9 June 2017
Today, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Bujar Osmani and Radmila Šekerinska, met with ambassadors of member states of the European Union in the government building, where he stressed that for a better future of the country and its citizens, the government will cooperate with the opposition, with the president and civil […]
4 June 2017
The government and the institutions must check the basis of these inspections on NGOs and investigate misconduct of political pressure and discrimination of all concerned officers who are part of this persecution. Today the 22 civil organizations and foundations asked again, who in the past six months have had inspections from the Public Revenue Office […]
29 May 2017
Today, NGOs called on the new government and institutions to immediately stop political pressure which, they say unfairly and deliberately exposed 20 CSOs since December, when VMRO-DPMNE called for the “persecution” of civil society organizations. “We ask that the basis for the inspections are verified and the misconduct of political pressure and discrimination is investigated.We […]
10 March 2017
More than 20 civil organizations are still being investigated by the Public Revenue Office (UJP) inspectors, and what is worrying is that in the last week, 13 organizations were visited by inspectors of the Financial police and of the Ministry of Interior upon the request of the Public Prosecution Office (OJO), for a preliminary investigation […]
26 February 2017
When a party loses an election or they don’t win as they wanted to, then they try and find an excuse, and the media and NGOs are the easiest to blame. This way of thinking is not European, said the French ambassador Christian Thimonier in an interview with “Radio Free Europe“. When asked about the […]
5 February 2017
NGOs and civil society organizations today sent disclaimers and are demanding an apology from Cvetin Chilimanov and Nikola Srbov, who at the press conference for the movement “Stop Operation Soros” (SOS) accused them of “working against national and democratic interests of Macedonia through attempts to influence the early parliamentary elections.” The organizations say that the […]
4 February 2017
The Organized Crime Department at the Public Prosecution Skopje is leading the preliminary investigation for unlawful financing of the electoral process against several NGOs and the political party Besa, reports Nova TV. The portal which is a source of the information indicates that “senior sources in the inquiry have asked to remain anonymous as they […]
30 January 2017
“No one is untouchable, not even NGOs funded by Soros … You need to have the same rules and procedures with NGOs, and institutions must be left undisturbed to act and to do work their own work,” said former Interior Minister and senior VMRO-DPMNE official Gordana Jankuloska in an interview for “Dnevnik“. “Civil society and […]
15 January 2017
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki in an interview with the Italian newspaper “La Verità” says the best way to combat foreign interference is the swift formation of a Government. “From today, until the end of the month, we will face days which will be crucial for our country. We […]
13 January 2017
“The desorosoization process begins,” reads the press release from VMRO-DPMNE, that states “on December 11, the people clearly, courageously and accurately said “no” to the destruction directed by the pardoned criminal Zoran Zaev and the Soros installations in Macedonia”. The statement noted that “SDSM and Soros are constantly working on destroying the civil sector and […]
5 January 2017
In the third part of the “mega-interview” for the online edition of the weekly news portal “Republika“, VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski discusses bilingualism, cantonization, the differences in understanding patriotism, as well as the “manipulation of the term by from Soros”. Gruevski says that what scares him the most concerning the concept of cantonization is the […]
3 January 2017
On the holy night of the “mega-interview” for the online edition of the weekly news portal “Republika“, VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski dedicated a huge part of the interview on the dispute with “George Soros and all the millions that he poured into Macedonia” and with the “corrupt journalists, media owners, professors, intellectuals, analysts, activists, led […]
8 July 2016
An aggressive minority paid from outside the country, who have a well-planned scheme are preparing a new “coloured revolution”, this time in Macedonia, said today at a press briefing the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Marija Zakharova. Ms Zakharova made this remark when speaking in about the recent protests in Belgrade, which she says were […]
7 July 2016
“The direct participation of civil organizations in the negotiations is necessary for finding a way out of the crisis and the democratization of Macedonia”, appealed today 88 civil organizations through a letter addressed to the EU Delegation in Macedonia, the US Embassy, and to the four parties signatories to the Pržino Agreement. “Our organizations, groups, […]
25 May 2016
The EU Delegation in Macedonia for security reasons have canceled the meeting with NGOs which was scheduled for today at 10:00 am. Some NGOs have accepted to participate in consultations with the Ambassadors, and some have canceled their attendance. “The Delegation of the EU remains open to cooperation with NGOs”, they said in a brief […]
12 April 2016
Sixty-six NGOs on Thursday, at 18:00 in front of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia will organize a protest, where they will demand that the President of Parliament and the entire assembly move the elections until all requirements are met. “There are no conditions to organize regular, reliable and fair elections on June 5, […]
12 April 2016
The NGO’s Platform for the combating of corruption has publicly called upon the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (SCPC), or as it is better known in Macedonia as the (DKSK), to respect the law on which it was formed, that being its basic duty and care to protect all that it is in […]
18 February 2016
There are no conditions for holding fair, free and democratic elections on April the 24th 2016. Insisting only on the date for the election, without a clear timetable to meet the conditions, paves the way for a risk of a potential boycott by many citizens, which will undoubtedly lead to a deepening of the crisis […]
