Macedonia

Bulgaria supports and will keep on doing this for Macedonia’s bid to join the European Union and NATO, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said here Monday after meeting with his visiting Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski. At a joint press conference, the Bulgarian prime minister also pointed out that the support …

Besides being neighbors, Macedonia and Bulgaria are brotherly peoples, which should help each other, Bulgarian Prime Minister Bojko Borisov said on Monday after meeting Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski. “That is the reason we support visa liberalization. I will congratulate Macedonian citizens on December 19, when they will be able to …

Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will pay official visit to Bulgaria on Monday. Gruevski id scheduled to meet Bulgaria’s PM Bojko Borisov. Bulgarian party VMRO-VND led by nationalist Krasimir Karakancov said that Gruveski visit to Sofia is Macedonia’s path toward EU.

Macedonia’s Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska will attend the 2-day EU-West Balkans ministerial forum on Justice and Home affairs. In the frameworks of the 2-day conference, several sessions, dedicated to fight against corruption, people trafficking, bilateral, multilateral regional and institutional cooperation for fighting against these issues, will be discussed.

The Macedonian government is to hold consultations with the negotiator in the name dispute with Greece Zoran Jolevski, thus cancelling the meeting between the Macedonian and Greek negotiators and the UN mediator Matthew Nimitz scheduled for November 16-20. After hearing the positions of both sides, Nimitz had reserves as to …

Serbian President Boris Tadic signed a decree for accreditation of Tomislav Curkin as Ambassador of the state to Macedonia. With another decree Tadic recalled the former Serbian Ambassador to Macedonia Zoran Popovic.

Greece’s representative made it clear to the UN envoy that there can be no launch of Macedonia’s EU accession talks without prior resolution of the long-running issue over the name. UN mediator on the name issue Matthew Nimetz had a working dinner with Greece’s negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis on Thursday evening. …

A possible Greek decision to block EU member states from setting a date for the start of Macedonia’s EU accession talks would mean Skopje’s southern neighbour does not have any interest in resolving the name row, the Macedonian Prime Minister told media. “In December we shall see if Greece really …

Macedonia’s government has decided to turn its liaison office in Pristina into embassy, Deputy Prime Minister Abdulakim Ademi said. The decision was reached at a government session late Wednesday. “This is the government’s final decision. At the same time the government initiated a procedure for appointing an ambassador to Pristina,” …

The “name” row between neighboring Macedonia and Greece could be settled using the recent Croatia-Slovenia model, through international arbitration, Macedonia’s foreign minister Antonio Milososki said Wednesday.   Milososki made this remark after meeting Spanish members of the European Parliament, Francisco Jose Millan Mon and Jose Ignacio Salafranca, the Macedonian MIA …