16 March 2017
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 […]
9 March 2017
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 […]
9 March 2017
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 […]
9 March 2017
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, […]
2 March 2017
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 […]
13 February 2017
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 […]
12 February 2017
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, […]
11 February 2017
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 […]
7 February 2017
“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 […]
3 February 2017
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 […]
12 December 2016
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 […]
8 December 2016
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 […]
10 February 2016
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 […]
5 February 2016
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 […]
21 January 2016
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, […]
22 October 2015
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 […]
29 July 2015
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 […]
22 July 2015
The first meeting of the Action group lasted about two hours. The group consisted of representatives of the four largest political parties and OSCE experts. The media reports the group had discussed organizing the period ahead and the comparative experiences of a number of countries that had carried out a purge of electoral lists. However, […]
12 June 2015
All lost yesterday: the parties, the people of Macedonia, as well as the international community that cares about the future of your country, reads the response of US Ambassador to OSCE Daniel Baer in his the address to Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki. “We deeply regret that, despite Commissioner Hahn’s efforts, key players did not come […]
15 May 2015
Sulejman Osmani, terrorist who escaped the police day after the action in Kumanovo, in an interview for Kosovo television RTK said that the aim of the group was creation of an Albanian state in Macedonia, following the principle of Republic of Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reports “B92”. According to him, the group had more […]
