Tag: date
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 09:42

Milososki: No EU date in December, or in the first half of 2022

In the opinion of members of Parliaments from the region, it seems that Macedonia will not be given a date to open its EU accession talks in December. In response, Albania is intensifying diplomatic efforts to have its EU accession process decoupled from Macedonia, said VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki,...
Macedonia 17.11.21 | 15:09

Mickoski calls on the EU to immediately allow Macedonia to open its accession talks

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on the European Union to finally approve the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. He said that Macedonia will accept any solution to the dispute with Bulgaria that is in line with the resolution adopted recently in the Macedonian Parliament –...
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 10:20

As the EU accession date remains distant, Zaev remains defiant, announces a new push from Portugal aimed at Bulgaria

Following his second visit to Brussels in a matter of days, Zoran Zaev again reiterated his newly found “red lines” on the Macedonian national issues against Bulgaria, which is vetoing Macedonia’s EU accession prospects. He said that he still hopes that the Portuguese Presidency of...
Macedonia 20.05.20 | 09:59

No answer: Despite numerous questions, Sekerinska couldn’t say what is the date when Macedonia will open the EU accession talks

Despite numerous attempts to get her to answer, Deputy Prime Minister Radmila Sekerinska would not clearly disclose to the public when will Macedonia begin its EU accession talks. Sekerinska was promoting what she called a major success for the diplomacy of her Government – the securing of the...
Macedonia 07.05.20 | 12:42

VMRO will be led by public health considerations while discussing the election date

As party leaders are about to hold a meeting next week to discuss a way out of the latest political crisis, VMRO-DPMNE officials say that they will request that any solution protects public health. The ruling SDSM party is pushing for early elections to be held as soon as possible, even as Macedonia...
Macedonia 24.03.20 | 15:14

Dimitrov sends message of gratitude to the EU, but won’t reveal the date for opening accession talks

Macedonian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Dimitrov expressed his gratitude to the European Union for its decision to open accession talks with Macedonia, but neither he nor EU officials are revealing the date. Macedonia has received a dozen recommendations to open accession talks but never received...
Macedonia 24.03.20 | 13:47

Reuters: EU set to approve accession talks with Macedonia and Albania but again no specific date

Reuters reports that the European Union member states will approve opening of accession talks with Macedonia and Albania, but the conclusions don’t contain actual dates when this would begin. The European Council is meeting in a video-conference to discuss the coronavirus epidemic, and the enlargement...
Macedonia 19.03.20 | 11:16

Osmani says EU member states approved the opening of accession talks with Macedonia

Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani announced that Macedonia will be given an unconditional approval to open its EU accession talks at the coming teleconference European Council in late March. This is not the first time the Government, including Osmani, have announced this will happen – including...
Macedonia 17.10.19 | 09:56

Sela: If there is no date for EU talks, early elections to be held in the spring

The leader of the Alliance for Albanians, Zijadin Sela, said on TV2’s Click Plus show that if the country does not get a date for the start of negotiations with the EU, a technical government would be formed according to the Przino Agreement. Sela stressed that early parliamentary elections would...
Macedonia 16.10.19 | 22:49

Mickoski: The Government doesn’t deserve a date for EU accession talks, but the citizens of Macedonia do

I wish we receive a date to open EU accession talks. The Government does not deserve it, but the citizens of Macedonia do, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski as Macedonia faced the prospect of a French veto in Brussels. We’ve been saying it all along, we wish for a clean approval to open...
Macedonia 16.10.19 | 13:52

Euractiv: France halts EU enlargement

France blocked the opening of accession talks with North Macedonia on Tuesday (15 October), despite the promise made by the EU to Skopje that its historic name deal with Greece, the Prespa agreement, would earn it a ticket to EU membership negotiations, Euractiv news agency wrote. EU ministers who met...
Macedonia 15.10.19 | 09:53

No agreement yet: EU leaders to decide on Macedonia’s date on Thursday

Ambassadors of EU member states at Monday’s meeting in Luxembourg  failed to adopt the Finnish presidency’s proposal to open accession negotiations with Macedonia, meanwhile adopting a new negotiation methodology required by France, with Intergovernmental Conference between the country and...
Macedonia 03.10.19 | 10:35

Rutte: Macedonia has achieved more than Albania

The Netherlands is less concerned about North Macedonia and more about Albania regarding the decision to deliver a date for the start of EU accession negotiations this fall, said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, but according to the meeting...
Macedonia 20.09.19 | 18:43

Nikoloski: No date in October, Brussels only prepares screening

Ahead of the decision on the date for start of negotiations with the European Union, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski says that all the information they have said that Macedonia will not receive a positive decision in October. The best we can expect is to form a team of representatives...
Macedonia 19.09.19 | 23:26

Ambassador Thimonier says it’s best not to create too much drama over the EU accession talks date

French Ambassador to Macedonia Christian Thimonier said that France supports the integration of Macedonia into the EU, but would not commit to supporting the opening of accession talks in October. You will say that the European Commission has prepared positive reports on a number of occasions, for this...

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