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Law on Internal Affairs to be withdrawn, final assessment of Agreement on August 31

A new transitional government is to be formed one hundred days before the election. New amendments to the Law on Internal Affairs will be suspended, a meeting of political leaders will be organized by the end of August, while the Electoral Roll has to be fully cleansed as well as reforms to the media must be complete. This is...

Ratajkovski will receive money from the State to film a documentary about birds, Shilegov points out

The editor in chief of the first program service of the State Macedonian Television ,Dime Ratajkovski, is part of a project that the government will be granting 30,000 euros of the state's money too, Petre Shilgeov, spokesmen of the SDSM said at Monday's press conference accusing the state of more questionable behavior. "From all the famous writers, from all the record...

Howitt for “Meta”: Macedonia is in a dangerous and unstable position

MEP and one of the mediators of the Przino Agreement, Richard Howitt in an interview for "Meta", said that responsibility of the future of Macedonia is in the hands of the Macedonians politicians. He noted that the country is in a dangerous and unstable condition, and that politicians in Skopje, after yesterday's warnings from Brussels, should reconsider in which direction...

Howitt for “Meta”: The quality of elections is connected to the date on which they’ll be held

The timing of elections cannot be considered separately from the democratic quality of the electoral process, said MEP Richard Howitt for "Meta" today. MEP Richard Howitt, was one of the intermediaries in the Przino Agreement. Mr Howitt's statement comes after the dissolution of Parliament, and the opposition’s decision not to participate in elections, after stated that they do not believe there are...

Garrett: Elections on June the 5th are still possible

The success of the elections largely depends on the cleansing of the voters’ list, said British Ambassador Charles Garrett today while in Stip. The Ambassador expects the parties to work together and ensure the implementation of fair and regular elections. “I believe that elections are still possible on June 5, but all obligations need to be completed, the state and the...

SDSM: Marta Arsovska-Tomovska is lying, there is no agreement with the media

Marta Arsovska-Tomovska is lying. There is no agreement for media reforms, because Nikola Gruevski and the VMRO-DPMNE keep running away from that subject. Gruevski and the VMRO-DPMNE avoid leadership meetings, they run away from working groups, and then they ran away from the debate on the media in Parliament", reads the statement from the SDSM after an interview with...

Journalists’ associations and organizations asking why negotiations collapsed over media reforms

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...

Shilegov: Without media regulation, there can be no free and fair elections

Peter Shilegov, spokesman for the opposition SDSM, at today's press conference said it was about time to agree on steps and systematic solutions for media regulation. He said that without regulation of the media, there can be no free and fair elections. When asked by the press what will happen if there is no regulation for the media and elections take...

AJM to the EU and USA: We did not receive an answer, will there be negotiations for the media?

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia today in a statement welcomed the efforts of the European Union and the United States as facilitators in the Przhino Agreement and as guarantors of its implementation and encourages them to continue to discussions with political parties on media reforms as one of the important conditions for fair and credible elections. "The AJM welcomes...

Baily clarifies: Reforms to the media are on the table before and after elections

American Ambassador Jess Baily today clarified that the reforms to the media are part of the Przhino Agreement and part of the urgent European reforms for Macedonia. “It's on the table before the elections and after the elections, it is not something that will happen overnight. In this respect it is very important that during the elections, how you as...

Brussels & Washington still deliberating on announcement on conditions for elections

The expected Assessment on whether the right conditions exist for holding elections on April 24 is unlikely to be announced today, "Meta" has discovered. According to a senior diplomat, the final text of the joint statement is still being prepared in Brussels and Washington. Talks are ongoing between political parties at a local level. EU Ambassador's Orav and US Ambassador Jess...