Tag: law

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia, the Union of Journalists, the Macedonian Institute for Media Ethics and the Council of the Institute for Media want a meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov, Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski and the leaders of the four political parties, all signatories to Przhino Agreement. They seek an explanation as to why did the negotiations fail for...

The Constitutional Court has again requested an opinion from the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia on the law that would deny the President his constitutional rights so he can not pardon persons convicted of electoral fraud and pedophiles. Parliament has 7 to 30 days to come out and give their opinion. Parliament and the government have said and assessed that...

Neither the draft law proposed by SDSM is not acceptable to the Association of Journalists of Macedonia. According to the President of the AJM Naser Selmani, VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM are undermining the proposal of the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte in a join effort to reform the media system. On his Facebook profile wrote that SDSM's amendments can be seen miles...

Tomorrow political parties will continue with negotiations for reforms within the media, so that is why we called on the EU and US to insist that the negotiators accept the proposal of the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhouttte, said Naser Selmani, the Chairman of the Association of Journalists. at a press conference According to him, these proposal are the best solution because...

Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte is expected to submit a new draft-law on the media tomorrow, which will then be presented to all political parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement. According to our sources, the mediator was in Brussels at the weekend where he attended a consultation meeting concerning developments in Macedonia. Scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, at the...

Greek farmers today will "occupy" Thessaloniki. Protests from the road blockades will move to the centre of Thessaloniki, where tonight the great Fair of Agriculture "Agrotiki" opens. This way Farmers can demonstrate their anger and dissatisfaction with the government's decisions not to deviate from the implementation of the Agreement on pension and health insurance and new laws that would abolish...

With 75 votes "for" MPs of Parliament this afternoon adopted the Law on Amending and Supplementing the Law on the Public Prosecution service, which the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva had requested. The amendments were discussed in an urgent procedure. Two hours were spent two hours in the plenary dispute, and after that a second reading in Parliament. With these amendments to...

Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva this afternoon, at 17.30, has scheduled a press conference. Apart from the timing of the conference, there is no official information about the reason for the gathering of the press. However, according to the latest developments related to the Special Prosecution, it is certain that the reason is on the the law regarding the Public Prosecutors Office...

Shortly after the establishment of the talks, VMRO-DPMNE abandoned negotiations to regulate the work of the media. From sources close to the negotiating groups, they reveal that the ruling party had abandoned negotiations, because something the Belgian facilitator had said, they took personally, even though Mr Vanhoutte was actually referring to the proposals. Some participants in the negotiations, said that...

Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte at today's briefing with reporters said that at the negotiations, the proposal presented to the International Community for the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media, were going very slowly. Mr Vanhoutte said the law would apply less restrictions and penalties and would encourage the media to be more professional. He also added that it is envisaged...

The working groups of the political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement, recently have closed down all problems in the sphere of the media. After the Przhino Agreement in December, two important milestones remain to be achieved: the resignation of the Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, and the election of a new Prime Minister, to be submitted after the first indictment...

The biggest problem between the political parties, which are apparently on a "good path" to overturn the Przhino Agreement, is the law on the moratorium on the "Bombs" and the law on the Government. VMRO-DPMNE require the law for a moratorium on the "bombs" to include all recorded materials and insists on prison sentences for the media if they publish...

The Constitutional Court filed a request for interpretation of the law about the Special Public Prosecutor, but some people in Parliament consider that this request should not be put on the agenda, said facilitator Peter Vanhoutte. “Although the law for a Special Prosecutor is very clear and specific, her work has been obstructed”, he said. The Council of Public Prosecutors did...

The Constitutional Court rejected a motion which contested legislation mandatory payment contributions for freelancers because the challenged provisions no longer apply. The complaint to the Constitutional Court was filed by 7,000 citizens, to establish the unconstitutionality of the package of laws that regulate the contributions for freelancers. The Government lifter the law in July for freelancers With its entry into force on...

“The law prohibiting the publication and distribution of the materials which were a result of unlawful wire-tapping of communications, I submitted it for parliamentary procedure on October the 6th with no intention to undermine the negotiations or to cause any damage. I submitted it because the negotiations were going so well and they were expected to come to a...

At four o'clock this morning the negotiations between the working groups of the Przhino Agreement came to an end; this time with no success. Despite the Belgian mediator Peter Vanhoutte's last minute optimism, it was reported that talks continued late into the night, in an extremely tense atmosphere. According to unofficial information, because of the constant congestion, negotiations are expected...

The bill which was to ban the possession, processing, disclosure and dealing of materials resulting from the illegal interception of communications has been withdrawn from the agenda of Parliament.. Parliament have just confirmed that the procedure or withdrawal of the law has started. Websites which had published materials laws, are now publishing statements from proponents Talat Xhaferi and Krsto Mukoski, in...

Belgian mediator Peter Vanhouttet in today's statement in front of the MPs Clubhouse said he was not pessimistic as he had been a few hours before hand and that the participants in the talks were engaged and constructive. “We have managed to overcome most difficulties, and we are making good progress”, said Peter Vaahoutte. He added that the law on the criminal...

Today, the European Commission urged the political parties in Macedonia to reach an agreement on the electoral laws as soon as possible. “The Commission understands the fact that the parties failed to reach agreement on electoral reform, but negotiations will continue today. The Commission will closely monitor developments and expect parties to reach an agreement as soon as possible”, said...

Today at the Clubhouse for MP's, the Head of the EU Delegation Ambassador Aivo Orav said that the working groups had agreed on two laws, whistle-blowers and the disclosure of the "Bombs" were to be reworked. “Negotiations are continuing, there is progress and I expect we will achieve an agreement by tonight”, said Ambassador Orav. Currently at the Clubhouse of MP's...