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This year which passed, we want to forget it as soon as possible. We faced many crises and challenges. It is appropriate to learn lessons from it and come out stronger, wiser and more responsible. We should not allow all that was negative to repeat itself, according to a New Year's greetings from President Gjorge Ivanov to the citizens. He...

Today, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, during his traditional New Year's speech, called on the people to stop the rhetoric of division into patriots and traitors and asked for forgiveness, reconciliation and responsibility. Ivanov said he would never agree for Macedonia to be a bi-national or federal state. He urged politicians not to think about post-election bargaining over national interests, and...

The Republic of Macedonia supports the democratically elected government of the Republic of Turkey, and we are currently holding a meeting which assesses the security issues of this situation, reported President Gjorgi Ivanov’s Cabinet. "After receiving information about the attempted military coup in Turkey, the Army of the Republic of Macedonia undertook a series of measures and activities for the...

We received the news about what happened today in the UK with great concern, primarily because all our strategic objectives are aimed towards the European Union, stated today the President of the country, Gjorgi Ivanov, during his visit to the Ministry of Interior. Ivanov said that Europe now finds itself in a new situation for which they have no previous...

The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorgi Ivanov will today address the nation, announced the President’s Cabinet. In the statement, it does not imply what topic the President will be discussing at 18:45. This will be the fourth time Ivanov addresses the nation in the last two and a half months. His first address was on April the 12th when...

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, on his twitter account, welcomed President Gjorgi Ivanov’s decision to fully revoke all 56 pardons he had granted to politicians and their associates and urges party leaders, signatories to the Przhino Agreement to go back to the negotiating table. https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/739872102489133060 https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/739873136661958656 https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/739873866059808768

Under pressure from all open-minded citizens who have been fighting to restore freedom, democracy, and justice, the person Gjorge Ivanov has now completely annulled all of his shameful, illegal and unconstitutional pardons. This was the reaction today from the SDSM after President Ivanov fully withdrew all the pardons he had granted in April. "The decision to grants those pardons was...

The President, Gjorgi Ivanov decided to withdraw the remaining 34 pardons which he had granted on April 12 of this year, it said in a written statement by Ivanov, sent from his cabinet this afternoon. In the statement, it says that after the President had annulled 22 pardons, referring to the politicians, and none of the remaining 34 people who...

“We expect and believe that the President will honour his constitutional obligations and will enable the realization of the rule of law. We still expect an answer to the question we have asked the President, regarding where and how Ivanov acquired information on our confidential cases”, said Lenche Ristovksa, spokeswoman, and prosecutor at the Special Prosecutor's Office. She noted that investigations...

The moderator of the panel at today’s Brdo-Brijuni Process Summit in Sarajevo asked President Gjorgi Ivanov an interesting question, “Would Alexander the Macedon do well in business in today's Macedonia?”, to which the President replied and changed the story a little and said, “even Jesus Christ wouldn’t make it, if he came calling they would kill him”. “Same goes for...

"What elections? Are you joking?" This was the reaction of the leader of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Ali Ahmeti, when he answered the first question in an interview with the Austrian newspaper "Der Standard" about the elections. The DUI’s response explains the parties position on meeting all the criteria, according to them, the credibility of the elections has to...

The US State Department once again have asked the President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov to withdraw his decision on the pardons and to allow the Special Public Prosecutor's Office and the courts to do their job. At yesterday's briefing for journalists Elizabeth Trudeau, Director of the Press Office at U.S. Department of State said: "We and the EU have made our...

Today's protests came to a peaceful end where the public are still demanding the resignation of President Gjorge Ivanov and the withdrawal of his decision to pardon politicians under investigation. The final destination of protesters organized by the association "I protest" again was the the government, but tonight they did not throw paint, they only chanted "Nikola, you can not...

The civil movement "I protest" which has now lasted for five consecutive days organized by citizens protesting and demanding the the resignation of President Gjorge Ivanov due to his recent decision to pardon a large number of politicians under investigation, have decided that today, they shall not protest. The next protest is scheduled for tomorrow at 18:00. The place of...

EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn this morning held an urgent meeting with the mediators of the Przhino Agreement, MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan on yesterday's decision by President Gjorge Ivanov to stop the trials of political leaders. Howitt wrote on Twitter about the meeting and said in addition to the photo of the meeting,...

Today's decision of President Gjorge Ivanov to stop trials of politicians puts into question Macedonia's commitment to promoting the rule of law, said the European Commission tonight. "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has committed itself to promoting the rule of law and fighting impunity. Against this background, today's decision by President Ivanov on the pardoning of a number of officials...

European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, condemned today's decision by President Gjorge Ivanov to annul the trials of politicians, noting that it is contrary to the rule of law. "Today's actions of President Ivanov are not in line with my understanding of the rule of law. In the light of these developments, I have serious doubts whether...

The President, Gjorge Ivanov, today came to the decision to pardon and grant amnesty to all politicians who are undergoing judicial proceedings. Ivanov said this afternoon, in an address to the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia. It is yet to be seen how Ivanov's decision will affect preliminary proceedings and all investigative procedures opened by Special Public Prosecution against current...

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders today in Skopje will meet with the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki and the President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov. The Foreign Ministry announced that the main topic of discussion will be dealing with the migrant crisis, the Dutch Presidency of the EU Council, the European integration of Macedonia and the bilateral relations between the two...

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov handed the mandate for constituting the Government of the Republic of Macedonia to Emil Dimitriev. Emil Dimitriev, the former Secretary General of VMRO-DPMNE, on Thursday was elected by the Executive Committee of VMRO-DPMNE as a candidate for Prime Minister for the transitional Government. On Friday, Nikola Gruevski submitted his resignation to the President of Parliament Trajko Veljanoski,...