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The “name” row between Macedonia and Greece could be settled using the recent Croatia-Slovenia model, namely international arbitration, Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said Thursday in Paris.
Read More »Macedonia to reply to Greece at ICJ by June 9th
The Macedonian government has until June 9th to respond to Greece, regarding the complaint Skopje filed with The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) for Greece allegedly violating a bilateral agreement, local media reported on Wednesday (March 17th). Macedonia filed
Read More »EU Ambassador Erwan Fouere says the name is the main issue in the negotiations between Macedonia and Greece
EU Ambassador Erwan Fouere called on Macedonia and Greece to step up the pace and focus on the name, which he says is the main issue in the negotiations. It’s important that both sides try to speed up the pace of meetings to ensure that there is no misunderstanding
Read More »Turkey asks EU to lift visa requirements
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged the EU on Monday (March 15th) to end visa requirements for Turkish citizens. The request came during a meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele, who was visiting Ankara for the first time since being elected to the post. The EU lifted visa requirements …
Read More »Macedonia should not make thing harder than they already are: US ambassador to Macedonia
“The identity is yours and it is not changing. Macedonia should point at the priorities like security, prosperity, setting up of the values and accession to the EU,” said the U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Philip Reeker. Reeker made the statement at a public lecture is the FON University in Skopje.
Read More »NATO delegation to visit Macedonia
NATO delegation, headed by Admiral Mark Fitzgerald will kick off its 2-day visit to Macedonia on Tuesday. Admiral Fitzgerald is slated to meet with Macedonian Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski and General Staff Chief Miroslav
Read More »Slovenian Ambassador to Macedonia Alan Bergant: Macedonia shows efforts in solving name issue
Macedonia shows efforts in solving name issue. Slovenian Ambassador to Macedonia Alan Bergant made the remarks at the meeting with students and professors from South East European University in Tetovo.
Read More »Greece objects Fuele’s use of name Macedonia
Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas urged EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele to use the interim reference “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.
Read More »Macedonian FM set to visit Kosovo
Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will be heading to Pristina on Monday upon an invitation of Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Skender Hiseni. Besides the talks with his host Hiseni, Milososki will meet with President Fatmir
Read More »Serbia, Macedonia to co-operate against asylum seekers
Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic on Friday (March 12th) vowed to step up co-operation against a wave of asylum seekers from their countries trying to move to EU member countries. “We will investigate together
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