27 December 2018
The Parliamentary Committee regarding the Political system has adopted the amendments regarding the Criminal Code as proposed by a group of MPs from the ruling majority party, in particular in reference to Article 275-v on the length of the sentence. Adopting the amendments to the Criminal Code, in Article 275- v, prison sentences for acts […]
18 December 2018
The Parliament has received seven amendments of the draft-amendments of the Constitution where two were lodged by the Alliance of the Albanians, one from Besa, one from SDSM’s MP, Muhamed Zekiri and three from the VMRO-DPMNE’s independent MP group and the coalition. Only the MP groups of the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, nor SDSM’s or DUI’s […]
13 December 2018
At yesterday’s 108th session, the Government adopted the final texts of the amendments to the Constitution and immediately passed them on to Parliament. Amendment 33 reads as follows: “In the Constitution, the words” Republic of Macedonia ” will be replaced by the words “Republic of North Macedonia “, and the word “Macedonia” shall be replaced with […]
7 December 2018
Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with the Greek daily newspaper “Ekathiremini”, today announced that he blamed the United States an the EU for brutal systematic interference in the internal affairs of Macedonia. In that context, he said that “On October 19, “Parliament passed a resolution on constitutional changes by blackmailing and bribing […]
5 December 2018
The government has announced that starting from today, it will begin organizing a series of public discussions both with experts and the general public about the draft-amendments about the changes in the Constitution. The first public discussion will take place today with a start at 16h at the government’s hall. the attendees will be addressed […]
12 November 2018
The Commission for Constitutional Affairs has adopted the fourth draft of amendments over the weekend, which ended the debate on the draft amendments to the Constitution, in accordance with the Prespa Agreement, between Macedonia and Greece.The draft amendments will be reviewed at a plenary session on December 1st, 2018. The Commission began the debate on the […]
6 November 2018
At its 100th session, on the proposal of the Ministry of Finance, the Government reviewed and adopted the amendments to the budget re-balance for 2018 which was proposed at a commission hearing in Parliament. “The eight amendments from the Government session were accepted as an addition to the proposal for amendments to the budget for […]
2 November 2018
Through an inclusive and transparent process, the Government has drafted four draft amendments to amend the Constitution in accordance with the Prespa Agreement, announced Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at a the press conference in Government. “The first amendment will be the replacement of the name Macedonia, with Northern Macedonia throughout the Constitution, except for Article […]
30 October 2018
Today, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that there is no need to further open Pandora’s Box, while commenting on moves made by the Albanian opposition – the BESA wing led by Bilal Kasami and the Albanian Alliance, who submitted draft amendments to the Constitution that will result in Macedonia strictly being defined as a civil […]
15 October 2018
The parliamentary plenary session for the Government’s proposal for constitutional changes which transpired from the Agreement with Greece has begun. The government’s proposal for constitutional changes will be clarified by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. MPs from VMRO-DPMNE are present at the session, including former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who after asking for today’s hearing of the SPO’s […]
8 October 2018
Today, the Government will hold an emergency session at 16 o’clock. The only item on the agenda will be: Proposal for accession to the amendment of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, with directions for amending and supplementing the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia. For now, it is unknown whether the Government has […]
10 August 2018
Yesterday, the Council of Europe issued a public warning on its platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists, regarding several amendments to the Electoral Code which could jeopardize the work and freedom of the media in Macedonia. The warning says that the Macedonian state is the source of such a threat […]
30 July 2018
Parliament has voted on the referendum over the name that will be of a consultative nature and will be held on September 30, with 68 votes in favor and no votes against. The ballot question will be: Are you for EU and NATO membership by accepting the Agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and the […]
26 July 2018
This afternoon, without explanation or discussion, Parliament has chosen the new structure for the State Election Commission (SEC) and the amendments to the laws that were agreed at leaders’ meeting on Monday. The SEC’s members were elected with 100 votes “for” without anyone reported. Oliver Derkovski from VMRO-DPMNE has been chosen to be the chairman […]
24 July 2018
The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia did not hold a session which was announced yesterday, where leaders were meant to agree on the election of members of the State Election Commission, amendments to the laws for financing political parties and to organize future technical governments before elections in accordance with the Przino principle. The […]
12 June 2018
The Minister of Information Society and Administration, Damjan Manchevski, today at a press conference in the Government asked the Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment, chaired by VMRO-DPMNE, to work continuously on a daily basis, until the amendment debate on the Draft Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services has ended. He said that […]
17 May 2018
The parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment held the fourth continuation of the amendment debate on the Bill on Amending the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services today, which is in second reading. VMRO-DPMNE’s fifth amendment was up for discussion, which requires the deletion of the paragraph of the bill that obliges the […]
5 February 2018
All amendments submitted for the Law on Languages have now been translated, reported the Office of Parliamentary Speaker, Talat Xhaferi. They reported that the amendments to the Law on Languages have now been archived, processed and posted to the e-parliament, and that the Translation Department had translated all submitted amendments. “The Parliament Speaker’s Office acted within its […]
30 January 2018
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi says that up until now, 17,000 amendments have been translated, out of the 35,569 amendments that the opposition submitted for the Law on the Use of Languages. “There are members who have about 300 amendments, such as the case of Article 5, which will take time to be translated. It is […]
30 January 2018
Today at noon, the 32nd session will continue at the Parliament where the 8th item on the agenda will be the discussion about the Law on languages. The Parliament’s President, Talat Xhaferri skipped this item yesterday because, as he said, the technical conditions were not met for the discussion. He informed that the parliamentary services […]
