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Jankuloska and Stavreski tell how much Zvrlevski is a non-political prosecutor in one of the “Bombs”

Attorney General of the Republic Marko Zvrlevski, the man who just recently said that for him, the Special Prosecution was a political prosecution has found himself in a bind after a “Bomb” released some startling information about him. In one of the "Bombs" of the opposition, the Attorney General was mentioned by two politicians, Minister of Finance, Zoran Stavreski...

Gruevski: The opposition are trying to undermine the negotiations to postpone elections

In an interview with TV “Sitel”, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski tonight announced the construction of a new student dormitory in Skopje, he also announced that Macedonia has the lowest unemployment rate in its history at 26.8 percent and blamed the opposition of undermining negotiations in order to postpone elections which are scheduled for April next year. The Prime Minister, who...

Talat Xhaferi: It is the right of the Media if they eliminate wiretapped materials

“The law prohibiting the publication and distribution of the materials which were a result of unlawful wire-tapping of communications, I submitted it for parliamentary procedure on October the 6th with no intention to undermine the negotiations or to cause any damage. I submitted it because the negotiations were going so well and they were expected to come to a...

International opinion expresses support for special prosecutor

In a statement released by the Basic Court Skopje 1 defending the court's decision made at the preliminary hearing stage, Judges have complained that they felt pressurized into commenting on the decision reached in the preliminary hearing, by repeated and aggressive media coverage which questioned the Court's findings. The Judges are dismayed that the same media did not give...

Gruevski: It’s time for the opposition to earn their wages

"Enough is enough, it is time for the opposition to earn their wages", stated the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski for today's occasion of the return of the opposition to Parliament. "Enough is enough, they received wages for 15 months. There is no-one in the whole of Macedonia who could do that. Enough. It is time they started actually working for...

SDSM: Will not allow the Przhino Agreement not to be respected

Zoran Zaev, the leader of SDSM, visited Berovo today where he met MPs from his and coalition parties, says in the announcement by the opposition. The SDSM announcement says that MPs have agreed that the opposition parliamentary group will return to the National Assembly on September 1 where they will resume their representation of the people through a serious, organized...

DUI: Zaev’s accusations are taken out of context

Through a statement, DUI denied all accusations stated at today’s press conference of SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, and stressed that "accusations that are just a part of his announcements" are concerned. "The fact that the conversation between the president of the party and president of the branch of Chair referring to the sale of party property in Skopje (for which...

Three parties have joined the opposition bloc

Today, three other parties - New alternative of Gjorgji Orovchanec, United pensioners and citizens of Macedonia of Ilija Nikolovski and the Party of economic change 21 - joined the opposition alliance. All of them signed the Declaration of the citizens of Macedonia and will join the protest on Sunday. This was stated by Goran Milevski, president of LDP, after...

Assembly to form an inquiry committee on wiretapping

At the Assembly, the parties agreed a committee of inquiry to determine the aspects and the allegations related to the case of tapped conversations to be formed. According to the announcements, this committee would function when opposition MPs will return to the Assembly and it would be led by opposition MP, said Assembly Speaker Trajko Veljanoski. "At today's coordination meeting...

Zaev called for a big all-national protest in Skopje on 17th of May

Tonight, after protest march in Kavadarci, which, as he said, is the latest in towns in the interior, opposition leader Zoran Zaev announced and called for a big all-national protest in Skopje on 17th of May. - Here in Kavadarci, tonight end protests in the cities in the interior of Macedonia. But there's a reason why. Here I use this...

Hoyt Yee repeated the appeal case “Puch” to be clarified

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Yee reiterated the appeal to the Macedonian authorities to deal with the wiretapping case, as well as the appeal to the opposition to return to the Assembly, reports "24 News". "We support Macedonia's aspirations for membership in NATO and the EU. We appeal to the government to deal with the intercepted material in...

Opposition widely prepares mass protests in Skopje in May

SDSM started the preparations for the gathering, which, according to initial information, is to be held on 9th of May. Something can only be changed by negotiations with VMRO-DPMNE taking place in Brussels. Unofficially, the party said that if the gathering, depending on the event, is postponed, it will take place on 16th of May at the earliest. However, according...

Mission Impossible: Foreigners and Zvrlevski in Public Prosecution

"First resignation of Marko Zvrlevski, and then international experts", is the general attitude and a condition of the opposition parties, led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), in connection with the invitation that the Public Prosecution submitted to the bodies of the European Union (EU) to send international experts to facilitate the work of the prosecutors in...

Opposition submitted new recordings to the prosecution

Five members of the senior leadership of the opposition submitted materials of their tapped conversations today to the Public Prosecutor on, as it claims, a directive of the Government, and as an extension of the criminal charges for unauthorized wiretapping which SDSM filed several weeks ago. Professor and candidate for president of SDSM in the last presidential election, Stevo Pendarovski,...

SDSM: Gruevski’s attempts to defend from the truth with “action movies” are desperate

Nikola Gruevski confirmed all scandals involving him and several of his associates and clumsily tried to justify the shameful actions that horrified the public, reacts SDSM to the press conference of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. - Gruevski confirmed mass illegal wiretapping of citizens and confirmed the contents of intercepted calls by UBK. He did that with the belief that they...

SDSM: Gruevski is isolated by international authorities

"Nikola Gruevski is politically isolated by international authorities. The last strong message came from President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, who today canceled the meeting with Gruevski scheduled for Thursday," said SDSM spokesman Petre Shilegov at today’s press conference. - The hiding and the shame response of Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski, who tried to deceive the first meeting of...

SDSM: Why has a new body to discipline judges been introduced?

Nikola Gruevski is trying to protect himself from all sides in panic. One of his last steps yesterday is passing a bill which introduced unconstitutional authority "Council for determining facts and raising procedure for accountability of judges." - According to the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, only responsible for the selection and dismissal of judges is the Judicial Council....

SDSM: Gruevski caves under the pressure of the tapping scandal

The wiretapping scandal had to be revealed and the conversation between Stavreski and Jankulovska to be heard for Nikola Gruevski to decide to solve employment status of citizens who was manipulated by his government, accused today Ljupcho Nikolovski, member of the Executive Board of SDSM. At least, the wiretapping scandal stopped Government’s manipulation with 1,000 people. In the public interest,...

Zaev: Officials and opposition members were tapped

Zaev published recorded conversations between journalists with opposition leader Zoran Zaev, his conversations with friends and with his daughter, conversation between Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska and Minister of Finance Zoran Stavreski, conversations between Ali Ahmeti, Menduh Tachi, Ljubcho Georgievski, Rufi Osmani, on today’s press conference. Zaev said that these conversations are only part of what follows. He said that all...

VMRO-DPMNE: Public Prosecution to reveal the source of the footages

We again urge Public Prosecution to reveal the source of the footages of the Prime Minister and opposition leader Zoran Zaev, whether it is allowed these footages to be published, who did it and if it derives from legally issued PIM measures or not, and what is the matter, reacts VMRO-DPMNE. - Zoran Zaev personally admitted that he collaborated with...