Tag: Agreement

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....

In Macedonia there are no conditions for free and fair elections, and yesterday it was confirmed by the ambassadors of the US and the EU, Jess Baily and Aivo Orav said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, at a press conference. He stated that reforms have not been not implemented in the media, and the voters' list has not been cleansed, which...

I encourage all VMRO-DPMNE officials and call upon them, not to even think about putting pressure or intimidating voters, and I encourage them to send written instructions to their institutions in the same direction, said the President of the ruling party, Nikola Gruevski in an interview with the portal "Telegraf". “I want to remind everyone that VMRO-DPMNE has changed the...

The parties participating in the negotiations over the media, today have no idea what the future holds after last nights failed last attempt to reform the media. Only information from "Netpress" reported that negotiations will continue again today, implicating that the process over the media may not be dead in the water just yet. Meanwhile SDSM, say that this information is...

“The Election date is defined by law and was voted by all political parties in Parliament and is part of the Przhino Agreement. So far I do not see any reason for that date, and that law to be debatable”, stated the interim Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev who is conducting the elections, in Government, while responding to a reporter's...

There are no conditions for fair elections on April 24 of this year, said today at a press conference the Chairman of the civic association "Most", who were presented with the report of the monitoring of the pre-election period from November 1 to December 31 last year. “ If there were delays in January with the process of cleansing the...

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...

Today, at the EU Info Centre in Skopje, journalists and editors from major media outlets in Macedonia signed a Declaration for ethical reporting on elections, organized by the Council for Media Ethics of Macedonia (SEMM). The signing of the Declaration was attended by EU Ambassador to Macedonia Aivo Orav, British Ambassador Charles Garrett, and Dutch Ambassador Willem Wouter Plomp. The Declaration...

The President of SDSM Zoran Zaev in an interview with "Al Jazeera, Balkan" said that there was no chance that the opposition will participate in elections on April 24. “There are two key reasons for this announcement. Firstly the electoral list has not been cleansed and on the list you can find dead voters or voters who have been reported...

Today in Pristina an agreement was signed by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs from Macedonia and Kosovo, Nikola Poposki and Hashim Thaci. It will allow citizens to move across the border with bio-metric ID cards as well as opening the border crossing Belanovce – Stanic. Both ministers decided that these agreements will benefit the citizens and businesses of both countries, and...

All parties have submitted methodologies to the SEC for the cleansing of the electoral list, which means that the opposition has accepted the cleansing methodology proposed by the SEC. After the SEC formally adopts the methodology, they can start the procedure for renewing the voters' list. "Meta" has learnt that the session to adopt the methodology of the SEC maybe held...

On January the 3rd, the Prime Minister announced that he would resign before January the 15th in order to fulfil the Przhino Agreement. "In accordance with the agreement, on January the 15th a new government with a Prime Minister will be elected for the conduct of parliamentary elections. Previously, of course, I will resign, and as for who will be...

The leadership meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, where the leaders from the main four political parties, VMRO-DPMNE , SDSM, DUI and DPA will decide on the three experts for the State Election Commission and will be discussing matters concerning the media. The leader of the main opposition party, SDSM, Zoran Zaev, expects next week for an agreement to be...

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem today signed a Declaration of Friendship between the two countries, Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investments. As announced by the Prime Minister's Cabinet, the Prime Ministers confirmed the excellent relations between Macedonia and Israel. Gruevski and Netanyahu discussed topics...

Today at the MPs Clubhouse, political parties continue negotiations to reform the media in accordance with the Przhino Agreement to get out of the current political crisis. Participants in the negotiations have said that the debate continues that there is no convergence of views. According to unofficial information, the SDSM wants to abolish government advertising, however the government wants it...

Today's choice of Ministers and Deputy Ministers is another step that will contribute to free and fair elections, said opposition leader Zoran Zaev in front of Parliament after the session in which MP's were sworn in as new Members of the Parliament. “The role of these people will only control the operation of the Government and to ensure the free...

Tonight the German Embassy welcomed the agreement by the parties and said it expects a swift implementation of the decisions. “We welcome the (declarative) agreement reached by the parties, and now expect swift implementation of the decisions. The time until the elections is short and there will be fair conditions if everything is done what is agreed, we'll see all in...

The leaders of the four political parties, all signatory to the Przhino Agreement, this morning reached an agreement on the Law on Government and the Law on the “Bombs". Therefore, the deadlines have begun for early parliamentary elections, scheduled for April 24, 2016. On Monday: The new Ministers and Deputy Ministers from SDSM will officially be elected into the Government. January 1, 2016: The...

Today at the MPs Clubhouse  a new meeting will be held of the working group to finalize the Przhino Agreement. The mediator in talks between the four main political parties Peter Vanhoutte, said they achieved some progress on outstanding issues from the agreement of June the 2nd and July the 15th , but there is still no final agreement. In...

Representatives of the political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement today need to meet and discuss the outstanding issues, uncovers "Meta". According to our information, they will be discussing the draft-bill for Government that Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte handed out to them last week. The information indicates that any remarks made by policy parties, however the points of view from...