22 January 2019
The Government has sent the full content of the Law on the Use of Languages to the Venice Commission, together with the alternative text of Article 8, which is not an integral part of the Law, because, as the Government says, an issue surrounding its compliance with the Constitution was raised. The government informs that […]
21 January 2019
VMRO-DPMNE lodged a motion in the Constitutional Court asking for ruling on the constitutionality of the Law on Languages, after identical initiative was submitted last week by the university professor Jove Kekenovski. According to the party, the law was passed brutally by the ruling coalition, with complete disregard of the Constitution, the law and the […]
18 January 2019
The Law on Languages promotes the rights of all minority communities and does not foresee new employment. The Macedonian language with the Cyrillic alphabet remains the only official language throughout the whole territory of the Republic of Macedonia and its international relations, said the Government in today’s statement regarding fake news and untruths about the application of the Law […]
16 January 2019
Today, Nikola Micevski, Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of VMRO-DPMNE and the Coalition “For a Better Macedonia”, on behalf of the party urged the institutions on central and local level, to ignore and boycott the law on languages and said that if the people in charge in the institutions are faced with problems or threats, VMRO-DPMNE’s legal […]
16 January 2019
With the Law on the Use of Languages published in the “Official Gazette”, it comes into effect immediately, however, the implementation will cause direct and indirect financial implications in regards to the state budget and local self-government units. The law stipulates that all institutions in the country, namely, the executive, legislative and judicial authorities, will provide […]
15 January 2019
The Law on the Use of Languages was published today in the Official Gazette after Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, sent it without the signature of President Gjorge Ivanov yesterday. With the publication of the Law in the Official Gazette, it officially comes into force, making Albanian the second official language in Macedonia. DUI MP Artan Grubi […]
30 October 2018
The Skopje Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened a case against President Gjorge Ivanov, regarding two criminal charges related to the non-signing of the Law on Languages and the Prespa Agreement. The case is in the pre-trial procedure and actions are being taken to check the allegations in the application. Data and information from the Parliament […]
5 July 2018
VMRO-DPMNE will file criminal charges for the creators and signatories of the Treaty with Greece and the Law on Languages, announced Aleksandar Nikolovski, vice president of the party. According to Nikolovski, although it is very likely that the judiciary and the prosecution will not respond to their charges, because some of those do not become […]
29 June 2018
If he does not sign the law on the ratification of the treaty with Greece after a second time it will be voted in Parliament, the President of the State Gjorge Ivanov will introduce a bad practice of interference with the responsibility of the authorities, ie taking over the responsibilities which belong to Parliament. This […]
29 May 2018
It would be frivolous for anyone to think about early parliamentary elections this year, said Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi during a regular press briefing. “There can be elections when MPs disband. However, in a serious country with serious issues, it would be frivolous for anyone to even consider early parliamentary elections. If someone is thinking […]
27 March 2018
One possibility, in the current situation whereby the president will not sign off on the Law on Languages, is for the SDSM parliamentary group to file an initiative with the Constituional Court, in order to consider whether president Gjorgi Ivanov is adhering to the Constitution, said prime minister Zoran Zaev, while responding to a journalist’s […]
19 March 2018
EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar answered a journalist’s question regarding the law, that the adoption on the Law on the Use of Languages will improve the relations between the communities and it will bring the country back to the reform agenda. On a journalist’s question, what his comment is regarding the fact that Ivanov did not […]
16 March 2018
Former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE MP, Nikola Gruevski said today that he had not intended to cause an incident in Parliament, when the Law on the Use of Languages was adopted, but only wanted to show that he disagreed with the manner in which it was passed. During a brief adjournment in SPO’s case known […]
16 March 2018
The Liberal Party (LP) believes that the Law on the Use of Languages has been passed without proper procedure and is invalid, explaining that the situation is the way it is, because of the violation of the procedure. The party says that since the President of the Republic of Macedonia did not sign the decree […]
15 March 2018
Yesterday, when President Gjorge Ivanov addressed the citizens and MPs said, he would not sign the new adopted Law on the Use of Languages. Ivanov, with sharp words and rhetoric, spoke of “a law with repressive content, a law as an expression of the tyranny of the parliamentary majority, an unconstitutional, anti-state and essentially unjust […]
14 March 2018
The violent adoption of the unconstitutional law on bilingualism and the possible deprivation of the parliamentary right to an amendment debate, is a serious blow to democracy and a precedent, which in the future may have long-term consequences, says VMRO-DPMNE in a press release. VMRO-DPMNE say that there was no discussion in regards to this […]
12 March 2018
No other law has been debated as much as the Law on the use of Languages and that is why the time has come to put an end to this issue in the next few days, and therefore, successfully completing the normative part of the Ohrid Agreement said the President of the Committee on European […]
12 March 2018
This week, the Law on Languages should be adopted, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Tuesday, while answering a journalist’s question at a press conference with BiH Chairman of the Council of Ministers Denis Zvizdić. “You know that the debate has been ongoing for 9 months, and for me the issue of the Law on […]
20 February 2018
The Swiss experience in the organization and application of a multilingual society, will be a significant contribution to a more efficient implementation of the Law on the Use of Languages in the Republic of Macedonia, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani at a meeting with Krystina Marty Lang, Deputy State Secretary of […]
5 February 2018
All amendments submitted for the Law on Languages have now been translated, reported the Office of Parliamentary Speaker, Talat Xhaferi. They reported that the amendments to the Law on Languages have now been archived, processed and posted to the e-parliament, and that the Translation Department had translated all submitted amendments. “The Parliament Speaker’s Office acted within its […]
