Tag: Electoral Law

The EU Commissioner for and Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations , Johannes Hahn, today in Skopje will put pressure on political leaders to implement the Przhino Agreement. "On my way to Skopje, meeting all political parties to press for urgent progress with political agreement," Mr Hahn wrote on his Twitter account. This is the Commissioner's third visit of the to...

Almost all the events that brought tension on to the political scene last week will stream into the of tomorrow's agenda. The visit of the High Commissioner for the EU Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations , Johannes Hahn. Although there hasn't been an official statement of Mr Hahns scheduled meetings whilst he is in Macedonia, however he will certainly meet with the heads...

Today at noon working groups of the political parties will continue with negotiations ,in accordance to the Przhino Agreement over election laws. This morning it was decided and agreed they have have to resolve the dispute over the Special Prosecutor's office. "Meta" has learnt that at 01:00 am the four political parties signed a letter that will be sent to...

Negotiations on the electoral law will come to a finish today, and from tomorrow the matter of  the state of media and changes in MRTV will be an open question, said the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev after a debate in Ohrid called "Vision for Macedonia". “On the agenda are MRTV, MIA, and the Agency for Audio and Visual Media Services. MRTV...

SDSM is not against the Diaspora vote, but are fighting for their constitutional right and equality to vote, said the leader of the opposition, Zoran Zaev. “Our proposal is to have a census and to choose a MP with the same amount of votes as they would get in Macedonia. Or, the votes by the Diaspora , to have one...

The main problem of the working groups of the political parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement is SDSM insisting that the Diaspora should not have their own MP in Parliament in Macedonia, said the negotiator from VMRO-DPMNE, the Health Minister Nikola Todorov for "A1On." “It is quite problematic especially when you hear their statements and you get the...

Yesterday political parties still came no closer to agreeing on talks related to the election laws. After meeting with Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte, leaders of political parties SDSM and VMRO- DPMNE, Zoran Zaev and Nikola Gruevski have come no closer to some sort of political convergence, “Meta” has learnt. Due to ideological clashes, Mr Vanhoutte has given them one...

The European Commission does not want to comment on whether they will become more actively involved in addressing the new stalemate in negotiations which began over the electoral law, nor have they commented on whether senior officials or the Commissioner Johannes Hahn Macedonia are planning to visit. The spokeswoman Maya Kocijancic for the EU Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn,...

The EU mission in Macedonia and the US Embassy issued a joint statement in response to the missing of the deadline for agreeing on the election laws. Both missions have the same the position as the European Commission, that political parties still will have to close this matter, today. " The Commission regrets that despite progress made in the working group,...

Today, the European Commission urged the political parties in Macedonia to reach an agreement on the electoral laws as soon as possible. “The Commission understands the fact that the parties failed to reach agreement on electoral reform, but negotiations will continue today. The Commission will closely monitor developments and expect parties to reach an agreement as soon as possible”, said...

Last nights meeting between working groups concluded with no agreement on electoral laws, "Meta" has learnt from sources within the negotiating teams. Despite efforts from Belgian expert Peter Vanhoutte, US Ambassador Jess Bailey and the Head of the EU Delegation to Macedonia, Ambassador Aivo Orav, neither side would succumb their positions on the law prohibiting the material of the intercepted...

"In the next few months, everywhere Zoran Zaev goes so will the dishonest political pledge to the middle classes of 850 euro's a month per family, made by previous SDSM party figureheads, when they promised that one member from every family will be employed", says a spokesman from ruling VMRO-DPMNE party in reaction to a statement from the SDSM leader...

"An interesting meeting," was the brief comment of the facilitator of the negotiations the parties signed in the Przhino Agreement, Peter van Houte, about today's talks discussing the situation in the media. At the beginning of the meeting, Richard Bailey a media expert gave a presentation on the situation in the British Broadcasting Service "BBC ". At the meeting of the...

Members of the Action group of the State Elections Commission (DIK) are to meet tomorrow again. The topic will be the same from the previous meeting- changes in the elections law, the composition of the Commission and the electoral lists. It is possible that the group will discuss the topic of voting rights of the Diaspora. The changes in the...