Tuesday, 30 June 2009, Strasbourg
Participation of the Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Mr. Oliver Sambevski , Head of Delegation and Mr. Igor Ivanovski, Member, took part in the Third part of the Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, from 22 to 26 June 2009 in Strasbourg, France.
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Friday, 26 june 2009, Strasbourg
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is seeking „Partner for democracy“
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is to create a new “Partner for democracy” status for the parliaments of countries neighbouring the Council of Europe area – provided they agree to work towards the Organisation’s values such as free elections and abolition of the death penalty.
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Thursday, 25 June 2009
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY, MR. TRAJKO VELJANOSKI RECEIVED MR. MIROSLAV LAJCAK, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
President Veljanoski expressed satisfaction that the Slovak Republic is upgrading its diplomatic office in the Republic of Macedonia to the level of an Embassy, which is, stressed President Veljanoski, a demonstration of the positive trend in the bilateral relations between the Republic of Macedonia and the Slovak Republic, and in that context of the good cooperation between the two Parliaments. Speaking of the Macedonia's strategic goals - integration in the European and Euro-Atlantic structures, the President of the Assembly underlined that despite the well-known events in Bucharest, Macedonia continues its active participation in the peace missions throughout the world, as it feels responsibility for the world peace as an indivisible category.
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Monday, 22 june 2009
Meeting of the CHAIRPERSON of the foreign policy COMMITTEE OF the assembly of the republic of macedonia and CHAIRPERSON of the foreign policy committie OF the NATIONAL COUNCIL of the republic of slovenia
The Chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee, Mrs. Teuta Arifi and the Members of the Committee had a meeting with the Chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee of the National Council of the Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr. Vincenc Otonichar and the Committee Members.
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Monday, 22 june 2009, Strasbourg
Election for the Council of Europe Secretary General postponed for the October Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
The Assembly of the Council of Europe is holding the Third part of its Ordinary Session from 22 to 26 June 2009. Mr. Oliver Sambevski, Head of the Delegation and Mr. Igor Ivanovski, Member of the Delegation are taking part in the work of the Assembly and its bodies.
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Monday, 22 june 2009, Strasbourg
Summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
A biennial debate on “the state of human rights in Europe”, focusing on the need to eradicate impunity and the progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure, is a highlight of the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg on 22-26 June 2009.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, MR. TRAJKO VELJANOSKI MEETS THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE PRESIDENT, MR. LLUÍS MARIA DE PUIG
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe supports Macedonia in its accession to the European Union.During the friendly and open meeting, the President of the Assembly Mr. Trajko Veljanoski stressed that it was the Council of Europe through which the Republic of Macedonia began its integration in the Euro-Atlantic structures. 'At the same time, it was with the embrace and implementation of the Council of Europe standards and principles - human rights, democracy, rule of law and peace - that we started our reforms undertaken primarily for the sake of our citizens, because it is the only way to ensure political and economic stability and growth', said President Veljanoski.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009
MEETING OF Mr. OLIVER SAMBEVSKI WITH Mr. LLUIS MARIA DE PUIG
The Head of the Delegation of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr. Oliver Sambevski, and the members of the Delegation today met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr. Lluis Maria De Puig.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009
THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA IS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
The Vice-President of the National Council for EU Integration, Mrs. Silvana Boneva, and the members of the National Council met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr. Lluis Maria De Puig. At the meeting, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr. Lluis Maria De Puig, was informed about the activities of the National Council for EU Integration. Also, the guest was informed about the successful implementation of the reforms in the Republic of Macedonia in the expectation of receiving the date for opening the negotiations for accession into the European Union and visa liberalization.
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Friday, 12 june 2009, European commission
COMMON EU STRATEGY FOR INTERNAL SECURITY, MIGRATION AND POLICE
Terrorism, cyber-security, organised crime and border control are among the issues raised in a new commission paper opening debate on the EU’s law-and-order agenda for the next five years. That agenda – referred to as the „Stockholm programme“ – will replace the current „Hague programme“, which expires in December.
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY, MR. TRAJKO VELJANOSKI RECEIVED THE NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, H.E. MR. LUIS DE ALMEIDA SAMPAIO
President Veljanoski expressed hope that Macedonia and Portugal will soon open their resident embassies as a step forward in enhancing the political and economic cooperation between the two countries. He introduced the Ambassador Sampaio to the political situation in the Republic of Macedonia, the reforms undertaken by the country in the direction of our integration in the NATO and EU, the broad support of the Macedonian citizens for the Euro-Atlantic aspirations of the country, as well as the expectations that the country will get visa liberalisation and a date for starting the negotiations with the EU. President Veljanoski expressed interest in enhancing the parliamentary cooperation between Macedonia and Portugal at all levels.
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Tuesday, 9 June 2009
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY, MR. TRAJKO VELJANOSKI, RECEIVED THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE EUROPEAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT, MR. NEVEN MIMICA
During the meeting, the highly developed relations between the two countries were once again confirmed, including the relations between the two parliaments. Particular emphasis was made to the European orientation of the two countries, and the role of the Parliaments in the EU integration. President Veljanoski stressed the importance of the regional cooperation in the Euro-Atlantic integration process. While recalling that one project of that nature was the accession to the NATO of the countries of the Adriatic Group, he mentioned the fact that although having fulfilled the required criteria, Macedonia has not joined Croatia and Albania into NATO due to the absurd name problem imposed by our neighbour. Therefore he underlined that international principles and standards have to be respected in the integration processes. 'Nevertheless', said President Veljanoski, 'we remain faithful to our Euro-Atlantic commitment, because we are doing the reforms for us, for our citizens, and we expect that the European institutions will accordingly assess our accomplishments'.
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Thursday, 4 june 2009
THE DOOR OF NATO REMAINS OPEN FOR THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
At the Fifty Sixth Plenary Session of the European Security and Defense Assembly, the Assembly of the Western European Union that is taking part from 2 to 4 June 2009 in Paris, Mr. Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic and Mr. Jaap DE HOOP SCHEFFER, Secretary-General of NATO addressed the event. he Delegation of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, composed of Mr. Aleksandar Nikoloski, Head of the Delegation to the ESDA/AWEU and Mr. Jovan Manasijevski, Member of the Delegation take par at the Plenary Session
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