Macedonia

Macedonia and Ukraine will soon scrap visa requirements to promote trade and investment between the two countries, Ukrainian foreign ministry said. The visa-free travel agreement is expected to be signed in early February.

The coming visit of the UN “name” mediator Matthew Nimetz to Athens and Skopje should be used for boosting efforts to find a solution to the dispute, Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and his Greek counterpart, Dimitris Droutsas, agreed Thursday at their bilateral meeting in London. The parley between the …

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will meet Greece’s Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitriis Droutsas on Thursday in London. Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that FM Droutsas will meet with FM Milososki on the sidelines of the International Conference on Afghanistan, which will be held on January 28 in London. The …

European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to approve amendments to Macedonia report, demanding that EU sets a date for accession talks with Macedonia in March this year. A total of 56 MEPs hailed the amendments, with five MEPs opposing them.

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas confirmed that he will meet his Macedonia counterpart Antonio Milososki later on Wednesday at the sidelines of the international conference on Afghanistan being held in London. This meeting was announced in the latest press release by the Greek Foreign Ministry issued late Tuesday.

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will visit Slovenia on Tuesday, following the invitation by his Slovenian counterpart Samuel Zbogar. Apart from meeting Zbogar, the Macedonian official will also meet the chair of the parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee Janja Klasinc. The ministers are expected to discuss on strengthening bilateral relations between …

Skopje will give up on the so called double name formula if Athens stops disputing the existence of a Macedonian identity, unnamed Macedonian diplomats told local media. This will be the message that Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will convey to his Greek counterpart Dimitris Droutsas at their meeting on …

Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki kicked off his two-day visit to Slovenia. FM Milososki is scheduled to open the offices for the new Macedonian embassy in Ljubljana late today. On Tuesday he is scheduled to meet his Slovenian counterpart Samuel Zbogar. FM Milososki’s visit follows, ten days after the visit …

Macedonia will have to return some of the money it has received from the EU for education and culture projects if allegations of fraud committed by government officials prove to be true. Brussels has already frozen funds allocated for this sector and is currently conducting an investigation that should determine …

The last sitting of the European Parliament (EP) delegation in Strasbourg on Wednesday, held to work out the details around the meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee EU-Macedonia scheduled for February 18-19 in Skopje, ended up with a severe discussion, which looked like a quarrel between German and Greek MEPs. …