Tag: zoran zaev
Macedonia 15.07.21 | 18:45

Zaev meets American investors from medical cannabis industry

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met Thursday with Dušan Kovačević, the founder and CEO of EXIT, the region’s leading music festival, and with guests from the United States, namely American football players Lance Briggs, Turk McBride and Donnie Caldwell, who are successful medical cannabis growers in the...

Macedonia 14.07.21 | 18:51

Zaev meets Croatian Ambassador Tiganj

Croatia’s strong support to Macedonia’s European integration was reaffirmed at a meeting between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Croatian Ambassador Nives Tiganj on Wednesday. It was assessed that our country has fulfilled its part of the obligations on the road to EU accession and that now it’s...

Macedonia 13.07.21 | 17:08

Zaev: Tonight we will decide on 20 candidates for mayors, some of them are real favorites

At tonight’s session of the Executive Board, SDSM will determine the twenty candidates for mayors for the local elections. SDSM leader and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said today that the Executive Board of the party at the state level, makes decisions and recommends the candidates to the municipal...

Macedonia 09.07.21 | 14:31

Zaev and US Ambassador to Greece Pyatt discuss energy, economic initiatives

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met with the United States Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, at the sidelines of ‘The Economist’ conference in Athens. As the Government informed, Zaev expressed gratitude for the overall support that Macedonia receives from the United States continuously and said that...

Macedonia 08.07.21 | 11:23

Zaev to sign agreement on Alexandropolis gas pipeline during two-day working visit to Athens

The Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is paying Thursday a two-day working visit to Athens, Greece, where on Friday he will participate in the panel discussion within the Economist conference – 25th Roundtable with the Government of Greece on the topic: “From social distancing to social solidarity”. The...

Macedonia 04.07.21 | 13:14

Zaev congratulates US Independence Day: American democracy is an inspiration for all democracies

The tradition of the American democracy is a guide and inspiration for all progressive democracies in the world. President Biden’s administration has announced increased US presence in Europe, set to reaffirm and develop strong transatlantic partnership, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev wrote in a Facebook...

Economy 04.07.21 | 09:56

VMRO-DPMNE: The people will pay “green” taxes, while the government will spend money on luxuries

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE accuses the government that the introduction of green taxes and duties will impoverish the people, and the announced new “green tax” will hit the standard of the citizens and the economy. The fact that the supplementary budget envisages as much as 124 million euros...

Macedonia 02.07.21 | 23:20

I will be the first to apply for a passport with the country’s new name, says Zaev

During Friday’s interview with TV21, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the issuance of new passports with the name “Republic of North Macedonia” will begin on Monday, July 5. I will be the first to apply on Monday morning, I will get the first passport. These are prepared documents,...

Macedonia 02.07.21 | 23:13

Zaev: There is a solution with Bulgaria that is acceptable to both sides

During Friday’s interview with TV21, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that they have a solution with Bulgaria that is acceptable to both sides. We have a solution with Bulgaria that is acceptable to both sides. I want to believe, I cannot confirm, but I want to believe that this time we did not get...

Macedonia 02.07.21 | 22:09

Zaev: Unfortunately, representatives from Bulgaria didn’t come to Ohrid, it’s not a good message!

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in Friday’s interview with TV21 that, unfortunately, the Prespa Forum Dialogue was not attended by representatives from neighboring Bulgaria. He believes that it is not a good message. We sent invitations when the organization of the summit started. We had announcements...

Macedonia 02.07.21 | 21:53

Zaev rejects Mickoski’s invitation to a TV duel over the dispute with Bulgaria

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev rejected the invitation of VMRO-DPMNE leadr Hristijan Mickoski to a TV duel over the dispute with Bulgaria. I have accepted a duel five times, and now the reason is Bulgaria. We need to devote time to more specific things. Everyone knows the essence of the problem, the whole...

Macedonia 02.07.21 | 18:20

Zaev: Brussels should honestly face the situation for EU’s further enlargement in the Western Balkans

The opening of EU accession talks remains our strategic priority and I emphasize that what I believe is clear to Brussels that bilateral issues have no place in the negotiating framework, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at Friday’s joint press conference with US Acting Assistant Secretary Philip...

Macedonia 01.07.21 | 22:24

Zaev: We are Europe now more than ever

The Balkans is the new hope of Europe, the Balkans is Europe. Based on our experiences from the road to Prespa and the Agreement with Greece, today we have the right to say this – we are Europe now more than ever, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in a keynote address at Thursday’s opening of the first...

Macedonia 01.07.21 | 21:44

Mickoski again invites Zaev to a TV duel

VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski, again invited the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to a TV duel. I invited Zaev to a debate, he did not find the encourage. Here, I invite again to a TV duel, to tell the truth. The citizens deserve to hear it, said Mickoski in an interview with TV Sitel on Thursday. Mickoski...

Macedonia 01.07.21 | 21:17

Zaev – Tsipras: Prespa Agreement obligates EU to lift hurdles in EU integration process of Western Balkans

Three years after the signing of the Prespa Agreement, on June 17, 2018, the benefits can be felt on daily basis from the settlement of the 30-year dispute, which established strategic friendship between Macedonia and Greece, concurred Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and former Greek Prime Minister Alexis...

Macedonia 01.07.21 | 20:07

Mickoski: We had stunts on the EU road for four years, the solution that Zaev sold us is actually a major obstacle with Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski, spoke in Thursday’s interview with TV Sitel about the current political situation in the country, his visit to Brussels, as well as the plans of VMRO-DPMNE for the upcoming period and the local elections. Mickoski emphasized that the Republic of Macedonia...

Macedonia 30.06.21 | 15:54

Zaev also lied about the formulation of the language: Bulgarian medium claims that the Portuguese proposal is “one language, called in different ways”

Reporting on the events and reactions in Macedonia over the statement of Portugal’s Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ana Paula Zacarias about the “North Macedonian” language that was once Bulgarian, the online edition of Sofia-based “Dnevnik” reveals new details of the...

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,...

Macedonia 29.06.21 | 15:01

Zaev said it was a good proposal: For Portugal, the Macedonian language was part of the Bulgarian language

Speaking to the press in Lisbon two days before the end of the presidency, Portugal’s Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ana Paula Zacarias said that the debate was particularly difficult for Bulgaria, related to the history, cultural identity of the two countries. We must respect the Bulgarian...

Macedonia 29.06.21 | 10:06

Zaev is abusing the “European flag” procedure to rob the people by increasing the gasoline prices

Zaev abuses the “European flag” procedure to rob the people by increasing the gasoline prices, said VMRO-DPMNE on Tuesday. The party accuses that Zaev wants to push through the crisis tax of 4.13 denars per liter of fuel by using the so-called “European flag” procedure, which...

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