Zaev-Erdogan: Support for settling the name dispute with Greece, more intensive economic cooperation


Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held talks Monday in Ankara with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who voiced support for settling the name dispute with Greece, saying that it would be favorable for the Balkan region and Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic perspectives. Zaev and Erdogan agreed that the two friendly countries had a potential to advance the economic cooperation […]

Kryeministri Zaev do të marrë pjesë në Forumin Ekonomik Botëror


Delegacioni qeveritar i kryesuar nga kryeministri Zoran Zaev më 25-të dhe 26-të janar do të marrë pjesë në Forumin Ekonomik Botëror i cili do të mbahet në Davos, Zvicër, njoftoi pres shërbimi i Qeverisë. Projektet dhe iniciativat programore që do të prezantohen në takimin e 48-të të Forumit Ekonomik Botëror janë me temë “Krijimi i […]

Zaev: The name dispute will be closed in the first half of 2018


Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has once again expressed his expectation that the name dispute will be closed in the first half of 2018 “I believe that this issue can be closed by the end of the first half of 2018. My optimism is based on the willingness of both sides to be free of […]

Zaev: Menjëherë do të fillojë procedura për sigurimin e ilaçit “Spinraza”


Kryeministri Zoran Zaev sot e priti Jane Vellkovskin, djalin nëntëvjeçar i cili vuan nga Atrofia muskulare spinale (AMS), ndërsa i cili shoqërohej nga familja e tij. Derisa Jane, i cili lëviz me karrocë elektrike dhe vëllai i tij Ogi i vizituan sallat për takime dhe brendinë e objektit të Qeverisë, prindërit e tyre, Denica dhe […]

Macedonian PM Zaev and Greek mayor Boutaris meet for dinner in Thessaloniki


Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who is paying a private visit to the Greek city of Thessaloniki over the weekend, had dinner Saturday night with the city’s mayor Yannis Boutaris, Greek media report on Sunday. Exiting the restaurant in Thessaloniki, one of the city’s finest, both Zaev and Boutaris voiced their satisfaction, MIA’s correspondent from […]

PM Tsipras expects concrete steps from Skopje: Greek daily


Steps towards mutually acceptable agreement, to rename the airport in Skopje, and to dislocate the monuments hinting at irredentism, a public statement on accepting a composite name for overall use, are some of the demands of Athens for Skopje aimed at closing the name issue, Real News reported. The Greek newspaper has published an article […]

AA leader Sela: PM Zaev gets new ministerial post, but loses serious partner


By the election of a new health minister and the decision of the Alliance of Albanians (AA) to quit the administration, the government has lost morale, party leader Zijadin Sela said late Thursday in the TV Telma ‘Top Theme’ program. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has gotten yet another ministerial post, but lost a rather serious […]

Sela: Zaev mori një vend ministror, por humbi një partner serioz


Me votimin e ministrit të ri të Shëndetësisë dhe daljen e Aleancës për Shqiptarët nga Koalicioni, Qeveria e humbi moralin, tha Zijadin Sela në emisionin e sotëm “Top Tema” në televizionin “Telma”. Sipas tij, kryeministri Zoran Zaev mori një vend ministror, por humbi një partner shumë serioz për sa i përket reformave dhe tejkalimit të […]

Takim Zaev dhe Mickovski: Nevojitet pjesëmarrje e opozitës në proceset reformuese


Kryeministri Zoran Zaev, sot pasdite në Qeveri u takua me Hristian Mickovskin, kryetarin e ri të VMRO-DPMNE-së, ndërsa takimi, siç informojnë nga shërbimi qeveritar për shtyp, u realizua përmes dialogut konstruktiv, edhe pse për disa nga temat janë shprehur mendime dhe qëndrime të ndryshme të dy bashkëbiseduesve. Kryeministri Zaev dhe kryetari i VMRO-DPMNE-së, Mickovski, u […]

PM Zaev: The best time to solve name issue is by mid-2018


Name talks still lack substance, however there is commitment to solving the name issue, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Tuesday adding that the most favorable time to settle the row would be the first half of 2018. Commenting about a statement of Koco Angjusev, Deputy PM for economic affairs, involving the name issue, Zaev said […]

Zaev’s fragile government undergoes a crisis


The government chaired by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is going through a crisis. Three ministries have remained without ministers, as these ministers were candidates in the latest local government elections. But, filling these posts has caused problems and disagreements, because Social Democratic Union Party led by Zaev decided to take the ministry of Health to […]

Zaev-Rama: Enhancing relations through promotion of minority rights


Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Albanian counterpart Edi Rama paid Saturday a visit to Pustec municipality, primarily populated by ethnic Macedonians. Zaev and Rama met with teachers and pupils in a municipal elementary school, where the Macedonian PM donated books and working materials for the pupils, the Government said in a press release. They also […]

Zaev-Rama: EU members inclined to embrace Western Balkans


There is a propensity among EU members for the accession of Western Balkan countries to the organization, and at the same time there is an opportunity for Macedonia to join NATO, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Friday in Pogradec at a joint press conference with his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama. ‘I know that Macedonia and […]

PM Zaev: Macedonia supports Pristina-Belgrade dialogue


Macedonia has been supporting Pristina-Belgrade dialogue and in this respect settling of all issues, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told reporters Tuesday about whether Skopje would vote for Kosovo’s UNESCO membership. ‘You know that the matter is postponed. We don’t know when it will be on the agenda again and I hope that meanwhile Kosovo-Serbia relations […]

PM Zaev welcomes SEC’s decisions calling them ‘moral act’


Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said he welcomed the decision of the State Election Commission’s members to give back their monetary incentives and the move of a few members to step down, calling it ‘a moral act.’ “The members are exceptional professionals that have played a serious role in serious times and they had completed their […]

Zaev-Juncker meeting: I expect Macedonia to become part of the EU’s enlargement strategy


Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met Wednesday with President of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker in Brussels and voiced his expectations for Macedonia to be integrated into the EU Enlargement Strategy for 2018. “We believe we have pretty solid arguments on which our expectations are be founded. We’ve informed Juncker about the arguments and the […]