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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 16, 2018
With tensions subsiding since then, the commission's paper notes that Macedonia "has largely overcome its deep political crisis" and states that "the ... that Kosovo's new government and assembly "should bring forward EU-related reforms as a matter of priority and build consensus on key strategic issues.".
Balkan Insight
April 16, 2018
It is expected that the European Commission progress report, which will be published on Tuesday, will renew the recommendation for the start of Macedonia's EU accession talks, which was temporarily frozen two years ago due to the political crisis at the time. But activating the recommendation will dependÃâà...
EU Scoop
April 11, 2018
As mentioned above, some Greeks do not want any names including Macedonia in the title, effectively wanting a complete change of the name to something that doesn't imply a connection to the ancient Greek state of Macedon that was located in Greece. The Macedonian government has done a lot toÃâà...
Kyiv Post
April 10, 2018
The goal of Klimkin's visit is to step up the Ukrainian-Macedonian cooperation, in particular, mutual support on the path to joining the EU and NATO, the ... Also during the visit, the preparation for the signing of an agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Macedonia,Ãâà...
bne IntelliNews
April 9, 2018
Macedonia's main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE filed a non-confidence motion against the Social Democrat-led government on April 8, accusing the ... The issue of the reshuffle was raised after Justice Minister Bilen Saliji from the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), a coalition partnerÃâà...
Balkan Insight
April 4, 2018
Staffansson: 'Macedonia is back on the EU's radar' ... media, and I am reading Macedonian, so I'm reading mainly newspapers, websites and following social media, it is obvious that the honeymoon for the government is over. ... “There is no plan B, there is only plan A and that is to resolve the [name] issue.
Kathimerini
April 2, 2018
Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are tantalizingly close to resolving their dispute over the “name issue.” Skopje created conditions conducive ... A deal on the name and related issues would enable integration of FYROM into Euro-Atlantic institutions. It would also advanceÃâà...
SBS
March 30, 2018
Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz, Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneiss, Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias ... In Skopje, the nationalist right-wing opposition VMRO-DPMNE party could use the issue to weaken the government, which relies on a thin majority.
Kathimerini
March 29, 2018
The current government in Skopje does not hold the necessary two-thirds majority to change the constitution. However, a possible constitutional revision, which is necessary for many reasons, should not be interpreted, or presented to public opinion, as a “concession” to Greek and international pressuresÃâà...
New York Times
March 29, 2018
The Greek government has repeatedly demonstrated a solid will to reach a mutually acceptable agreement. The United States ambassador to Greece recently acknowledged the Greek government's will to resolve the name issue. With Greece's consent, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia gainedÃâà...
Xinhua
March 21, 2018
SKOPJE, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Tuesday that his government had exchanged name issue proposals for ... However, the current Macedonian government has repeatedly highlighted its will to resolve the name issue in an acceptable manner for both countries.
New York Times
March 20, 2018
Now the issue has come to the fore again, as Macedonia's government earnestly renews a push to join NATO and the European Union, hoping to ... A solution may be closer that it has been in decades, with the Greek foreign minister scheduled to visit the Macedonian capital, Skopje, later this week toÃâà...
bne IntelliNews
December 31, 1999
Macedonian MPs started debating a no-confidence motion filed by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party against the government on April 11. The opposition party accused the government of increasing crime and corruption, and causing economic stagnation. The Social Democratic Union of MacedoniaÃâà...
bne IntelliNews
December 31, 1999
The motion was filed 10 months after Zaev's Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and its coalition partner the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union ... Opposition MPs say that the government neglected issues of national interest, and failed to create a consensus as it tries to solve the name disputeÃâà...
EUobserver
December 31, 1999
While it is true that several statements by Macedonian officials, as well as certain provisions in the Macedonian constitution, did justify such a concern in the past, this is no longer the case. The current government in Macedonia has gone to great lengths to dismantle the so-called 'Antiquisation' programmeÃâà...
