Nikola Dimitrov
@Dimitrov_Nikola
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Diplomat, think-tanker, political activist. @SolutionBCCP, @ECFR, @BIEPAG, Fmr MK Deputy Prime, Foreign Minister, Amb to US&NL. На македонски @NDimitrovMK
Joined December 2011
I welcome the signing of the Corridor 8 cross-border tunnel agreement between Bulgaria and North Macedonia— a big step forward in the cooperation between the two countries and promotes good neighbourly relations. Besides developing bilateral bonds, the new railway will boost
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🛎️@Dimitrov_Nikola on #NorthMacedonia 🔹North Macedonia EC Report 2025 - Stagnation and Frustration https://t.co/rUIiP1vPk6
#NorthMacedonia #CountryReports
#EnlargementPackage2025 #EUCommission
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Change of level of preparation for 🇪🇺 membership 2024▶️2025, 1-5 scale: 🇲🇪3.2▶️3.45 (change in 12 chapters) 🇷🇸3.11▶️3.12 (change in 1 chapter) 🇲🇰3.09▶️3.1 (change in 1 chapter) 🇦🇱2.8▶️2.9 (change in 6 chapters) 🇽🇰2.02▶️2.11 (change in 3 chapters) 🇧🇦1.67▶️1.7 (change in 1 chaper)
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Meanwhile in The Netherlands 💚 Liberal D66 party set to win Dutch parliamentary elections, exit poll suggests ↘️
ft.com
Freedom party faces defeat after collapse of Geert Wilders-supported coalition government
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Read the policy brief produced in partnership with @SolutionBCCP and @bezbednost_org supported by @RockBrosFund on the views from the Western Balkans on QMV in EU enlargement, bilateral disputes, gradual integration, waiving veto rights in a post-accession transitional period …
The EU is Changing - We're Waiting 🇪🇺 The EU needs to improve the accession process and prepare itself for future enlargements. Does the Western Balkans have a say in EU debates on how to achieve this? What’s their take? Read new paper by @ueuachic ⬇️ https://t.co/PvqbxikBXE
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Balkan good-neighbourly relations:”Bulgarians want to be able to block the Macedonians, the Croats want to be able to control the Serbs, Greece and Cyprus don’t want Turkey to come any closer to the EU, and Greece also would want to keep an eye on Albania”
politico.eu
Other European leaders may disagree with Hungary, but several support his right to veto EU membership bids at every step.
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“The poison of EU enlargement is bilateralization for reasons that have nothing to do with European values and interests”. @NathalieTocci #BSF2025
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Always a great pleasure to catch up with my dear friend @NikosDendias this time with the beautiful Ionian Sea all around us.
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Thank you dear neighbours, thank you European friends, thank you 🇷🇸 🇧🇬 🇬🇷 🇹🇷 🇭🇷 🇸🇮 🇦🇹 🇭🇺 🇳🇴 🇱🇹 for your solidarity in great need 🙏
After the tragic nightclub fire in #NorthMacedonia, the EU is coordinating medical evacuations via the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism. 9 European countries have offered assistance, and we stand ready to provide further support. More: https://t.co/hxb8FwOKBE 🇪🇺🤝🇲🇰
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Under the title “Montenegro’s European Dream: A Success Story for the Region?”, the fourth in a series of #BSCLeadersMeetings took place today in Podgorica.
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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self–appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” James Madison (Federalist No. 51, 1788)
If ANY judge ANYWHERE can block EVERY Presidential order EVERYWHERE, we do NOT have democracy, we have TYRANNY of the JUDICIARY.
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Will project around since 2019 advance? Or will more time be lost waiting for Godot? @ediramaal @Dimitrov_Nikola @nicupopescu Finally. Five years later (too late) https://t.co/MzrSCVdrwu Update: 🐢 https://t.co/9vOAEfSHX3
@AmbVWD
esiweb.org
Zeno, an Athenian philosopher, once imagined a race between Achilles and a slow-moving turtle. The turtle was given a head start, which decided the race. However slowly the turtle moved, Zeno argued,...
To sum up today’s panel on 🇪🇺 #enlargement & the Balkans at #MSC2025: 🔹 Big topic: Accelerating 🇪🇺 accession—2030 mentioned. 🔥 🇷🇸’s 🇪🇺 bid absent from discussion/considerations. 🇪🇺 Commissioner: [If EU member states agree] 🇲🇪 could reach the finish line [=close negotiations]
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Delighted to join the panel on EU Enlargement: Now or Never? organized by @EuropesFutures @IWM_Vienna @erstefoundation alongside @iioannides @Dimitrov_Nikola Oksana Forostyna, Stefan Lehne Ioannis Armakolas @IVejvoda @jadviga
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In Vienna with good friends for the @IWM_Vienna @EuropesFutures @erstefoundation annual meeting @NathalieTocci @Dimitrov_Nikola Ioannis Armakolas
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Heartfelt congratulations dear @Sekerinska huge success for you, huge success for North Macedonia and great news for NATO! Wishing you all the best in this crucial role in these trying times!
NEW: @SecGenNATO Mark Rutte has appointed Radmila @Sekerinska from North Macedonia 🇲🇰 as the next Deputy Secretary General. Read: https://t.co/31QUs4SHhz
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Change of preparation level for 🇪🇺 membership 2023▶️2024, 1 to 5 scale: 🇲🇪3.12▶️3.2 (change in 4 chapters) 🇷🇸3.05 ▶️3.11 (change in 4 chapters) 🇲🇰3.03▶️3.09 (change in 2 chapters) 🇦🇱2.74▶️2.8 (change in 4 chapters) 🇽🇰1.98▶️2.02 (change in 2 chapters) 🇧🇦1.67▶️1.67 (no changes)
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Those who thought that European and Asian security were separate and separable challenges discover their error.
South Korea's president warned today that North Korea's involvement in the war in Ukraine poses a "grave security threat" to the world. https://t.co/JaRYIS5EfP
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Today it's time for a Democratic Resilience Track: https://t.co/tEcy6ujJut
#1 panel: Facing the Invisible Enemy: Disinformation Around Us: @D_Schwarzer
@Dimitrov_Nikola
@PasiRayala, @Ulkoministerio & @DefenceFinland Carrie Filipetti @VandenbergCo Moderator: @JRewinski
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Thank you for your leadership dear Jens, and for making history together! A day I will never forget.
Today is a historic day. All #NATO Allies have signed the Accession Protocol with 🇲🇰, which will bring more security & prosperity to the whole region. I look forward to the day when 30 flags will fly outside NATO HQ.
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