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Minister expects Germany to extend control of Russian-owned refinery
Local officials expect the German government to extend its trusteeship over a major oil refinery in eastern Germany that is majority-owned by subsidiaries of Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft, writes German news agency DPA.
The PCK refinery, located in Schwedt along the German border with Poland, supplies fuel to large parts of north-eastern Germany. Until the end of 2022, the refinery...
Germany plans to speed up health sector digitalization with new laws
Germany's Cabinet introduced plans to allow the widespread use of electronic prescriptions and digital patient files on Wednesday at the end of the coalition government's two-day retreat in Meseberg, writes German news agency DPA.
After years of delays, e-prescriptions are to become standard and obligatory for practices by the beginning of 2024. At the beginning of 2025, all people with...
SDSM will lead 56 municipalities including Skopje, VMRO-DPMNE 5, DUI 10, and the Alliance 3
According to the results in both rounds of the local elections, SDSM will lead 56 municipalities including Skopje, VMRO-DPMNE 5, DUI 10, the Alliance of the Albanians in 3, BESA, DPA and DPT will each manage one, and candidates nominated by a group of voters in 3 municipalities.
In the first round of the elections that were organized on the...
Albanian political parties will meet tomorrow at Parliament
Tomorrow at 14:00pm , Albanian political parties will have a meeting at the parliament on the invitation of NDP's Vesel Memedi. The Besa Movement and DPA still haven't responded officially to the invitation.
"In accordance with the Declaration of the Albanian political parties that was brought on the 7th of January this year and the obligations that are resulted from...
Seats and numbers of MPs in an independent Macedonia – A historical and graphic review
Yesterday, the VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski, received a fifth mandate from President Gjorge Ivanov, to form a government with parliamentary figure of 51 MPs in the home of legislature. This it not the first time a candidate party who won the elections with a larger number of seats receives the mandate to form a government, however they is no...
Visualization: VMRO-DPMNE wins 51 seats, while SDSM wins 49 seats
According to the preliminary results from Macedonia State Election Commission for yesterday’s early parliamentary elections,VMRO-DPMNE won two seats more than SDSM.
The President of the SEC, Aleksandar Chichakovski, said that according to the preliminary results, VMRO-DPMNE won 51 seats, SDSM 49 seats, DUI 10 the Besa Movement 5, the Alliance of Albanians 3, and the DPA 2 won seats.
The SEC...
Both SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE celebrate, while major upheavals occurred in the Albanian bloc
The two leading political parties in the Macedonian bloc, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE tonight both declared victory in the early parliamentary elections and called for celebrations.
“On behalf of the central headquarters of the SDSM, we urge you all to come out to the Government to celebrate this great victory”, said tonight Stefan Bogoev from the SDSM.
Later on in the night,...
VMRO-DPMNE has spent 6 times more during the campaign than they reported
The State Election Commission has published the financial reports of the political parties from the beginning of the election campaign until the November 30th, that the parties, according to the deadline, submitted yesterday to the SEC, the State Auditor and the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (DKSK).
From the parties’ reports, the most interesting one is the financial...
The Difference Between VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM is 4.8%, Shows Poll by Telma TV
The difference between the main Macedonian political parties is 4.8%, according to a poll commissioned by "Telma" TV and conducted by the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis and MCMS.
If the elections were held tomorrow, VMRO-DPMNE would have 23.7% of the vote, 18,9% would vote for SDSM, 6.2% for DUI, 3.3% for DPA, 1.2% for BESA, while 4.9% would vote...
Gruevski: We accepted everything the SDSM have asked, only so elections will be held on December 11
The leader of the VMRO-DPMNE party, Nikola Gruevski left today's leaders’ meeting early at the MPs clubhouse where details are being discussed regarding the elections which are expected to be held in December.
He said that his party had accepted all conditions the SDSM had proposed only so they will not have the opportunity of postponing the elections again.
“Once again,...
No agreement – Talks continue tomorrow
Today's negotiations over the cleansing of the electoral roll and reforms to the media between the working groups of the political parties and Ambassadors Aivo Orav and Jess Baily came to an end without an agreement.
US Ambassador, Jess Baily, said he was not disappointed because sometimes to reach an agreement, time is needed.
“We had a five-hour constructive debate and...
Brussels: We hope that parties will agree to meet this week
Brussels is hoping that Macedonian political party leaders will show initiative and convene a leaders' meeting where they can, hopefully, reach some kind of an agreement, whereby fair elections can be organized.
The European Commission said that they are in constant contact with all the concerned parties and are closely monitoring any developments in Macedonia.
"The EU delegation is in close contact...
Haindl: State interests should be placed above politics
My position is the same as the last statement by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. That means state interests should be placed above politics said the German special envoy Johannes Haindl after meeting with leaders from the DUI and DPA parties, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci in Tetovo.
Yesterday Haindl met with leaders...
Zaev on talks with Haindl: There are no concrete results, this is just the beginning of talks
"We havn't agreed to anything concrete, this is just the beginning of talks", stated the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev after his meeting with the German special envoy Johannes Haindl.
Straight after Zaev's meting with Haindl, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti turned up with his Chief of Cabinet Artan Grubi and the Mayor of Tetovo, Teuta Arifi. After Haindl's meeting with Ahmeti,...
Leaders’ meeting in Vienna cancelled
Tomorrow's scheduled meeting of Macedonian leaders in Vienna, where Commissioner Hahn and MEPs, Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Richard Howitt are meant to be in attendance, along with leaders of the four main Macedonian political parties, has been postponed "Meta" has learnt from diplomatic sources.
Up to the present moment there has been no official confirmation from Brussels regarding the...
Thaci: There is no climate for fair and democratic elections on June 5
There is no political climate for fair and democratic elections said the DPA leader Menduh Thaci after meeting with EU Ambassador Aivo Orav. He said his pessimism is based on the SEC’s confusion concerning the voters’ list and the lack of will among political leaders to ease the mutual rhetoric. Thachi announced that the DPA will have to further...
DPA have confirmed their participation in the elections at their Central Assembly
At the session of the Central Assembly of DPA, they confirmed their participation in the upcoming elections on April 24.
“We will come and participate in these elections and will not boycott them, because those who prefer to boycott the elections, the dozen small parties who have been prepared, who are so called 'Albanian' parties, are ready to be “moved...
The Brussels trio would not give a statement after meeting with Zaev
MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan today declined to give any statements or comments after their meeting with SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, saying that they will make a statement tomorrow once they have finished all meetings, with all leaders.
The Brussels trio had a meeting at the SDSM headquarters and then headed to the Office of the European Commission...
Brussels trio will unblock the Przhino Agreement
MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan today at noon will start meetings with representatives of the political parties who are signatories of the Przhino Agreement, announced the EU delegation in Skopje.
During the visit, the MEP threesome, along with the EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, who brokered the Agreement, will also meet with the Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva...
Leaders call on Parliament to appoint members of the SEC
The party leaders who have all signed the Przhino Agreement, in a joint written statement welcomed today's agreement on the full composition of the SEC and called on Parliament to appoint Redzep Prekopuca, Atanas Urumov and Aleksander Chicakovski as independent experts in the SEC.
"We invite Parliament to finalize the necessary procedures as quickly as possible in order for the...
