Greece–North Macedonia relations
Kosovo’s Kurti Urges Albanians Abroad to Join North Macedonia Census
Kosovo's potential Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has used his growing popularity in the wider Albanian diaspora to call on ethnic Albanians from North Macedonia to take part in that country's census.
In snap elections in Kosovo on February 14, Kurti's Vetevendosje party received the support of more than 75 per cent of the more than 50,000 votes that Kosovars living abroad cast.
BIRN Fact-Check: Will North Macedonia’s Census Result Affect Albanian Rights?
As North Macedonia prepares to carry out its first headcount in almost 20 years, the likely impact of the results on the rights of the country's largest ethnic minority is in the spotlight.
Alarm Bells Ring over North Macedonia Plan for ‘Ethnic IDs’
Cold political calculation has given wings to a motion to include ethnicity in ID cards in North Macedonia, setting the country apart from the rest of the world. Critics are alarmed.
German Ambassador to Skopje Takes Stand on Bulgaria and North Macedonia Dispute
There are good neighborly relations between North Macedonia and Bulgaria. Bulgaria was the first to recognize North Macedonia as an independent state and is a strong supporter of the Europeanization of the whole region, especially as regards the process of rapprochement of North Macedonia with the EU.
PM Mitsotakis meets with N. Macedonia Foreign Affairs Minister
Bilateral relations and the implementation of the Prespa Agreement were touched upon
North Macedonia: Justice Postponed Again in Mass Murder Trial
But in the end, the party had to for with less, as in exchange for its continued participation in the Social Democrats-led government, it accepted a freshly-tailored seat of First Deputy Prime Minister tasked with overseeing the political system and inter-ethnic relations.
Angelina Banovic-Markovska – Literature Should Connect, Not Divide, Skopje and Sofia
Angelina Banovic-Markovska. Photo: personal archive
Not much reciprocity from Bulgaria
"It was quite natural," Banovic-Markovska said, to add Bulgarian literature to the corpus of South Slavic literature taught at the Philology Faculty in Skopje.
EU prospects: Green light for Western Balkans, red for North Macedonia and Albania?
The annual conclusions of the EU Council on Enlargement, Stabilization and Association of the Western Balkans are on the agenda of the ambassadors of the member states who will discuss this issue in the afternoon.
The conclusions were previously blocked by Bulgaria, which primarily vetoed the negotiating framework for North Macedonia.
Madeleine Albright: Bulgarian Veto on North Macedonia EU Accession Negotiation Is Tragedy
A tragedy caused by internal reasons - this is how former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright defined the Bulgarian veto on the negotiations for the accession of Northern Macedonia to the EU. She commented on this during a meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US Congress.
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister: Our Stand on North Macedonia EU Accession Is Not Veto
It is wrong to call the Bulgarian position on the Republic of North Macedonia a 'veto', stated Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva after a meeting with the Special Representative of the Republic of North Macedonia Vladimir Buchkovski.