Tag: Nikola Dimitrov
Macedonia 06.09.23 | 15:02

Former MoFA Dimitrov: How did we get from “No Justice, No Peace” to “No Punishment, No Accountability”

Macedonia’s government proposed to the Parliament amendments to the Criminal Law by which the jail sentences for abuse of office and official competencies are decreased. According to the proposal, the provisions in Article 353 of the Criminal Law, which stipulate a jail sentence of three to five...
Macedonia 30.01.23 | 12:27

Dimitrov: We have become a Bulgarian province, every morning the government is apologizing to Bulgaria

The government should not behave like a Bulgarian province and take measures against MEP Angel Dzhambazki if he plans provocations on February 4, former Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said on a Telma morning show. These are territorial claims and we must behave as a state, not as a Bulgarian province,...
Macedonia 06.12.22 | 09:22

Dimitrov: EU perspective of Western Balkans is not tangible enough

The former Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, said today at the 22nd Belgrade Economic Forum that the region must be given a tangible prospect for EU membership, MIA’s correspondent in Belgrade reported. At a panel on the impact of the war in Ukraine...
Macedonia 12.11.22 | 19:49

Dimitrov: Air traffic controllers saved the profession and the safety of the Macedonian sky

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov commented on the attempt to cancel the ad for air traffic controllers because there were not enough party “kids”. He believes that air traffic controllers, professionals of high integrity, prevented an attempt at partisanship in this extremely...
Macedonia 06.08.22 | 21:19

Dimitrov: Any use of the term “North Macedonians” is an insult to Macedonians and it undermines the Prespa Agreement

Former Vice Prime Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov, reacted on social networks that the use of “North Macedonians” among foreign diplomats and officials has increased recently. Recently, the use of the non-existent term “North Macedonians” by...
Macedonia 18.07.22 | 21:52

Dimitrov: Tomorrow the government will say “we have opened the negotiations” and that will not be true

Tomorrow in Brussels with the first Intergovernmental Conference between the EU and Macedonia we will see a beautiful symbolic photo. But we will not be able to pay the price for it, writes Nikola Dimitrov in an article for Deutsche Welle”. Tomorrow, Macedonia in Brussels will open the first page...
Macedonia 06.07.22 | 08:36

Dimitrov: In the end we will all be losers – instead of a strong state in the EU, we will have a divided, unstable state

There is no excuse for any violence. The protests should be European criticism, not hijacked by destructive centers. At the same time, the government must slow down and listen to the citizens. A step back is a step forward. Both those who defend Macedonia and those who defend the European future, which...
Macedonia 22.06.22 | 16:45

French Secretary of State and Dimitrov exposed the lies of Kovacevski and Osmani that they did not know about the French proposal

Ahead of today’s vote of confidence in the government of Kiril Petkov and at the beginning of the EU Summit at which it is to be decided for the start of negotiations with Macedonia, another lie of the Macedonian state leadership came to light. It was revealed by former Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Macedonia 22.06.22 | 07:26

Dimitrov: Macedonia’s EU integration is like a car without an engine that will end up in a ditch

What is being offered to us now is not a compromise. Bulgaria is not taking steps. Bulgaria has only one more thing to have 100:0, and that is to further explain the Macedonian language and the Bulgarian position to become a European position, said former Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov in...
Macedonia 22.06.22 | 07:20

Dimitrov on French proposal: The silence of Kovacevski and Osmani is dangerous

The silence of Kovacevski and Osmani is dangerous, they will decide on their own for the Macedonian identity, this is a result of the firmness of the Bulgarian government and the softness of the SDSM government. Let us first assume what I do not think that will be the case, that the Bulgarian Parliament...
Macedonia 18.06.22 | 11:22

Dimitrov: French proposal is debacle of Macedonian diplomacy, government puts our fate entirely in Bulgaria’s hands

Abandoned red lines and diplomatic debacle, accuses former Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov after the the French proposal on overcoming the Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute and open negotiations with the EU was released. I do not know what is worst, to trust our people that they do not have the proposal...
Macedonia 22.04.22 | 10:34

Dimitrov meets Rama: Productive working meeting on worrying situation with EU enlargement

Macedonia’s former Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. It is with special honor today in Tirana to meet with Prime Minister Edi Rama – a productive working meeting on the worrying situation with EU enlargement in the region and the need for a major...
Macedonia 23.02.22 | 17:41

Dimitrov: Until when will parties appoint directors of schools and hospitals?

Last week, information spread that TV presenter Besmira Ejupi was elected consul in New York, after which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately calmed the situation by emphasizing that Macedonia already had a consul in this city. Asked about this whole confusing situation, former Foreign Minister...
Macedonia 21.02.22 | 17:59

It is equal to national defeat, says Dimitrov over letter demanding inclusion of Bulgarians in Macedonian Constitution to become EU condition

Former Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov predicts a national defeat for Macedonia, if the Government agreed to change the Constitution, without agreeing on issues with Bulgaria that are crucial to us, such as the Macedonian language. In an interview with Euractiv, Prime Minister Petkov announced...
Macedonia 27.01.22 | 21:29

We didn’t have essential differences with Dimitrov in the process, but in the work discipline, says Osmani

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said tonight that he would refrain from commenting on the accusations made by the former Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov. I do not want to enter into a reply with the former colleague because the public has said enough, both political...
Macedonia 24.01.22 | 21:46

Dimitrov: Success is not only to remove the Bulgarian veto, but also the way it will be done

Former Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, in an interview with TV Sitel, regarding the upcoming joint session between the Macedonian and Bulgarian governments in Sofia, believes that the dispute is rushed, that this is the position of the new government, which...
Macedonia 20.01.22 | 15:14

Dimitrov asked for allowance from the state: I live on a salary, I am not one of those who have businesses

Of the ministers and deputy ministers who did not become part of Kovacevski’s government, three asked for allowance from the state, one deputy prime minister, one minister and one deputy. According to A1on, these are the former Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Nikola Dimitrov, then...
Macedonia 20.01.22 | 13:02

Spin that something is being solved with “salami” tactics: Dimitrov blasts the Government after Petkov’s visit

Nikola Dimitrov, the former Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, wrote on Facebook criticizing the Government after the visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov in Skopje that it spins the resolution of the dispute with “good will for Bulgaria to accept the short name”. The...
Macedonia 14.01.22 | 22:54

Dimitrov: My position on Osmani is from my personal testimony and information from ministers and ambassadors of EU countries

After Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Nikola Dimitrov told a news conference on Wednesday that he did not trust Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani in terms of building positions in the negotiations with Bulgaria, he said on Alsat TV’s “360 Degrees” show that he had is based...
Macedonia 14.01.22 | 22:21

Dimitrov says he hasn’t kept silent at all, fought battle while in government

Outgoing Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov said he didn’t regret at all his views expressed during Wednesday’s press conference, adding that he has neither kept silent at all even while in the government. I was not so open, because I was fighting the battle inside, Dimitrov said in an...
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