Macedonia

SKOPJE, Macedonia The UN mediator in the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece, Matthew Nimetz, arrived on a two-day visit to Skopje on Monday (July 6th) and met with Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki. Joining them was Macedonia’s representative in the name talks, Zoran Jolevski.

Macedonia has to produce some concrete results very soon if it wishes to make a positive impression before the European Commission drafts its report on the country’s progress this fall, the EU ambassador to the country said. At a press conference in Skopje yesterday afternoon, EU Ambassador to Macedonia Erwan …

The UN mediator in the “name” dispute between Greece and Macedonia did not table any new proposals during his two-day visit to Macedonia, local media reported, but only “felt the pulse” of the local authorities. On his arrival on Monday afternoon, Matthew Nimetz met with Macedonia’s Foreign Minister, Antonio Milososki. …

Macedonia’s State Secretary for European Integration, Pero Dimsovski, has appeared to criticise his own government for its alleged lack of commitment to bringing the country closer to the European Union. In an interview on Monday for Radio Free Europe, commenting on last week’s unexpected resignation of Deputy Prime Minister in …

A new Macedonian flag, coat of arms and anthem are envisaged in the revised platform of the country’s primary opposition ethnic Albanian party, the Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA, local media reported Monday. The revised platform, adopted over the weekend by the party’s highest institutions, champions significant changes to the …

Matthew Nimetz, the UN mediator in the Greek-Macedonia “name” talks, arrives in Skopje today to commence a fresh round of consultations on a dispute that has kept the country from NATO membership. Media speculate that the UN mediator will not bring any new name proposals for Macedonia to the table.

Macedonia’s ruling VMRO-DPMNE party and the country’s largest opposition movement, the Social Democrats, have ruled out the formation of a government of national unity. The unity administration proposal was raised Friday by a smaller opposition movement, the New Social Democrats, NSDP. 

SKOPJE, Macedonia EU Special Representative to Macedonia Erwan Fouere reiterated on Thursday (July 2nd) that the government should appoint a successor to resigning Deputy Prime Minister for EU integration Ivica Bocevski as soon as possible. Fouere said he had stressed that during a meeting with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. “We …

The trial of the former Deputy Prime Minister, Vasil Tupurkovski was unfair and a clear example of a corrupt judiciary, the Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights said in a case study. This case illustrates the “internal decay” in the judiciary. It is “incapacitated… by sheer fear and by elementary …

Vasko Naumovski,professor at the International Law Department with the New York University, is likely to take over the post of Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Macedonia’s EU integration local media cite unnamed sources from the ruling party as saying. Naumovski will be officially appointed next week, sources from the …