21 October 2015
Political parties last night tried to reach an agreement on the matter of the choice of Ministers and Law on the “bombs”. The last deadline was missed of the Przhino Agreement, which expired on the 20th of October. It’s been reported that, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE stuck to their of their demands. The ruling party wants […]
20 October 2015
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, submitted a letter to the Council of Public Prosecutors for the selection of the remaining seven members of her team, “Meta” has learnt unofficially. This morning, however, at 10:00 am, the Council of Public Prosecutors began their session of which, as announced yesterday by the President of the Council, Peter […]
20 October 2015
After ten hours of marathon talks, the leaders of the political parties, all signatory to the Przhino Agreement failed to reach an agreement at the meeting which was held with EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, at the EU residence. Commissioner Hahn said he was disappointed in the meeting, but that […]
20 October 2015
The meeting of the leaders of political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement, that was held last night in the Residence of the EU ended with no agreement. First one to leave was the leader of DPA, Menduh Tachi who didn’t want to make statement for the public. After him, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti left […]
19 October 2015
The SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, arrived at a meeting with EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Johannes Hahn. He was by accompanied by Radmila Sekerinska, Renata Deskovska, Damijan Manchevski and Oliver Spasovski. Earlier, Commissioner Hahn met with the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and DUI leader Ali Ahmeti. Accompanying the Prime Minister were Foreign Minister […]
19 October 2015
According to the leader of DUI Ali Ahmeti, on whether there will be a solution to the outstanding issues, it depends on tonight’s meeting of leaders of political parties. This he made this statement after the meeting with EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. Ahmeti said Commissioner Hahn discussed current political […]
19 October 2015
The seven Assistant Prosecutors of the Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva did not appear today to give their oath of office. The Ceremony with the Council of Public Prosecutors therefore was not held. The meeting was scheduled for 11:00 am with the Council of Public Prosecutors, however none of the selected seven Assistant Prosecutors appeared neither […]
18 October 2015
After 15 hours of talks, working groups from the parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement this morning reached an agreement on electoral laws, “Meta”has learnt. The agreement of the manner of voting in SEC, the voting of the Diaspora and the clearing up of the electoral roll has now been settled. SEC members would […]
16 October 2015
The Progress Report for the country and whether Macedonia will lose its recommendation as a Member State of the EU depends on the implementation of the Przhino Agreement said European MP Ivo Vajgl, after todays meeting with SDSM leader Zoran Zaev. He stated he would start a parliamentary procedure to report on the progress and […]
16 October 2015
Negotiations between the four parties on outstanding issues will not continue until the Law specifically for Public Prosecution is enforced and respected. Just because the proposed prosecutors are not of their choosing, they can not disregard the law. This was the SDSM reaction to returning to the negotiating table. “The Council of Public Prosecutors has […]
14 October 2015
An agreement has been reached on the electoral law. We had a heavy, uneasy and uncomfortable moments, we have invested a lot of effort and time, but we have a deal, said Ilija Dimovski before the MPs Clubhouse, after SDSM left the meeting of the working groups. He said that the withdrawal of the opposition […]
14 October 2015
The State Attorney General Marko Zvrlevski after the session of the Council of Public Prosecutors said that the Prosecutors are in very poor condition. He said that, for him, the Special Prosecutor’s Office is a political prosecution because it is founded on a political agreement and confirmed that the preparation of an initiative to establish […]
14 October 2015
The Council of Public Prosecutors, after three hours of debate, today decided approve only half of Katica Janeva’s team, instead of the proposed 14. So far only seven assistant prosecutors have been approved. Of the proposed candidates not one from the Skopje Prosecutor’s Office has been accepted. After the decision was made by the Council […]
14 October 2015
European Member of Parliament, Ivo Vajgl, who is the rapporteur for Macedonia in the European Parliament and the mediator in the negotiations between VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM, to overcome the political crisis arrives in Skopje tomorrow. His visit is to inform himself about the negotiations on the implementation of the Przhino Agreement.
14 October 2015
The session between he Council of Public Prosecutors to debate and decide on the proposals of the special prosecutor team Katica Janeva 14 prosecutors began today. The second item on the agenda is the general business, personal and financial plan Janeva submitted last week to the Parliament, the Government and the Council of Public Prosecutors. […]
13 October 2015
“The Commissioner is closely monitoring the implementation of the political agreement in Skopje. He is up to date with the obstructions of the decision to adopt and regulate important issues”, says Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman for European Commissioner Johannes Hahn. “The Commissioner is concerned that political leaders are not respecting some of the deadlines agreed. […]
13 October 2015
Negotiations between the working groups of the parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement and Peter Vanhoutte lasted late into the night, and at 2:30 am, they still had no success. At the meeting, apart from mediator Peter Vanhoutte, Ilija Dimovski and Silvana Boneva from VMRO-DPMNE attended, Damijan Manchevski and Cvetanka Ilieva from SDSM attended, Artan […]
12 October 2015
The meeting between working groups, finally began between all signatories to the Przhino Agreement. Discussions over the Diaspora vote, and the responsibilities of the State Election Commission (SEC) should be decided. At the meeting attended Ilija Dimovski and Silvana Boneva from VMRO-DPMNE, Damian Manchevski and Cvetanka Ilieva from SDSM, Artan Grubi and Fatmir Besimi from […]
9 October 2015
The Bilateral meeting with MP Artan Grubi from DUI, and Belgian facilitator, Peter Vanhoutte came to an end. They both declined to make a statement, although Mr Vanhoutte Van said shortly he is optimistic, but declined to comment on anything else The Belgian expert will meet with representatives from SDSM at 16:00 pm.
9 October 2015
“The law prohibiting the publication and distribution of the materials which were a result of unlawful wire-tapping of communications, I submitted it for parliamentary procedure on October the 6th with no intention to undermine the negotiations or to cause any damage. I submitted it because the negotiations were going so well and they were expected […]
