Tag: zoran zaev
Macedonia 22.10.19 | 23:24

Most of European leaders hugged me after we didn’t get a date

TV Klan Macedonia journalist Furkan Saliu has posted a hilarious video on Facebook. He asked Prime Minister Zoran Zaev if any of the European leaders in Brussels hugged him, after it was already clear that we would not get a date. My salute with most of the world and European leaders is hugging, says...

Macedonia 22.10.19 | 16:31

Mickoski: Zaev talks about European values but pushes laws that promote his family’s marijuana business

You can’t tell Europe that you are working for European values, and at the same time sneak a drug law that advances your own family business, said VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, after the Parliament adopted a law that is expected to directly benefit the marijuana plantations of Prime Minister...

Macedonia 21.10.19 | 23:26

Albanians love me very much, my character is like that

Whether Albanians approach me and hug me, it’s needless to say, you just have to look at the environment around me, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said tonight in the first post- Brussels interview in the country on TV Alsat’s “360 degree” show, commenting on yesterday’s statement...

Macedonia 20.10.19 | 21:06

Zaev: Elections on April 12, census after that, SDSM accepts one electoral district

After Sunday’s leaders’ meeting, Prime Minister Zaev informed that it was agreed early parliamentary elections to be held on April 12 next year. The proposal was accepted by all party leaders.  Moreover, the prime minister said that 100 days before the date for the snap parliamentary elections,...

Macedonia 20.10.19 | 13:24

Gaiser: Europe wants Macedonia, but not Zaev!

Skopje and Tirana will not recover for a long time from the slap they received from Brussels. Although it was speculated that Zoran Zaev, the Prime Minister of Macedonia would resign after this failure, he called for early parliamentary elections in a desperate attempt to stay in power. Laris Gaiser,...

Macedonia 20.10.19 | 11:53

La Verita: Zaev involved in racket, urges Ruskoska to unblock 750,000 euros from Siljan Micevski

The La Verita newspaper published an article entitled “Sparks between Paris and Berlin over Skopje. The Chancellor is trying to save Zaev, adding that “With EU membership halted, the Macedonian prime minister is in trouble. New corruption investigation”. Here’s the full text written...

Macedonia 19.10.19 | 15:59

Przino government without Zaev as prime minister ahead of early elections

As the law stipulates, we will respect that. I am the one who sought Przino government and it is written in the law. The reason is that all participants in the election process have confidence in the process. It is stipulated in the law and we will respect it, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev responded to a...

Macedonia 19.10.19 | 13:15

Prime Minister Zaev calls for early elections as soon as possible

In a TV address on Saturday, Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev called for early parliamentary elections as soon as possible after the country did not receive a date for opening EU accession negotiations. Huge injustice was done to us in Brussels. We have delivered reforms, we have resolved...

Macedonia 19.10.19 | 10:12

Diplomatic sources claim Zaev resigned?

The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, has resigned from the position of prime minister, Italian news agency “ANSA” reported, citing information obtained from European diplomatic sources after no consensus  was reached at the EU to set date for start of accession negotiations...

Macedonia 18.10.19 | 20:55

Zaev also consulted with Ahmeti

After consulting with European leaders on the conclusions reached at the European Council, which delayed the decision to start Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev also met with the DUI coalition partner. The meeting with Ali Ahmeti was held in the Government building,...

Macedonia 18.10.19 | 19:33

Prime Minister Zaev runs consultations on the next steps at all levels

Intensive consultations are ongoing following the conclusions of the European Council, Prime Minister Zaev makes decisions based solely on the interests of the citizens and the state. He is running intensive consultations at various levels throughout the day, taking into account the conclusions reached...

Macedonia 17.10.19 | 15:03

EU to take decisive step and decide on start of accession negotiations

The European Union should now take a decisive step and decide on a start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President-Designate of the European Commission (EC), said at a meeting Thursday in Brussels. Zaev at this meeting also...

Macedonia 17.10.19 | 11:15

Zaev says Poland and Hungary have problem with rule of law, internal problems

In his address in Vienna, talking about the European perspective in the region and why Macedonia should get a date for negotiations, Prime Minister Zaev emphasized that EU member states have similar problems as ours. According to Zaev, Poland and Hungary have problems with the rule of law and internal...

Macedonia 17.10.19 | 11:02

One fake, the other vulgar: We will not see a date with such advisers, and now we will have to apologize to Paris

MP Antonio Milososki, a former foreign minister, once again points out the flaws of Macedonian diplomacy regarding France. He recalled the passing of a “mysterious adviser to the prime minister”, a certain Ljupco Zafirovski, who “is close to Macron’s Office” and Alek Ruzin,...

Macedonia 16.10.19 | 13:14

Zaev: I know that reforms are needed, but we are not motivated

If EU leaders reach Thursday or Friday a negative decision to start negotiations, or if they again decide to postpone the decision, our government will be dead, not because we are overwhelmed, the decision is not up to us, but we will lose the majority of parliament, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at...

Macedonia 16.10.19 | 11:31

Zaev to meet Hahn, Sassoli, Tusk in Brussels

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is paying a working visit on Wednesday and Thursday to the institutions of the European Union in Brussels, the government said in a press release. Zaev, together with Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, will meet in the...

Macedonia 16.10.19 | 11:27

Zaev and Filipce in Vienna before Brussels: Tender for new clinic agreed, awarded to Austrian firm?!

Journalist Branko Geroski write late Tuesday on Facebook that there were indications that the tender for the Gjorce Petrov Clinical Center had already been agreed and awarded to a renown Austrian firm, which has been in the business for 33 years. Unofficially I learned that today, on the way to Brussels,...

Macedonia 16.10.19 | 11:13

Two meetings in 16 months are too few: Buckovski thinks Zaev hasn’t lobbied with Macron enough

Former Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski believes the government and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev have not devoted enough attention to lobbying with French President Emmanuel Macron over the issue of getting a date for Macedonia’s EU accession talks. The university professor points out that...

Macedonia 15.10.19 | 14:27

Will Zaev activate the written guarantees he received from the EU?

Macedonia’s top officials and the public are awaiting the European Council’s decision to open negotiations with Macedonia. Forecasts so far are not optimistic, mostly because of France’s firm stance, which opposes to Macedonia, Albania starting accession negotiations. Expectations are...

Macedonia 15.10.19 | 12:08

Zaev: This is unique time, we’re next NATO member and we expect positive decision from EU

This is a unique time for our country, we are the next NATO member, we expect a positive decision from the EU, these are opportunities for even greater economic development and benefits for the citizens, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. I would also like to express my gratitude...

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