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Eleven protesters were detained and 47 police officers injured in an anti-EU protest in Skopje

Eleven protesters were detained and 47 police officers were injured, 11 of which have severe injuries and two serious injuries, in yesterday's violent protests in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The protest was organized by informal groups, but was supported by the main opposition parties from the Macedonian political block - VMRO-DPMNE and Levica. The participants oppose the European...

5 years since the Bloody Thursday rampage in North Macedonia: Instead of peaceful transfer of power – effort for imposing complete dictatorship!

Today marks the 5th anniversary since the "Bloody Thursday", or the rampage in the Parliament of Macedonia (Now: North Macedonia) that occurred on the 27th of April 2017 when a group of people, including members of the security services, stormed the Parliament under the dictate of the then ruling party VMRO-DPMNE wanting to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. It...

MPs will vote today on Janeva’s budget

MPs at today's Parliamentary session will have to approve the budget for the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, so she can actually begin to work. The Funds amount to 63,420,428 denars, or approximately one million euros for the last quarter of 2015,  as indicated in the decision, are designed for continuous operations and autonomous operations of the Public Prosecution for...

MPs will discuss the issue of emigration from Macedonia

Parliament today should continue its discussion on the of growing problem of emigration, especially the emigration of young people leaving Macedonia, at the proposal of the MPs from the opposition. On today's agenda is the continuation of the 67th session and the draft Law on the Budget for the Republic of Macedonia for 2016, however a shortened procedure.

A day of political decisions, visits, meetings and laws – are 24 hours enough?

Almost all the events that brought tension on to the political scene last week will stream into the of tomorrow's agenda. The visit of the High Commissioner for the EU Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations , Johannes Hahn. Although there hasn't been an official statement of Mr Hahns scheduled meetings whilst he is in Macedonia, however he will certainly meet with the heads...

Electoral laws agreed upon, Parliament will vote tomorrow

After 15 hours of talks, working groups from the parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement this morning reached an agreement on electoral laws, "Meta"has learnt. The agreement of the manner of voting in SEC, the voting of the Diaspora and the clearing up of the electoral roll has now been settled. SEC members would be elected by the formula 3...

Peter Vanhoutte has bilateral meetings with all parties in Parliament

Belgian expert Peter Vanhoutte, who is one of the facilitators in the negotiations of the working groups to the parties to the Przhino Agreement, today has a series of meetings with representatives with various political parties in Parliament, to bring their views together on issues relating to election laws. At 12:00 pm, he met with representatives from DPA, and at 14:00...

Xhaferi and Mukoski have withdrawn the law that prohibits the “Bombs”

The bill which was to ban the possession, processing, disclosure and dealing of materials resulting from the illegal interception of communications has been withdrawn from the agenda of Parliament.. Parliament have just confirmed that the procedure or withdrawal of the law has started. Websites which had published materials laws, are now publishing statements from proponents Talat Xhaferi and Krsto Mukoski, in...

The law banning the “Bombs” is already on its second reading!

The bill to ban the publications of the"bombs" of the opposition which was uploaded to the website of the Assembly have already been immediately moved onto a second reading, although the draft-bill has just been announced today. The Parliament said that the bill will be taken through a shortened procedure because the first reading was overlooked and it went directly...

SDSM will walk out on negotiations if the bill passes as law to ban publications from the “Bombs”

If the bill banning the publication of the "bombs" is passed in Parliament as law, SDSM will leave the negotiating table, sources told "Meta" from the negotiating process. Currently, negotiators from the political parties of the working groups who are on a break, facilitator Peter Vanhoutte, US Ambassador Jess Bailey, Head of the EU Delegation in Skopje, Aivo Orav, held bilateral meetings with...

Speed Limit at 50 kilometres per hour has been held back for a year to come into force

The current speed limit in urban areas in the country will be reduced from 60 km to 50 km, which will come into focus by the public in the next few days, because of the new law on traffic safety on the roads. It is currently in parliamentary procedure and is expected in due time, to come into force. Article...

VMRO-DPMNE: While SDSM were not working, we were implementing laws in the interest of our citizens

"While Ms. Dimova and her colleagues from SDSM were absent from work, MP's from VMRO-DPMNE had more than 20,000 direct meetings with citizens," responds VMRO-DPMNE to Ms. Dimova's statement she gave at a press conference. "Parliament were functioning to its constitutional capacity and without SDSM and will continue to operate with the same capacity even though SDSM have decided to...

Treneska Deskoska-elected Vice-President of Parliament

At today's session in Parliament, after hours of debate, MP's voted Renata Treneska-Deskoska for vice president of the Assembly. 87 MPs voted for the proposal, 86 voted in favour, and 1 against. Treneska-Deskoska swore an oath before all MP's today. MP's also voted Presidents and committee members for the Assembly.

MP’s from SDSM still waiting to start work with the parliamentary committees

Four parliamentary committees are scheduled for today for meetings, however new MP's from SDSM are not going to take part in any of them. Goran Sugarevski coordinator of MP's at SDSM explains that the new MP's are yet to become members of the commission. Mr Sugarevski says he doesn't understands why the new members have not yet been appointed to the commission...

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...

Dimovski: We will not allow Parliament to be a tool for SDSM’s intrests

Parliament have adopted a series of important laws and decisions which will affect citizens directly, and be in their interest, while MPs from SDSM did not show for work whilst boycotting, said Ilija Dimovski today, Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of VMRO-DPMNE, before the arrival of the opposition MPs at Assembly. "The Republic of Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy in...

Zaev: If a special prosecutor is not chosen by the 15th of September, the Treaty of Przino will be invalid

"On May the 28th last year, from this place I put forward that Nikola Gruevski must take responsibility for the criminal conduct during elections." stated SDSM Leader Zoran Zaev at a press conference at the doors of Parliament. He went on to say that back then, he communicated the views of the opposition, separation of party and state, the rule of...

Will SYRIZA split up following the new Memorandum’s vote?

The Greek government is on yet another crossroads. The casting of votes for the new package of measures will show how much support the Government lead by SYRIZA and Prime Minister Tsipras can enjoy from the party’s own rank. The leftist party has inched even closer to dissolution following yesterday’s appeal by former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, who called...

The new measures voted out, 38 MPs turned their back on Tsipras

With 228 votes "FOR", the Greek Parliament passed the new package measures. 54 MPs voted against the measures, and there were six abstentions. Although the measures were passed with majority, almost historic, this vote was withering for the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA. 38 MPs from the leftist party did not support the measures, which set a serious...

Part of SYRIZA requests Tsipras to cancel the agreement with the EU

Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis requests Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to withdraw the agreement with creditors before making final decisions in the Parliament. Lafazanis, who from the beginning is a sharp opponent of the demands and proposals of the European institutions and considers measures humiliating, said in his written decision that the agreement is unacceptable and goes against the national will...