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Gruevski: With Zaev it will be like the “Rumble in the Jungle” and “Rope a Dope”

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said in an interview with the portal "Press 24" he's making an analogy of the legendary boxing match between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman and his battle with opposition leader Zoran Zaev. Gruevski says he feels motivated by his opponent like Foreman with Ali. "Do you remember the famous "Rumble in the jungle" (Rumble in the...

Gruevski: Macedonia is just as secure as the rest of Europe

"Macedonia is just as secure as the rest of Europe. We're all in the same basket, therefore the situation requires a common and joint response in the fight against terrorism”, said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in an interview with the portal" Press 24 ". "We must not allow these threats to change our lives to the extent where they paralyse...

Plomp: The clock is ticking until elections

In the weekly interview show on “Radio Slobodna Evropa” the Dutch Ambassador W. Wouter Plomp was this weeks guest. He said during the interview that the clock is now ticking until elections, and it is extremely important for an agreement to be made for the media. Ambassador W. Plomp says that in connection with the Special Prosecutor all institutions involved...

Memeti: Institutions are reluctant to implement rules

Institutions in Macedonia are reluctant to enforce regulations and laws to deal with challenges to resolve problems and this is the main problem, says Ombudsman, Idzet Memeti, in an interview with "Radio Free Europe". "We in the Republic of Macedonia, in a parliamentary democracy have established a Special Public Prosecutor, and this says a lot about what level we are...

Bailey: The resignations of Mijalkov, Jankuloska and Janakieski are not enough

The resignations of two Ministers and the Head of Counter-Intelligence services were important, but certainly not enough, and that is why the formation of a Special Prosecution is there to investigate the issue of legal liability arising from the wire-tapped conversations, said the Ambassador of the United States in Macedonia, Jess Bailey in an interview on last night's show...

Gruevski: The opposition are trying to undermine the negotiations to postpone elections

In an interview with TV “Sitel”, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski tonight announced the construction of a new student dormitory in Skopje, he also announced that Macedonia has the lowest unemployment rate in its history at 26.8 percent and blamed the opposition of undermining negotiations in order to postpone elections which are scheduled for April next year. The Prime Minister, who...

Janeva put herself forward as Special Public Prosecutor with the ‘adequate people’

Katica Janeva in an interview with TV "News 24" said that she herself put herself forward to be the Special Public Prosecutor and applied for and contacted the "adequate people." Janeva believes she and her team will have enough capacity to handle the cases that are under their jurisdiction. “With the election and I was surprised. Personally, I wanted to...

Janeva: I expect huge support from the International Community

Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, in an interview with TV "News 24" says she feels no pressure on any subject, and will make decisions together with her team and the public will know how it will be adopted. “Every word which enters this Special Prosecutor Office will be adequately and legally analyzed, in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Act, specifically...

Poposki: Macedonia is considering building a barbed wire fence like the Hungarians

Macedonia is considering building a fence on its border, much like Hungary did to stop the large influx of migrants, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski, in an interview with Hungarian weekly "Figel." According to Popovski, Macedonia, probably "needs some kind of physical defence, although it should be a long term solution." "If you seriously consider what Europe is asking us...

Gruevski: We will accept the proposals of the opposition, but I will not resign

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in an interview with "Financial Times" says he is ready to accept the proposals of the opposition for the distribution of key positions in the period until the early elections, but he won’t accepts stepping down as prime minister. "We do not agree with this (requests for resignation). Only citizens have the right to say who...

Danielsson: Political responsibility to restore the confidence in the institutions

Christian Danielsson, Director General for Enlargement at the European Commission, in an interview with the Internet network "European Western Balkans", expressed concern about the armed attack in Kumanovo and said the case must be investigated in order to avoid inter-ethnic tensions in the country. - I am very concerned about what happened in Kumanovo. EU condemns any form of violence...

Poposki: Every day there are more people who are disappointed by the EU

Greece is trying to buy time in the name talks, emphasized Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski interview for Vienna "Die Presse". He said that the Greek government is not currently able to focus energy in anything, except to address the economic crisis. - It is a risky bet that Athens will soon focus on resolving the name dispute. Most likely they...

Ivanov doesn’t trust Gruevski’s tears?

In yesterday's interview on "Sitel", to the question that was asked directly doesn’t he convene the Security Council after reports of mass eavesdropping, behind which, according to the claims of one side, is a foreign service, President Gjorgje Ivanov replied that he could not organize a session based on "media reports and statements by experts", although the first to...

Ivanov: Greece and we have entered in a foreign name game

President of the Republic of Macedonia Gjorgje Ivanov, in yesterday's interview with TV "Sitel", said that the issue for the name dispute has a new reality and that Macedonia and Greece entered a foreign game, in which others have interests. - The name issue with Greece somehow entered into a different phase. We have a new reality. For the first...

Shekerinska for “Channel 77”: There is not a single recorded conversation between Gruevski and Mijalkov!

Vice president of SDSM Radmila Shekerinska, during her appearance in "Channel 77" in the show "Stadion," said that one of the proofs who bugged was that there is not a single conversation from the mobile phones of the Prime Minister and the Director of UBK Sasho Mijalkov. According to Shekerinska, it is clear that the wiretapping was done to keep...

Zaev: Opposition plays its role – corrective of the Government

Macedonia is in a serious political situation, says Zoran Zaev, SDSM leader, in an interview for the Bulgarian news agency "Focus". - Macedonia is currently in a tense and shocking situation that will finally bring the country on the right track. Opposition plays its role of correcting the Government, but in order to save their skin, they started arresting people....

What did Hahn said, and what he meant to say?

On Sunday’s interview for Radio Free Europe, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn summed up the visit to the country in the wake of the political crisis in his own way. META tried to "translate" Hahn’s statements in an ordinary, non-political language in order to clear up what he said, and what he actually wanted to tell...

Zaev: Foreign service cannot wiretap over 20,000 citizens

Nobody contacted me. It is very strange because at least the interior minister had to come out but there is no reaction. Now everything is clear. The public claim, debate who wiretapped our citizens, more than 20 thousand citizens of this country, is already clear to everyone, for several reasons, said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev in an interview for...

Petkovski: Macedonian Bank is child’s play compared to Zaev’s “bomb”

Our sole purpose is to reveal the reality, the truth about the way the Republic of Macedonia is ruled and to shed some light to all the knowledge of corruption, greed, crime, moral dimensions of people who lead the Republic of Macedonia today. The agreements that are made in the sphere aren’t interethnic relations, but treason. They negotiate directly...