14 May 2021
President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski this afternoon notified the President of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi that he decided to not sign the Decree promulgating the law for legalizing the illegally constructed buildings. Pendarovski said that this decision was made on the basis of a detailed analysis of the Law’s content, when he determined it […]
1 April 2021
This morning, starting at 8 o’clock began the main phase of the census of the population, the households, and the dwellings throughout the North Macedonia, which legally should end on the 21st of April, at 8 pm. This is not April Fools Day joke – the current Law on the Census provisions that starting from […]
26 January 2021
With 61 votes in favor and without any votes against or withheld, the Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia yesterday adopted the decision for the election of the seven members of the Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination. Previously, the Association ESE and the Network for Protection Against Discrimination insisted that the manner […]
26 October 2020
Health Minister Venko Filipche expressed his concern about the situation with the COVID-19 and once again appealed all measures and legal amendments to be done expediently and by urgent procedure in order to implement the right protective measures against the outbreak. “We are registering a record of 30% of positive cases out of all tested […]
28 September 2020
The Government has sent to the Parliament of north Macedonia the new draft Law on Prevention of and Protection against Discrimination, which aims to improve the legal framework and adjust it to the EU’s legislation and the international standards about protection from discrimination. The new law should cover all government bodies, the bodies of the […]
31 August 2020
With 62 votes for, the Parliament of North Macedonia last night elected the new government led by Zoran Zaev. The session was attended by 115 MPs out of whom 113 MPs cast their vote. 51 MPs voted against the new government’s cabinet. In his address before the voting for the new executive power center, mandatary […]
12 August 2020
At noon tomorrow, Stevo Pendarovski, the president of North Macedonia, will hand the mandate to form a government to Zoran Zaev, who is representing the coalition “Mozheme” (We can!), which won most of the seats in the new Parliament, the Office of the President informs. As it clarifies, Zaev had already informed president Pendarovski about […]
29 July 2020
Talat Xhaferi, North Macedonia Parliament’s incumbent Speaker signed the Decree for first session of the new parliament in the Grand Hall (popularly known as the Great Dome Hall. The first session of the new composition of the parliament will be according to the protocols of the Commission for Infectious Diseases of North Macedonia, to avoid […]
12 June 2020
During today’s address to the nation, President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski said that at the moment there is no need of extending the state of emergency. He also said the Government hasn’t submited a formal request to extend the state of emergency since it has implemented all of its economic and medical measures. Pendarovski […]
4 June 2020
At the end of April, three journalists from North Macedonia – Nataša Stojanovska, Dušica Mrgja and Goran Trpenoski, victims of the violent storming of the Macedonian Parliament on 27 April 2017, filed a private lawsuit against the state for a violation of the right to freedom of expression and compensation for non-pecuniary damage. The lawsuit […]
11 June 2019
Today, at the 102nd Government session, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi formally accepted the resignation of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who fled the country and was granted political asylum in Hungary. At today’s session, the resignation of MP Pavle Bogoevski was also noted, which he announced at the session of the Commission for Mandatory and […]
3 June 2019
Before the vote in Parliament to strip fugitive and former prime minister Nikola Gruevski of his parliamentary mandate for more than 6 months unjustified leave, he announced via his Facebook page that he would resign from his parliamentary function. Gruevski was sentenced to two years in prison in a case against him led by the […]
29 May 2019
The Commission on Mandate and Immunity Issues has voted on the proposal to strip fugitive MP Nikola Gruevski of his parliamentary mandate in his absence on the grounds that he was unjustifiably absent for over six months. The motion was passed with five votes “for”, while MPs from VMRO-DPMNE did not vote. The proposal should […]
14 March 2019
At today’s parliamentary session, the Law on the Termination of Pregnancy was adopted and passed, allowing women to exercise the right to a safe termination of pregnancy and abolish the existing administrative procedures and barriers that delay the implementation of the procedure for terminating a pregnancy, announced the Ministry of Health. “The decision to terminate a pregnancy as a […]
11 March 2019
Today, Parliament adopted the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination, after it was discussed in a session on Friday. Fifty-two MPs voted for the law, three were abstentions, and no one was against. The debate on the anti-discrimination bill, which was fast-tracked through Parliament, went against the views of the government and the opposition […]
7 March 2019
“The Bombs” that the Special Public Prosecution has will be destroyed, announced yesterday the Ministry of Justice, announcing that the Government has decided SPO’s future by placing it in the draft law on the Public Prosecution. But, what will be the procedure like for destroying the materials from the illegally wiretapped conversations, and what will […]
28 February 2019
Hundreds of associations, civic organizations, foundations, and networks will be demanding from the Parliament to urgently pass a Law on Prevention of and Protection from Discrimination. They reminded the Parliament today and the public that the draft law for prevention and protection from discrimination has been stuck for the past 8 months at the Parliament, […]
27 February 2019
The legal part was not fulfilled to the end, since the Commission for the Rules of Procedure and Mandate-Immunity Issues did not have a draft decision. I call upon the law, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, at a press briefing regarding why he had not initiated a vote on stripping MP Trajko Veljanoski of his immunity. […]
27 February 2019
Parliament will be held responsible if suspects Trajko Veljanoski and Ljupco Dimovski eventually flee the country after their parliamentary immunity was not confiscated, said the Criminal Court to Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who tried to put the blame on the court for the possible escape of the two men. “We have just witnessed for the […]
26 February 2019
There are no plenary sessions at the Parliament scheduled for the last two days after the quarrel that erupted on Sunday when the President of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi stopped the session before the voting session for abolishing the immunity of the former President of the Parliament Trajko Veljanovski who is one of the suspects […]
