The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) supports and will continue to support North Macedonia on its path toward European integration, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos said during his official visit to the country marking the 30th anniversary of its membership in the Council of Europe.
Addressing members of the North Macedonian Parliament, Rousopoulos said that during the three decades of its membership in the Council of Europe, the country had demonstrated that moral maturity is not measured by size but by the ability to listen, respect, and accept others, local media reported.
He recalled his previous visits to the country – first as a journalist and later as a minister in the Greek government, as well as his meetings with the country’s first president, Kiro Gligorov. Rousopoulos referred to Gligorov’s words that North Macedonia’s future lay in Europe, but that its responsibility was at home, where it had to prove that small nations could live in peace and democracy. The PACE President said that the country had succeeded in doing so and described its progress as significant and remarkable. He added that, as head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and as a politician from neighbouring Greece, he regarded it as an honour and a personal joy to see the country as living proof of Gligorov’s words.
Rousopoulos also emphasized that each generation must write its own chapter in history not to change its convictions, but to keep its promise alive – a promise that the law will protect the weak, that truth will outlast propaganda, and that human dignity will remain the measure of civilization.
Rousopoulos was welcomed in Skopje by Parliament Speaker Afrim Gashi, who voiced gratitude for the support that the Council of Europe has provided to North Macedonia since 1995, the parliamentary press office further said. PACE Reaffirms Support for North Macedonia’s European Integration Path THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-03 20:27:48 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law