5 August 2017
Tomorrow, Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, will officially announce the local elections, which should be held on October the 5th, 2017, informed the Speaker’s cabinet. “The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Talat Xhaferi, on August the 6th, on Sunday, at 12:00 pm, will sign a Resolution for the official announcement of the elections of members of the […]
23 June 2017
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva expects to find a solution within a short period of time to extend the deadline for filing charges and announced that in the period that follows, the SPO will continue to open investigations into other wiretapped conversations that result in criminal offenses. This, Janeva stated from Ohrid, where she os […]
26 May 2017
SDSM’s party president and mandatary for the new government, Zoran Zaev, today, before the meeting with the president of the Besa Movement, Biljal Kasami at the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, has announced that it is unlikely he will be able to submit the lineup of the new government at the Parliament. -I don’t […]
20 February 2017
U.S. Ambassador Jess Baily, in an interview for “Sitel TV” said that the attitude of the international community is that the Special Public Prosecutor’s (SPO) mandate has to be extended (the deadline for closing investigations and filing charges). The MP and the member of the VMRO-DPMNE’s Executive Committee, Antonio Miloshoski, last night, in an interview […]
17 February 2017
SDSM leader, Zoran Zaev confirmed that late last night, they received a document from DUI with proposals for the Law on Languages. He added that he hasn’t seen personally what the document contains, but the working group, consisting of Oliver Spasovski, Radmila Shekjerinska, and Renata Deskoska, are going through the material. “For us, everything under […]
19 December 2016
Political parties SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, before the deadline expires (tonight at midnight), said they would file complaints to the Administrative Court over some of the decisions made by the SEC regarding the course of the voting process in the elections held on December 11. The Administrative Court, however, according to Article 150 of the Electoral […]
3 December 2016
Tomorrow marks exactly one year after the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) has taken over the cases related to the illegal wiretapping from the Public Prosecution. According to the Law on the SPO, the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva and her team have six months left to investigate and file charges relating to cases arising from […]
12 November 2016
The State Election Committee has to check and confirm the candidate lists until Sunday midnight that the political parties have submitted for the forthcoming parliamentary elections set for 11th of December i.e. 48 hours after the lists’ submissions. In case of irregularities by the members of SEC, the participants in the elections will have to […]
9 November 2016
Rapporteurs for Macedonia, who have now added Knut Flekenshtajn to their composition, who is replacing Richard Howitt, are closely follow developments in the country leading to the elections and so far there has been no development of other scenarios, reported Eduard Kukan to “Meta” who is also a rapporteur for Macedonia at the European Parliament […]
19 October 2016
If all goes well at the elections on December the 11th and they meet the expectations of the public, political parties and the guarantors of the Pržino Agreement, a new Parliament will be constituted by December the 31st the latest, and a new government by mid-February, next year, the latest. This stems from the terms […]
2 September 2016
Early parliamentary elections have been twice postponed so far, and now they have been scheduled for December 11. This was agreed two days ago by the leaders of the political parties, signatories to the Pržino Agreement after elections were postponed on April 24 and June 5. If the political parties do not change their minds […]
30 August 2016
The leaders’ meeting, where conditions are meant to be reviewed for holding elections as well as how the agreement from July 20, should take place tomorrow at 13:00, “Meta” has learned from sources within the SDSM party. “In principle, the meeting should take place tomorrow at 13:00”, the opposition party told us. The VMRO-DPMNE say […]
28 August 2016
Political parties signatories to the Pržino Agreement failed to meet all the deadlines stipulated by the agreement which was reached on July 20, before the leaders’ meeting where leaders’ are meant to determine a date for early parliamentary elections. The agreement came to a standstill during the formation of the ad hoc body to regulate […]
3 August 2016
The parties and institutions, two weeks after the representatives from the four political parties reached an agreement for an interim government to organize elections, have fulfilled all the deadlines outlined in the agreement. What remains: August 18 – Final deadline for the disputable voters to report to the SEC August 19 – The formation of […]
3 June 2016
The Special Public Prosecution (SPO) currently has seven open preliminary investigations, with 60 suspects, while the total number of investigations increases, said the spokesperson for the SPO, prosecutor Lenche Ristoska. A large number of the pre-investigate procedures, as suggested by the prosecutor, are focused on financial crime, which means more time is needed to finish […]
31 March 2016
External testing of students this year was moved a few days later, however it is not because of the elections, the Ministry of Education told “Meta” unofficially, in response to what teachers and parents believe is the reason why the school year has been extended. “This does not mean that the school year will be […]
26 February 2016
Three days ago, the leaders of the four political parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement came to the decision to postpone the early parliamentary elections which were scheduled for April 24, for the later date, June 5. Here are the time and the dates which need to be respected. April 7 (60 days […]
1 February 2016
The fulfilment of five deadlines expected this month, by politicians, working groups and institutions responsible for conducting elections. On February 2 (tomorrow) the working groups should hold a meeting with Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte, where VMRO-DPMNE should deliver their final answer on whether they accept the proposals from SDSM, and the opposition to withdraw all […]
13 January 2016
On January the 3rd, the Prime Minister announced that he would resign before January the 15th in order to fulfil the Przhino Agreement. “In accordance with the agreement, on January the 15th a new government with a Prime Minister will be elected for the conduct of parliamentary elections. Previously, of course, I will resign, and […]
26 December 2015
It was agreed that the new government is to be inaugurated on 15th of January. These deadlines will be respected, said the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski at the opening of Mother Theresa Square and the underground garage “Kresnensko vostanie”. He would not comment on whether he would step on January the 10th , as said […]
