Tag: framework
Macedonia 11.10.20 | 18:52

Government says it can’t fire ethnic Albanian employees who want to keep their pretend public sector jobs

First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi acknowledged that the Government won’t be able to fire any of the 1,350 ethnic Albanians hired in the public administration simply to boost Albanian representation, who are not given actual jobs and collect salaries from the comfort of their homes. The employees...

Macedonia 02.07.20 | 12:57

Osmani acknowledges that the EU framework is a draft document and can be changed by Bulgaria and other EU member states

Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani, who is tasked with EU accession talks, acknowledged that the draft negotiating framework can be altered and that it can be changed as EU member states review it. This statement comes after SDSM leader Zoran Zaev triumphantly declared that with the framework, the EU...

Macedonia 20.05.20 | 09:49

EU negotiating framework for Macedonia and Albania will be prepared in June, Commissioner Varhelyi says

European Commissioner in charge of enlargement Oliver Varhelyi announced that the negotiating framework for Macedonia and Albania will be prepared in June. This framework then needs to be approved by the individual EU member states. Speaking before the European Parliament AFET committee, Varhelyi also...

Macedonia 11.10.19 | 19:24

Petition condemns Bulgaria’s conditions imposed on Macedonia

A group of mostly Bulgarian commentators and opinion makers signed a petition condemning the framework conditions outlined by the Bulgarian Government over Macedonia’s EU accession talks. The Bulgarian framework position outlines that the country will work to ensure that the term “Macedonian...