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Bulgarian FM Zaharieva: Full support for EU membership negotiations with Skopje lacking

June 25, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

About four-fifths of European Union countries favour opening EU membership accession negotiations with Skopje, realising that an extremely important and

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Europe 

Parliament in Skopje ratifies ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ name agreement

June 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

With 69 votes in favour and none against, Parliament in Skopje voted on June 20 to ratify the name agreement

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Europe 

Zaev: Gruevski accepted the terms Upper and Northern Macedonia in 2012-2013

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, in an interview with Skopje TV channel 5, said that in the 2012-2013 negotiations, then-Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Zaharieva: Bulgaria EU Presidency will be remembered with the words future, opportunity and prosperity for the Balkans

June 19, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency, Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that she was convinced that the country’s Presidency of the Council of the EU

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Bulgarian government welcomes June 17 signing of ‘North Macedonia’ name agreement

June 17, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Greece, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on June 17 that he congratulated his counterparts from Athens and Skopje, Alexis Tsipras

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Europe 

Greek government survives no-confidence vote over Macedonia name deal

June 17, 2018June 17, 2018 Deutsche Welle Greece, Macedonia

The left-led coalition government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras survived on June 16 a no-confidence vote brought by the conservative

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Europe 

Nikola Dimitrov, Foreign Minister in Skopje: June 17 is a historic day

June 17, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

“Tomorrow’s a historic day for Macedonia, because it will mark the day when the future of the country is written”.

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Perspectives 

Power words: Europe’s stake in the Macedonian name dispute

June 17, 2018 Vessela Tcherneva Greece, Macedonia

By Daniel Stefanov and Vessela Tcherneva Macedonia and Greece have defied the stereotype that the Balkans produce only bad news.

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Tsipras and Zaev have EU’s full backing over ‘North Macedonia’ name deal

June 16, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his counterpart from Skopje, Zoran Zaev, have the full backing of the European Union

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