9 October 2015
Belgian expert Peter Vanhoutte, who is one of the facilitators in the negotiations of the working groups to the parties to the Przhino Agreement, today has a series of meetings with representatives with various political parties in Parliament, to bring their views together on issues relating to election laws. At 12:00 pm, he met with representatives […]
8 October 2015
At four o’clock this morning the negotiations between the working groups of the Przhino Agreement came to an end; this time with no success. Despite the Belgian mediator Peter Vanhoutte’s last minute optimism, it was reported that talks continued late into the night, in an extremely tense atmosphere. According to unofficial information, because of the […]
7 October 2015
Today at the Clubhouse for MP’s, the Head of the EU Delegation Ambassador Aivo Orav said that the working groups had agreed on two laws, whistle-blowers and the disclosure of the “Bombs” were to be reworked. “Negotiations are continuing, there is progress and I expect we will achieve an agreement by tonight”, said Ambassador Orav. […]
6 October 2015
For human rights expert ZarkoTrajanovski the law which prohibits the publication of the “bombs” in his opinion, is ridiculous and is a transparent attempt by a criminal gang to impose censorship and to excuse themselves, from the tangled situation they find themselves in. “The same gang responsible for the mass illegal wire-tapping of thousands of people, who […]
30 September 2015
Katica Janeva’s selection of prosecutors stirred some skepticism today, and comments from legal experts. According to Professor Gordon Kalajdziev, who was shortlisted for the position of Special Public Prosecution, but was dismissed at the last moment, said there were a few strange things in the choice of the selected prosecutors. “Firstly, it is obvious that […]
6 September 2015
In recent days local committees from VMRO-DPMNE have been working on their membership, making lists of active members, passive members, and supporters who have given up on them, ‘Meta’ has discovered. This activity was planned in anticipation of parliamentary elections, scheduled for April 2016, which the ruling party has taken seriously into account and is […]
23 July 2015
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVR) reported it concluded contracts for reciprocal recognition of driver’s licenses between Macedonia and Italy, Spain, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro. MVR inform that based on the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of 1968, Macedonia mutually recognizes driver’s licenses with Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Hungary, Belgium and Austria. There are ongoing […]
20 July 2015
The talks for implementing the agreement aimed at overcoming the political crisis have begun. The agreement was reached last week by leaders of the four biggest political parties in Macedonia and was mediated by the European Commissioner for union Enlargement. Today’s meeting will be dedicated to matters concerning the scheduled early elections, which according to […]
19 July 2015
In a statement to the public, the opposition SDSM said that Gruevski is scared of the solutions he has to agree with the opposition for releasing areas for which there is strong criticism in the report of Priebe: the media, the judiciary, regulatory bodies, such as the Anti-Corruption Commission, Public Security Bureau, SEC, PRO. -It […]
16 July 2015
After signing the agreement of Przhino, European diplomats slowly began to open. The night was hard, they tell, and the representatives of the European institutions used “brutal” language to make clear to the four signatories that “this is the last chance”, states a diplomatic source from a European institution that was present at all stages […]
15 July 2015
The President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov welcomed the agreement of the political leaders reached in mediation of Commissioner Johannes Hahn and the MEPs Eduard Kukan, Ivo Vajgl and Richard Howitt. – I expect the political climate to normalize as soon as possible, and to restore full commitment to European integration of Macedonia. Precisely in this […]
15 July 2015
The European Commission and the three MEPs Richard Howitt, Eduard Kukan and Ivo Vajgl, with a joint statement welcomed the agreement and sent a message that “they will closely monitor the implementation in the coming months”. In September we will hold another high-level dialogue (HLAD), a platform established by the previous Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan […]
15 July 2015
The leaders of the four political parties, mediated by the EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn after long talks, late this morning, reached an agreement for exit of the political crisis in the country. – We reached an agreement, signed by the leaders of the four major parties and I am satisfied with the achieved – […]
14 July 2015
Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis requests Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to withdraw the agreement with creditors before making final decisions in the Parliament. Lafazanis, who from the beginning is a sharp opponent of the demands and proposals of the European institutions and considers measures humiliating, said in his written decision that the agreement is unacceptable and […]
13 July 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras returns to Greece with a commitment the Greek Parliament to vote on the whole list conditions and priority actions agreed at the 17 hours of negotiations on a new Greek assistance in Brussels until Wednesday. Plan B for Greece’s exclusion from the Eurozone is avoided, but for Greece to proceed […]
9 July 2015
Recent developments in Macedonia led Commissioner Johannes Hahn to again schedule a trip to Skopje in the first half of next week, stated his spokeswoman Maja Kocijanik for META. It is unclear whether his visit will coincide with that of Victoria Nuland, but the US and the EU will coordinate. Kocijanchik also stated that discussions […]
8 July 2015
Asked for reaction on the press – conference of Zoran Zaev in which he announced that negotiations are unsuccessful, the European Commission, through its spokeswoman Maja Kocijanchik, stated for META: “Our position is quite clear: we urgent call on the parties to find a compromise in the interest of the country and the citizens. Agreement […]
8 July 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing the most intense 48 hours in his prime ministerial career. Torn between the Greek “no” to the rigorous measures, pressures from the extreme wing of SYRIZA not to accept European pressures, agreement and promise to most of the Greek political forces that an agreement that will keep the […]
2 July 2015
It seems that the agreement of 2nd of June is slowly but surely applied in practice. This is indicated by the recent reactions of the government and the opposition, which likely want to be cooperative while negotiations last and give a positive impression to foreign observers. The sureness of the decision of the agreement is […]
29 June 2015
Leaders of the main political parties met today at the MPs Club to continue discussions on the precise organization of the government that would prepare the elections, as provided for in the sixth item of the agreement of 2nd of June, according to press releases of SDSM, DUI and VMRO-DPMNE. – In this context, the […]
