MACEDONIA AND U.S. SIGN DECLARATION FOR PARTNERSHIP
admin1 – May 8, 2008 – 12:15pm

RM - USA Declaration

Macedonia and the United States signed a declaration for partnership and cooperation, with which the United States reaffirms its support for the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, thus guaranteeing Macedonia’s unitary character within its current state borders. This declaration guarantees security of Macedonia, but it cannot be a substitution for membership in NATO.

 
UNITED STATES AND MACEDONIA TO ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
admin1 – May 7, 2008 – 3:12pm

The Republic of Macedonia and the United States will announce furthering of the partnership between the two countries in Washington today, but it is not certain whether this will be made official with a signed document. Dnevnik has learned from diplomatic sources that a document would be signed in which the United States will express strong support for Macedonia’s stability and security.

 
MACEDONIA AND UNITED STATES TO SIGN AGREEMENT FOR FURTHERING COOPERATION
admin1 – May 6, 2008 – 1:19pm
Ms. Rice - Mr. Milososki

Macedonia and the United States will sign a document for “furthering bilateral cooperation” between the two countries in Washington on Wednesday. The document will be signed immediately after the meeting between Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

 
TWO BIG COALITIONS IN BATTLE FOR UNDECIDED VOTERS
admin1 – May 5, 2008 – 2:15pm

Two big coalitions – "For a Better Macedonia", which is led by VMRO-DPMNE and consists of 19 parties, and the coalition "Sun – Coalition for Europe", which is led by opposition party SDSM and includes eight other parties – will run against each other at the early parliamentary elections on 1 June. A union candidate list and an independent candidate list, headed by Kavadarci Mayor Panco Minov, were also submitted to the State Election Commission. The remaining candidate lists were submitted by other parties and smaller coalitions. Experts assess that the undecided voters will determine the outcome of these elections, as well as the total voter turnout. If the voter turnout is over 60 percent, there is a chance of the opposition scoring better results at these elections.

 
SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE OF CENTRAL EUROPE OPENS
admin1 – May 2, 2008 – 12:08pm

Ohrid Summit 2-3 May

The Summit of Heads of State of Central Europe was opened in Ohrid today with an address by Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski. The Macedonian president thanked the presidents for their participation in this summit, stressing that Macedonia’s key strategic objectives are integration into NATO and the EU. President Crvenkovski emphasized in his introductory speech that the name dispute was used to block Macedonia’s accession to NATO. He underlined that Macedonia is prepared for a fair resolution, but that it is not prepared to accept anyone’s dictate.

 
OHRID READY FOR CENTRAL EUROPE SUMMIT
admin1 – April 30, 2008 – 12:19pm
Ohrid Summit

Ohrid is ready to host 17 presidents and 2 ministers of the countries of Central Europe at a summit on 2-3 May. The 15th meeting of the heads of state of Central Europe will begin with an informal dinner organized by Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski on Thursday.

 
NEW ROUND OF TALKS ON NAME DISPUTE IN NEW YORK
admin1 – April 29, 2008 – 1:15pm

The talks on the name dispute will continue in New York today. Nikola Dimitrov, Macedonia’s representative in the talks on the name, will meet with UN mediator Matthew Nimetz today. Nimetz will hold another meeting with Dimitrov on Wednesday, after which the UN mediator will meet with Adamantios Vassilakis, Greece’s representative in the talks on the name, on Thursday and Friday.

 
EASTER MESSAGES FOR UNITY
admin1 – April 29, 2008 – 12:24pm

Macedonian Orthodox Church Head Archbishop Stefan
 

The injustice that is being done to us is nothing new. It can only help us grow stronger and more united in the defense of our national and spiritual identity and the preservation of everything that is Macedonian. We are obliged to observe our centuries-old past and the present, because this is the only way in which we can secure a lasting Macedonian future, Macedonian Orthodox Church Head Archbishop Stefan stated in his Easter message to all believers.

 
DEMARCATION OF BORDER HAS BECOME INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM
admin1 – April 24, 2008 – 12:49pm

Serbia and Russia’s opposition to the demarcation of the border on the part with Kosovo complicates the situation and could create further tension in the region, experts warn. At a closed session of the UN Security Council, these two countries expressed opposition to Macedonia and Kosovo’s process for demarcation of the border, arguing that this is a state issue of Serbia.

 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: NAME SHOULD NOT BE OBSTACLE TO MACEDONIA’S INTEGRATION INTO EU
admin1 – April 23, 2008 – 2:36pm
European Parliament
 

The European Parliament adopted the progress report on the Republic of Macedonia today. As part of this report, the European Parliament also adopted a decision that the bilateral dispute on the name between Macedonia and Greece should not impede the process for Macedonia’s accession to the European Union. The report was adopted with 601 votes “for”, 52 votes “against”, and 30 “abstentions”.

 
ATHENS DEMANDS REPLACEMENT OF EU AMBASSADOR ERWAN FOUERE
admin1 – April 23, 2008 – 12:18pm

Athens asked recently that Ambassador Erwan Fouere, special representative of the European Union to Macedonia, be dismissed from this post, Dnevnik has learned from diplomatic sources in Brussels. These sources, who wanted to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of this issue, say that the Greek ambassador to Brussels presented such demand at the meeting of the Political and Security Committee of the EU “because Fouere does not represent the interests of the 27 EU member countries. With this he wantonly breached his duty, as a result of which he should be urgently dismissed from his post”.

 
PRESIDENT CRVENKOVSKI: GREECE VIOLATED INTERIM ACCORD
admin1 – April 22, 2008 – 11:11am

Branko Crvenkovski-Ban Ki-moon

Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday, informing him about Athens’s violation of the Interim Accord from year 1995 at the recent NATO Summit in Bucharest.

 

“The Republic of Macedonia consistently observes the legal obligations that it assumed. Unfortunately, the other side is not demonstrating the same commitment to the assumed obligations, which was confirmed with the recent flagrant violation of Article 11 of the Interim Accord.

 
PARTIES ARE DISCUSSING POSSIBLE COALITIONS FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS
admin1 – April 21, 2008 – 2:38pm

The political parties are intensively preparing in the field and holding talks on formation of pre-election coalitions.
 

 
BERLIN CALLS ON GREECE FOR COMPROMISE ON NAME
admin1 – April 18, 2008 – 1:53pm
Branko Crvenkovski - Horst Koehler

Greece should also demonstrate readiness for a compromise in the name dispute, German President Horst Koehler said in Skopje yesterday. The German president, who is on a three-day official visit to Macedonia, appealed "to the Greek Government to demonstrate readiness for a compromise so that we can say in a few months that the name dispute has been resolved".

 
NIMETZ: STATE LEADERSHIP CONFIRMED READINESS TO CONTINUE TALKS ON NAME
admin1 – April 18, 2008 – 10:06am

President Branko Crvenkovski and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski agreed to continue the talks on the name dispute, regardless of the upcoming early parliamentary elections, UN mediator Matthew Nimetz said following yesterday’s meetings with the state leadership in Skopje.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – April 17, 2008 – 2:55pm

•Government will request official explanation from Greece why it forbade MAT from flying to destinations in this country.

•UN mediator Matthew Nimetz arrives in Macedonia to meet with Macedonian state leadership.

 
PRIME MINISTER OPENLY CRITICIZES DIMITROV
admin1 – April 17, 2008 – 2:11pm

Meeting of state leaders

Nikola Dimitrov, Macedonia’s special representative in the talks on the name dispute, made a mistake by giving statements concerning the ongoing talks on the name, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski assessed yesterday. The prime minister stressed that it is unusual for the chief negotiator to give statements on the progress of the talks and to call for continuation of the talks on the basis of a national platform that would be accepted by all political parties.

 
RESTRAINED REACTIONS TO PROPOSAL FOR ABOVE-PARTY PLATFORM FOR NAME DISPUTE
admin1 – April 16, 2008 – 11:38am

President Branko Crvenkovski and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's Cabinets reacted with restraint yesterday to the appeal of Nikola Dimitrov, special representative of Macedonia in the talks on the name dispute, that Macedonia continue the talks on the name on the basis of a national platform that would be accepted by all political parties in the country.

 
NIKOLA DIMITROV: ABOVE-PARTY PLATFORM IS NEEDED FOR NAME
admin1 – April 15, 2008 – 12:43pm

Nikola Dimitrov, Macedonia’s representative in the talks on the name dispute, believes that the state should adopt a platform for resolving of the name dispute.

 
ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON 1 JUNE; ELECTION CAMPAIGN HAS ALREADY STARTED
admin1 – April 14, 2008 – 12:21pm

Assembly of RM

Early parliamentary elections will be held in Macedonia for the first time, on 1 June this year. Assembly Chairman Ljubisa Georgievski scheduled the sixth parliamentary elections just a few hours after the Assembly adopted the initiative for dissolving of the Parliament. In the special address to the nation, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski assured citizens that the early elections would be democratic, adding that the opposition is unnecessarily warning of dark scenarios.

 
PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER MEET TO DISCUSS MACEDONIA'S NEXT STEPS
admin1 – April 11, 2008 – 10:09am

President Branko Crvenkovski and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski had a meeting late Thursday to discuss a motion for the Parliament dissolution, calling of early elections, and the EU and NATO agenda, MIA (Macedonian Information Agency) reported.

 
DEBATE ON EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BEGINS
admin1 – April 10, 2008 – 1:36pm

The Macedonian Assembly started the debate on the initiative for calling early parliamentary elections. The majority rejected opposition party SDSM's request for a few points to be added to the agenda: change of the make-up of the State Election Commission and regulating of the manner in which the parties will be presented in the media during the elections.

 
ASSEMBLY TO DEBATE INITIATIVE FOR EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
admin1 – April 10, 2008 – 11:58am

The Assembly will open a debate today on dissolving of the Parliament and calling of early parliamentary elections. There are big chances of early elections being called, after ruling party VMRO-DPMNE and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski supported BDI's initiative for early parliamentary elections. The opposition, led by SDSM, strongly opposes this initiative.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – April 9, 2008 – 2:42pm

•VMRO-DPMNE's executive committee will propose to the party's central committee to take a decision for dissolution of the Parliament and calling early parliamentary elections.

•U.S. Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland to hold talks with Macedonian state leadership in Skopje.

 
TO UNITED STATES, MACEDONIANS ARE FACT
admin1 – April 9, 2008 – 2:02pm
Mr. Daniel Fried

Official Athens reacted sharply yesterday to the statement of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried, who stated publicly that a Macedonian nation and Macedonian language exist. At the press conference in Washington dedicated to the NATO Summit in Bucharest, the Greek journalists asked questions concerning Macedonia's name. But they received a cold shower from the representative of the U.S. State Department.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – April 8, 2008 – 12:55pm

•BDI officially launches initiative for dissolution of Parliament.

 
EXPERTS BELIEVE TALKS ON NAME SHOULD CONTINUE
admin1 – April 7, 2008 – 12:47pm

Macedonia must not withdraw from the talks on the name dispute with Greece, even though Athens wantonly violated the Interim Accord from year 1995 by blocking Macedonia’s accession to NATO. Experts are united in the position that canceling of the talks would represent defeat for Macedonia’s policy, warning that with such decision the state would be sending a bad message that it does not want to resolve this problem.

 
MACEDONIA’S OFFICIALS TO FIND WAY TO RESOLVE NAME ISSUE
admin1 – April 6, 2008 – 11:02am
President and PM

Macedonia's top officials will begin next week consultations on finding a solution to the name dispute with Greece, confirmed Saturday for President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski, state MIA reports.

 
CRVENKOVSKI: MACEDONIA WILL SURVIVE AND STAY ITS EU AND NATO INTEGRATION COURSE
admin1 – April 3, 2008 – 3:23pm
bush - crvenkovski

President Branko Crvenkovski said after the NATO summit that the Republic of Macedonia would survive and withstand the shock. All those who think they will block Macedonia's efforts are very wrong. Greece used, or, to be clearer, abused its legitimate right to veto and did gross injustice to the Republic of Macedonia. Macedonia fulfilled all membership criteria, as confirmed by all other NATO member states, he said.

 
GRUEVSKI: MACEDONIA CONTINUES WITH EVEN STRONGER REFORMS
admin1 – April 3, 2008 – 3:16pm

bush macedonian leaders

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said Macedonia was strong, had strong citizens and had survived for 17 years without being a member of NATO. Macedonia will continue with even more intense reforms and at a more forceful pace on its path toward Euro-Atlantic integration.