Tag: Stevo Pendarovski
Macedonia 13.12.19 | 14:41

Pendarovski on Bulgaria’s position: The Macedonian language and the Macedonian nation are a fact

President Pendarovski has stated his position on Bulgarian academics denying the Macedonian language and saying that it is a dialect of Bulgarian. According to the head of state, the Macedonian language and the Macedonian nation are a fact that no one normal would debate and sign agreements on something...

Macedonia 13.12.19 | 13:47

Pendarovski on “Racket”: We cannot sentence one or two people, and leave the bigger fish

There must be a legal resolution to the “Racket” case, but for all other cases indicated in the released tapes, which I expect a procedure to be initiated, said President Stevo Pendarovski on Friday. We must resolve this case, just as we have to resolve all the cases I mentioned in the address,...

Economy 13.12.19 | 13:17

Pendarovski: High corruption – one of the biggest threats to country’s future

There’s no question that we’re constantly aligning domestic law with EU law, which is also our strategic goal. But, my personal dilemma, and I believe most citizens would agree, is whether state institutions have substantially or only formally adopted and follow European values and principles...

Macedonia 13.12.19 | 11:12

Pendarovski: Another postponement of EU negotiations may have unpredictable and irreversible consequences

Possible spring postponement of the decision to start Macedonia and Albania membership talks with the EU would be a very serious blow. Repeating a strategic mistake from October could have very deep, unpredictable, and possibly irreparable consequences, President Stevo Pendarovski said in an interview...

Macedonia 10.12.19 | 22:07

Pendarovski: No compromise when it comes to the right to education in one’s native language

The country’s progress in terms of community rights is a result of political will, legal solutions, democratic maturation of the state, adoption of European standards, but also a natural course of traditionally good coexistence, mutual respect and understanding among our citizens, President Stevo...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 19:18

Pendarovski: The Western Balkans are losing hope of being integrated into the EU

The European Union must not leave the Western Balkans, as the citizens of those countries also deserve better conditions and a higher standard of living, President Stevo Pendarovski said Friday in Berlin addressing the “EU Enlargement – Unfulfilled Promise – What Now?” panel discussion...

Macedonia 04.12.19 | 12:01

Pendarovski: The Law on Languages is not practical, but it will not destroy Macedonia

The Venice Commission has no authority to determine whether a law is in line with our Constitution, only the Constitutional Court has such powers, President Stevo Pendarovski said Tuesday evening on TV24, answering a question on a part of the Commission’s report referring to the Law on the Use...

Macedonia 22.11.19 | 18:40

Vucic: I told Zaev that there would be no negotiations, he looked at me as if I was “out of my mind” and said “They promised me”!

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at a press conference with Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski, who paid his first official visit to Belgrade on Friday, said he did not want the EU to continue to treat the countries of the region as puppets. Asked what the French non-paper might mean for Serbia...

Macedonia 22.11.19 | 17:52

President Pendarovski meets Speaker of the Serbian National Assembly Gojkovic

President Stevo Pendarovski, during his official visit to the Republic of Serbia, met Friday with the Speaker of the Serbian National Assembly Maja Gojkovic. At the meeting, as Pendarovski’s office informed, they exchanged views on bilateral relations between Macedonia and Serbia, and President...

Macedonia 17.11.19 | 10:12

Apasiev: From Zaev, Pendarovski and Dimitrov we can only expect Small Schengen and Greater Albania

Let’s be realistic. From Zaev, Pendarovski and Dimitrov we can only expect SMALL Schengen and GREATER Albania, Professor Dimitar Apasiev wrote on Facebook.

Macedonia 15.11.19 | 19:03

Pendarovski: Parliament’s ratification of NATO accession protocol is a technical, not political issue

President Stevo Pendarovski said Friday he refrains from speculating whether Parliament will reconvene if Spain ratifies Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. This is a technical, and not a political issue, Pendarovski underlined. I suggest that we do not go into further legal implications of...

Macedonia 15.11.19 | 18:10

Pendarovski praised good relations with Russia: It is not an obstacle to EU membership

President Stevo Pendarovski, answering journalist questions about Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s call for Russian businessmen to invest in the country and whether that would be a certain alternative to EU membership, said it is good for us all to call on foreign investors to invest here. These are...

Macedonia 14.11.19 | 22:23

Pendarovski: All road signs in Greece still read “Skopje”

The technical deadlines of the Prespa Agreement will be put on hold until the start of accession negotiations with the European Union, President Stevo Pendarovski said in an interview with TV Telma’s “Top tema” show. Pendarovski: We may get a positive decision to start EU talks before...

Macedonia 14.11.19 | 22:04

Pendarovski: We may get a positive decision to start EU talks before May

At the meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday, I did not get a signal that EU accession talks would start, I did not get guarantee that we would receive a positive decision in the spring. I received some kind of guarantee that the new methodology is underway and will be ready...

Macedonia 14.11.19 | 17:16

Pendarovski: Environmental protection to be put on the agenda of the next Security Council session for the first time

President Stevo Pendarovski met Thursday representatives of united civic organizations and initiatives, signatories of an open letter addressed to the President on October 30, 2019, related to environmental protection. At the meeting, which was also attended by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General...

Macedonia 13.11.19 | 14:47

Pendarovski on meeting with Soros: Productive meeting

President Stevo Pendarovski informed on Facebook about the meeting with the son of billionaire George Soros Alexander Soros as part of the Paris Peace Forum. Productive meeting with Alexander Soros during my visit to Paris and exchange of views on the current situation in the region. Alexander briefed...

Macedonia 13.11.19 | 11:13

German FM Heiko Maas pays visit to Macedonia, to meet Dimitrov and Pendarovski

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas pays Wednesday a visit to Macedonia. Maas will meet with President Stevo Pendarovski and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. Dimitrov and Maas will exchange views on the latest developments in the country’s internal political situation, the outcome of the last...

Macedonia 13.11.19 | 10:36

Pendarovski to attend Moscow Victory Day Parade, while Ivanov was criticized about it

President Stevo Pendarovski announced that he will attend the Moscow Victory Day Parade, marking the 75th anniversary from the end of World War II, in Moscow on 9 May 2020. He announced this after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Paris. The invitation to Pendarovski comes directly...

Macedonia 13.11.19 | 09:22

Pendarovski gives copy of Gligorov’s book “Macedonia is Everything We Have” to Paris Peace Forum library

Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski gave a copy of the book “Macedonia is Everything We Have” by Kiro Gligorov, the first President of the independent Republic of Macedonia, to the library of the Paris Peace Forum. Pendarovski said on Facebook that Gligorov’s legacy should be a guide...

Macedonia 12.11.19 | 12:54

Ker-Lindsay: Seriously? This is not diplomacy, but humiliation

Seriously!? After what he’s just done to your country? You pitch up to his event and even pose for a photo op. There’s being diplomatic. And then there’s being humiliated. Perhaps better to have made your polite excuses and given it a miss this year, eh?,  London School of Economics professor James...

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