North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who is heading the country’s delegation at the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York, is set to meet with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres today. Yesterday Zaev took part at a meeting of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) held under the auspices of […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the entry into force of the Prespa Agreement, which resolved the longstanding dispute between Skopje and Athens. Guterres received official notification for change of the name of the country to Republic of North Macedonia. Skopje and Athens sent Tuesday a joint letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres notifying […]
UN mediator Matthew Nimetz for the name dispute talks between Greece and Macedonia, said that failure to ratify the Prespa Agreement would have profound consequences for both sides, Kathimerini reports. “If the Prespa Agreement does not come into effect, the consequences of the failure will be profound and both sides might well reconsider many elements […]
Former United Nations secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died Saturday after a short illness at the age of 80, his foundation announced. “It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, […]
About 18,000 people or 8.7 in 1,000 Macedonian citizens live in modern slavery, shows the Global Slavery Index 2018, developed by the United Nations and Walk Free Foundation. Macedonia is ranked third, behind Turkmenistan and Belarus, on the list of countries from Europe and Central Asia according to this indicator. Luxembourg is the best-ranked country, […]
In Macedonia, corruption is not viewed as a key issue by the citizens. They have little to no resistance to corruption – when asked for a bribe, they usually give it. 36% were asked for a bribe with 31% saying they had paid a bribe. Therefore, public awareness about the fight against corruption should be […]
The fact that a name solution was reached is encouraging, but it is concerning that there is discontent among the people, according to Ban Ki-moon. The former UN chief has expressed hope that the decades-long dispute between the countries will be fully closed as soon as possible, MIA’s Athens correspondent reports citing his statement to […]
The United Nations mediator in Greece-Macedonia name negotiations, Matthew Nimetz, welcomed Tuesday a deal reached between the Prime Ministers of both countries, calling it a mutually beneficial solution for the broader region. ‘I would like to congratulate the parties for reaching a successful conclusion to the talks and for resolving the difference between them. I am […]
The UN mediator in Macedonia-Greece negotiations on settling the name dispute, Matthew Nimetz, will meet the Foreign Ministers of both countries, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias respectively, on 25 April in Vienna. The meeting is part of United Nations’ ongoing efforts to assist the sides in finding a mutually acceptable solution to the ‘name’ issue, […]
Hours after striking Syria, the United States, France and Britain on Saturday launched a new bid at the United Nations to investigate chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The three allies circulated a joint draft resolution at the Security Council that also calls for unimpeded deliveries of humanitarian aid, enforcing a ceasefire and demands that Syria […]
Minister of the Interior Oliver Spasovski is attending a global forum in Sweden, namely the 2030 Agenda for Children: End Violence Solutions Summit. On Wednesday and Thursday, high representatives of almost all UN members, officials of UNICEF, the World Health Organization and several esteemed international non-governmental organizations, etc, will discuss ways for drafting a precise […]
UN name mediator Matthew Nimetz following his visit to Athens, has arrived Wednesday in Skopje for two-day talks with the Macedonian top officials. Nimetz with his associates was in the Skopje hotel “Holiday Inn” Wednesday morning, but he did not give any statement to the media. Nimetz is to give a statement after his meeting […]
A coordination meeting over the framework proposed recently by the UN mediator in the name talks, Matthew Nimetz, will take place on Saturday afternoon at the MPs’ Club. The meeting, initiated by the Foreign Ministry (MoFA), will be attended by President Gjorge Ivanov and the leader of the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, MoFA told […]
Athens, 15 January 2018 – UN mediator in the name dispute between the Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Greece Matthew Nimetz in the interview with the Greek state television ERT said that there is no new name proposal and he will table proposals, which were discussed in the past at the new meeting, scheduled for […]
