Tag: assessment

The local elections held on October 15th were held in a competitive environment, according to the statement of the Delegation of the European Union in Skopje, regarding the elections. In the evaluation of the election process, the EU refers to the initial report of the OSCE / ODIHR Mission and urges the authorities in the country to effectively review the...

Germany shares the opinion of the European Commission on the state of preparations for parliamentary elections in Macedonia, that it will take further reforms before there is an opportunity for elections in accordance with European standards, announced the German Embassy in Skopje on Thursday. The Embassy urges all political parties involved to make an effort and show political will to...

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...

This evening the US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Bailey announced that that at this stage the necessary conditions for organising credible elections on April 24 are currently not in place. US ambassador gave a statement in-front of Government, after handing over the letter with the report to the interim Prime Minister, Emil Dimitriev. Baily said that while some progress had been...

The leaders of the four political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement, have gathered at the MPs Clubhouse where they have scheduled an urgent leadership meeting for 15:00. Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci at the meeting will be presented with the assessment by the European Union and the United States concerning the conditions for fair and...

The ruling party VMRO-DPMNE today called on the State Election Commission (SEC) to urgently hold a public session to clarify all dilemmas and doubts about how long it takes to cross check data bases concerning the electoral roll, and to include the eventual field-test. Ilija Dimovski, MP and member of the VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee said that the only way to...

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 will personally take their findings...

The new year 2016 will be difficult economically, perhaps the most difficult year the country has seen in the last decade, the Economic Chamber of North-West Macedonia (OEMVP) said in an assessment. The President of the Chamber, Nebi Hoxha, said that in late January he will send a request to the Government which will propose a series of measures to...

The Serbian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Lajic said the damage done because of the closure of the border with Croatia, companies should seek justice with the Croatian or International court. He said that the pressure from Brussels on Croatia was crucial to their decision to end the blockade. “Someone will pay penalties and fines for the closure of...

Council for reviewing the indictment of the criminal court in Skopje fully approved the charges for case "Puch" and also rejected the objections of the defense of the accused, including the opposition leader Zoran Zaev, as unfounded, announced today Basic Court Skopje 1. "The Council finds that cases which are the subject of the indictment are crimes envisaged in the...

Council of Criminal Court has no legally defined deadline for the review of the indictment in the case "Puch" when to enter plea and decide whether to put it in further procedure and schedule a trial or will return it to the prosecution, as requested by the defense. Although some media on 1st of June, after the session of the...