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Mickoski doesn’t share Zaev’s optimism about SPO

Despite Prime Minister Zoran Zaev's claim, who in a TV interview announced that the negotiations about SPO are heading in a good direction after 30 amendments by the opposition were accepted, VMRO-DPMNE's party leader, doesn't share his optimism. -At this moment I'm not an optimist, but this process needs to be given a chance because it is of exceptional...

Zaev: Set aside personal prejudice, for a better SPO

Today, the Prime Minister and President of SDSM Zoran Zaev said that at the meeting of working groups of the ruling coalition and the opposition coalition of VMRO-DPMNE there will be no bargaining over crimes and that he wants to agree on a new law on the SPO, and if it doesn't happen, that the country will continue to...

Dimitrov: Macedonia and Greece will form working groups for the name negotiations

Macedonia and Greece have agreed to form working groups led by the ministers of foreign affairs who will lead the negotiations for solving the 25-year name dispute, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov for the Reuters agency. He expects that the first meeting of the new working groups will be held in February, where the negotiations about...

The Government’s working group will reform the systems for monitoring communications

The government will set up an inter-ministerial working group that will need to prepare a solution to reform the system for the interception of communications, based on the recommendations by the Reinhard Priebe expert group, which will provide protection of citizens' rights and protection against abuse of wiretapping. The need for forming this working group was adopted at yesterday's Government...

Working groups will synchronize the laws on internal affairs, government and the media

The four political parties, all signatories to the Pržino Agreement, will meet today to put together the amendments which were previously agreed in the last annex of the Pržino Agreement. The working groups of the parties need to synchronize the amendments to the laws on government, media and the law on internal affairs. Then, the amendments will have to be passed...

The powers of the Head of Police are blocking an Agreement

Whether negotiations between the working groups of the political parties, signatories to the Pržino Agreement continue today, depends on whether the ambassadors from the EU and the US, Aivo Orav and Jess Baily assess that there are chances for a final agreement. From our sources within the negotiating teams, we have been told that they are waiting on the good...

The formation of an interim government main topic at Pržino

Forming an interim government until elections were the main topic at today's talks between the working groups of the political parties in Pržino sources within the negotiating teams have told “Meta”. Nikola Todorov from the VMRO-DPMNE, Radmila Sekerinska from the SDSM, Imer Aliu of the DPA and Artan Grubi from the DUI party will continue to discuss the electoral roll...

Media reforms will be discussed at today’s negotiations between working groups

The working groups of the political parties who are all signatories to the Pržino Agreement, the VMRO-DPMNE, DUI, DPA and the SDSM today at 11:30 will resume talks at the residence of the European Union in Przino and will discuss reforms to the media. The meeting comes after yesterday's visit by the German special envoy Johannes Haindl. He met with...

Vanhoutte for “Meta”: I certainly won’t donate my bicycle to the VMRO Museum.

Belgian expert Peter Vanhoutte, who facilitated the negotiations of the Przino Agreement and those in the working groups, today left for Brussels. His contract as an independent expert ends on March 27, but he announced that he would be returning to Macedonia on April 4 and said he would continue to work and help the country move forward. As for...

Vanhoutte: We are looking into various options to reach an agreement over the media

At the moment, unfortunately, it is impossible to continue meetings for the media format in which the negotiations took place so far, announced today the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte. "Taking into account the public interest in media negotiations within political working groups, we want to inform you that it was not possible to continue the meetings of the working groups....

Kocijancic: Vanhoutte is just a mediator, the views of the EU are presented by Orav

The views of Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte are not those of the European Union, told "Meta" European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic, responding to the question whether the EU plans to replace the mediator that VMRO-DPMNE does not want to cooperate with anymore. “The role of Vanhoutte is a mediator who provides his technical expertise. The EU envoy to Macedonia is...

EU and the US should announce today whether there are conditions for early elections on April 24

Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and United States (US) in the country, Aivo Orav and Jess Baily according to announcements this afternoon should announce their assessment of whether there are conditions for holding early parliamentary elections on April 24. There has been no official confirmation on how the ambassadors will announce their decision, whether they will personally take their findings...

Still no solutions as media reform negotiations drag on today

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...

Vanhoutte: All parties submitted new amendments for the law on the media

The working groups of the political parties on media reform today will try to approach these issues. Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte before the meeting at the MPs Clubhouse said he hoped they would make some progress. “All parties submitted new amendments today, and we will be discussing that. I think it is good that everyone agreed to the meeting and...

Working groups for the media are resting, while no progress has been made

It is still unknown if negotiations will continue today by working groups of political parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement. This follows the latest meeting, which took place on Thursday 4th of January this year and ended without anyone involved changing entrenched positions. So far, according to sources connected to the parties, the Belgian negotiator Peter Vanhoutte...

Negotiations over the media between working groups have come to a standstill, again

Negotiations over the media between the working groups of the political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement, again have come to a standstill after yesterday's bilateral meetings with Belgian mediator Peter Vanhoutte. Negotiators have restated their firm stances and have made clear that they do not intend to deviate from them. A new meeting has not yet been scheduled and...

Dimovski: SDSM’s proposals for the media law are “Gargamel Law”

VMRO-DPMNE rejected the draft law on the media which SDSM submitted yesterday to the political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement. According to Ilija Dimovski, a member of the negotiating team for VMRO-DPMNE, the law is unconstitutional, non-European and does not exist in any country in the world. “The draft-law submitted by SDSM wants to increase penalties for the media....

VMRO-DPMNE and DUI find SDSM’s proposals on the media unacceptable

The negotiations between the working groups of the political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement are expected to continue on Friday afternoon, where negotiators need to decide on the draft law on the media submitted by SDSM. However, according to pro government media, VMRO-DPMNE and DUI find this draft law unacceptable. Yesterday, SDSM submitted to the parties signatory to the...

SDSM will withdraw their objections over the SEC, if VMRO-DPMNE accepts proposals on the media from the International Community

We will withdraw our objections we have for the methodology of the renewal of the voters' list, if VMRO-DPMNE agree to accept the proposals from the International Community to reform the media, said Damian Manchevski from SDSM. “If this is not acceptable to VMRO-DPMNE, then they really do not want to hold fair and democratic elections." Manchevski clarified that proposals from...

VMRO-DPMNE submit their final proposals, SDSM completely rejects them

Yesterday VMRO-DPMNE submitted their final proposals to the other signatories of the Przhino Agreement, proposals for reform within the media "Meta" has learnt. We also learned that SDSM found their proposals completely and totally unacceptable. The meeting between the working groups which was scheduled for yesterday afternoon was postponed for today. They are expected to be discussing the methodology for...