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MPs in the plenary session voted in laws, which political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement agreed upon on Friday. MPa voted in a shortened procedure for amendments to the Electoral Code, to the Criminal Procedure Code, the Law on Privacy, the Law to protect “Whistle-blowers” and the Law on Government. The biggest debate took place whilst voting on the Diaspora...

MPs from the SDSM believe that the ruling party are deliberately avoiding to pass proposals for new members today, and therefore the plenary session and committee hearings are then scheduled so late. This was stated by the Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of SDSM Goran Sugareski, at the plenary session he asked for the Law on Government instead of...

MPs at today's Parliamentary session will have to approve the budget for the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, so she can actually begin to work. The Funds amount to 63,420,428 denars, or approximately one million euros for the last quarter of 2015,  as indicated in the decision, are designed for continuous operations and autonomous operations of the Public Prosecution for...

Starting talks on elections and electoral legislation, the Prime Minster today in Mogila in front of journalists, announced that he would like to have fair elections. That way, as Gruevski said, he will be open and support any idea. The Prime Minister, among others, stressed that the best model for voting was the majority model. As for the Diaspora vote,...

At a plenary session in Parliament, MP's will vote for the continuation of the state of emergency on the Southern border due to the increased number of refugees transiting through the country. The government asked Parliament and MP's to decide on whether the state of emergency can be extended to June the 15th, 2016. At the session held on August the...

After marathon talks by the working teams of the negotiating groups, the parties reached an agreement this morning for a special law on the Special Public Prosecutor, "Meta" has discovered from sources close to the negotiating teams. We also have learnt that an agreement has been reached today and the name of the new special prosecutor  is expected to be announced...

At today's session in Parliament, after hours of debate, MP's voted Renata Treneska-Deskoska for vice president of the Assembly. 87 MPs voted for the proposal, 86 voted in favour, and 1 against. Treneska-Deskoska swore an oath before all MP's today. MP's also voted Presidents and committee members for the Assembly.

Parliament will hold two sessions today, one will be reviewing the proposal to vote Renata Treneska Deskoska as vice president of SDSM. MPs will vote to fill the vacant seats in parliamentary committees and bodies, in the other session. Goran Misevski will be president of the Commission for supervising the implementation of special investigative measures to monitor the communications of Ministry...

Parliament have adopted a series of important laws and decisions which will affect citizens directly, and be in their interest, while MPs from SDSM did not show for work whilst boycotting, said Ilija Dimovski today, Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of VMRO-DPMNE, before the arrival of the opposition MPs at Assembly. "The Republic of Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy in...

"On May the 28th last year, from this place I put forward that Nikola Gruevski must take responsibility for the criminal conduct during elections." stated SDSM Leader Zoran Zaev at a press conference at the doors of Parliament. He went on to say that back then, he communicated the views of the opposition, separation of party and state, the rule of...

After a 15 month boycott, MP's from the opposition should be returning to Parliament today. The return of SDSM MP's to Parliament today, and their coalition partners is part of the Treaty of Przino to resolve the political crisis in the country.      

The Greek government is on yet another crossroads. The casting of votes for the new package of measures will show how much support the Government lead by SYRIZA and Prime Minister Tsipras can enjoy from the party’s own rank. The leftist party has inched even closer to dissolution following yesterday’s appeal by former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, who called...

With 228 votes "FOR", the Greek Parliament passed the new package measures. 54 MPs voted against the measures, and there were six abstentions. Although the measures were passed with majority, almost historic, this vote was withering for the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA. 38 MPs from the leftist party did not support the measures, which set a serious...

Today President Ivanov met with a delegation of the Parliamentary Group for Cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and Southeast Europe at the Bundestag. At the meeting with German MPs, it was discussed about bilateral relations between the two countries, about European and Euro-Atlantic integration of the Republic of Macedonia, as well as about the current developments in the...

As of today, MPs of SDSM are officially registered in the Assembly as "resigning MPs," not as MPs who should be deprived of the mandate. In the report "My MP", which shows the performance of the members from May to December 2014, opposition MPs are registered as "resigning MPs." At the beginning of December last year, MPs who are members of...

Session on which MPs will discuss constitutional amendments will continue on Friday. After completing the debate on amendment 37 of the Constitution which defines the maximum of the budget deficit and public debt, Speaker of the Assembly Veljanoski adjourned. MPs discussed the amendment regulating the state budget deficit of Macedonia, i.e. the restriction of three percent, while the public debt...

MPs postponed the vote on amendments to the Constitution for tomorrow. Today MPs discussed the proposal that provides the definition of marriage as a union only between a man and a woman, the establishment of international financial zone which business and organization will be defined by law. The amendments envisage introducing constitutional complaint submitted by a natural or legal person, determining...

The draft amendment for defining marriage as a union only between a man and a woman establishing international financial zones which business and organization will be redefined by law and few more amendments for constitutional changes will be put on today’s agenda of the Assembly. In order the amendments to be adopted, 82 MPs should vote for them. Two of...