23 April 2019
The presidential elections in North Macedonia were well implemented but the legal framework needs further improvement, stated the international observers, who presented their first reports. – The fundamental freedoms of gathering and expressing were respected and the election day was peaceful and transparent. But, there is still a need for wider election reform – stated […]
10 April 2019
The statement by the President of the Government, Zoran Zaev announcing a tender for March the 29th for the purchase and installation of new electrostatic filters in REK Bitola, Vistinomer.mk assessed as “inconsistent”. “The investment is estimated at 20.4 million euros, funds that the company will provide from its own resources, which also pleases us […]
14 August 2018
The European Federation of Journalists (EFN) has given its support to the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM), which oppose the recent changes of the Electoral Code. According to the changes, paid political advertising regarding the election […]
26 July 2018
The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AAVMU) condemns the adopted amendments to the Electoral Codex, which were adopted yesterday in Parliament, in a shortened procedure. They claim some of the solutions are scandalous. Their first objection is about the change regarding paid political advertising, which till now it used to be paid by […]
11 August 2017
The members of the State Committee for Corruption Prevention will return to work on Monday, as on Sunday their vacation ends, as was confirmed by the Committee for Meta. The Anti-Corruption Committee was at the center of political clashes when VMRO-DPMNE’s MPs have filed a request from DKSK to state its opinion. The MPs claim […]
11 August 2017
The eighth continuation of the parliamentary debate regarding the dismissal of Attorney General, Marko Zvrlevski, has begun and has been developing with the same pattern of remarks and counter-remarks between the MPs of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE and on procedural remarks. Today, at the beginning of the continuation of the session, VMRO-DPMNE’s MP, Ilija Dimovski asked […]
11 August 2017
The provision of Article 8-a of the Electoral Code, which VMRO-DPMNE requested an opinion from the State Commission for Preventing Corruption (SCPC), regarding the parliamentary debate on the dismissal of the Attorney General, Marko Zvrlevski, was added to the Electoral Code in accordance with the Przino Agreement, which was signed to solve the political crisis […]
4 May 2017
On the 10th of May, the Constitutional court of the Republic of Macedonia will discuss the initiatives for canceling two articles from the Law for local municipalities and the Election Code which in turn would allow the mayors and the councilors to remain in their functions until local elections are organized. Apparently, the court announced […]
19 August 2016
Today is the deadline for disputed voters to register for the electoral roll and it will be reviewed at a public session on Tuesday, the SEC told “Meta”. The Commission added that there will not be an extension of the deadline for inspection and registration for the electoral roll, except if Parliament approves amendments to […]
26 July 2016
The State Election Committee will tomorrow publish on their official website, the names of the 39.502 disputable voters, they will have a deadline of 25 days to get back on the electoral roll, decided the Commission at today’s session. Registering for the electoral roll will be carried out in person, where the ‘disputable voter’ will […]
20 May 2016
President Gjorgi Ivanov has already received and signed off on the laws which MPs approved in yesterday’s session in Parliament. The laws will be enforced as soon as they are published in the Official Gazette. MPs at yesterday’s session voted on the Law on Pardons (“partial pardons”), the Law on Privacy (“Bombs” can not be […]
4 March 2016
A string of irregularities have been discovered while citizens were checking their personal data on the voters’ list through the web application which has been available since yesterday on the official website of the State Election Committee. Citizens have turned to the social networks, saying that people they do not know are registered as living […]
19 October 2015
The EU Commissioner for and Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations , Johannes Hahn, today in Skopje will put pressure on political leaders to implement the Przhino Agreement. “On my way to Skopje, meeting all political parties to press for urgent progress with political agreement,” Mr Hahn wrote on his Twitter account. This is the Commissioner’s […]
18 October 2015
Almost all the events that brought tension on to the political scene last week will stream into the of tomorrow’s agenda. The visit of the High Commissioner for the EU Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations , Johannes Hahn. Although there hasn’t been an official statement of Mr Hahns scheduled meetings whilst he is in Macedonia, however he will […]
17 October 2015
Today at noon working groups of the political parties will continue with negotiations ,in accordance to the Przhino Agreement over election laws. This morning it was decided and agreed they have have to resolve the dispute over the Special Prosecutor’s office. “Meta” has learnt that at 01:00 am the four political parties signed a letter […]
13 October 2015
In the afternoon Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte while negotiations were still ongoing, on the issue of electoral legislation, he told the parties that they have to compromise. “The parties must realize that you can not get everything. In the real world, when you compromise you have to give up certain things in order to get […]
11 October 2015
Negotiations on the electoral law will come to a finish today, and from tomorrow the matter of the state of media and changes in MRTV will be an open question, said the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev after a debate in Ohrid called “Vision for Macedonia”. “On the agenda are MRTV, MIA, and the Agency for Audio […]
10 October 2015
SDSM is not against the Diaspora vote, but are fighting for their constitutional right and equality to vote, said the leader of the opposition, Zoran Zaev. “Our proposal is to have a census and to choose a MP with the same amount of votes as they would get in Macedonia. Or, the votes by the […]
10 October 2015
The main problem of the working groups of the political parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement is SDSM insisting that the Diaspora should not have their own MP in Parliament in Macedonia, said the negotiator from VMRO-DPMNE, the Health Minister Nikola Todorov for “A1On.” “It is quite problematic especially when you hear their […]
10 October 2015
Yesterday political parties still came no closer to agreeing on talks related to the election laws. After meeting with Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte, leaders of political parties SDSM and VMRO- DPMNE, Zoran Zaev and Nikola Gruevski have come no closer to some sort of political convergence, “Meta” has learnt. Due to ideological clashes, Mr Vanhoutte […]
