Van Houte: One of the political parties does not adhere to the agreement or the deadline for the Special Public Prosecutor
At the moment I can say that one of the biggest political parties did not adhere to what is agreed and does not respect any deadlines, which is unacceptable when conducting negotiations and reaching a final agreement.
This was the statement by the Belgian facilitator...
Velichkovski: Poposki should build a wire fence around his party’s headquarters, not the border
The fundamental question today is how Macedonia can help and assist with European efforts and measures to assist with the refugee crisis, and not to set up a barbed wire fence on the Macedonian-Greek border, says the President of the Liberal Party, Ivon Velickovski...
Poposki: Macedonia is considering building a barbed wire fence like the Hungarians
Macedonia is considering building a fence on its border, much like Hungary did to stop the large influx of migrants, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski, in an interview with Hungarian weekly "Figel."
According to Popovski, Macedonia, probably "needs some kind of physical defence, although...
Nanny who abused nine month old baby has been remanded in custody for 30 days
A nanny has been remanded in custody for 30 days after being arrested for abusing a nine month old baby, stated the Basic Court Skopje - 1.
The case was made public yesterday afternoon, when the prosecution stated it was leading an investigation against the...
Secondary Plenum”: Gruevski has destroyed all chances for future dialogue
The "Secondary Plenum," reacts after a statement by the Prime Minister that said "Party plenums encourage students to protest against the quest for knowledge". They said they are appalled by the fact that the Prime Minister publicly associated the plenum with a political party...
All other topics on hold until the new Special Prosecutor is appointed
Sources from inside the negotiating teams have told 'Meta' correspondents that political parties working groups who are discussing electoral laws and rules from the Przhino Agreement are now to focus all their energy on the issue of the Special Public Prosecutor which is to...
Renewal of EU accession talks is uncertain
Negotiations at a high level (HLAD) of the Przhino Agreement have come to a dead-end in terms of the realization of the treaty.
"Commissioner Hahn plans to visit the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the 18th of September to oversee the progress and results...
Bogoevski’s testimony on the ‘Magyar Telecom’ affair has caused a stir at DUI
DUI (The Democratic Union for Integration) which are the largest Albanian party in Macedonia, and currently in coalition with the ruling party will file necessary charges against the former head of the secret service Slobodan Bogoevski, after in his testimony he accuses senior officials...
Poposki in Luxemburg: Macedonia expects to be treated like any other EU member state
Macedonian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki attended a working breakfast in Luxemburg with diplomats from established EU nations, as well as nations with candidate status, to discuss the current refugee crisis engulfing Europe. Poposki said, " Europe has to come together to resolve...
Dimova: Parliamentary sessions will be open to the public
The Parliamentary group of the SDSM, who have only returned to Parliament in the last 5 days, intend to open all sessions to public representatives, NGO's and committees of organizations run by representatives of the SDSM as well as their coalition partners. This will...
Working Groups: Special prosecutor to postpone the election laws
'Meta' have learnt from sources involved with negotiating teams that working groups for political parties have been intensively negotiating the choice for special public prosecutor. Due to these talks, meetings were delayed regarding electoral laws which should continue today in the Parliamentary Club.
According to...
The court defends its ruling over the oppositions ‘bombs’
After the dilemma, which unfolded in the media and discussed by the experts over whether the judge of the previous procedure was permitted to intervene and declare the oppositions "bombs" invalid as evidence while the case is still in its early stages....
Uzunov: We are borrowing to pay back debt
The Government, at the beginning of this month, borrowed another 7.3 Euros from its own economy. Largest buyers of annual Macedonian Denar Bonds were, in general, private companies, who purchased 63% of the total raised, a sum of 5.5million euros. National debt, at the...
New Special Prosecutor appointment in jeopardy before being chosen?
The Agreement of Przino was seriously undermined yesterday by the decision made by Skopje's Court, when they pronounced evidence as invalid, more accurately , the audio recordings of intercepted conversations by SDSM filed in addition to criminal charges against the Prime Minister and several cabinet...
European Commission welcomes the return of the opposition to Parliament
The European Commission has welcomed the return of the opposition to Parliament. EC spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said that now is the time Parliament should start work on reform priorities in the interest of the whole country.
"We welcome the fact that the opposition is now...
MPM cut wages while journalists protest
Journalists from newsrooms of three daily newspapers published by "Media Print Macedonia" ("Dnevnik", "Utrinski vesnik", "West") today, at noon, held a protest in front of the company's premises to express their discontent and resentment of the management's decision to reduce staff salaries. The decision came into...
High School Plenum vs Prime Minister: Gruevski quicker at the trigger
One day before the public gathering that the High School Students’ Plenum is organizing in the Park of Journalists, Prime Minister Gruevski announced in Dojran that he is postponing the changes in the Law for state graduation exams, for September 2016.
In his visit of Dojran,...
SDSM returns to parliament tomorrow
The opposition coalition headed by SDSM will return to the national assembly tomorrow, as was agreed in the Przhino Agreement which the four big political parties signed on June 2 and June 15 to end the political crisis.
In the meantime the Action groups have...
Berisha: Federalization of Macedonia is the only chance to solve the inter-ethnic crisis
The former President and Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha claims that federalization of Macedonia is the only chance of solving the inter-ethnic crisis.
Berisha said for newspaper Gazeta 55 that for there to be stable peace in Macedonia there has to be guaranteed a...
Zaev: There will be legal proceedings before the elections
At the moment we are negotiating the special public prosecutor, who is going to have authority and will be able to initiatie legal proceedings regarding everything that arises from the recorded telephone conversations. We owe that to the citizens through an independent special public...
