18 October 2015
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 […]
18 October 2015
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 […]
9 October 2015
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 […]
7 October 2015
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processing, disclosure and dealing of materials resulting from the illegal interception of communications has been withdrawn from the agenda of Parliament..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 […]
6 October 2015
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 […]
6 October 2015
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 […]
28 September 2015
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, […]
5 September 2015
“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 […]
4 September 2015
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.
3 September 2015
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 […]
1 September 2015
“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 […]
1 September 2015
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 […]
1 September 2015
“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 […]
13 August 2015
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 […]
16 July 2015
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, […]
14 July 2015
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 […]
