Tsipras rejects Juncker’s new proposal
Alexis Tsipras does not think to make a step back. Greek PM confidently steps towards referendum decision on Sunday with great optimism and hope that people will express support and provide a stronger mandate to seek a fairer deal on Greece by international lenders....
Greece sails through uncharted waters: Parliament approves referendum
With 178 votes "for" and 120 "against", the Greek Parliament gave green light to the proposal for a referendum on the austerity measures of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. MPs of SYRIZA, Independent Greeks and Golden Dawn voted for the referendum, while all other opposition...
Johannes Hahn won’t come to the leadership meeting in Skopje on Monday
EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn will not attend the leadership meeting which is to be held on Monday, and on which final efforts to reach an agreement between the leaders of the opposition and the government to resolve the political crisis will be made,...
Gruevski: We will accept the proposals of the opposition, but I will not resign
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in an interview with "Financial Times" says he is ready to accept the proposals of the opposition for the distribution of key positions in the period until the early elections, but he won’t accepts stepping down as prime minister.
"We do...
Hitting pans and pots, protesters demanded Gruevski’s resignation
Several hundred citizens, activists, people from the opposition tonight through peaceful, but noisy protest outside the home of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski called for him to resign and allow holding elections that will be organized by a transitional government, in which he won’t participate.
"Equipped"...
SDSM on conclusions of the EU: Resolving the political crisis is possible only without Gruevski
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia welcomes the conclusions of the Council of EU ministers, reads the statement of SDSM.
"In the conclusions, the European Union recommends that the priority for Macedonia is to solve systemic problems with the rule of law, including in respect of...
The government will thoroughly study the EC report
With attention, the Government "reviewed" the European Commission report, which was prepared by a group of experts led by Reinhard Priebe, confirmed government's spokesman Aleksandar Gjorgjiev, adding that "the recommendations of the commission will be thoroughly investigated" and used in reforms required for European...
Foreign Ministers of the EU should adopt the conclusions for Macedonia today
Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the European Union is expected to adopt the draft conclusions for Macedonia today, which require, among other things, investigation of published tapped materials, urgent reforms in the judiciary and the electoral legislation. They should adopt the recommendations...
Council of the EU: A serious concern about the situation and the crisis in Macedonia
Reaffirming its conclusions in relation to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from December 2014 to April 2015, the EU's commitment to the Thessaloniki Agenda and the candidacy of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Council reiterates its concern about the situation in...
Shilegov: The building of VMRO-DPMNE is a monument of Gruevski’s crimes
This building, fortress, as Gruevski called it yesterday, is a monument over monuments of the crimes and the criminal top of VMRO-DPMNE. While Macedonia is sinking into poverty, while 180,000 people live with 40 denars per day, for this heap of stone, imagined Sultan...
The crisis in Macedonia at the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU on Monday
The political situation in Macedonia will be one of the topics that will be discussed at the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Luxembourg on Monday.
"In April 2015, the Council expressed serious concern about the deteriorating situation in the country, especially in...
Negotiations to continue on 29th of June
At the meeting on the occasion of the presentation of the report of the EU, leaders of the four parties, Gruevski, Zaev, Ahmeti and Thaci, along with Aivo Orav and Jess Bailey, agreed negotiations for resolving the crisis to continue on 29th of June.
The...
Kodzias in Skopje on Wednesday
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kodzias will travel to Skopje on Wednesday for a meeting with Macedonian political leadership. Macedonia will be the first state which Kodzias will visit on his mini-tour of the Western Balkans for strengthening relations and cooperation between Greece and the...
Party leaders will today agree whether to continue negotiations
Meeting of the leaders of the four main parties in Macedonia will be held in the Club of MPs at 1:30 pm, along with the ambassadors of the European Union and the United States in the country, Aivo Orav and Jess Bailey.
EU Ambassador Orav...
VMRO-DPMNE to celebrate its birthday and open the new building on VMRO Square
On Saturday at 7 pm, VMRO-DPMNE will celebrate its 25th birthday. 122 years since the formation of VMRO will also be marked. According to announcements, the birthday will be held in the new building of the party, which will be previously officially opened.
Representatives of...
Mogherini: Efforts for a lasting political compromise should be made
High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union Federica Mogherini this morning met with Deputy Prime Minister Fatmir Besimi.
"Deputy Prime Minister informed her about current developments in the country, including the political crisis and the efforts of the leaders of the...
Hahn after meeting with Besimi: Compromise based on the agreement of 2nd of June
After the meeting between Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Fatmir Besimi and EU Commissioner for accession negotiations Johannes Hahn in Brussels, the European Commission said that it was discussed about the current political crisis in the country, with regard to support for progress...
The state pays around 40,000 denars for the burial of the killed immigrants
The state so far paid about 16,000 euros for burial of dead immigrants.
IRC says that a burial with a plot and the rite costs around 40,000 denars. This means that the state had to pay 1,080.000 denars or about 16,000 euros for 27 immigrants.
28...
Amendments to the Law on immigrants at tomorrow’s parliamentary session
56 plenary session with a single item on the agenda, the draft law for amending and supplementing the Law on Asylum and temporary protection by a shortened procedure is to be held tomorrow at the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia.
As announced by the...
Kotevski: MOI is ready to respond to all threats
"The Ministry of Interior (MOI) monitors the security situation and all incoming announcements, knowledge and information, and, if necessary, the Ministry is ready to act," stated Deputy Minister of Public Relations at the Ministry of Interior Ivo Kotevski for META in connection with the...
