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Civil servants will conduct translations into Albanian until the Agency is completed
What I did, was to take advantage of the Secretariat's capacities, which was not to use professional translators, but Albanians who do other things within the Ministry. We will continue with the translations until the Agency is equipped with the right staff, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani, at today's government press conference, reports "Portalb".
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The new seals will be with the new name and in accordance with Law on Use of Languages
On the orders of the Government, starting a few days ago, all state institutions have started to use the new name of the country - the Republic of North Macedonia, in their work and in various documents. Now, from Ilindenska number 2 a new task - to create new seals in accordance with the Law on Use of Languages.
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The first government session with interpretation to and from Albanian
The Government has announced that at its 117th session the Albanian ministers for the first time spoke Albanian, in accordance with provisions of the Law on the Use of Languages. This law was published in the "Official Gazette" even though it did not receive the President Gjorge Ivanov's signature.
Government changes to the abortion law were accepted, while previous restrictions were abolished, and a...
Whoever jumbled the things with the Law on languages?
The recent storm brewing from the verification of the constitutional changes in Parliament (11.01.2018), which changed the name of the country to "the Republic of North Macedonia", has shown no sign of stopping, and the public strongly resents the fact that the Law on Languages and the Law on the Ratification of the Prespa Agreement, were published in the...
Government sends the Law on Languages to the Venice Commission
The Government has sent the full content of the Law on the Use of Languages to the Venice Commission, together with the alternative text of Article 8, which is not an integral part of the Law, because, as the Government says, an issue surrounding its compliance with the Constitution was raised.
The government informs that the letter sent to the...
VMRO-DPMNE lodges motion in the Constitutional Court on the Law on Languages
VMRO-DPMNE lodged a motion in the Constitutional Court asking for ruling on the constitutionality of the Law on Languages, after identical initiative was submitted last week by the university professor Jove Kekenovski. According to the party, the law was passed brutally by the ruling coalition, with complete disregard of the Constitution, the law and the procedure for adopting and...
Macedonian remains the only official language throughout the whole territory
The Law on Languages promotes the rights of all minority communities and does not foresee new employment. The Macedonian language with the Cyrillic alphabet remains the only official language throughout the whole territory of the Republic of Macedonia and its international relations, said the Government in today's statement regarding fake news and untruths about the application of the Law on the Use of...
VMRO-DPMNE calls on the institutions to boycott the Law on Languages
Today, Nikola Micevski, Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of VMRO-DPMNE and the Coalition "For a Better Macedonia", on behalf of the party urged the institutions on central and local level, to ignore and boycott the law on languages and said that if the people in charge in the institutions are faced with problems or threats, VMRO-DPMNE's legal commission will be at...
Law on Use of Languages will cost a lot and requires a lot of work
With the Law on the Use of Languages published in the "Official Gazette", it comes into effect immediately, however, the implementation will cause direct and indirect financial implications in regards to the state budget and local self-government units. The law stipulates that all institutions in the country, namely, the executive, legislative and judicial authorities, will provide Albanian translations in their...
Law on Use of Languages published in Official Gazette
The Law on the Use of Languages was published today in the Official Gazette after Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, sent it without the signature of President Gjorge Ivanov yesterday.
With the publication of the Law in the Official Gazette, it officially comes into force, making Albanian the second official language in Macedonia.
DUI MP Artan Grubi listed things DUI had promised and...
Prosecution launch pre-trial procedure against Ivanov for violating the Constitution
The Skopje Public Prosecutor's Office has opened a case against President Gjorge Ivanov, regarding two criminal charges related to the non-signing of the Law on Languages and the Prespa Agreement.
The case is in the pre-trial procedure and actions are being taken to check the allegations in the application. Data and information from the Parliament of Macedonia and the President's...
VMRO-DPMNE will file criminal charges against the signatories of the Treaty with Greece
VMRO-DPMNE will file criminal charges for the creators and signatories of the Treaty with Greece and the Law on Languages, announced Aleksandar Nikolovski, vice president of the party.
According to Nikolovski, although it is very likely that the judiciary and the prosecution will not respond to their charges, because some of those do not become obsolete, and nevertheless, he says...
Xhaferi: Parliament must put an end to Ivanov’s bad practices concerning signing off on laws
If he does not sign the law on the ratification of the treaty with Greece after a second time it will be voted in Parliament, the President of the State Gjorge Ivanov will introduce a bad practice of interference with the responsibility of the authorities, ie taking over the responsibilities which belong to Parliament. This was stated by the...
Xhaferi: It would be frivolous to think about early parliamentary elections
It would be frivolous for anyone to think about early parliamentary elections this year, said Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi during a regular press briefing.
"There can be elections when MPs disband. However, in a serious country with serious issues, it would be frivolous for anyone to even consider early parliamentary elections. If someone is thinking about it, he would want...
Zaev: A possibility SDSM will ask the Constitutional Court to decide over Ivanov’s signature on Law
One possibility, in the current situation whereby the president will not sign off on the Law on Languages, is for the SDSM parliamentary group to file an initiative with the Constituional Court, in order to consider whether president Gjorgi Ivanov is adhering to the Constitution, said prime minister Zoran Zaev, while responding to a journalist's question at today's press...
Žbogar: We expect the Law on Languages to come into force and the reforms should continue
EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar answered a journalist’s question regarding the law, that the adoption on the Law on the Use of Languages will improve the relations between the communities and it will bring the country back to the reform agenda.
On a journalist's question, what his comment is regarding the fact that Ivanov did not sign the Decree on the...
Gruevski: I had no intention of causing an incident, Xhaferi should apologize to the public
Former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE MP, Nikola Gruevski said today that he had not intended to cause an incident in Parliament, when the Law on the Use of Languages was adopted, but only wanted to show that he disagreed with the manner in which it was passed.
During a brief adjournment in SPO's case known as "TNT", Gruevski stated that...
LP: The Law on Languages is invalid
The Liberal Party (LP) believes that the Law on the Use of Languages has been passed without proper procedure and is invalid, explaining that the situation is the way it is, because of the violation of the procedure.
The party says that since the President of the Republic of Macedonia did not sign the decree after the first vote, Parliament...
Ivanov: Constitution and my conscience do not allow me to sign the Law on Languages
Yesterday, when President Gjorge Ivanov addressed the citizens and MPs said, he would not sign the new adopted Law on the Use of Languages.
Ivanov, with sharp words and rhetoric, spoke of "a law with repressive content, a law as an expression of the tyranny of the parliamentary majority, an unconstitutional, anti-state and essentially unjust law, which does not deserve...
VMRO-DPMNE: There will be long-term consequences if the Law on Languages is passed without a debate
The violent adoption of the unconstitutional law on bilingualism and the possible deprivation of the parliamentary right to an amendment debate, is a serious blow to democracy and a precedent, which in the future may have long-term consequences, says VMRO-DPMNE in a press release.
VMRO-DPMNE say that there was no discussion in regards to this law and added that the...
