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Tachi does not believe in holding a Leaders’ Meeting

“The Leaders’ Meeting which has been announced for the next few days, has nothing to offer the crisis. This sort of meeting would be frivolous and I doubt it will even take place”. This is the statement Menduh Thaci gave reporters after last night’s Iftar dinner, which the DPA traditionally have in Tetovo. The solution to the political crisis, according...

May – An eventful month, full of difficult ordeals and troubled times

May of 2015 proved an eventful month, full of difficult ordeals and troubled times. In that month's 30 days, the armed conflict in Divo Naselje occurred, the resignations of three senior officials of the ruling party were submitted following the death of Martin Neshokovski, three leadership summits, a meeting in Strasbourg, a mass protest by the political opposition which was...

Kocijancic: Retrograde steps have destroyed Przhino and Vienna

The European Commission today expressed their regret that tomorrow’s leaders meeting in Vienna will not take place, stated today the spokesperson for the European Commission, Maja Kocijancic for “Meta”. “We have consistently said that the breakdown of the Pržino Agreement would have serious consequences for the country. We would deeply regret any retrograde steps in Skopje that would move the country...

Leaders’ meeting in Vienna cancelled

Tomorrow's scheduled meeting of Macedonian leaders in Vienna, where Commissioner Hahn and MEPs, Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Richard Howitt are meant to be in attendance, along with leaders of the four main Macedonian political parties, has been postponed "Meta" has learnt from diplomatic sources. Up to the present moment there has been no official confirmation from Brussels regarding the...

Dimovski: Zaev made an irresponsible and destructive decision

The SDSM leader Zoran Zaev today once again showed that he does not care about the future of the Republic of Macedonia and its citizens, responded Ilija Dimovski from the VMRO-DPMNE regarding the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev’s speech at his press conference. Dimovski said that Zaev does not care about stability and does not care about the turmoil citizens go...

Brussels on Zaev’s statement: We don’t comment on individual “conditions” by parties

The European Commission today would not comment on the SDSM's decision not to participate in the leaders' meeting in Vienna if President Gjorge Ivanov did not withdraw the pardons he granted and if Parliament is not assembled to postpone elections on June the 5th. “We don’t comment on individual "conditions" by parties. Commissioner Hahn was very clear when he said...

Ahmeti: I do not want to return from Vienna without an agreement

The leader of the DUI party, Ali Ahmeti, while speaking as a guest on the show “Klik plus” on “Televisions 21” confirmed that he would be participating in the meeting in Vienna on Friday, organized by European Commissioner Johannes Hahn. Ahmeti said that he did not want to return from Vienna without some sort of agreement. He said the Przhino...

Kocijancic: Meeting in Vienna is to save the Przhino Agreement

The aim of the leaders’ meeting in Vienna is not to draft a new agreement, nut to ensure that leaders will continue will the implementation of the existing Przhino Agreement said Maja Kocijancic. “The purpose of the meeting is to discuss ways to resolve the crisis and ensure leaders will continue with the implementation of the Przhino Agreement and reform...

What will the Vienna meeting bring? Will it secure elections on June 5 or another postponement?

Following President Gjorge Ivanov decision to pardon a large number of politicians, sparking mass protests, the International Community has taken a decisive step to calm the situation. The latest information is that on Friday in Vienna the leaders of the four biggest parties in Macedonia are due to come together and meet. The announcement of the meeting comes after a...

EU has sent invitations to main parties for a new leaders’ meeting in Vienna

The EU Delegation in Skopje has sent invitations to the leaders’ of the main political parties for a leaders’meeting scheduled for Friday in Vienna, the EU delegation confirmed for “Meta”. MEPs Richard Howitt, Eduard Kukan and Ivo Vajgl invited the four leaders all signatories of the Przhino Agreement on Friday to meet in Vienna. The meeting has been announced, and...

Brussels confirms: There will be a leaders’ meeting, however when and where is yet to be confirmed

The European Commission has not confirmed whether political leaders on Friday in Vienna will meet with the three MEPs Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Richard Howitt and EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. “We can not confirm the meeting, but of course Commissioner Hahn is in constant contact with political leaders in the country, MEPs, the...

Meeting of Leaders on Friday in Vienna?

The International Community are planning a meeting of leaders this Friday in Vienna with the four biggest parties in Macedonia, reports "Alsat - M". The parties were apparently formally invited by the three MEPs involved in achieving and implementing the Przino Agreement, Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Richard Howitt. As reported by on television in Vienna, the meeting will also be...

Urgent leaders’ meeting called before announcement of assessment for conditions concenring elections

The leaders of the four political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement, have gathered at the MPs Clubhouse where they have scheduled an urgent leadership meeting for 15:00. Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci at the meeting will be presented with the assessment by the European Union and the United States concerning the conditions for fair and...

Today at 10:00 am an emergency meeting will be held between working groups to disuss elections

Today at 10 am at the MPs Clubhouse an emergency meeting will be held between the working groups on the issue of elected informed the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte. The meeting comes after a long day of silence from the political parties after their disastrous leadership meeting on Friday, when the leaders of the four largest political parties held negotiations,...

Zaev: Negotiations have failed, an agreement has not been reached

Negotiations between the four political parties, all signatory to the Przhino Agreement failed tonight after leaders failed to reach agreement on the contentious issues of the leaders' meeting with EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn. SDSM's working group, led by their leader Zoran Zaev, abandoned the negotiations on the grounds that they will not participate in elections if...

Hahn: Party leaders’ can not agree on a date for early elections

EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, after the leaders' meeting in Przhino said that parties had not come to an agreement because three of the parties agreed on early parliamentary elections to be held on April 24, but one party was against it. Hahn stressed that Macedonia is in a very difficult situation. “The country is in...

Negotiations failed: VMRO-DPMNE, DUI and DPA all want elections to be on April 24, while SDSM are against it

Negotiations between the four political parties leaders' failed late last night, which were held in Przhino in mediation with the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, US Ambassador Jess Bailey, EU Ambassador Orav and Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte. The four main parties were unable to agree on a date for early parliamentary elections. VMRO-DPMNE, DUI and...

Gruevski turns up to meeting with Hahn with half of his cabinet

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, accompanied by Zoran Stavreski, Nikola Todorov, Nikola Popovski, Ilija Dimovski and Martin Protoger have just arrived at the residence of the European Union in Przhino. It is expected that EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn will have a separate meeting with representatives of the ruling party. After then end of this meeting representatives from DUI should arrive. and then representatives from DPA. After they...

Hahn: I will stress the responsibility of all political leaders to implement the political agreement

The European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy, and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, posted on his Twitter account that he is on his way to Macedonia, where he will meet with the signatories of the Przhino Agreement. "On my way to former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, where I will meet with leaders of the 4 main parties. I will stress responsibility of all...

Vanhoutte: All parties were constructive, but there is still more work to be done before elections

Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte welcomed today's agreement for the experts in the SEC. “I am very pleased to inform you that the leaders of the political parties have reached an agreement on the SEC. I hope that very soon we will start working to elect a Secretary General. I can say that all parties were constructive”, said Mr Vanhoutte. The facilitator...