Tag: Aivo Orav

On February 19 we will evaluate whether Macedonia will be ready for early parliamentary elections on April 24. In the current phase, we still cannot assess which direction the situation will move in. Everything is in the hands of the parties. Today Ambassador Orav answered a question from the media at a press conference for IPA funds. When asked, whether the European...

Last nights marathon talks between the working groups of the political parties on media reform ended with no results. Belgian mediator Peter Vanhaute after last night's talks over the media, tweeted two tweets at 2:00am. In his first tweet he wrote: "After long negotiations, it is time for creative solutions: sleep. Talks on media continue tomorrow. " https://twitter.com/peter_vanhoutte/status/699757328862728192 In his second tweet, he...

I am hoping for a solution, but I am not optimistic, said the Belgian mediator Peter Vanhoutte before the MPs Clubhouse and the beginning of a meeting with the working groups from all parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement. “We will discuss all proposals from all political parties, jourlaists' associations and organizations. I'm aware that there is little time left,...

Today at the EU Info Centre, EU Ambassadors and Ambassador Aivo Orav came together and met with the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, which just happened to be on her birthday, and expressed their support for her work. "All of the Ambassadors from the European Union in Skopje express their strong support for the independence of the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva...

The Ambassadors of the US and EU, Jess Bailey and Aivo Orav met with the Director of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, Zoran Trajchevski. “The meeting was held as part of an EU mission and the United States in the period before the dissolution of Parliament and no later than February 20, in consultation with international and...

The Ambassadors of the US and the EU in Macedonia, Jess Bailey and Aivo Orav submitted a letter to Interim Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev, with their criteria s, which must be met for the elections to be fair and democratic. The first criterion is that the State Election Commission (SEC) by February 19 is to be fully staffed and funded....

After the statement by EU Ambassador Orav, and like Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Peter Vanhoutte also received threats and because of this new development, they must increase their security. The Belgian facilitator says that the threats to his safety are second on his agenda. “For me, the threats to my security come second, after the interests of the citizens. The need...

EU Ambassador Aivo Orav at the session at the Parliamentary Committee for European Affairs and the National Council for European Integration, said that European officials had received threats and that therefore have to increase their provision. “We are here to help you, because you are a candidate-country. However, a negative campaign has started against the intermediaries of the European Union and...

MEP's Richard Howitt, Eduard Kukan and Ivo Vajgl on Monday will have separate meetings with the signatories of the Przhino Agreement, but it is still unknown whether a joint meeting will be held, "Meta" has learnt. The threesome, who together with Commissioner Johannes Hahn brokered the Przhino Agreement, will want to discuss with political leaders the full implementation of the agreement...

The report is the real mirror of the general situation in the country and the obligation for institutions to act in accordance with the expectations of Brussels, assessed the Democratic Union for Integration, Ali Ahmeti, who today received the progress report on the country by the Ambassador of the European Union in Macedonia , Aivo Orav, announced the party. Ahmeti...

This is Macedonia's seventh consecutive year, receiving recommendations from the European Commission to start negotiations for membership in the European Union, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski announced after the EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Aivo Orav received the annual report on the country's progress in European integration. Gruevski said that the political report evaluates the characteristics of Macedonia through the prism of...

Tomorrow Euro Ambassador Aivo Orav at 15:15 will present President Gjorge Ivanov with the progress report from the European Commission for the Republic of Macedonia. "The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, will meet with Ambassador Orav, Head of the EU Delegation in Macedonia tomorrow. At the meeting, Ambassador Orav will present President Ivanov the report on Macedonia's...

Today at the Clubhouse for MP's, the Head of the EU Delegation Ambassador Aivo Orav said that the working groups had agreed on two laws, whistle-blowers and the disclosure of the "Bombs" were to be reworked. “Negotiations are continuing, there is progress and I expect we will achieve an agreement by tonight”, said Ambassador Orav. Currently at the Clubhouse of MP's...

"In the last few days people have continuously asked me if no Special Prosecutor is chosen by the deadline, the 15th of September,is there a plan B? No! There is no plan B, and the Special Prosecutor must be appointed by the deadline", said Aivo Orav the Head of the EU mission in the country. He remarked that statements yesterday given...

No progress was made in the second part of the second leadership meeting, inform sources from SDSM. According to them, they propose two ways out of the political stalemate: first, an agreement for obligatory formation of a transitional government and second, guarantee for conditions that would be specified in the eventual agreement. We learned that VMRO-DPMNE, DUI and DPA have a...

The meeting between the leaders ended without a final agreement. All parties remained on their positions. Leaders of SDSM, VMRO-DPMNE, DUI and DPA, Zoran Zaev, Nikola Gruevski, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci will meet again on Monday and the framework of the agreement will be prepared until then. The ambassadors of the US and EU, Jess Bailey and Aivo Orav, left the...

Leader of the Democratic Union for Integration Ali Ahmeti met with the Ambassador of the European Union in Skopje Aivo Orav, announced DUI. At the meeting, Ahmeti and Orav discussed the political situation in Macedonia, the political dialogue, inter-ethnic relations, as well as Macedonia's integration into the European Union. Ahmeti said that the beginning of the political dialogue in Brussels should...

Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to the country Aivo Orav submitted a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after opposition leader Zoran Zaev said that at least six ambassadors of the most important countries were tapped. Through the note, EU Ambassador asked the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations to be respected, reports "Prizma", citing diplomatic sources...

At today’s meeting, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev and his deputy Radmila Sekerinska informed the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) in the country, Aivo Orav, for the recent developments on, as stated by the first people of SDSM, Government's attempt "to prevent publication of the arguments and facts about its criminal rule through a politically manipulated action against the...

“Professorial plenum” sent a letter to European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Enlargement of the European Union, Johannes Hahn, and the head of the EU delegation in the country, Aivo Orav, urging them to state their opinion and to appeal to the Government to withdraw the proposed Law on higher education and...