Tag: protocol
Macedonia 03.07.23 | 13:04

Osmani: Without constitutional changes, country will go from top tier EU candidate, to joining the group of countries with open issues

The opponents of the constitutional amendments are in fact supporters of the ideas of the Bulgarian extremists, according to which the country’s European perspective should be reduced down to its bilateral relations with the Republic of Bulgaria, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani on Sunday. The...

Macedonia 18.07.22 | 15:48

Mickoski on the protocol: Macedonia will have to fulfill Bulgarian wishes

Hristijan Mickoski, leader of VMRO-DPMNE, believes that the protocol with which Macedonia will have to fulfill Bulgarian wishes opens the door for negotiations for Albania, but not for our country. According to him, it is a diplomatic knockout and capitulation. He pointed out that the start of the negotiations...

Macedonia 18.07.22 | 11:56

Another “protocol” problem is hidden from the public: The fate of Tsar Samuil and Ss. Cyril and Methodius is contained in the protocols of the history commission

Why does the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani need a month to announce the recommendations of the history commission, analyzes the Pressing news portal. From the things known so far, historians have reached an agreement about Saints Cyril and Methodius, Saints Clement and Naum and Tsar Samuil,...

Macedonia 13.07.22 | 18:12

Kovacevski hasn’t even seen Osmani’s protocol!?

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said in an interview with MIA today that without the consent of both sides, both Skopje and Sofia, no change can happen in relation to any of the points in the protocol. When asked if he had an insight into this document, if there is a harmonized protocol at all, when...

Macedonia 08.07.22 | 16:31

The trap of the French proposal is in the secrets of the bilateral protocol: Osmani must publish this document!

The report of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the process of drafting the French proposal reveals three facts that Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani are hiding. The secret protocol The Bulgarian media conveyed the significance of the French proposal for...

Macedonia 25.06.22 | 14:03

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry ready to proceed to signing of Protocol under Article 12 of Friendship Treaty

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday it is ready to proceed to the signing of the Protocol under Article 12 of the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation with the Republic of Macedonia. According to the MIA’s correspondent in Sofia, the statement by...

Macedonia 16.06.20 | 12:04

Filipce: All candidates and parties must respect coronavirus measures during election campaign

Following the announced date for the early parliamentary elections, Health Minster Venko Filipce urged all political actors to be responsible during entire election process without endangering people’s health. In regard to agreed date for the elections, I would like to send a message to all political...

News 17.03.20 | 21:57

Spanish King Felipe signs Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol

The King of Spain Felipe VI signed the accession protocol of Macedonia to NATO, which was ratified by the emptied out Congress earlier today. Given that Spain was the last NATO member that hadn’t ratified the protocol, this means that it will now be deposited in Washington, and Macedonia will be...

Macedonia 11.02.20 | 17:00

Macedonian Parliament ratifies the NATO accession protocol

The Macedonian Parliament voted with 114 votes in favor to ratify the NATO accession protocol. Members of Parliament and high level guests were gathered for the ratification, that was approved by all political parties. Macedonia went ahead and ratified the protocol without waiting on Spain, which is...

Macedonia 11.02.20 | 16:52

Macedonian Parliament meets to ratify the NATO accession protocol

Members of Parliament and high level guests are gathered for the ratification of the NATO accession protocol. Macedonia is going ahead and ratifying the protocol without waiting on Spain, which is the last NATO member state that still hasn’t done so. NATO representatives, members of the diplomatic...

Macedonia 04.12.19 | 18:20

VMRO and AA propose that the NATO protocol is ratified immediately, without waiting for Spain

VMRO-DPMNE proposed that the Parliament ratifies Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol immediately, without waiting for Spain to complete the procedure, in order to avoid delays of either the April 2020 elections or of the NATO ratification. Spain still hasn’t ratified the protocol due to its...

Macedonia 12.07.19 | 10:29

Turkey ratifies Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol

Turkey ratified the Macedonian NATO accession protocol yesterday, announced Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska. Of the 10 NATO member states that have not yet ratified the protocol, Turkey was seen as the one possible hold-out, after Macedonia refused to extradite a group of a dozen suspected members...

Balkans 07.02.19 | 11:13

Greek Parliament begins procedure to ratify Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol

Greek Parliament begins deliberating the NATO accession protocol for Macedonia today. Under the Prespa agreement, it is now up to Greece to ratify the protocol, and with that to remove the veto it imposed on Macedonia’s NATO accession in 2008. The protocol, which the Greek Ambassador to NATO signed...

Macedonia 05.02.19 | 16:03

Republic of North Macedonia to get a seat at NATO table, without the right to vote

At the invitation of the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Dimitrov, tomorrow, February 6, 2019, will participate in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council on the signing of the Accession Protocol for Membership of the Republic...

Macedonia 05.02.19 | 15:34

Greek Parliament to vote on Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol on Friday

The protocol for Macedonia’s accession to NATO will be submitted and will be reviewed by the Standing Committee on National Defence and Foreign Affairs of the Greek Parliament on Thursday. Greek lawmakers will debate the accession protocol in a plenary session on Friday, followed by a vote, Parliament...

Macedonia 01.02.19 | 14:47

NATO plans to invite Macedonia to sign the accession protocol on Wednesday

Macedonia is expected to sign the NATO accession protocol on Monday, reports Radio Free Europe. NATO Governments have determine the text of the protocol, and will hold the signing ceremony on Wednesday, after which it will be sent to the 29 member states for ratification. Greece, who blocked Macedonia’s...

Macedonia 28.01.19 | 11:19

NATO will prepare accession protocol for Macedonia shortly

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the protocol to admit NATO to the Alliance will be prepared soon. The document will be sent to all NATO member states for ratification, but primarily to Greece, which undertook an obligation to ratify it as soon as it is received. Greece blocked Macedonia’s...