Macedonia

Hungary’s ambassador to Macedonia: Hungary is ready to help in name negotiations

EU enlargement is among the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Union and Budapest is ready to actively join the Greek-Macedonian name negotiations, if it is asked for that, said Hungary’s ambassador to Skopje Ferenc Kekesi. “Hungary is ready to help in the name negotiations and actively join them, …

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Albanian party leader: Macedonia and Albania cannot join EU, NATO separately

“We will either join the EU and NATO together or we will destroy the country together”, leader of the Democratic Union of Integration (DSI) Ali Ahmeti said. “The EU and NATO integration cannot be done separately. It is impossible for us, the Albanians, to join

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Greece and Macedonia to renew name issue talks

Greece and Macedonia’s representatives, with the mediation of UN envoy Matthew Nimetz, are to meet on January 27 in New York to negotiate over the name of the Former Yugoslavian republic, Macedonian media and the foreign ministry informed.The talks will be renewed after a seven-week break.

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Slovenia backs launching EU accession talks with Macedonia

“Slovenia is still an active partner for the European integration of Macedonia and this is confirmed by all political forums,” reads the response of Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar to a letter of Macedonian counterpart Antonio Milososki, who asked all EU foreign ministers to support the launching of the pre-accession …

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EU-Macedonia committee recommends starting accession talks

The EU-Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee ended its two-day meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (November 30th) recommending the start of EU accession talks with Macedonia as soon as possible. The committee praised the country’s progress in the economic sector and cited progress in advancing political dialogue. The committee urged all political …

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EU-Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee to meet

The EU-Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee kicks off a two-day meeting in Brussels on Monday (November 29th). According to draft conclusions quoted by Macedonia’s MIA news agency, the committee will back the European Commission’s recommendation to open accession talks with Skopje. The panel is also expected to urge Macedonia and Greece …

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Macedonia meets NATO accession criteria but still has to solve name issue

Macedonia is ready and the doors for its NATO accession are open but the membership will be a fact after the name dispute with Greece is solved. This is the conclusion drawn at the NATO summit in Lisbon about Macedonia. Macedonia President Gjorge Ivanov, who attended the forum in Lisbon, …

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