Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov on Thursday and Friday in Vienna will take part in an informal meeting of foreign ministers of EU members and EU candidate countries, namely Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. Dimitrov has been invited to attend by EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, and Karin Kneissl, Minister for Europe, Integration […]
Opening the EU accession negotiations and receiving the NATO invitation would give decisive contribution to successfully implement the historic agreement with Greece and better future of the Macedonian citizens, PM Zoran said Wednesday addressing the debate on topic “Future for Southeastern Europe – the Case of Macedonia” held in Vienna-based Austrian Institute for International Affairs. […]
UN envoy Matthew Nimetz said after a meeting with Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministers, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias respectively, that they held intensive talks during which both sides showed mutual respect. “Both sides are committed to reaching a solution and the process will continue in the coming weeks,” said after the meeting that took […]
PM Zoran Zaev expects a step forward to be made at today’s meeting in Vienna between Macedonian and Greek foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias with the UN mediator Matthew Nimetz. Zaev believes in two foreign ministers and he is also an optimist, he told reported at presentation of annual employment programme. “There is […]
Macedonian and Greek foreign ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias and the UN mediator Matthew Nimetz are to hold fresh meeting on Wednesday afternoon in Vienna. The previous meeting in the same format was also held in Vienna on March 30. Meanwhile, Kotzias and Dimitrov held bilateral meeting on April 12 in Ohrid. Kotzias told […]
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, […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says that he’s optimistic that a solution will be found about the name dispute, following the last round of talks held in Vienna between Foreign minister Nikola Dimitrov and his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias, in the presence of the UN envoy, Matthew Nimetz. “I have had a meeting with Foreign Minister […]
Macedonian Foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov, posted a tweet after the end of the Vienna negotiations over the name issue, through which he denied having held an unofficial presser other than his main statement to journalists when the meeting ended. “The procedure on the decision of the new name is at a delicate phase and the […]
“We have noted the details, the points on which we agree and those on which we disagree. We have identified the main issues for each side and I hope that at our next meeting we will be ready to take a big step,” Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said speaking to the Greek state broadcaster […]
“Conditional progress has been made in the name negotiations, because as we are moving forward, we are coming across more difficult issues. On our part, we have a lot to think about, a lot to measure things up against, and the other side has a lot of things to think about, too. We were thinking […]
I hope we will make some positive steps today, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias told reporters prior to meeting with Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and UN envoy Matthew Nimetz in Vienna, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported. The meeting is held in the Austrian Foreign Ministry, and prior to Nimetz’s meeting with Dimitrov and Kotzias, […]
The foreign ministers of Macedonia and Greece will have a working dinner Thursday evening in Vienna on the eve of their meeting with UN name mediator Matthew Nimetz on Friday, it is revealed. The news was reported by Greek media and was also confirmed by sources from the Macedonian Foreign Ministry saying that Nikola Dimitrov […]
Following the authorisation by the Albanian President Ilir Meta to the (Albanian) Foreign Ministry and the commission negotiating the demarcation of the EEZ between Greece and Albania, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will stop in Tirana shortly, before going to Vienna where he will meet with Nikola Dimitrov and Matthew Nimetz. Kotzias and Bushati will have extensive […]
Foreign minister Nikola Dimitrov has declared in a televised interview that a proper solution is required on the issue of the name, which would not humiliate anyone. “I hope that we will make efforts to move forward. Once this meeting is over, we will hold a meeting with the state leaders and the leaders of […]
The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is expected to arrive today afternoon for a two-day visit to Macedonia. The Greek delegation will arrive at the international airport Skopje. Meetings are scheduled with the head of the Macedonian diplomacy Nikola Dimitrov, and other senior state officials. As the Macedonian foreign minister announced, the two ministers will discuss […]
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will pay an official visit to Macedonia on March 22-23, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. The Greek delegation will land at International Airport Skopje on Thursday. Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos has also confirmed Kotzias’ visit to Skopje. Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Greek counterpart Kotzias will […]
UN mediator in Skopje-Athens name negotiations Mathew Nimetz met Tuesday in Vienna with the Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministers, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias respectively. “Following a constructive meeting as part of the efforts to find a mutually acceptable solution to the ‘name’ issue, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs agreed to continue their efforts under […]
Name talks between Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministers, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias respectively, under the aegis of United Nations envoy Matthew Nimetz are ongoing for more than three hours in Vienna, MIA reports. There is no news whether the FMs and the envoy will give statements after the meeting. The FMs met late on Monday, […]
Macedonia’s EU integration progress and the European Commission’s Western Balkans Enlargement Strategy, due on Feb. 6, was the main topic of discussion at a meeting of Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani with Michael Linhart, Secretary-General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, as part of Osmani’s visit to Austria. In the meeting, Osmani briefed his interlocutor about […]
