Tag: Bojan Maricic
Macedonia 20.06.23 | 09:15

Vice-PM Marichikj: The dialogue on the constitutional amendments is an investment in our EU membership

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Marichikj says all demands or conditions set by VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski within the scope of the Negotiating Framework are worth contemplating. “Mickoski put forward several conditions and I find it good that dialogue has begun while crossing that...

Macedonia 16.06.23 | 09:10

Maricic: We need EU’s clear vision for Western Balkans

We need the European Union’s clear vision for Western Balkan countries. There is no time for the enlargement process to keep stalling, given Europe’s new geopolitical situation, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, said participants in the ‘EU Enlargement in the Transforming...

Macedonia 15.06.23 | 16:20

Vice-PM Maricic: We expect the constitutional amendments to enter the Parliament in the next few weeks

We are expecting that in the following couple of weeks the initiative for the constitutional amendments will be submitted to the Parliaments, and thee debate will continue among the MPs, Vice-PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic told the Telma TV, adding that the authorities will continue with their...

Macedonia 10.06.23 | 13:19

Maricic confessed: The adoption of the amendments doesn’t mean that Bulgaria won’t impose other conditions

I am convinced that with the adoption of the constitutional amendments Bulgaria will loose its credibility to block. It doesn’t mean that during the negotiations Bulgaria, or some other country, won’t come out with issues that will turn into conditions for  us, but it is crucial to us that...

Macedonia 05.06.23 | 20:09

Maricic on SEECP: Macedonia will deliver reforms, EU should deliver membership in due course

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Marichikj said Monday that Macedonia will deliver results and urged the EU to deliver membership in the foreseeable future. “The region is already making positive shifts and now is the time for the EU integration to go into full swing. The time has come for...

Macedonia 15.03.23 | 15:31

We aim to fully digitize tolls in the country by the time we join the EU, says Maricic

We aim to fully digitize tolls in the country by the time we join the EU, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bojan Maricic in Brussels on Wednesday. The goal is to comply with this policy, which means that by the time we join the EU, we will have full digitization. This does not mean that...

Macedonia 26.01.23 | 13:45

Maricic in Brussels: Provocations and incidents to be overcome through European values

At a bilateral meeting on Thursday with Bulgarian Member of European Parliament (MEP) Macedonia Rapporteur, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bojan Maricic said cooperation and mutual respect as models for success are equally important for both EU member states and countries...

Macedonia 18.01.23 | 13:00

Maricic: Constitutional amendments to be debated with civil society organizations and experts in coming period

During the next few weeks or months, the constitutional amendments will be debated with civil society organizations and experts in terms of their content but also in terms of their political significance, the Vice Prime Minister for European Affairs Bojan Maricic said at a press conference in response...

Macedonia 11.01.23 | 11:09

Maricic to meet Greece’s Varvitsiotis in Athens

Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bojan Maricic will pay Wednesday a day-long visit to Athens for talks with Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis. Macedonian EU integration, Western Balkans, EU enlargement policy, energy, the war in Ukraine and opening new opportunities...

Macedonia 29.12.22 | 12:24

Government prepares the people for new Bulgarian veto while it claimed that we had started negotiations

After the leader of the opposition, Hristijan Mickoski, repeated that they will not support the constitutional changes because they have not promised it to the citizens, the government is slowly starting to prepare the people for a new Bulgarian, ie European veto. We did not say during the elections...

Macedonia 13.12.22 | 09:38

Maricic: Procedure for constitutional changes to begin once 80 MPs give support

Constitutional changes cannot happen overnight and once a platform is there that can ensure the support of 80 MPs, the procedure will begin in the Parliament, says Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic and expects this to happen in the first half of 2023. In an interview with TV Kanal 5, he pointed...

Macedonia 01.12.22 | 11:04

Maricic in Brussels for start of bilateral screening on Chapter 23-Judiciary and Fundamental Rights

Deputy PM for European Affairs and Chief Negotiator with the European Union, Bojan Maricic, will open Thursday in Brussels the bilateral screening meeting on Chapter 23-Judiciary and Fundamental Rights. As SEA informed, in the next two days, the Working Group for Negotiations, through 24 presentations,...

Macedonia 21.11.22 | 11:44

Maricic to open Chapter 24 bilateral screening session in Brussels

Deputy Prime Minister of European Affairs Bojan Maricic in Brussels will open Monday a three-day bilateral screening session on Chapter 24 of the EU acquis on justice, freedom and security. At the meeting, which will be attended by the State Secretary of the Secretariat for European Affairs, Drita Abdiu-Halili,...

Macedonia 11.11.22 | 12:18

Maricic at first bilateral screening meeting in Brussels

Deputy PM for European Affairs and Chief Negotiator with the European Union, Bojan Maricic, is heading Friday the negotiating team to Brussels for the first meeting of the bilateral screening within Chapter 5 – Public Procurement. Members of the Chapter 5 working group will present the Macedonian legislative...

Macedonia 28.10.22 | 13:15

Maricic on opening “Nikola Vapcarov” club: We are not obliged to attend the opening of every private initiative

I will not go to the opening of the Bulgarian club. Neither SDSM nor the government delegation. We have set a path for opening an official Macedonian club. When that club opens, we will be there, Bojan Maricic, the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, told Studio 10. This is a private initiative....

Macedonia 24.10.22 | 20:17

Maricic: EU needs clear plan and strategy for enlargement

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic told Monday’s panel discussion “Will Europe survive its Crises?” within the 18th Salzburg Europe Summit that only united, with clear plan and strategy, the EU will succeed in overcoming the challenges it is currently facing. The new reality that we and...

Macedonia 26.09.22 | 22:26

Maricic: Reforms are much more than new EU laws

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic told Monday’s explanatory screening meeting on the functioning of democratic institutions it is an area of essential importance for every democratic society and one that requires maximum commitment. The reform processes are not only about introducing new...

Macedonia 22.09.22 | 22:45

Maricic: Frontex agreement in final stage, to be signed in October

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic told Thursday the explanatory screening meeting on Chapter 24-Justice, Freedom and Security that Macedonia’s agreement with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) would be signed soon. I am satisfied that the negotiations on the Status Agreement...

Macedonia 26.08.22 | 19:06

Maricic is pushing for the opening of the Constitution

In parallel with the EU screening process, the country can also meet the obligation of changing the Constitution by adding more communities — such as the Croats, Montenegrins and Bulgarians — in the Preamble and in another Article in the Constitution where specific communities are named, according...

Macedonia 25.08.22 | 14:13

Maricic: Civil society to be part of EU negotiation process

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bojan Maricic held on Thursday a coordination meeting with civil society representatives, explaining the screening process along with a brief overview of current activities of the Secretariat for European Affairs ahead of preparations for the screening meetings which are...

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