Tag: British Embassy

No one should stand in the way of investigations of the Special Public Prosecutor because otherwise there will be no sustainable resolution of the political crisis, said Ambassador of Great Britain to Macedonia Charles Garrett, in his comment on the SPO’s investigation into the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK). Garrett, without commenting on specific details of the investigation, stressed...

Today, the British Embassy welcomed the agreement which was finally reached by the political parties and stressed that they need to implement the agreement with just as much effort. “My broad view is that any agreement is only as good as its implementation. That’s what has failed in the past. If this agreement is to succeed, the parties will have...

The British Embassy in Macedonia in a statement called upon political leaders to reach a consensus on outstanding issues in order to ensure fair and democratic elections. “Considerable work remains to be done to bring about credible elections, notably on the voters’ list and to create a level playing field in the media. Progress on reforms so far has been based...

Allegations stemming from wiretapped conversations are serious and merit a full and transparent investigation, So said, a statement from the United Kingdom's Embassy concerning a Macedonian Court's decision from preliminary hearings which ruled the wiretapped conversations as inadmissible evidence. The British Ambassador, while not commenting on specifics of the preliminary hearings but did say that any investigation should be...

British Embassy in Skopje responded to the mass wiretapping and published recordings by the president of the opposition Zoran Zaev. "We do not comment on questions about our private conversations. However, there are serious claims of abuse of power, criminal activities and degree of influence of the Macedonian secret services in politics, media, judiciary and other aspects of everyday life....