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MACEDONIA ON FINAL
CONSULTATIONS IN BRUSSELS
The Macedonian governmental delegation held consultations with the
representatives of the European Commission (EC) in Brussels, probably the
last one before 9th November, when it’s expected that the recommendation
about Macedonia’s application for membership to the Union be published. As
key topics on which the Macedonian delegation will discuss are: the start of
the decentralization process, the finished legal framework of the Ohrid
framework agreement, the start of the judicial reforms and a working version
of the changes in the electoral legislative. They are also the most
important questions with which Macedonia will familiarize the
representatives of the EC.
“Macedonia believes in the positive recommendation and expects to receive a
candidate country status for membership in the EU in December of this year
or in March of next year”, Shekerinska adds.
She also pointed out that Macedonia, from an unstable security environment
has transformed itself in a country ready for talks for membership, in only
four years and as such is a successful story that is needed in the Union.
The Macedonian delegation which was led by the Deputy Prime Minister Radmila
Shekerinska in front of a hundred representatives of the EC, research
centers and the media, held a lecture on the topic “Macedonia- an
opportunity in 2005”. |
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BUCKOVSKI AND TADIC IN
BRITAIN!
The Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski stayed in a three day visit of
Great Britain, where he met with its Prime Minister, Tony Blair. He is
accompanied by the head of the Macedonian diplomatic service, Inlinka
Mitreva, with whom he will attend the Annual Conference of Blair’s Labor
Party, which is held in Brighton. There Bukovski had a working meeting with
Blair.
Both Prime Ministers talked about the integration of Macedonia in NATO and
the EU, having in mind the fact that Britain has the EU presidency until the
end of this year. The Minister for Foreign Affairs Mitreva had a meeting
with the Foreign Secretary Jack Strow.
Buckovski ended his visit to Great Britain with a working breakfast with the
representatives of the financial magnate “City Group”.
At the same time in Brighton, the Serbian president Boris Tadic also made a
one day visit to Great Britain, during which he had a meeting with the
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Foreign Secretary Jack Strow. On
the meetings, according to Tadic’s cabinet, they was a discussion about the
biggest question - Kosovo, the safety of the Balkans and the Euro Atlantic
Integration of Serbia and Montenegro. |
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CRVENKOVSKI IN AUSTRIA
During the visit to Austria the Macedonian president Branko Crvenkovski had
a meeting with its chancellor Volfgang Sisel and several Austrian
businessmen. The visit to the country, which from the beginning of 2006 will
take over the EU presidency, was made on the invitation of his Austrian
colleague Hainz Fisher with whom he already had discussion. The main topics
of the Macedonian-Austrian dialogue at the highest level are: the Euro
Atlantic Integration of Macedonia and the strengthening of the bilateral and
economic relations. In the Macedonian delegation were the minister for
economy, Fatmir Besimi, and the president of the chamber of commerce Branko
Azeski. |
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SOLANA - THE SOLUTION TO KOSOVO MUST BE COMPRENHESIVE
The talks about the status of Kosovo will probably start this year, and the
final solution must be comprehensive - regional and wider.
This was the statement of the High Representative of Common Foreign and
Security Policy of the EU, Javier Solana in Paris.
“We can expect, on the basis of the report about the standards of Kai Eide,
that the talks will start by the end of this year”, Solana said in his
speech at the annual conference of the Institute for security studies of the
EU in Paris.
“The process of the resolving the status of Kosovo is a question witch will
put the entire Balkan in the center of the strategy of the EU in 2006”,
Solana stated.
He pointed out that the “Kosovo question is very intertwined and that its
resolving will be a complex procedure”.
“It is too mild to say that it will be a sensitive process. Belgrade and
Pristina have completely opposite stands, and don’t have stabile
governments”, Solana added. |
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THE EMBASSIES IN
MACEDONIA WITH POLICE ATTACHES!
The Macedonian embassies and other diplomatic offices abroad, in the future
will have police attachés the Government of Macedonia decided on its last
session. No concrete dates about when will Macedonia send police attachés is
stated, but a broad range of possible locations is announced.
“The role of the police attachés is of extreme importance not only among
neighboring countries, but with the countries of the wider region, and as
well as with the larger western European countries, major institutions like
the EU, NATO and the international security institutions like EUROPOL,
INTERPOL and SEKI”, the government stated. During the enactment of this
concept in Macedonia, the government had in mind the positive experiences of
the police attachés from neighboring countries accredited to Macedonia:
“Because our neighboring countries have established the practice of
bilateral cooperation trough the police attachés with the ministry of
interior and after consultations the need for the strengthening and widening
of this kind of cooperation within the region was confirmed”, government
members underlined it. |
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A LICENSE FOR THE DOCTORS
The minister of health, Vlado Dimov promoted the start of the examination
process of graduated doctors before examiners selected by the Chamber of
doctors, after which they will receive the basic license. If the doctors,
want to receive a license for practicing on their own without a supervision
of an educator or a mentor, will have to specialize in the certain area of
health care. Everybody who is currently a doctor will receive the license
for practicing medicine, but they as well as those who will have to earn it
in the future, will have to renew it every 7 years.
About the questions by the press in relation to the threats of strike of the
employees of the Clinical Center for meeting their demands for a 100% pay
rise, the minister Dimov pointed out that the health care sector does not
fall under the budget, but is under the jurisdiction of the Healthcare Found
and there for an increase in the wages can not be demanded by additional
budgetary means. He added that the talks with the employees of the Clinical
Center are still ongoing and confirmed that on October the 3rd he will have
a meeting with the representatives of the Union of the Clinical Centre with
the Vlado Buckovski.
The employees’ strike in the Clinical Center together with the other clinics
is already announced. |
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A PATRONAGE AGREEMENT
The president of the Macedonian national committee of the International
Council for monuments and places (MNK Ikomos), Predrag Gavrilovic and the
mayor of Skopje Trifun Kostovski signed an agreement for patronage with 3
year validity in the nation’s capital.
“The signing of the agreement is happening in the time when the association
of the gild of conservers in Macedonia - MNK Ikomos entered in its second
decade of its exisatnce”, the secretary Lazar Sumanov stated and expressed
thanks to the ministry of culture, which helped to finance their work in the
previous years.
The president Gavrilovic handed a gratitude award ad a sign of thanks to the
first patron Trifun Kostovski for his contribution in the development of MKN
Ikomos and the affirmation of Macedonian’s cultural heritage. |
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POLOZANI IN MAAE
The Macedonian minister for science and education Azis Polzani will
participate in the annual conference for International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), which is held in its headquarters in Vienna.
On this 49th session of the General Conference of the IAEA, Polzani will
have an address at the general meeting. In his address, according to the
statement, he will point out the significance of Macedonia’s cooperation
with the IAEA in the accomplishment of the set level of security from
radiation in accordance with the international safety standards in this
area. |
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PM BUCKOVSKI TO MEET CITIGROUP
OFFICIALS
PM Vlado Buckovski is scheduled to meet representatives of financial magnate
Citigroup Inc. on Thursday.
Company's experts will work on the country's preparations for the first
emission of Euro-bonds.
Citigroup Inc. is today's pre-eminent financial services company, with some
200 million customer accounts in more than 100 countries.
On the margins of the British Labor Party Conference in Brighton, Macedonian
Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski met Wednesday with his British counterpart
Tony Blair.
"Meeting with PM Blair was exceptionally significant, taking into
consideration that Great Britain is the current EU chair-country and leader
in Europe", Buckovski said.
CONFERENCE ON PREPARING SOUTH
EAST EUROPE FOR EU ACCESSION
In organisation of the Secretariat for European Affairs of the Government of
the Republic of Macedonia and Wilton Park from Great Britain a conference on
Preparing South East Europe for EU Accession will be held Thursday and
Friday at the Macedonian Parliament.
Macedonian Parliament Speaker Ljupco Jordanovski, Deputy PM Radmila
Sekerinska, British Ambassador to Macedonia Robert Chatterton Dickson, high
officials of the country and abroad, representatives of the political
parties, experts, representatives of NGOs and research centres are to
participate at the conference.
Wilton Park conferences provide an excellent environment for leading opinion
formers to discuss the best ways to deal with key challenges.
Conferences cover the key political, security and economic issues
confronting the world. Global concerns such as the environment and terrorism
are also addressed, as well as issues such as social reforms and the impact
of the information revolution.
Wilton Park is still actively carrying out its role as a forum for democracy
building, post-conflict reconciliation and international dialogue first set
by Winston Churchill 60 years ago. His vision has now been expanded to
address the most acute current global challenges.
EMPLOYEES IN CLINIC CENTRE ON
GENERAL STRIKE FOR HIGHER SALARIES
The employees in the clinic centre Thursday go on strike demanding 100
percent salary increase.
Only urgent cases and patients in the hospitals will be treated during the
strike.
Trade Union of the clinic centre considers that the request of 100 percent
salary increase is not extreme having in mind that this institution gives 60
to 70 percent of the total health services to the state, President Angel
Sazdovski said.
The representatives of the Trade Union said that they are to meet PM Vlado
Buckovski on October 3 and they will inform him on their demands. |
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