If Macedonia continues to take actions perceived by Greece as “provocations” and fails to make faster progress in its reforms, the country could lose its EU candidate status, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said.
Read More »Hungarian FM: Macedonia, Greece close to name issue solution
Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi welcomed the decision of the European Commission (EC) to announce its decision on the EU accession dates for the countries in the West Balkans. Martonyi remarked that as far as Macedonia is concerned, there is a need to approach the issue carefully because of the …
Read More »Macedonian opposition splits
Freshly elected MPs in the Social-Democrat-led opposition bloc have announced they are forming their own caucus – but deny plans to join the rightist government. Two prominent opposition MPs, Tito Petkovski and Fijat Canovski, announced
Read More »EU will not propose the suspension of the visa-free regime for Serbia and Macedonia
The EU said on Thursday that Serbia and Macedonia “have made some progress” in cutting down on asylum seekers, calming fears that bloc would propose a temporary suspension of the visa-free regime.
Read More »Macedonia should find a quick solution to the name dispute, US Deputy for Europe and Eurasia
Just days after the general elections in Macedonia, the US reminds the government in Skopje that it has unfinished business regarding the name dispute with Greece.
Read More »Bulgaria would support any compromise in Macedonia’s name dispute
Bulgarian president Georgi Purvanov said that Bulgaria would support any compromise in Macedonia’s name dispute but the search for a “geographic” name – acceptable to all sides – might cause tension in Bulgaria.
Read More »Macedonia’s ruling party wins general elections
Macedonia’s ruling VMRO DPMNE party has declared victory in Sunday’s general elections, claiming they have won almost half of the seats in the parliament. “The VMRO DPMNE-led coalition has won these elections,” Prime Minister and VMRO DPMNE party leader Nikola Gruevski told supporters late on Sunday.
Read More »Greek FM: a geographic term is an acceptable solution for Greece for the name dispute with Macedonia
“A name with a geographic term is an acceptable solution for Greece for the name dispute with Macedonia”, said Greek foreign minister Dimitris Droutsas. He added
Read More »Macedonia’s ruling VMRO-DPMNE leads in election poll
Macedonia – The ruling VMRO-DPMNE will win most of the votes in Sunday’s (June 5th) elections, according to a survey by IPIS institute, published at the weekend. The poll shows that the ruling party enjoys the support of 22.6% of the
Read More »Macedonian PM: People to choose pro-Macedonian or pro-Greek coalition
Macedonia’s Prime Minister and leader of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski stated in Bitola that Macedonia has choose on the elections on June 5 between a pro-Macedonian and pro-Greek coalition. According to Gruevski smaller rightists parties – of Ljube Boskovski and Ljubco Georgievski worked for the interests of the opposition Social Democratic …
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