6 July 2016
The EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Aivo Orav today stated that he is expecting the visit from the German Special Envoy to Macedonia, Johannes Haindl to influence developments on resolving the political crisis and announced that the International Community will continue to support the process. “I hope that today’s visit will affect developments. Last week, Ambassadors of […]
1 July 2016
The European Union is deeply concerned about the political crisis. Instead of finding a solution, the country is again at a standstill, announced today in Skopje EU Ambassador to Macedonia Aivo Orav, accompanied by other Ambassadors of EU member states. “More than a month has passed since the Parliament reconvened. Regrettably, we have not seen […]
16 June 2016
The parties are not even close to agreeing to conditions that will contribute to fair and democratic elections in Autumn.The SDSM spokesman, Petre Shilegov at today’s press conference, responding to reporters questions, said the negotiations have been suspended because the VMRO-DPMNE wants to discuss the questionable voters on the electoral roll and about the regulation […]
31 May 2016
EU Ambassador, Aivo Orav and Dutch Ambassador, Wouter Plomp, at today’s debate organized by “Transparency International Macedonia”, declared that the pardons must be withdrawn completely, as it is the only way to avoid selective justice. The Ambassadors said that all stakeholders must support the work of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO). “The European Union clearly […]
10 May 2016
“The political crisis is getting increasingly deeper. Fast and serious decisions are needed. There s no more time for delays and obstruction”, said EU Ambassador Aivo Orav while attending celebrations for May 9, Europe Day at the EU InfoCentre. “The Przhino Agreement from last year, has created hope among the political parties, the general public and […]
19 April 2016
The Ambassadors of the US and EU, Jess Baily and Aivo Orav in the next few days will have meetings with representatives from various civil society organizations, diplomatic sources told journalists at “Meta”. Meetings such as our source says, aims to calm the situation in the country, after the situation escalated followed by the decision by of […]
15 April 2016
Political parties should start be preparing for elections and the violence has to stop, said EU Ambassador Orav at the promotion of an EU funded project to strengthen the rule of law. He hopes that political leaders will take full responsibility and will eventually begin to solve this deep political crisis. “I want to call […]
14 April 2016
US Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess Baily after meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov today, again condemned his decision to halt the trials against politicians and also urged everyone to avoid the use of violence. “Mass pardon equals impunity and that equals an obstacle to credible elections, and the Euro-Atlantic path. And that peaceful demonstration is a […]
14 April 2016
NGO’s, today handed a third letter to US Ambassador Jess Baily, and also EU Ambassador Avio Orav, the letter states that not even the minimum requirements for credible elections have been met. At 18:00 they will protest outside Parliament to demand a postponement of the forthcoming elections which are scheduled to be held on June […]
8 April 2016
Macedonian political leaders have a responsibility to their citizens to return the country to Euro-Atlantic path through the implementation of political agreements and priority reforms, said US Ambassador Jess Baily and EU Ambassador Aivo Orav. “The EU and U.S. have supported all parties and stakeholders in their work to create the conditions for credible elections. […]
16 March 2016
Now only the President can decide whether he will strengthen or weaken democracy, said EU Ambassador Aivo Orav, regarding the Constitutional Court to repeal the amendments to the Amnesty Law adopted in 2009, which will allow the President to pardoned people convicted of electoral fraud. “We have criticized your country many times for not having […]
22 February 2016
EU Ambassador Aivo Orav through his official “Twitter” account told political parties that tomorrow, together with MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan will have to come to a final agreement on early parliamentary elections. “The Ambassadors of the EU states have discussed the situation. The parties have to find a solution; tomorrow is […]
21 February 2016
The delegation of the European Union (EU) and the Embassy of the United States (US) in Macedonia today, as announced, should be announcing their assessment on whether there are conditions for holding early parliamentary elections on April 24. Initially, the assessment by the EU and the US should have been announced yesterday, however, the embassies […]
20 February 2016
Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and United States (US) in the country, Aivo Orav and Jess Baily according to announcements this afternoon should announce their assessment of whether there are conditions for holding early parliamentary elections on April 24. There has been no official confirmation on how the ambassadors will announce their decision, whether they […]
19 February 2016
The expected Assessment on whether the right conditions exist for holding elections on April 24 is unlikely to be announced today, “Meta” has discovered. According to a senior diplomat, the final text of the joint statement is still being prepared in Brussels and Washington. Talks are ongoing between political parties at a local level. EU […]
19 February 2016
Today the ambassadors of the US and the European Union, Jess Bailey and Aivo Orav have to make an assessment on whether there are conditions for fair and democratic elections. One of the conditions set for the parties was to reach an agreement for the media, but such a thing did not happen yesterday. As […]
17 February 2016
On February 19 we will evaluate whether Macedonia will be ready for early parliamentary elections on April 24. In the current phase, we still cannot assess which direction the situation will move in. Everything is in the hands of the parties. Today Ambassador Orav answered a question from the media at a press conference for IPA […]
17 February 2016
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. […]
16 February 2016
I am hoping for a solution, but I am not optimistic, said the Belgian mediator Peter Vanhoutte before the MPs Clubhouse and the beginning of a meeting with the working groups from all parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement. “We will discuss all proposals from all political parties, jourlaists’ associations and organizations. I’m aware that […]
9 February 2016
Today at the EU Info Centre, EU Ambassadors and Ambassador Aivo Orav came together and met with the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, which just happened to be on her birthday, and expressed their support for her work. “All of the Ambassadors from the European Union in Skopje express their strong support for the independence of […]
