Tag: mini schengen
Macedonia 31.07.21 | 10:30

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev falsely promised European, and now offers “Mini-Schengen” Macedonia which must not be an alternative to EU membership

Mini Schengen must not be an alternative to EU membership and inclusion of Macedonia in the wider family of European countries. Regional cooperation is not an alternative to Macedonia’s European integration. Such an initiative that Zaev is trying to show us as a diplomatic success is in fact a...
Macedonia 29.07.21 | 15:59

Mickoski: Mini Schengen can’t be an alternative to EU integration

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that any form of regional cooperation is welcome, but that Zaev’s Mini Schengen initiative can’t be an alternative to Macedonia’s full EU membership. Macedonia should open its EU accession talks this year. We have deserved it ten years ago,...
Macedonia 29.07.21 | 13:48

VMRO: Zaev lied to the citizens, instead of EU accession, Macedonia is now stuck in a Balkan Mini Schengen

Today’s meeting of the Mini Schengen initiative (relabeled as Open Balkan) marks another lie Zoran Zaev sold our citizens. He promised a European Macedonia, but now offers them a Mini Schengen Macedonia, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. The leaders of Serbia and Albania are in Skopje today...
Macedonia 29.07.21 | 12:35

Vucic predicts no effective borders between Macedonia, Serbia and Albania from 2023

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the three countries of the Mini Schengen initiative – Macedonia, Albania and Serbia, will have no effective borders between them starting in January 2023. This will be a historic moment. There will still be borders, but our citizens won’t be stopped...
Macedonia 29.07.21 | 09:42

Kanal 5 TV protests after they were banned from filming Zaev, Vucic and Rama

Kanal 5 TV accused the Zaev Government of preventing them from filming a portion of the meeting between Zaev, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. The three are meeting in Skopje and took a walk down the Vardar river quay. Albanian and Serbian TV stations were allowed...
Macedonia 29.07.21 | 09:28

Zaev, Vucic and Rama will adopt a new name for their Mini Schengen initiative

The leaders of Macedonia, Albania and Serbia will discuss a new name for their Mini Schengen initiative today. Zaev, Vucic and Rama are meeting in Skopje, to talk about opening the markets of the three countries, but also to change the clunky name of the initiative. Other countries were invited to join,...
Macedonia 29.07.21 | 09:12

Vucic makes veiled criticism of Bulgaria’s treatment of Macedonia

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic criticized the way Bulgaria treats Macedonia, as it claims the Macedonian national identity, and blocks Macedonia from opening its EU accession talks. Vucic contrasted this with what he said is Serbia’s hands-off treatment of Macedonia. We ask nothing from the...
Macedonia 27.07.21 | 22:28

Meeting of the three Mini Schengen countries in Skopje

The leaders of Albania and Serbia, Edi Rama and Aleksandar Vucic, will be in Skopje on Friday and Saturday, for a meeting of the Mini Schengen initiative. The controversial initiative, for which the involved parties insist will not become a “consolation prize” for the stalled EU membership...
Macedonia 22.07.21 | 16:34

Vucic wants to rename the Mini Schengen initiative

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that the so-called Mini-Schengen initiative for regional cooperation will be renamed, since it has little to do with EU’s Schengen treaty. Vucic and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama are jockeying for a dominant position in the group that has Macedonia...
Macedonia 29.06.21 | 15:06

Zaev promised European Union, and ended up with Mini Schengen

The regional cooperation of the Balkan countries has always been, is and will be welcomed by VMRO-DPMNE, but, according to the party, it is not even close to what Zoran Zaev and SDSM promised to the citizens. EU membership and the extended family of European nations are the real future of Macedonia,...
Balkans 28.06.21 | 21:48

Vučić, Zaev and Rama to discuss ‘Mini Schengen’ via video conference on Tuesday

On Tuesday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is set discuss via video conference with the Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Albania, Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama, ways to improve relations within the ‘Mini Schengen’ regional initiative, his office said in a press release, MIA reports from Belgrade. Vucic...
Macedonia 21.04.21 | 12:12

Rama: The Mini Schengen project will help remove the border between Albania and Kosovo

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama insisted that the Mini Schengen initiative will help remove the border between Albania and Kosovo. Kosovo has been resisting the proposal whose stated goal is to ease travel, education and movement of goods between the non-EU countries in the region, because it also includes...
Balkans 29.12.20 | 15:37

Jeremic: Mini Schengen is a migrant control project

Serbian opposition official Vuk Jeremic blamed President Aleksandar Vucic of initiating the so-called Mini Schengen scheme as a plan to control migrant movement through the region and toward the EU. Macedonia has subscribed to the plan, mainly as a “participation trophy” as our European Union...
Macedonia 30.10.20 | 18:26

Macedonia, Albania and Serbia about to open borders without requiring PCR tests

Macedonia, Serbia and Albania are about to open their borders without the coronavirus test requirement in ten days, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. He informed the public that he spoke with Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama from Albania at a video conference held as part of the Mini Schengen initiative,...
Economy 24.02.20 | 12:41

Mini-Schengen: Serbia ratifies treaty that will allow easier e-commerce with Macedonia

The Serbian Parliament ratified a treaty that will allow easier e-trade with Macedonia. As part of the Mini-Schengen initiative, that was launched as it became clear that Macedonia and Albania will not be allowed to open accession talks in 2019. Under the treaty, Macedonian citizens will be able to use...
Macedonia 24.12.19 | 22:49

Nuland and Alexander Soros came up with the Mini – Schengen idea, Kosovan paper claims

The Kosovan Gazeta Express newspaper published an article alleging that the controversial Mini – Schengen initiative doesn’t have the support of the United States or of the European Union, but was pushed by former top US diplomat Victoria Nuland and Alexander Soros, the son of billionaire...
Balkans 20.12.19 | 20:24

Protests against the Mini – Schengen summit in Tirana

Mass protests are taking place in Tirana, at the hotel where Prime Minister Edi Rama is hosting a Mini – Schengen summit with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and the outgoing Prime Minister of Macedonia Zoran Zaev. Protesters include Kosovo Albanians and representative of the Albanian opposition,...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 11:10

Kosovo calls on Albania to withdraw from the Mini – Schengen initiative with Macedonia and Serbia

Kosovan parties are calling on Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to withdraw from the Mini – Schengen initiative with Serbia and Macedonia. Officials in Kosovo fear that the initiative restores Serbian influence in the region, and will derail the actual EU accession prospects of the participating...
Macedonia 15.11.19 | 11:53

Trump’s Balkan envoy Grenell welcomes the Mini Schengen initiative

US diplomatic envoy for the Kosovo dispute Richard Grenell, who is one of the few US ambassadors openly loyal to President Trump, endorsed the Mini Schengen initiative between Macedonia, Serbia and Albania. Grenell also called on the countries to admit Kosovo to their initiative. We welcome the Western...
Macedonia 14.11.19 | 14:45

Milososki: Once we are in the Mini Schengen, it won’t be easy to get back on Europe’s agenda

Former Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki believes that Macedonia won’t easily get back on the EU agenda, now that it is fixed in the so-called Mini Schengen regional initiative. Milososki describes divisions in the Macedonian diplomacy, mainly between Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Deputy...
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