Tag: eu
Macedonia 07.10.21 | 11:12

Zaev insisted he brings “regards from Radev” to Macedonia while the Bulgarian President was issuing his list of hardline demands

Only hours after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev delivered a long list of strict demands that Bulgaria wants Macedonia to implement, Zoran Zaev tried to present his visit to Slovenia as a major success, and even said he carries “regards from President Radev” during a rally. Shortly before...
Macedonia 07.10.21 | 09:27

State Department welcomes the EU summit decisions on Balkan enlargement

State Department spokesman Ned Price tweeted that the US welcomes the conclusions of the EU – Balkans summit in Slovenia, even though it brought no progress in expanding the EU toward the Balkans, and the proposal to set a firm date to bring the Balkans in the EU by 2030 was rejected in favor of...
Macedonia 07.10.21 | 09:03

Mickoski: Macedonia has no EU perspective under Zaev

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski responded to the outcome of the disastrous EU – Balkan summit warning that, under Zaev, Macedonia can’t expect to join the EU. At the summit, Bulgaria hardened its position toward Macedonia, with a long list of demands that need to be met before Macedonia...
Balkans 06.10.21 | 18:31

Michel: There is a debate within the EU on its capacity to accept new member states

EU leaders reiterated on Wednesday that Western Balkan countries belonged in the EU and that they understood their frustration with the slow enlargement, but again failed to give a time frame for their accession. European Council President Charles Michel said the EU’s presence must be more tangible...
Macedonia 06.10.21 | 17:54

Zaev: The steps taken by Radev are an insult to the Macedonian citizens, he didn’t understand Merkel and Macron’s message

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, following the EU-Western Balkans Summit that took place in Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia, said that the steps and blockades taken by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev are an insult to Macedonian citizens. Zaev said that after the Summit it was clear that only Bulgaria was opposed...
Macedonia 06.10.21 | 16:38

Mickoski: It is disappointing that the EU is becoming a more distant goal with Zaev, spreading fake news for 5 years

It is important to say that Tuesday’s Summit of the European People’s Party dedicated to the Western Balkans is very important for the region. Because we have clear and unequivocal support from the largest political family in the EP for full integration of the region in the EU, and we as...
Macedonia 06.10.21 | 13:27

EU leaders reject Slovenian proposal to speed up the integration of the Balkans

European Union leaders gathered for the EU – Balkans summit in Slovenia refused the proposal from the host country to set 2030 as the year when all Balkan countries will be admitted to the EU. This, and the expected watering down of the usual conclusions that declare the EU doors open to new members,...
Macedonia 06.10.21 | 11:53

Bulgarian President Radev gives Zaev a long list of strict demands ahead of their meeting in Slovenia

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who attends the EU – Balkan summit in Slovenia, issued a list of strict and all-encompassing demands aimed at Macedonia, which will determine whether Bulgaria will lift its veto against Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Radev demanded that Macedonia ensures...
Balkans 06.10.21 | 11:19

Szijjarto: If the EU doesn’t integrate the Balkans, others will

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto insisted that the Balkans can’t be treated as the “back yard” of Europe, with no progress in its European integration. Szijjarto added that the other EU member states seem unaware of the security threats that are coming from the Balkans if...
Macedonia 06.10.21 | 11:16

Loss of EU perspective shows that all of Zaev’s concessions were made in vain

The mood ahead of the EU – Balkan summit in Slovenia that begins today indicates that Macedonia and the rest of the unintegrated Balkan countries will remain a black hole in Europe for a long time to come. This is especially serious for Macedonia where Zoran Zaev imposed a long list of difficult...
Balkans 03.10.21 | 10:39

Slovenia proposes that all Balkan countries are admitted to the EU by 2030

Slovenia is proposing that the European Union admits all Balkan countries by 2030, the Financial Times reports. The proposal is expected to be raised at the coming EU summit with the Balkan countries, but took other EU member states by surprise given the problems the region and the EU are facing. Accession...
Macedonia 30.09.21 | 19:28

Jadranka Kosor condemns the denial of EU perspective for Macedonia and other Balkan countries

Former Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor criticized the lack of concrete EU perspective offered during the latest visit by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. Nice words that mean nothing. No word about the Dodik secession and non-recognition of the genocide verdict. No...
Macedonia 29.09.21 | 10:46

Macedonia is also on the list – EU plans to suspend the visa-free travel regime

Unlawful residency and unfounded asylum claims from some western Balkan states, plus Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, is triggering discussions on suspending visa-free travel to the EU, according to an internal EU document seen by EUObserver. The document comes as European Commission president Ursula von...
Macedonia 28.09.21 | 20:31

Reuters: EU is withdrawing the enlargement guarantee it gave to the Balkan states

Reuters reports that promise of EU membership is no longer a guarantee for the remaining six Balkan countries that are not yet members – a group that includes Macedonia which recently went through an imposed name change precisely to achieve this goal. The news agency quotes diplomats from EU countries...
Macedonia 27.09.21 | 17:18

Crvenkovski dismissed Zaev’s claim that all Macedonia has to do is rely on EU and NATO

In his widely quoted remarks today, in which he heaped criticism on the Zaev regime, former President and Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski also touched on Zaev’s often repeated promise that Macedonia will be kept safe and prosperous by NATO and the EU – if it accepts all demands that are...
Macedonia 15.09.21 | 13:39

EU to provide assistance to the most affected families in the wildfires in Macedonia

In response to the wildfires that started in Macedonia in the end of July, the European Union is providing EUR 140,000 in humanitarian funding to assist the most affected families and first responders. These EU funds support the National Red Cross in delivering the necessary assistance, including food...
Macedonia Balkans 14.09.21 | 18:23

Merkel expresses sorrow Macedonia was not allowed to open its EU talks, says Europe is held hostage to nationalism

During her meeting with Balkan leaders in Tirana, Albania, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel again expressed her sorrow that Macedonia and Albania were not allowed to open their EU accession talks. Merkel said that the two countries met the criteria to open the accession talks, but that the Bulgarian...
Macedonia 02.09.21 | 13:45

Zaev: Hope remains that Bulgaria will form a government, so that a decision can be made to start negotiations by the end of December

The Prime Minister Zoran Zaev informed today that he talked with the Bulgarian President Rumen Radev within the Bled Forum, where he expressed hope that the political entities will succeed in forming a Government, which is important for decision-making. As I said, on June 17 after returning from Bulgaria,...
Balkans 02.09.21 | 12:09

Vucic: Macedonia changed its name and what did it get?

Macedonia even changed its name, it was promised that the negotiation process would start, and did it happen?, asked Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic regarding the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece and the fact that the country’s start of EU accession talks is blocked by Bulgaria. I am...
Macedonia 30.08.21 | 21:44

EU closes its borders – Macedonia is removed from the “safe list”

The European Union announced it will close its borders for Macedonian citizens, as the number of coronavirus cases spiked over the past weeks. Macedonians have been able to travel to EU countries since the lull in early summer, but unrestricted travel led to a huge spike this month. The EU is also closing...
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