Macedonia

Macedonia should not hope for getting a NATO membership invitation at the upcoming Lisbon summit under the name Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He says the position of the Alliance about Macedonia is clear – the country will join NATO when the …

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic is to pay an official visit to Macedonia today. He is scheduled to meet with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski. The Macedonian and Montenegrin prime ministers are to sign agreements for cooperation in technology, education and …

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov will leave on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Serbia. Ivanov is to meet with Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic. The two will discuss the bilateral cooperation between the two countries, the development of the economic ties and the European integration of the region.

“Macedonia registered great progress over the last years on its way to the European Union. The EU accession is needed so as to attract foreign investments, decrease the unemployment rate and it is an engine for the multi-ethnic society. Thus the country should not miss its chance,” said President of …

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in Strasbourg that he hopes that with the mediation of his special envoy Matthey Nimetz there will be soon a solution to the Athens-Skopje name dispute. “I know that there are

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said on Monday (October 18th) that he expects the European Commission (EC) will acknowledge Macedonia’s efforts and achievements in its report next month on progress in the

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy is set to visit Macedonia tomorrow. He is to confer with the Macedonian leaders about EC’s upcoming report on Macedonia’s progress.

The EU enlargement is a process involving both – the EU member-states and applicant states. Therefore problems that occur on the way for integration are joint responsibility of the states that apply for membership

The protest in the central Macedonian town of Prilep gathered some 15,000 people. Several minor political parties joined the event under the so-called Front For European Macedonia. Speakers at the rally accused the conservative government led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s VMRO DPMNE party

Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs Vasko Naumovski called Greece a ramp, which prevents Western Balkan countries to join EU. He noted that the entire enlargement process shouldn’t be a hostage of one what he called non-European behavior by one of the EU member states.