Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and her Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic, agreed on Saturday (January 29th) that citizens of their countries will soon be able to travel between their territories using only ID cards, rather than international passports. “The decision will be made official at the next
Read More »NATO Advisory Council in Skopje has a new chief
Colonel Yordan Yordanov from the Bulgarian army is the new Head of NATO Advisory Council in Skopje. He will replace Slovenian Brigadier General David Humar. General Humar had a farewell meeting with Defence Minister Zoran Konjanovski yesterday.
Read More »Montenegro hosts a meeting of foreign ministers from the region
Montenegro will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the region in the coastal town of Budva on Friday. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the
Read More »Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministers to meet on Friday in Montenegro
Meeting of ministers of foreign affairs of Macedonia and Greece Antonio Milososki and Dimitris Drutsas will be held on Friday. The meeting will be held within the ministerial forum in the town of Budva, Montenegro. It is organized ahead of the next round of talks on the name issue in …
Read More »Greek PM is not optimistic for solving the name dispute between Athens and Skopje
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou shown pessimism for solving the Macedonia’s name issue between Athens and Skopje. Papandreou said he expects Macedonia to be named after a geographic definition with wide-usage. In his words Greece supports efforts of UN mediator Matthew Nimitz but
Read More »Macedonia to host the EU-Western Balkans interior ministers’ forum
Poland accepted Macedonia’s bid to host the EU – Western Balkans interior ministers’ forum during the Polish presidency of the EU in the second half of 2011. This was the main topic at the meeting between interior ministers of Macedonia – Gordana Jankuloska and Poland – Jerzy Miller, part of …
Read More »Macedonian PM wants a name solution to be found
“Macedonia wants a name solution to be found. Despite the consequences of the global economic crisis, this is the second biggest problem we are facing. The issue is not new; it is almost dates backs to the early days of our independence. Former, governments, premiers, presidents and ministers of foreign …
Read More »Macedonian PM does not exlcude government reshuffle
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski says there are no immediate plans for a government reshuffle, but doesn’t rule one out in the future. Two days ago he said: “Such an option could be considered only to
Read More »Macedonia is considering to ask UN to recognize its constitutional name
The Macedonian state leaders are considering asking the UN General Assembly to adopt the name Republic of Macedonia as the country’s official name. The idea popped up when Syria and Zimbabwe recognized the country’s constitutional name, making the total number
Read More »Greece to show will for solving name dispute
Greece will show political will for solving name issue dispute in the new round of talks. That is what spokesperson of the Greek Foreign Ministry Grigoris Dalavekuras declared. According to him, Athens expects Skopje to show political will as well, which is necessary for Macedonian accession to the EU and …
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