EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Friday he doubted EI foreign ministers would agree to start Macedonian membership talks next week because of a long-running name dispute.
Read More »Croatia Proposes Macedonia Name Row Arbitrage
The Skopje-Athens name row could be solved via international arbitrage, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic told journalists after meeting his Macedonian counterpart Georgi Ivanov on Thursday in Skopje. Croatia is nearing the end of its EU accession talks. Zagreb’s talks were stalled for almost a year when neighboring Slovenia blocked Croatia’s …
Read More »Greece: New government, same position
Greece’s new socialist government has announced they would continue to block Macedonia’s admission negotiations with the EU. The reason for this is the long-standing dispute over the name of Greece’s northern neighbor.
Read More »Macedonia’s Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska to visit Kosovo
Macedonia’s Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska will pay official visit to Kosovo on Thursday. Jankuloska is scheduled to meet her Kosovo counterpart Interior Minister Zenun Pajaziti. The two ministers are expected to sign a memorandum on police cooperation between the two countries.
Read More »Macedonia won’t impose visa obligations on Albania
Macedonia will not introduce visa requirements on Albania’s citizens following the EU’s decision to exempt Macedonian citizens from visa obligations when travelling to EU countries.
Read More »Croatian President Stepan Mesic recommends name issue to be separated from EU accession talks
The name dispute between Macedonia and Greece could be solved through international arbitration and to be separated from the EU accession talks until Macedonia reaches its European Atlantic aims. This is what Croatian President Stepan Mesic said during his visit to Skopje.
Read More »Finland Supports Macedonia’s EU Progress
Finland supports granting a date for Macedonia’s start of membership talks at the EU summit on Decembers 7, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said after meeting his visiting Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski Thursday in Helsinki. While the country will urge other EU members to do the same, the ongoing name …
Read More »No Progress in Macedonia Name Dialogue
Recent dialogue between Skopje and Athens has been beneficial but has so far failed to produde any significant breaktrough in the bilateral name row, Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said Wednesday. He said that the Greek position remains the same, that without Macedonia changing its name Greece will prevent the …
Read More »Barroso: High Time for Macedonia “Name” Deal
Macedonia’s name dispute with Greece has to be solved once and for all and now is a good time to do so, the chief of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso told journalists in Brussels, following his meeting with Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. He noted that the European Commission’s …
Read More »Gruevski and Barroso to discuss on Macedonia’s EU integration
Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski will meet EC President Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday on occasion of EU decision for start of accession negotiations with Macedonia. Prime Minister urged his Greek counterpart George Papandreou not to block Macedonia’s road towards EU at EU Council’s session. The same appeal was sent yesterday …
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