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I am hoping for a solution, but I am not optimistic, said the Belgian mediator Peter Vanhoutte before the MPs Clubhouse and the beginning of a meeting with the working groups from all parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement. “We will discuss all proposals from all political parties, jourlaists' associations and organizations. I'm aware that there is little time left,...

The Albanian side in the negotiations for the media reforms, submitted amendments that should be added to the draft law for the media, to mediator Peter Vanhoutte, reported "Alsat-M". According to them, amendments to the Albanian side are concerned with issues that concern the interests of Albanians, i.e. the media in television and radio channels of the "Macedonian Radio Television". Apparently, the...

VMRO-DPMNE rejected the draft law on the media which SDSM submitted yesterday to the political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement. According to Ilija Dimovski, a member of the negotiating team for VMRO-DPMNE, the law is unconstitutional, non-European and does not exist in any country in the world. “The draft-law submitted by SDSM wants to increase penalties for the media....

Menduh Thaci became extremely angry during the negotiations between the four parties and says it is possible that the DPA will withdraw from the talks. As Thaci had said, if only they had accepted the proposal from the beginning, to organize a census of the population to obtain a reliable electoral roll, according to him, they wouldn't be in this...

The EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations , Johannes Hahn, is expected to visit Macedonia in mid-February, but his office had not yet announced the official date. He is now in Amman, Jordan, where he will meet with Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, where they will discuss the need to deepen cooperation in dealing with common challenges, especially with...

We will withdraw our objections we have for the methodology of the renewal of the voters' list, if VMRO-DPMNE agree to accept the proposals from the International Community to reform the media, said Damian Manchevski from SDSM. “If this is not acceptable to VMRO-DPMNE, then they really do not want to hold fair and democratic elections." Manchevski clarified that proposals from...

Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte today before the meeting between the working groups at the MPs Clubhouse said that according to him it was possible to reach an agreement on the media law and it is good that political parties are giving their own suggestions, which are not final decisions, but only proposals . He confirmed that some of the proposals contained...

There is no sense anymore that the parties want to continue to work together and try to achieve common goals, said Belgian facilitator about negotiations regarding the Przhino Agreement, Peter Vanhoutte before today's meeting of the working groups in the MPs Clubhouse that started around 18:00. Mr Vanhoutte indicated that the main reason for this situation is the date for...

After unsuccessful negotiations between the four largest political parties, signatories to the Przhino Agreement, together with EU Commissioner Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations , Johannes Hahn, social networks have launched an avalanche of negative criticism against Hahn where they blame him for being ignorant, bias and unprofessional. https://twitter.com/bakraci/status/688369774779326464 https://twitter.com/SPendarovski/status/688369467475259393 https://twitter.com/stefan_duvnjak/status/688363427685883905 https://twitter.com/Sulimanovic/status/688346336052285440 https://twitter.com/pilula12/status/688343848981000192 https://twitter.com/bakraci/status/688338701768912896 https://twitter.com/Mile_Panika/status/688336769436221443 https://twitter.com/razvigorka/status/688332972559314944 https://twitter.com/ArslaJeMeniBog/status/688320332772589568 https://twitter.com/mojokilington/status/688318283293036544 https://twitter.com/Dimitrov_Nikola/status/688313528189607936 https://twitter.com/VidanaDeSign/status/688310936973742080 https://twitter.com/mnogufina/status/688306875226521600 https://twitter.com/janwicki/status/688284260180967425 https://twitter.com/firerot_/status/688381409677979648 https://twitter.com/Pavlovikj/status/688375542341615616 https://twitter.com/firerot_/status/688362981760053249 https://twitter.com/firerot_/status/688362847764631552 https://twitter.com/svekjichka/status/688348240375336960 https://twitter.com/ArslaJeMeniBog/status/688340881666093056 https://twitter.com/vladokrstevski/status/688314671108108289 https://twitter.com/kezhmanprvi/status/688311896219455488 https://twitter.com/ATANASOP/status/688292623669440512 https://twitter.com/firerot_/status/688292368202596353 https://twitter.com/JakovFendu/status/688281416191221760

EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn this morning wrote on his Twitter account that regardless of the decision of the political parties, the EU will provide fair elections. "I would like to assure citizens that no matter what the final decision of the political parties will be, we will provide full support to ensure free and...

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...

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 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...

The day after tomorrow, Ali Ahmeti, leader of DUI will visit Athens. In Greece it is widely believed that the visit is part of the effort to find a faster solution to the hopeless situation over the name dispute. In analysing the Greek newspaper "To Vima", Ahmeti's meeting with Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is widely believed to be part of...

The differences in the red lines over the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece remain, but both countries have decided to focus on cooperation and the things that bring the two countries together, rather than the problem that separates the two. This was the conclusion of the Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministers, Nikola Poposki and Nikos Kotzias, during today's...

The leaders of the four largest political parties, VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DUI and DPA, today are to meet and discuss the fulfilment of the Przhino Agreement. According to announcements from the parties, leaders are expected to discuss matters that have been stalled, which have come from the Przhino Agreement. The choice of three experts for the State Election Commission and media reforms...

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...

SDSM made the suggestion while the VMRO-DPMNE has nothing against the media and journalists' associations participating in the negotiations of the working groups that discuss issues about the media. Robert Popovski, President of the working group of SDSM for discussions over the media today at a press conference in front of the MPs Clubhouse said the proposal the media...

In the last few days, an open war has been declared, and the latest to join was the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) and the opposition SDSM, after the contemporary Association put all the political parties to put in the same basket as the culprits because they were not not invited to the negotiations on the media which...