13 June 2015
“Only the withdrawal of Nikola Gruevski and forming a transitional government, which will allow the necessary conditions for fair and democratic elections, could normalize and restore the democratic and European perspective of the country”, reads the written response of SDSM to today’s statement of Prime Minister Gruevski from Resen, in which he accused opposition leader […]
13 June 2015
“We didn’t accept technical government, transitional government or something like that in Brussels, and what happened were different ideas of the people who tried to help us, which Mr. Zaev refused from first to last,” said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski today, commenting on the negotiations in Brussels on 10th of June, which he assessed as […]
12 June 2015
The views of SDSM on the occasion of the held meeting are presented in the statements of party functionaries and official declarations of the party, SDSM reacts in a statement. The party says that the course and outcome of the leadership meeting held in Brussels caused various comments, speculations and misinformation in the media and […]
11 June 2015
Today, after returning from Brussels, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said that it will be revealed which is the politician because of who an agreement was not reached yesterday. – Who was to blame? If you ask foreigners, they will say that at this point, it was Zaev, in the next, Gruevski, afterwards it was Ahmeti, […]
11 June 2015
Negotiations that lasted more than 12 hours in Brussels between the leaders of VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DPA and DUI, Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci, were unsuccessful. SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE accused each other of breaking the negotiations. Here are the statements of the concerned parties at one place: Nikola Gruevski: Zaev didn’t come […]
10 June 2015
Leaders of four largest political parties in the Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski (VMRO-DMNE), Zoran Zaev (SDSM), Menduh Thaci (DPA) and Ali Ahmeti (DUI), will continue the negotiations to resolve the political crisis in the country in the building “Berlaymont” the European Commission in Brussels today. The host of the meeting was EU Enlargement Commissioner […]
9 June 2015
SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, along with the delegation, will attend tomorrow’s meeting in Brussels with EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn. “The statement by EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn along with the OSCE Secretary General that the final report of OSCE/ODIHR on the early parliamentary elections in Macedonia in 2014 contains a number of shortcomings of the […]
8 June 2015
EU Commissioner for enlargement today won’t give a media statement, as it was mentined in Friday’s announcement of SDSM, after the telephone conversation between Zoran Zaev and Johannes Hahn, learns META from sources from Brussels. We learn that so far there is no precise time of when it would be held or in which format, […]
5 June 2015
“The European Commission confirmed that the organization of government that would prepare the elections would be determined on 10th of June in Brussels,” reads the statement of SDSM after today’s telephone conversation between party leader Zoran Zaev and EU Commissioner for the neighboring policy and enlargement Johannes Hahn, in which is also added that the […]
2 June 2015
If transitional government is not arranged by 10th of June, the agreement for elections in April is canceled, reports “Nova TV“. After the long and tense meeting between the leaders of SDSM, VMRO-DPMNE, DUI and DPA with Commissioner Johannes Hahn and US Ambassador Jess Bailey, who joined them later, it was announced that early parliamentary […]
12 May 2015
The European Commission today in Brussels stressed that it must be clarified who is responsible for the clash between the police and the armed people in Kumanovo in order for the European Union and the Commission to be able to act, emphasized Maja Kocijanchik, spokeswoman for EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn. She noted that the […]
12 May 2015
Macedonia will likely be on the agenda of the meeting of foreign ministers of the EU on Monday at the request of some Member States such as Austria, confirmed sources in the EU Council for META. Diplomatic sources inform that the security assessment for Macedonia is not negative given that the so-called terrorist group was […]
11 May 2015
Through a joint statement, today reacted the three MEPs who mediated the negotiations between VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM in Brussels, Ivo Vajgl, Edward Kukan and Richard Howitt. “We are deeply concerned about the events in Kumanovo this weekend. We condemn all violent actions against public order and attempts to destabilize the situation in the country. We […]
21 April 2015
Council of EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs adopted conclusions that expressed deep concern about the deteriorating situation in Macedonia, especially in the area of rule of law, fundamental rights and freedom of the media, which are core values at the heart of the EU and its enlargement policy. In the interest of citizens, democracy, the […]
20 April 2015
Government delegation led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Brussels will today meet with senior European officials to overcome the political situation in Macedonia. Tomorrow in Luxembourg, the foreign ministers will discuss the situation in Macedonia and is expected to be concluded to overcome the political crisis in the country.
15 April 2015
Negotiations between representatives of SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE to resolve the political crisis in Macedonia continue today in Brussels. Mediators involved in the dialogue are former and new rapporteur for Macedonia at the European Parliament, Richard Howitt and Ivo Vajgl, as well as Slovak MEP Edward Kukan. The first meeting was held in Brussels two weeks […]
13 April 2015
The negotiating teams of SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE on Wednesday, will for the second time meet in the European Parliament with the mediation the three MEPs Vajgl – Kukan – Howitt, learns television “Telma”. Tactics and negotiation strategies are held secret from both parties, as well as at the first meeting, on which the only outcome […]
30 March 2015
Representatives of VMRO DPMNE and SDSM in Brussels today had a meeting with MEPs Ivo Vajgl, Richard Howitt and Edward Kukan. After the meeting was issued a statement which only reads that all participants agreed that discussions should continue. In addition, no information regarding the content of the talks leaked. Representatives of SDSM met MEPs […]
30 March 2015
In Brussels began the first direct meeting between representatives of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM to overcome the political crisis in the country with the mediation of the European Parliament. According to the announcement, the meeting takes place behind closed doors, reports MTV. The meeting of representatives of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM is with MEPs Kukan, Weigel and […]
25 March 2015
The first meeting between representatives of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM with European facilitators are expected to be held next week in Brussels, reports “Alsat M”. After the completion of the two-day conference on political culture and dialogue organized by the European Parliament, although the parties did not move from their known positions, confirmed readiness next week […]
