The Western Balkans Summit began today with a meeting of Economy Ministers in Vienna. Held at the British Ambassador to Austria’s Residence and chaired by Foreign & Commonwealth Office Permanent Under Secretary Sir Simon McDonald and Austrian Minister of Economy Margarete Schramböck, the meeting brought together Ministers and representatives from […]
Yearly archives: 2018
A well functioning government communications service that has, at its heart, transparency, professionalism and accountability, is a cornerstone of a healthy and stable society. The more we invest in quality transparency and effective communication, the more it would provide return on investment for us. These were the central messages at […]
World news story: Communication as the force of transparency in ...
Thank you, Prime Minister, thank you for the warm welcome. I’m delighted to be here in Skopje as we mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Macedonia and the UK. I’m proud to be the first British Prime Minister in almost 20 years to visit this beautiful country. As […]
Speech: PM speech in Macedonia: 17 May 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May will underline the UK’s unconditional commitment to maintaining Europe’s security and upholding European values on her visit to Macedonia today (17 May 2018) – the first visit to the Western Balkans by a serving UK Prime Minister for almost 20 years. The PM will begin the […]
Press release: PM pledges ongoing UK support for building stability ...
This week we marked the successful completion of our programme assistance on monitoring administrative justice in Macedonia, or how state institutions act in providing the services that citizens need from them. The last in the series of events was a debate instigated by the review on the appointments in the […]
World news story: Debating the appointments in public sector in ...
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) Economics Unit’s economic factsheets summarise key economic data for over 180 of the world’s economies on just 2 pages. They offer a snapshot of economic data under headings such as trade/investment, economic development and government finance. Source: UK & Macedonia
Research and analysis: Macedonia economic factsheet
My Lord Mayor, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen. I’m going to talk about Britain’s global role and our work with our allies around the world but I turn first to the events of this remarkable week because never before has there been a collective expulsion of Russian diplomats on the […]
Speech: Foreign Secretary’s Mansion House speech at the Lord Mayor’s ...
Public finance is everyone’s business. This was the key message sent from the Fiscast economic forum organised today to mark the successful completion of the programme assistance we have run on public finance management with the implementing partner Finance Think. The economic forum which took place in Skopje today gathered […]
World news story: Investing public money in line with needs ...
When we put out more information in the public for how well the judiciary works for the people of Macedonia we help to raise the confidence of the public in the judicial system in Macedonia. That is why it is important for the Judicial Council of Macedonia to be continually […]
World news story: Strong institutions for stronger rule of law ...
The need for increased social and health care for women and the need to invest more in the education of girls in rural communities in Macedonia were at the centre of the debate we hosted within our work with Macedonia on strengthened policy making. Researchers presented the findings which reflected […]