Friday, April 26, 2024
  Slovenian President Borut Pahor stressed Friday that one of the first tasks during Slovenia's EU presidency will be to unblock the start of accession talks with North Macedonia. According to the president, it was a "moral issue". "I think we need to find a way for Bulgaria to give the...
Emmanuel Macron said 2022 must be a turning point for Europe after France took over the six-month presidency of the European Union at midnight. In a New Year's TV address, Macron praised the EU's role during the coup crisis and announced an ambitious agenda for the bloc, which would also...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani has contacted his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu who reassured that if necessary their Ministry will help the pullout of Macedonian nationals from Afghanistan. "Given that the Republic of Turkey has a wide diplomatic and logistical presence in Kabul, I asked for possible assistance if...
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti failed to provide a precise answer whether and when Pristina will extradite the accused Afrim Ismailovic и and Alil Demiri for the fivefold murders at Smilkovsko Lake on April 12, 2012. The Kosovo Prime Minister announced that he will seek international assistance for this particular...
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov plans to visit Macedonia on January 18th. Speaking before the Parliament, where he was asked by former Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, Petkov said that during the visit he will defend the position agreed by the four coalition partners and will push for expanding he talks...
Greece introduced new measures making COVID-19 documents mandatory nearly everywhere in Greece. They are scanned via a special app, but the app doesn’t recognize certificates issued by third countries. This has caused problems over the weekend for tourists from Macedonia, Serbia, Singapore, the US and other countries that aren’t...
There is no doubt that the Macedonian language is literary, not a dialect, and the history of the Macedonian language does not begin with the Comintern. Those who claim that the Macedonian language is artificial must be told that the Bulgarian language is also an artificial construction and was created...
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and the prime ministers of North Macedonia and Albania Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama sent an open letter to the Western Balkans, published by the Podgorica-based daily newspaper Dan. “Europe is not just a continent, but a vision. For a long time, however, the citizens of...
More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers and about 10 civilians were killed in the first hours of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said Oleksiy Arestovych, a member of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. "I was informed that more than 40 have been killed and dozens injured," Arestovych...
We cannot give up on countries that have made effort and tell them “you had an issue with Greece, and now with Bulgaria too.” Skopje should be given a signal and start negotiations with the EU, said former French Minister for European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau. Loiseau, who is part of...