Tag: faz
Macedonia 19.10.23 | 09:25

FAZ describes the actions of the ruling coalition in Macedonia as “corruption in the name of the EU”

German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung warns that the widespread corruption by the current regime in Macedonia is undermining faith in the European Union, since it is done in the name of EU integration or excused by the alleged support the regime has from the EU. FAZ journalist Michael Martens...

Macedonia 18.01.22 | 14:10

FAZ: Petkov demands that the Bulgarian minority be included in the Macedonian Constitution, but doesn’t want to hear about the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov is paying his first official visit to Macedonia today, and before the visit he announced a new approach to the talks on resolving the dispute between Skopje and Sofia. The newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” (FAZ) today published an analysis on...

Macedonia 20.12.21 | 20:26

Zaev, Rama and Vucic call on the new German Government to support their Open Balkan initiative

The leaders of Macedonia, Serbia and Albania called on the new social-democrat led Government of Germany to support their new initiative, which was borne out of frustration with the delays in the integration of the Balkan countries in the EU. Zoran Zaev, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama wrote a joint editorial...

Macedonia 07.12.21 | 22:37

German FAZ reporter blasts Bulgarian demands that Macedonia rewrites its WW2 history

Writing in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, experienced German reporter from the Balkans Michael Martens writes that, if Macedonia accepts Bulgarian demands to rewrite its historic narrative, it will falsify history. In his article, Martens focuses on the Bulgarian demand that Macedonia plays down...

Macedonia 10.11.21 | 23:32

FAZ: After the Zaev example, there is no more EU enlargement policy in the Balkans

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’s Balkans reporter Michael Martens predicts that, after the experience with Zoran Zaev, no other Balkan politician will be willing to hitch his wagon so closely to the European Union. Martens notes how Zaev made huge concessions so that Macedonia would be able to...

Macedonia 02.11.21 | 15:12

FAZ: Nikola Dimitrov could be named as Zaev’s replacement

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov could replace Zoran Zaev as head of the Government, after Zaev announced that he will resign in light of his major local elections defeat. The paper reports that this is one of the three options – the other two being...

Macedonia 14.01.21 | 16:09

German officials raise the prospect of EEA membership for Balkan countries – instead of full EU membership

The German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) paper quotes a politician close to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, stating that it would be more realistic for Balkan countries to ask for membership in the European Economic Area, rather than the European Union. The paper has raised the issue of closer...

Macedonia 02.01.21 | 23:54

FAZ calls for alternatives to full EU membership for the Balkan countries

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published highly critical comments for the EU enlargement policy from its Balkan correspondent Michael Martens. Martens asks whether it’s time to look for other forms of integration of the Balkans – more economic and less political, and cites Macedonia as the...

World 04.12.20 | 09:18

V4: EU should take its own rules seriously, Morawiecki says

We don’t like the Polish government, so off it goes to the whipping post. And tomorrow it’s the Italians or the Portuguese, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview. EU institutions appear to want to bypass the EU’s founding treaties,...

Macedonia 29.11.20 | 12:00

Borisov blames the Soviet Union for the dispute with Macedonia

In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov blamed the protests against him and the dispute with Macedonia on the Soviet Union and Russia, alleging that Russia linked oligarchs are trying to depose him by planting corruption allegations against him....

Macedonia 11.11.20 | 11:37

FAZ: No enlargement if settlement of historical disputes becomes precondition for EU accession negotiations

Bulgaria’s insistence on controversial historical issues as a condition for Macedonia’s EU integration could jeopardize the entire EU enlargement policy, writes the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In this part of Europe where historical disputes are overestimated, the EU’s...

Macedonia 02.11.20 | 15:34

FAZ: Bulgarian emotional demands aimed at Macedonia not supported by other EU member states

frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports on the growing threats from Bulgaria that it will block Macedonia from opening its EU accession talks. According to FAZ, Bulgarian Ambassador to Brussels Dimitar Cancev already treated his colleagues to two lengthy and emotional speeches, in which he detailed Bulgaria’s...

Macedonia 14.10.20 | 19:58

FAZ on Macedonia: The dispute with Bulgaria is about to surpass the dispute with Greece in its absurdity

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) journalist Michael Martens published a report on the latest pressure from Bulgaria, which threatens to block the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. The report, titled “You are not what you think you are” notes that Bulgaria is using the leverage...

Macedonia 21.08.20 | 11:54

FAZ compares the new power sharing agreement in Macedonia to that of Lebanon

The German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes about the new coalition being put in place in Macedonia, declaring that it moves the consensual decision making a step further from the already high level of ethnic consensus that was required. As Zoran Zaev is scheduled to get an Albanian First Deputy...

Macedonia 21.10.19 | 14:04

Milososki: France and other countries now see the EU enlargement as a burden

Our people calls their country Macedonia and will continue to do so, as they have been historically accustomed to do. Imposed solutions can’t hold, said former Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The failure to open the accession talks exacerbated...

Macedonia 13.06.19 | 12:39

You promised!, Zaev tells Merkel

In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Zoran Zaev reminds Germany that it made a promise to allow Macedonia to open accession talks if the name is changed. In the interview, published shortly before Zaev’s meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, he also claims that he...