Brussels 11.05.2021 “…And it is a very timely meeting because just yesterday, we had an interesting and long discussion at the Foreign Affairs Ministers Council of the European Union about the Western Balkans. About the importance of the Western Balkans and our continued commitment to the region. The Ministers [of Foreign Affairs], all of them,…
Tag: North Macedonia
Skopje suffers pollution
Capital city of North Macedionia – Skopje – regularly registered the most polluted cities in Europe, and sometimes in the world. The #London Watch: The most polluted #city in the #worldhttps://t.co/t88tCpcfDM #Skopje pic.twitter.com/55OhLo5GLQ — The London Watch Digest (@london_digest) July 2, 2020 In 2018, levels of PM10 – tiny pollutant particles 10 nanometres in size…
North Macedonia NATO ceremony
Flag raising ceremonies were held simultaneously at Allied Command Operations (SHAPE) in Mons (Belgium) and Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia (United States). North Macedonia became the 30th member of the Alliance on Friday (27 March 2020), when it deposited its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the US State Department in…
North Macedonia joins NATO
North Macedonia became NATO’s newest member on March 27, upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the US State Department in Washington DC. NATO Allies signed North Macedonia’s Accession Protocol in February 2019, after which all 29 national parliaments voted to ratify the country’s membership. The @MFA_MKD building reflects the…
EU welcome to Albania & N.Macedonia
“Today’s political agreement to open accession negotiations with Albania and the Republic of Macedonia is a recognition of the significant reform efforts made by these two countries. Both have demonstrated clear political determination to move forward on their European path. The road to accession is long. But when real and sustained progress is made in…
Tusks regrets EU refusal of N.Macedonia and Albania accession talks
On October 17 the EU leaders discussed the enlargement. The overwhelming majority wanted to open accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania. However, such a decision requires unanimity, and there was no unanimity yesterday. That is why the EU will revert to this issue before the Zagreb summit in May 2020. ‘Let me be very…
North Macedonia – EU rapprochement
North Macedonia is likely to gain the European Union support to start membership talks later this year, according to the EU diplomats. “The EU … must keep alive the “beautiful dreams” and maintain the prospect of a European future for WB reformers. Starting accession negotiations with North Macedonia now means providing credibility to this prospect,…