Tag: eu
Macedonia 29.04.21 | 12:48

Sekerinska doesn’t expect possible turnaround in relations with Bulgaria in June

The Minister of Defense Radmila Sekerinska does not expect that without a partner on the other side and with a technical government, as she stated, a turnaround is possible in terms of relations with Bulgaria regarding our country’s EU membership. But what we need to do by June, she stressed, is...
Macedonia 29.04.21 | 12:26

Dimitrov: If negotiations don’t start, our country, Bulgaria and EU will be losers

Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov says that talks should continue to find a solution to the dispute with Bulgaria and start negotiations with the EU, otherwise, he stressed, both countries and the EU will be losers. Either we will all be losers or we will all be winners. Of course...
Macedonia 27.04.21 | 19:43

Pendarovski meets top EU officials, says Macedonia is ready to resume talks with Bulgaria any time

President Stevo Pendarovski met with EU officials in Brussels today to urge the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia, and said that the country is prepared to resume negotiations with Bulgaria, who is vetoing the accession talks, as soon as possible. Bulgaria currently has no Government after...
Macedonia 26.04.21 | 10:14

Dimitrov: Many will wonder if EU is serious

Our case is a test of EU’s credibility on the Western Balkans, Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov has told Greek daily To Vima, MIA reports from Athens. He explains that our country received the candidate status in 2005, and 12 years ago we had the first positive report on the start of...
Macedonia 14.04.21 | 19:05

EU member states decided not to discuss Balkan enlargement at the coming European Council

EU member states decided not to discuss Balkan enlargement during their upcoming European Council meeting on April 19th, the MIA news agency reported. The Zaev regime was hoping to have the issue of enlargement on the agenda, hoping to put some additional pressure on Bulgaria, which is blocking the opening...
Macedonia 06.04.21 | 16:41

EU doesn’t mind expert government in Bulgaria negotiating Macedonia’s history

The European Commission refrains from going into details over the political situation in Bulgaria after Sunday’s elections but hopes Skopje and Sofia will reach a compromise, MIA reports from Brussels. The spokesperson of the Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Ana Pisonero, briefly  commented...
Macedonia 25.03.21 | 20:50

Senior officials in Brussels: Dispute with Bulgaria remains condition for start of EU accession talks

The government and the opposition should cooperate on the European agenda, said the rapporteur for Macedonia in the European Parliament, Ilhan Kyuchyuk. During the presentation of the 2019-2020 resolution on the country, he stressed the need for continuous reforms and implementation of bilateral agreements. We...
Macedonia 17.03.21 | 18:10

Over 7,000 Macedonians got EU citizenships in 2019

A Eurostat report shows that 7,147 Macedonians received citizenship in EU member states in 2019. Of the other Balkan countries, Albania lost the most citizens to EU member states – 41,703. Serbia ranked second with 10,297 and Kosovo is third with 8,047.
News 17.03.21 | 10:50

EMA chief ignores V4NA questions

Recently, many questions have emerged in connection with Brussels’ vaccine contracts and, in the past few days, many EU countries have stopped using AstraZeneca’s jab in their vaccination campaigns. V4NA has sent a written inquiry to the European Medicines Agency with regard to the vaccines....
Macedonia 16.03.21 | 14:41

Zaev disappointed with the EU for failing to deliver vaccines

Zoran Zaev stressed Tuesday that Macedonia was disappointed with the EU over the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, but that “they were told that at this moment it is impossible for the Union to share the vaccines.” I would be dishonest if I did not admit that the EU disappointed us with...
Macedonia 12.03.21 | 11:14

Exclusion even from a modest EU aid program becomes a political problem for Zaev

Officials offered different explanations after Macedonia was left out of the EU public health emergency program that distributes over half a billion EUR. Neighboring countries such as Albania, Greece and Serbia, as well as Montenegro and Croatia were included in the program, but Macedonia was not. Deputy...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 21:24

Secretariat for European Affairs says Macedonia was left out from EU’s coronavirus aid package because it didn’t need it

Due to the quality and timely management of state finances in the healthcare sector, as well as due to the rapid and efficient organization of state institutions when a large amount of donations was provided in the fight against Covid-19 (protective equipment, face masks, medical equipment, ventilators,...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 15:37

Macedonia snubbed in the latest EU coronavirus aid package

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a package of over half a billion EUR in support to a number of EU member and candidate countries. Macedonia is apparently left out from the package. Von der Leyen tweeted out the list of countries using their flag emojis. From the candidate...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 09:18

Zaev and Dimitrov announce another of their EU integration plans

Faced with the loss of EU perspective, at least in the near term, Zoran Zaev and his Deputy Prime Minister charged with EU integration Nikola Dimitrov announced a new “agenda”. Like the “3-6-9 Agenda” (referring to tasks in the first 3, 6 and 9 months in office) he announced after...
Macedonia 01.03.21 | 21:22

Edi Rama says that Albania will have to wait for Macedonia in the EU accession process

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said that Albania will wait for Macedonia so that both countries can open EU accession talks at the same time. Macedonia and Albania are in a group of sorts and a number of EU member states oppose separating them in the EU accession process. Meanwhile, Bulgaria opposes...
Macedonia 01.03.21 | 14:49

Zaev wants to curry favor with Besa over ID cards, but he doesn’t want to be criticized by the EU

Once the European Union regulation on the confidentiality of personal data enters into force, we should respect it, and since we remain on the path of the EU, there is no other alternative, we should respect the European regulations. I would go on to make decisions, especially with the option to choose...
Macedonia 25.02.21 | 13:11

Zaharieva to Macedonia: EU is not Yugoslavia, don’t expect that somebody will force us to relent

In a TV interview, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that Macedonia should not expect that other greater powers will pressure Bulgaria to relent. This comes after a German push was rejected and Macedonian officials began to put their hopes in the Biden – Harris administration. “They...
Macedonia 08.02.21 | 22:34

Zaev: We changed our Constitution and our constitutional name with our faith in NATO and EU accession in mind

Countries of the Western Balkans have no alternative to EU and NATO membership. We changed our Constitution and our constitutional name with our faith in NATO and EU accession in mind. This was not easy, a bitter feeling, but we did this for the sake of our children and have gained a big friend in Greece,...
World 02.02.21 | 09:25

Quarantine, tests, bans: Travel to the EU impossible in coming period

The Council today adopted a recommendation amending the recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restrictions of free movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the updated recommendation, a new colour (dark red) is added to the existing categories of green, orange, red and grey in the...
Macedonia 01.02.21 | 19:15

Kurz will support Macedonia and Albania in opening EU accession talks in the first half of 2021

Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz said that his country will continue to support Macedonia in opening EU accession talks. In an interview with the CorD magazine, Kurz said that this is especially regrettable, as Macedonia is a model candidate. Kurz said that Austria will work so that both Macedonia...
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