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Macedonia’s former PM Gruevski breaks his silence in a TV interview: ‘One day I will return’

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Hungary, Macedonia

“One day I will return, I didn’t come here to live, but to take refuge from political persecution. I’m unjustly

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EU ambassadors: After Brexit, short stays by UK citizens in Schengen zone should be visa-free

February 2, 2019February 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, Schengen

European Union ambassadors have agreed on a proposal that, following Brexit, UK citizens travelling to the Schengen area for a

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Nato ambassadors to sign Skopje’s accession protocol at ceremony on February 6

February 2, 2019February 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia, Nato

On February 6 2019, the Permanent Representatives to Nato of the 29 members of the Alliance will sign the accession

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Greek Parliament to ratify Skopje’s Nato accession protocol next week

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia, Nato

The protocol of the admission of the former Yugoslav republic as “North Macedonia” to Nato will be introduced for ratification

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Nato chief says he expects all 29 allies will sign Skopje’s accession protocol soon

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia, Nato

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on January 31 that he expected that all 29 allies will sign the accession protocol

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Mogherini on Holocaust Remembrance Day: Antisemitism, and all racism, is attack against foundations of EU

January 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

On Holocaust Remembrance Day we remember the systematic attempt by the Nazi regime and its allies to exterminate the Jewish

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Parliament in Greece votes approval of Prespa Agreement to end ‘Macedonia’ name dispute

January 25, 2019January 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

Greece’s Parliament voted by 153 to 146 on January 25 to approve the Prespa Agreement with the government in Skopje

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EC’s Juncker on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019: ‘I am deeply worried’

January 24, 2019January 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

In a statement ahead of January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that he was

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EU fines Mastercard 570 million euro over cross-border obstruction

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on January 22 that it has fined Mastercard a total of 570.6 million euro for limiting

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