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EU, US, OSCE and NATO: We are seriously concerned that authorities failed to prevent the attack

The EU delegation in Skopje, the US Embassy, OSCE Mission and the NATO Liaison Office in a joint statement strongly condemned, as they say, the organized attack on Parliament. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the organised attack on the Parliament which took place on 27 April. We express serious concern that the authorities failed to prevent it and...

OSCE calls for the violence to stop, and the police to ensure safety

The chief of OSCE mission in Macedonia, Nina Suomalainen, through its Twitter profile has called upon for stopping the violence at the Parliament, and the police to secure the MPs' safety. "Tense situation Skopje. Violent acts should be ceased, police need to ensure the safety of parliament & MPs." wrote Suomalainen on its twitter profile. https://twitter.com/ninasuomalainen/status/857658079453818880

Byrnes: Government and parties should refrain from attacking civil society organizations

Today at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the Head of the US Mission to the OSCE, Kate Byrnes repeated to Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Poposki, that the US is concerned about the political situation in Macedonia and they are continuing to closely monitor developments. “The United States remains disappointed that President Ivanov declined to offer the opportunity to form...

Russia: Foreign interference into Macedonia must stop

Russia has called for foreign interference into Macedonia’s internal affairs to stop, said the Russia's Ambassador to the OSCE, Aleksandar Lukashevich. "It is necessary to stop external interference in the internal affairs of Macedonia and to respect the right of Macedonian citizens to independently decide their own destiny in accordance with the fundamental democratic principles. We call upon all political forces...

Zannier tweeted: The political crisis mustn’t spill into inter-ethnic tensions

The political leaders must rise above party interests and resolve the political crisis and make sure it doesn't spill into inter-ethnic tensions. That was the main message that OSCE General Secretary, Lamberto Zannier passed to President Gjorge Ivanov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki. “This morning I met with the President and the Foreign Minister. My key message was...

Zannier: The political crisis threatens to take on an inter-ethnic and regional dimension

The progress achieved in 2016 will be put at risk without political stability and a protracted political crisis is damaging the country and hurting its people, determined Lamberto Zannier,General Secretary of OSCE, in a column published in the daily newspaper “Utrinski Vesnik.” “Two years of political crisis is not only slowing down reforms, but also threatening to take on an...

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier to meet with political and state leaders

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier arrived in Skopje last night due to the new crisis concerning the awarding of the mandate to form a new government. During the day, Zannier will meet with Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Poposki, President Gjorge Ivanov, the leaders of parliamentary political parties and representatives of civil society organizations. Last week, after Ivanov decided not to give...

OSCE Secretary General Zannier is concerned, he will be arriving in Skopje next week

The Secretary General of the OSCE, Lamberto Zannier, expressed concerned today over President Gjorge Ivanov’s decision not to give the mandate to the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev. He took to his “Twitter” profile and wrote of his concerns about recent developments in Skopje.   Concerned about #Skopje developments. Rule of law must prevail. I’ll visit Skopje next week, meet officials, pol....

Kurz: Final decisions must be made by the parties, and we will not interfere

Macedonian political parties need to make the decisions that are made after elections, and from our side there will be no interference in the further course of events, said Austrian Foreign Minister and Chairman of the OSCE for 2017, Sebastian Kurz, who today is visiting the country. He noted that Austria’s interest in Macedonia will continue to be a strong...

Poposki and Kurz visited “Border Stone 59” but they avoided camp “Vinojug”

The chief of Austrian diplomacy and chairman of OSCE, Sebastian Kurz, arrived today in Macedonia, and this afternoon, along with his host, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki paid a visit to border stone 59 at the Macedonian- Greek border crossings, near Gevgelija. During the visit of border stone 59, only Poposki gave a...

Tomorrow Kurz will be visiting “Border Stone 59” near Gevgelija along with Poposki

The chief of the Austrian diplomacy and president of OSCE for 2017, Sebastian Kurz, tomorrow will be visiting Macedonia officially and during the visit, he will be meeting his colleague Nikola Poposki. According to his agenda, which was released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Poposki and Kurz, tomorrow at 13.30, will be visiting the border stone 59...

VMRO-DPMNE: A governing coalition without us means facing problems in the future

"Each party who adopts a decision to form a coalition without the party that received the most votes and the most support from the people in the elections, should know that at the same time they make such a decision, they will face problems in the future, while ignoring the will of the majority of citizens". This is the...

Ahmeti: The time has come for truth and justice to come to light

Today, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, met with the Ambassador of the OSCE Mission in Macedonia, Nina Suomalainen, which, the party announced that the two discussed "the post-election situation in Macedonia" and the "views of DUI regarding the situation." "Ahmeti spoke about the tendentious campaign organized against him and DUI in the last two years and the time has come for...

OSCE: The elections went well, but the state will have to strengthen its institutions

The Election Day happened went well and if there are complaints, the institutions and the state will have to deal with them, as was said by the OSCE’s special representative, Roberto Battelli, during the presentation of the preliminary results concerning the election process. In the joint statement issued by the international observers, it is stressed that the citizens have...

Poposki: Preparation for the elections leaves no room for any excuses in terms of the results

At today's Ministerial Council between the member countries of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Poposki, stressed that terrorism, violent extremism, radicalization and the migrant crisis poses serious security challenges in the OSCE region. “Macedonia is an active partner in the international anti-terrorist coalition and will continue to contribute to efforts to combat...

EU: Do not intimidate public officials who should be creating conditions for credible elections

The EU delegation at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna called on political parties in Macedonia to fully implement the Przhino Agreement. “The European Union recalls the great importance it attaches to the full implementation of the 2 June 2015 political agreement and its 15 July 2015 Protocol (the “Przino agreement”) between the four main political parties in order to...

The USA calls upon VMRO-DPMNE publicly to support Katica Janeva and the SEC

Kate M Byrnes, representative of the United States to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna urged VMRO-DPMNE to publicly support the work of the Special Prosecutor in all stages of her work, said "NovaTV." "The United States welcomes ongoing efforts to implement the Przhino Agreement, which represents Macedonia’s best path forward out of its political crisis.We also welcome former Prime...

SEC to use date-bases of 13 institutions to cross-check electoral roll data

The State Election Commission (SEC) at tonight's session adopted a decision to use the cross comparison of data, and to use the databases of 13 institutions, including the Health Insurance Fund, Pension (PIOM), Public Revenue Office (PRO), the National Bank, Land Registry, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and others. The meeting of the SEC, which was scheduled for 17:45...

Daniel Baer: The failure of the implementation of the Przhino Agreement leads to questions over early elections

The failure of the implementation of the necessary reforms puts the spotlight on the question of holding early parliamentary elections which are scheduled for April next year said the  the U.S Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Vienna, Daniel Baer, in his address to the Council. He stresses that the US is concerned that the political...

The Actions groups will take a vacation until August 10

The Action groups of the political parties who are meeting towards implementing the Przhino Agreement are going to function until Friday. Following that day they are going to pause until August 10, finds out Meta. The reason for the pause, according to our information, is that the foreign facilitators in the process are also taking their summer vacation. Today’s team from...