3 July 2015
After today’s meeting with US Congressman Eliot Angel and US Ambassador Jess Bailey, DPA leader Menduh Thaci stated that the name dispute is part of the negotiations of the leading quartet attended by Bailey and EU Ambassador Aivo Orav, reports “Telma“. Thaci gave no further details, but said part of the package on the table […]
3 July 2015
After the meeting with US Congressman Eliot Angel, held at the Assembly, when asked, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti said that today there would be no leadership meeting. The last meeting between the leaders of the four main parties, VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DUI and DPA, was held on 29th of June. At that meeting, the Prime Minister […]
1 July 2015
At today’s press conference, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev stated that he won’t respect the decision of the court on case “Putsch”. He said he would not appear every Monday in court at 9 am, and that he would not attend the scheduled hearings. According to him, because of that, the court must issue a warrant […]
30 June 2015
Maya Kocijanchik, spokeswoman for the European Commission, today said she expects concrete results from party leaders in Macedonia. – We welcome the resumption of talks between political leaders in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, including the implementation of the recommendations put on the table by the European Commission and that are part of the […]
28 June 2015
If Zaev has at least a shred of confidence in himself and his policies, I call him to announce early elections for mayor in Strumica this fall, especially after that video on which he openly and shamefully asks for a bribe from a businessman, said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in his address at the conference […]
28 June 2015
Tomorrow, leaders of political parties will once again try to bridge differences for exiting the political crisis. As announced, new leadership meeting will be held tomorrow in Skopje, but, according to previous statements of the political parties, it is unlikely that an agreement will be reached. One of the key issues on which the parties […]
28 June 2015
With 178 votes “for” and 120 “against”, the Greek Parliament gave green light to the proposal for a referendum on the austerity measures of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. MPs of SYRIZA, Independent Greeks and Golden Dawn voted for the referendum, while all other opposition parties, i.e. River, New Democracy, PASOK and the Communist Party, were […]
26 June 2015
In a climate of great anxiety and uncertainty, Greece awaits the next round of tense talks between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European lenders. Sunday is the deadline for completion of negotiations between Athens and Brussels. Will the weekend finally bring an agreement or Greece faces bankruptcy? Optimism that reigned at the beginning of the […]
15 June 2015
Although according to the official agreement that the parties signed on 2nd of June in the residence of the European Union SDSM agreed not to publish wiretapped conversations, according to unofficial information of META, the “bombs” will continue tomorrow and the party is still considering their topic. Party spokesman Petre Shilegov said that it is […]
13 June 2015
“Only the withdrawal of Nikola Gruevski and forming a transitional government, which will allow the necessary conditions for fair and democratic elections, could normalize and restore the democratic and European perspective of the country”, reads the written response of SDSM to today’s statement of Prime Minister Gruevski from Resen, in which he accused opposition leader […]
13 June 2015
“We didn’t accept technical government, transitional government or something like that in Brussels, and what happened were different ideas of the people who tried to help us, which Mr. Zaev refused from first to last,” said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski today, commenting on the negotiations in Brussels on 10th of June, which he assessed as […]
12 June 2015
The views of SDSM on the occasion of the held meeting are presented in the statements of party functionaries and official declarations of the party, SDSM reacts in a statement. The party says that the course and outcome of the leadership meeting held in Brussels caused various comments, speculations and misinformation in the media and […]
11 June 2015
Political parties to come up with concrete proposals, reads part of the statement of the European Commission at a meeting of EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn with the leaders of political parties. They say they are ready to facilitate talks, but that politicians must take responsibility and make a compromise. This is the only statement […]
11 June 2015
We support EU Commissioner Hahn and emphasize that negotiations should continue in the same format in order to give an opportunity to find a consensus on the political crisis in Macedonia, said French Ambassador to Macedonia Laurence Auer. This is the first reaction from the international community after unsuccessful negotiations in Brussels yesterday. At today’s […]
10 June 2015
Although there were brief hopes that negotiations are nearing their end, again no information is communicated for the building of the European Commission in Brussels, where, on the 11th floor, negotiations between the four political leaders, Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci are held. Unofficial estimate is that the meeting could last […]
9 June 2015
SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, along with the delegation, will attend tomorrow’s meeting in Brussels with EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn. “The statement by EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn along with the OSCE Secretary General that the final report of OSCE/ODIHR on the early parliamentary elections in Macedonia in 2014 contains a number of shortcomings of the […]
6 June 2015
SDSM leader Zoran Zaev will continue to publish the “bombs” from Monday, reports “Kirilica“. In the interview which will soon be published at the portal, Zaev reveals that he won’t stop publishing recordings even during the negotiations which should continue on Wednesday in Brussels. However, the recordings that will be published will be carefully selected […]
5 June 2015
At 2:40 pm today, in front of the seat of the party, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev gave a statement that he won’t participate at the meeting which is to be held on 10th of June in Brussels. The new “bomb” Zaev echoed as strongly as the previous intercepted conversations and was prompted by a statement […]
3 June 2015
After the eight-hour talks between political leaders and the European Commissioner for Enlargement, it is not entirely clear what has actually been agreed. In such a vacuum, both sides rushed to declare “victory”. Media close to the political structures began to analyze the statement of EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, also adding new elements, allegedly, from […]
2 June 2015
If transitional government is not arranged by 10th of June, the agreement for elections in April is canceled, reports “Nova TV“. After the long and tense meeting between the leaders of SDSM, VMRO-DPMNE, DUI and DPA with Commissioner Johannes Hahn and US Ambassador Jess Bailey, who joined them later, it was announced that early parliamentary […]
