Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Macedonia" produced 85 items.
| 1. A new itinerary for the Balkans | December 17, 2009 |
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The EU's decision to lift visa restrictions for citizens of three countries of the former Yugoslavia is a major step forward. This weekend the European Union will do... |
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| 2. Leaders back talks with Croatia, Turkey | December 11, 2009 |
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EU supports continuation of membership talks with Croatia and Turkey, but gives no date for start of talks with Macedonia. The leaders of the European Union's 27 member... | |
| 3. Untying the Macedonian knot | December 10, 2009 |
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A proposal good enough to end the dispute over the name of the 'former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia'? In October the European Commission recommended opening negotiations... | |
| 4. Greece blocks Macedonian talks | December 8, 2009 |
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EU delays a decision on opening membership talks with Macedonia after Greek objections. The foreign ministers of the European Union's 27 member states today delayed a... | |
| 5. Macedonia is ready to start membership talks | October 15, 2009 |
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Enlargment report says country has addressed the political conditions set out by the EU. The European Commission believes it is time for the European Union to start... | |
| 6. A needless addition to an encyclopaedia of tensions | October 15, 2009 |
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A book sends identity politics in south-eastern Europe into overdrive and treads roughly on sensitive toes. It is normally hard to get excited about encyclopaedias. Indeed,... | |
| 7. Meeting the benchmarks, bogged down in semantics | October 8, 2009 |
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It may take a name change to get Macedonia closer to EU membership. Macedonia – known as “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” to European Union bureaucrats, for... |
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| 8. Greeks set to vote for change | October 1, 2009 |
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Socialist party predicted to return to office and there are hopes for better relations with Turkey and Cyprus. The general election in Greece on Sunday (4 October) offers... |
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| 9. A mechanism for the willing | September 10, 2009 |
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Why do EU states choose the UN or NATO over the EU's own security mechanism? Here is an invaluable book for those seeking to grasp this slippery topic.
Ten years ago, the... |
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| 10. Attitudes to further expansion are lukewarm | April 30, 2009 |
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Enlargement of the European Union continues – at least in theory. Enlargement of the European Union continues – at least in theory. Three countries are currently... |
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| 11. Ivanov wins Macedonia election | April 6, 2009 |
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Landslide victory for ruling party candidate. The candidate of Macedonia's ruling party, Gjorge Ivanov, won a landslide victory in the second round of a presidential... | |
| 12. Sighs of relief, causes for worry | March 27, 2009 |
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Macedonia may have peacefully passed one electoral test, but the results of the second round could complicate another test: relations with Greece.
A sigh of relief was... |
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| 13. Montenegro applies for EU membership | December 15, 2008 |
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Montenegro becomes the fourth former Yugoslav republic to apply to become a candidate for EU membership. Montenegro will today submit an application for EU membership at a... | |
| 14. Why waste time over a name? | November 20, 2008 |
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Alexander the Great, emperor of Macedonia and exemplar for modern leaders and diplomats. Cast your mind back to 7 April 1993, when Resolution 817 was adopted by the United... | |
| 15. EU plays hard to get for candidates | November 6, 2008 |
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Only Croatia is close to joining the EU; corruption and organised crime remain widespread. Eight countries in south-eastern Europe want to enter the European Union, but only... |
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| 16. An overly comfortable limbo | October 24, 2008 |
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Like Greece and Macedonia itself, the EU is too willing to accept Macedonia's state of limbo. To be ‘the Republic of Macedonia' and continue a decades-long dispute with... | |
| 17. Two steps forward in the western Balkans | October 23, 2008 |
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The joint recognition of Kosovo by Macedonia and Montenegro will make the region a somewhat safer place. The Balkans is likely to be a bit safer following Montenegro's and... | |
| 18. Two Balkan states recognise Kosovo | October 10, 2008 |
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Macedonia and Montenegro support Kosovo's statehood, prompting Serbia to expel Montenegro's ambassador.
Two former Yugoslav republics, Macedonia and Montenegro, yesterday... | |
| 19. Seven states to come under EU canopy | August 28, 2008 |
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All seven countries of the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – want to become EU member states. One... | |
| 20. Macedonia's rush to spur economic development | August 28, 2008 |
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Macedonia is slowly emerging from a painful economic transformation. Growth has picked up to 5.2% in the first quarter of 2008, inflation is fairly low and economic... |
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