Tag: brussels
Macedonia 28.06.21 | 12:26

Mickoski kicks off Brussels visit, to meet with EU leaders and participate in EPP

Today and the next two days, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, together with the party’s Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski and the Secretary for International Cooperation Timco Mucunski, are paying a visit to Brussels where they will participate in the Parliamentary Assembly of the European People’s...

Macedonia 27.06.21 | 21:38

Mickoski to pay visit to Brussels, meet with EU leaders and participate in EPP

On Monday and the next two days, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, together with the party’s Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski and the Secretary for International Cooperation Timco Mucunski, will be paying a visit to Brussels where they will participate in the Parliamentary Assembly of the...

Macedonia 10.06.21 | 19:27

RTS: Biden will raise the Balkans, including Macedonia, as one of the issues during his Brussels trip

The Serbian state RTS television is reporting that US President Joe Biden will raise the issue of Macedonia’s EU accession talks during his visit to Europe next week. RTS is citing unnamed sources to claim that Biden will raise the issue during the meetings with EU officials Charles Michel and...

Macedonia 11.05.21 | 19:45

Zaev acts tough with the EU, says he told them to remove the Macedonian identity from the negotiating table

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev issued a video statement to the public after his visit to Brussels, declaring that he informed EU officials that he will not negotiate on the Macedonian name and identity. The statement comes as the European Council is considering allowing Albania to decouple from Macedonia...

News 10.05.21 | 18:58

Borrell promised Zaev that Albania will not advance ahead of Macedonia

The MIA news agency reports that European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell came out against decoupling Macedonia and Albania in the accession process. This quickly became a burning issue for the Zaev regime, which faces the prospect of having Albania advance in the EU accession process, while Macedonia...

Macedonia 26.03.21 | 10:35

Zaev and Dimitrov suffer defeat in the European Parliament: Instead of criticizing Bulgaria, the annual report ends up critical of Macedonia

A move by Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party to get its allies in the European Parliament to condemn Bulgaria for its nationalist demands against Macedonia failed yesterday. An amendment supported by socialist and green members of the European Parliament that was critical of Bulgaria and praised Macedonia...

Macedonia 24.03.21 | 22:55

Bulgarian socialists protest attempt by their European colleagues to support Zaev and criticize Bulgaria

Bulgarian socialist and liberal members of the European Parliament are trying to get their colleagues from the socialist and green EU parties to give up on an article in the latest report on Macedonia, which is highly critical of Bulgaria. The article is proposed by Tanja Fajon, a Slovenian socialist...

Macedonia 08.02.21 | 09:53

Former President Prvanov: Bulgaria and Macedonia became biggest enemies in the Balkans

Former Bulgarian President Georgi Prvanov condemned Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for his escalation of the dispute with Macedonia and raising it at the level of the European Union. “Instead of being closest nations, we became the biggest enemies in the Balkans”, said Prvanov, who was born...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 19:13

Dimitrov and Osmani meet Swedish and Finnish FMs in Brussels

Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani met Monday in Brussels with Swedish and Finnish Foreign Ministers, Ann Linde and Pekka Haavisto respectively, discussing the next steps on Macedonia’s European path – adoption of the negotiating framework and...

Macedonia 20.01.21 | 11:12

Silence in Brussels: Is the EU turning a blind eye to a disputable census in Macedonia?

The European Union is silent on the government’s insistence on passing the census bill at all costs, despite public criticism and without an agreement with the opposition. Apart from the protocol statements of official Brussels that a census is needed, there is no reaction whether they support...

Macedonia 16.08.20 | 22:39

Macedonian groups from Europe prepare protest in Brussels against the imposed name change

An association of Macedonians from Western Europe are preparing for a protest in Brussels next month against the imposed name change and the disputed July 15 elections, which both greatly eroded the trust in the democratic process. The protest is scheduled for September 19 at the Schuman square in Brussels. The...

Balkans 23.07.20 | 10:27

Expert teams in Brussels working on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue

Expert teams from Serbia and Kosovo will continue their work today and tomorrow in Brussels on the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. Today, the experts will discuss the topics that were started at the first high-level physical meeting. Kosovo and Serbia have been invited to send their experts to continue addressing...

News World 20.07.20 | 17:31

EU Summit: Overnight talks yield no agreement

Three days of intense intergovernmental negotiations at the EU Summit have failed to yield an agreement on the European Commission’s massive coronavirus recovery package. Leaders of the 27 member states have been trying to agree on the financial architecture and the conditionality of the next long-term...

Macedonia 17.03.20 | 20:54

Filipce: A plane landed from Brussels with a number of potential coronavirus cases

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce confirmed that there are five new coronavirus patients in Macedonia. Four of them are the doctors and nurses that were infected while working with patients in Debar – the hotbed of the epidemic. Additionally, a plane landed in Skopje from Brussels with several...

Macedonia 17.02.20 | 17:24

Spasovski meets Western Balkans leaders and Commissioner Varhelyi in Brussels

Interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski took part at the working lunch hosted by Oliver Varhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations in Brussels on Monday. As the government press service informed, the meeting which was also attended by Albanian and Serbian Prime...

Macedonia 28.11.19 | 16:39

Manfred Weber: This is madness – Turkey negotiates with EU, and Macedonia cannot!

Former candidate for European Commission president and one of the most influential politicians in the EU, Manfred Weber, has asked Brussels even at the December summit to approve the start of negotiations with Macedonia. The influential German parliamentarian urged during the parliamentary debate in...

Macedonia 16.10.19 | 11:31

Zaev to meet Hahn, Sassoli, Tusk in Brussels

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is paying a working visit on Wednesday and Thursday to the institutions of the European Union in Brussels, the government said in a press release. Zaev, together with Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, will meet in the...

Macedonia 05.06.19 | 17:05

Zaev: Germans fear my friend Edi Rama could initiate unification with Kosovo, I do not believe in those things

The European Commission’s report on North Macedonia is the most positive so far and says that everyone, without exception, agrees that the country should start accession negotiations, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in Brussels, adding that his government made significant efforts and took great...

Macedonia 05.06.19 | 15:17

Zaev warns the EU that his Government may collapse if accession talks don’t start soon

Zaev warned the European Union that, unless Macedonia is allowed to begin its EU accession talks in June, his Government may collapse. Speaking in Brussels, where he is meeting EU officials to plead for the date to begin accession talks, Zaev told the state run MIA news agency and other journalists that...

Macedonia 21.03.19 | 19:06

Citizens grow more dissatisfied – economic overhaul is needed

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, together with presidential candidate, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, VMRO-DPMNE vice-president Aleksandar Nikoloski and the secretary for international cooperation Timco Mucunski continued Thursday their working visit to Brussels. During the course of the day, Mickoski...

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