Tag: eu
Macedonia 15.10.19 | 13:36

Hahn: EU risks losing influence on Balkans

The European Union risks losing its influence in the Western Balkans if it fails to send a clear signal for the start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn told Austrian news agency APA. If,...
Macedonia 15.10.19 | 11:56

Siljanovska: Macedonia has been and should be part of Europe!

I don’t know how many years have passed, but I can’t believe what I see and hear from some hosts and “gatekeepers” of the Brussels EU port is really happening, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, VMRO-DPMNE’s presidential candidate tweeted on Tuesday. Macedonia has been and should...
Macedonia 15.10.19 | 11:33

French State Secretary ahead of EU Council meeting: We will discuss two dimensions – opening negotiations and reform of negotiation process

Today I am not here to defend the position of a veto. We will discuss two dimensions – opening of accession negotiations by a prepared Europe and a reform of the negotiations process, French State Secretary for European Affairs Amelie de Montchalin said ahead of the General Affairs Council on...
Macedonia 15.10.19 | 11:24

Macedonian intellectuals wrote letter to Macron: Your blockade will be a knife in the back of all righteous citizens!

Several Macedonian intellectuals have written a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, in which they point out that blocking our country’s Euro-integration process only by France is incorrect and dishonest and to a great extent dangerous. We are afraid that very soon, the question will arise...
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 14.10.19 | 22:46

No good news from Luxembourg: France’s position remains unchanged

No progress has been made in the EU member states’ positions on opening negotiations with Albania and Macedonia after Monday’s ambassadorial meeting in Luxembourg. France’s position remains unchanged regarding the negotiations with Tirana and Skopje. Paris considers that more time is...
Macedonia 14.10.19 | 17:37

Osmani: Kosovo citizens waiting decision on Macedonia to see if it’s worth it to make compromise with Serbia

We expect a clear decision to start negotiations with the EU, as this is the only proper epilogue to this process that was not based on political bridges, Bujar Osmani at Monday’s session of the National Council for European Integration. He pointed out that the eyes of 20 million Western Balkans...
Macedonia 14.10.19 | 17:22

Pendarovski: It is time for Europe to reward us

I hope that the European Council will give the green light to start accession negotiations with the Union, President Stevo Pendarovski said in a statement for the Greek newspaper “Ethnos”, stressing that such a decision would be worthy and a recognition of the efforts made by the country,...
Macedonia 10.10.19 | 21:10

Name change in vain: France continues to block Macedonia from opening EU accession talks

Reuters reports that France remains opposed to the opening of European Union accession talks with Macedonia and Albania, and wants the decision postponed for 2020. Diplomatic sources told Reuters that the two countries are not ready even for this early step in way toward EU membership. – Paris...
Macedonia 03.10.19 | 21:16

Tusk, Juncker, Sassoli and Von der Leyen call for opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia and Albania

Several top EU officials issued a joint letter calling on the EU member states to approve the opening of accession talks with Macedonia and Albania. It is signed by President of the European Parliament David Sassoli, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, her outgoing colleague Jean Claude...
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 02.10.19 | 19:51

No date for accession negotiation yet, Macron to say French ‘Oui’ for Macedonia

No progress has been made in the European Union’s common position on the decision to start accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania. France still has no final position, and it seems President Macron himself will have the final say. EU Council sources told MIA that no new draft conclusions...
Macedonia 26.09.19 | 11:46

Kukan: Your leaders hold political responsibility for “Racket” case

You have done everything the EU has asked of you and you can have positive expectations for a date in October. I personally think that Macedonia will get a date for the start of accession negotiations. You have been waiting for this moment for too long, Eduard Kukan said in an interview with MIA, who...
Macedonia 24.09.19 | 10:15

Macedonia must start negotiations on Chapters 23 and 24 as soon as possible

MP Antonio Milososki informed Tuesday that, as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, he had sent letters to his counterparts Pia Dijkstra (Netherlands) and Michael Jensen (Denmark) urging their parliaments to support a decision on a date for negotiations with the European Union, as he says, a...
Macedonia 21.09.19 | 18:08

Osmani is not sure that Macedonia will receive date for EU accession talks in October

We have met all the conditions, we expect a date for negotiations with the EU, and therefore the European Union will fulfill its part in October and will start negotiations with our country for full fledged membership in the Union, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani said on Saturday. The...
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...
World 20.09.19 | 13:52

V4: Budapest: withdrawing EU funds as a political punishment is unacceptable

Hungarian members of the European Parliament protested against the attempts to cut funding in the next EU budget. The European People’s Party sided with the Hungarian ruling Fidesz party in its call to block the changes to the budget, the V4 news agency reported. According to the Council, the government...
Macedonia 19.09.19 | 15:29

Germany will give the green light for accession talks date

Germany will support Macedonia and approve a date for opening EU accession talks. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani after meeting with Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, Michael Roth. Osmani received confirmation from Roth that the German...
Macedonia 16.09.19 | 12:04

It won’t be easy for me to come home without date for start of EU talks

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, in an interview with Agency Europe, warns of the risks threatening Macedonia if the EU fails to set a date for the start of the accession negotiations in October. If we have no perspective, and that is the stakes in October, we will weaken, and skeptics, nationalist...
World 12.09.19 | 10:10

DW: New EU Enlargement Commissioner – Orban’s triumph over EU

Deutsche Welle assesses that former Hungarian Justice Minister Laszlo Trocsanyi’s election as new Enlargement Commissioner is a diplomatic triumph for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as Trocsanyi is considered “a man who is fully loyal to Orban”. The last Hungarian EU Commissioner...
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