Tag: frontex
Macedonia 10.02.23 | 16:00

Frontex agreement is a proof Macedonian language and identity are respected in EU, says Macron in letter to Pendarovski

French President Emmanuel Macron has sent a letter to Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski, extending congratulations and support for the progress made on European integration path over the past year. Macron also congratulated Pendarovski on the holding of the first intergovernmental conference for...

Macedonia 29.10.22 | 14:31

While the Government celebrates signing an EU treaty in Macedonian, the opposition points out that it is a common, decades long practice

Over the week, officials of the Kovacevski Government made a big deal out of the fact that Macedonia signed a long delayed treaty with the EU FRONTEX agency. The treaty regulates the use of FRONTEX units and resources in Macedonia, but the big issue for the Government is that it was signed in Macedonian. According...

Macedonia 27.10.22 | 16:29

What is FRONTEX?: EU agency with almost no powers, during the migrant crisis, it allowed refugees from Greece to freely enter Macedonia

The government has been boasting for two days that it signed a contract with FRONTEX in clear Macedonian language. Ordinary citizens rightly ask what is FRONTEX and especially what is that clear Macedonian language? Is there a dirty Macedonian language for this one to be called clear? “Republika”...

Macedonia 11.10.21 | 16:38

As threat grows of an Afghan migrant wave, Macedonia is left without a Frontex mission because of the language dispute with Bulgaria

The European Commission informed the MIA news agency that the agreement with Frontex, meant to help patrol the Macedonian borders and prevent illegal migrant crossings, remains blocked because of the dispute over the Macedonian language with Bulgaria. Bulgaria does all it can to stop the establishment...