Tag: Parliament

Hundreds of associations, civic organizations, foundations, and networks will be demanding from the Parliament to urgently pass a Law on Prevention of and Protection from Discrimination. They reminded the Parliament today and the public that the draft law for prevention and protection from discrimination has been stuck for the past 8 months at the Parliament, while its passing has...

The legal part was not fulfilled to the end, since the Commission for the Rules of Procedure and Mandate-Immunity Issues did not have a draft decision. I call upon the law, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, at a press briefing regarding why he had not initiated a vote on stripping MP Trajko Veljanoski of his immunity. The MP is charged...

Parliament will be held responsible if suspects Trajko Veljanoski and Ljupco Dimovski eventually flee the country after their parliamentary immunity was not confiscated, said the Criminal Court to Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who tried to put the blame on the court for the possible escape of the two men. "We have just witnessed for the first time, Parliament, who are...

There are no plenary sessions at the Parliament scheduled for the last two days after the quarrel that erupted on Sunday when the President of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi stopped the session before the voting session for abolishing the immunity of the former President of the Parliament Trajko Veljanovski who is one of the suspects for the attacks on...

The Parliament informs that the 86th and 88th session scheduled for today were postponed but no reason for the postponement was provided. Unofficially, SDSM's representatives didn't show up at the regular coordination at the President of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, as a sign of disapproval because Xhaferi extended the deadline and didn't put to vote the impeachment of Trajko...

With 140 votes in favor of and without any withheld or against, this morning, the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria ratified the Protocol for the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia into NATO. The session was attended by the President of the Macedonian Parliament, Talat Xhaferi and the Vice Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign...

With 130 votes in favor of and none against, the Albanian Parliament voted Macedonia's NATO Accession Protocol. The session was attended by the Macedonian President of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi who expressed great gratitude when the session was over for the support that Albania provided for this country. Xhaferi said that Skopje is dedicated to building a society for...

The Commission for determining a presidential candidate for VMRO-DPMNE yesterday held a session to review the submitted applications for those declaring an interest for presidential candidate, who will participate in the upcoming convention on February 16 in Struga, reported the Vice-President of VMRO-DPMNE, Vlado Misajlovski today. He added that the Commission has confirmed 10 applications were submitted, one of which was submitted after the...

The President of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferri and the General Secretary Cvetanka Ivanova have met today with the US Ambassador Jess Baily, which was also attended by the newly appointed director of USAID's office in Macedonia, Gretchen Birkle. At the meeting, they discussed the cooperation between the Parliament and the USAID such as the projects that were accomplished through...

The Supreme Court of Macedonia, as the highest legal instance in the country, with the latest controversial legal opinion seems to have eradicated all hope that the regime of the fugitive Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will face justice. After this decision, to all those thousands of citizens who chanted “No Justice – No Peace" while marching in the "Colorful...

The presidential elections are likely to be announced on February 8, and the first round will be held on April 21, and the second round on May 5, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said at today's press briefing. "The Parliament is prepared for the elections and will work until the beginning of the election campaign, to hinder the MPs to go campaigning...

With 53 votes in favor and 3 neutral, the amendment to the Law on the MPs was passed, with which the MPs that are sentenced to imprisonment for 6 months will lose their salary as an MP, then the travel costs all the other benefits. The President of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferri voted neutral. -I'm not convinced by the solution in...

In a joint statement, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn welcomed the ratification of the Prespa Agreement in Greek Parliament. "We warmly welcome the next crucial step in the ratification of the Prespa agreement, taken with today's vote by the Hellenic Parliament. From the very beginning, the...

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...

For the draft law on the ratification of the Prespa Agreement to come into force, it will be discussed today by the Commission for National Defense and Foreign Affairs in Greek Parliament. On Saturday, the draft law was submitted to Greek Parliament, and is expected to be passed by Friday. Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis is expected to hold a meeting with the...

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...

Amendments from 33 to 36, together with Constitutional Law on their proclamation, which were voted in with 81 votes, were adopted at the 75th session of Parliament, on Friday, and were published in the 6th issue of the "Official Gazette" this year, i.e. on January 12, 2019. With these amendments to the Constitution, after the Prespa Agreement comes into force,...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Informing and Press Relations has called the passing of the new amendments of the Macedonian Constitution in order to change the country's name as "an artificial change of the country's name in order for an enforced entering of Skopje into NATO" and stated that the problem with the country's renaming should...

Moments before the final adoption of the constitutional changes is expected, and during tense protests in front of Parliament, Minister of Internal Affairs Oliver Spasovski today from Radovish would not directly answer the question whether an escalation of events is possible, as on April 27, 2017, when the protesters stormed Parliament and several MPs and journalists were brutally beaten. "The...

With 81 votes in favor and no votes against or withheld, this evening, MPs have cast their votes at Parliament i.e. the amendments from 33 to 35, which are Macedonia's obligation according to the Prespa Agreement that was signed on the 17th of June last year. Previously, the Alliance of the Albanians and BESA's MPs withdrew their amendments. According to Constitutional...