a region of peace and stability.” Tsipras […]
Macedonia in every sense of the word belongs in the family of European nations. I hope that the citizens will seize the historic opportunity and will make a mature, courageous and responsible decision for their future and for the future of coming generations, Dejan Zidan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia, said Tuesday after a […]
