6 August 2019
Yesterday’s video address of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev called on the opposition to be constructive and support the proposed changes to the Law for the Public Prosecutor’s Office, while also labelling VMRO-DPMNE as “the party that brought injustice to the country”. To this, Hristijan Mickoski replied on Facebook. Mickoski says that VMRO-DPMNE worked constructively, but […]
25 July 2019
President Stevo Pendarovski signed the decrees proclaiming the law on ratification of the Agreement between Republic of North Macedonia and Republic Greece for opening a new border crossing between the two countries, which will connect Majden and Promachoi in the Republic of Greece. He also signed the law on ratification of the Agreement between the […]
28 June 2019
On the 30th of June the trial census in the state will be completed. The State Statistical Office started conducting tihe trail census in 13 municipalities on the 1th of June this year although the Law for census of population is not yet adopted in Parliament. The main reason for postponing the parliamentary debate and […]
27 June 2019
The Government expects citizens to behave as inspectors after the 1st of July following the Law on refund of VAT for individuals. In the explanation it is stated that the decrease of tax evasion is the main reason for implementing this law. “With the implementation of the Law in refund of VAT for individuals, they […]
22 May 2019
President of the country, Stevo Pendarovski, has signed decrees for the proclamation of 21 laws that had not been signed by former President Georgi Ivanov, reports his office. Among the decrees signed are the promulgation of the Law on amending the Law on the Operational-Technical Agency, the Law on the Central Population Register, the Law […]
8 May 2019
There will be no shift in terms of differences between the government and the opposition in regards to the Law on the Public Prosecution, said today Justice Minister Renata Deskoska after the new round of talks on key issues in judicial reform. “It is unacceptable for the Ministry of Justice to introduce a provision in […]
25 April 2019
The President Gjorge Ivanov’s cabinet has issued a reaction about the political decision on part of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) which filed an indictment against the president and is completely rejecting the claims that with his decrees, which are a subject of this decision, the president has violated the laws and […]
27 March 2019
The Ministry of Defense is preparing a draft law amending the Law on Defense, which define the rules for engagement for our soldiers on NATO missions. “This draft law will allow the deployment of members of the Republic of North Macedonia outside the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia in NATO operations and missions […]
22 March 2019
VMRO-DPMNE has sent their objections to the Ministry of Justice regarding the shortcomings of the draft text on the Law on Public Prosecution, translated into the three principles that contain the documents we believe must be part of this new law, said today VMRO-DPMNE spokesman, Naum Stoilkovski. He added that the new law must be […]
21 March 2019
At the end of the visit to Brussels, it seems as if the Macedonian delegation was hit by a cold shower. After receiving praise for the Government’s commitment to reform, expressed at the end of the fifteenth meeting of the Stabilization and Association Council (SA) between the country and the European Union, there is still […]
14 March 2019
At today’s parliamentary session, the Law on the Termination of Pregnancy was adopted and passed, allowing women to exercise the right to a safe termination of pregnancy and abolish the existing administrative procedures and barriers that delay the implementation of the procedure for terminating a pregnancy, announced the Ministry of Health. “The decision to terminate a pregnancy as a […]
11 March 2019
Today, Parliament adopted the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination, after it was discussed in a session on Friday. Fifty-two MPs voted for the law, three were abstentions, and no one was against. The debate on the anti-discrimination bill, which was fast-tracked through Parliament, went against the views of the government and the opposition […]
6 March 2019
At today’s session, the Government adopted a draft law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which regulates the status, autonomy and jurisdiction of the SPecial Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), reports the Ministry of Justice. The bill provides for the SPO to be autonomous, but hierarchically lower-ranking to the state public prosecutor’s office, and to represent itself in […]
28 February 2019
Hundreds of associations, civic organizations, foundations, and networks will be demanding from the Parliament to urgently pass a Law on Prevention of and Protection from Discrimination. They reminded the Parliament today and the public that the draft law for prevention and protection from discrimination has been stuck for the past 8 months at the Parliament, […]
18 February 2019
The Ministry of Information Society and Administration is drafting a law on high-level management service. In an explanation published on the Single National Electronic Registry of Regulations, it said that currently there is no clear distinction between the political and professional levels in the legislation, ie the scope of high-level management is not clearly defined […]
5 February 2019
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia has reacted against the latest amendments to the Law on Audio and Audio-Visual Services (LAAS) and the Election Code, that were passed on the 4th of February in a short notice by the Parliament without prior consultations with the journalist community. “The amendments to the LAAS, that refer to […]
25 January 2019
The recent storm brewing from the verification of the constitutional changes in Parliament (11.01.2018), which changed the name of the country to “the Republic of North Macedonia”, has shown no sign of stopping, and the public strongly resents the fact that the Law on Languages and the Law on the Ratification of the Prespa Agreement, […]
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 […]
28 December 2018
With 79 votes “in favor of,” at the 78th parliamentary session, the draft-law for amendments to the Law of audio and audio-visual media services was passed. This law was voted by VMRO-DPMNE and Coalition’s MPs and Liljana Zaturoska stated that the opposition will lodge a proposal for amendments to the already passed law, that she […]
24 December 2018
Up to this morning, 12 requests for amnesty were submitted to the Criminal Court Skopje by the defendants involved in the violent events that took place in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia from 27 April 2017. Each of the defendants from “April 27” has the right to apply for amnesty if he or she considers meets the […]
