By observing such holidays, we nourish tolerance, mutual respect, learn about and live with each other, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said late Friday at the main event organized in Skopje in honor of December 21 - the Day of Education in Turkish Language - national holiday of Turks living in Macedonia.

The European Commission's Report on Macedonia progress is the most positive one thus far, realistic and one that precisely depicts the country's EU-integration progress. By setting a date for commencing the accession talks, which has been recommended by the EC for fourth time in a row, the Council of the European Union will open new chapter for our country that we will know to appreciate and respond to, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said Wednesday.

I would like to appeal to all NATO member countries to re-examine the issue for the membership of Macedonia in the first following occasion and before the Alliance's Summit in Chicago, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told NATO Ambassadors Wednesday at a North Atlantic Council session in Brussels. I consider that it is rational and correct that an invitation for NATO membership is extended to the Republic of Macedonia at the Chicago Summit, he said.

Distinguished President of the 66th United Nations General Assembly,
Distinguished Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Your Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my special honor and privilege to address this particularly important forum and to share the positions of the Republic of Macedonia regarding current issues on the United Nations agenda.