13 October 2017
The Ambassador of the European Union, Samuel Žbogar, addressed through a video recording regarding the local elections this Sunday and has called upon the citizens to cast their votes and the political leaders and parties to carry out the elections without “threats and violence.” Žbogar sent his message in Macedonian. -The local elections on the […]
25 May 2017
“I thnk there isn’t any need of plenty of evidence, all was clear and it was happening in front of the public. All who dared and entered the Parliament should be held accountable in front of the justice departments if we want to have a legal state” said the president of the Movement for Reforms […]
15 May 2017
At today’s coordination meeting, led by Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, representatives of the parliamentary parties agreed that a draft bill amending the Electoral Code is necessary for local elections to be held in the half of October. Therefore the mandate of the current mayors and municipal councilors will be extended until new councilors and mayors […]
15 May 2017
Talat Xhaferi was not elected Parliament Speaker of the Republic of Macedonia in a legal process and the parliamentary group VMRO-DPMNE does not see why they would respond to an invitation from the MP Talat Xhaferi, which he sent in his capacity as Parliament Speaker, said the regular morning press release from VMRO-DPMNE. They went […]
17 March 2017
Scheduling a session of Parliament, coordinated by MPs for an agreement on the composition of the commission for elections, the nomination of the President of Parliament, a letter to Ivanov, his decision to give the mandate, and negotiations for government and its composition. This is the sequence of steps that SDSM leader, Zoran Zaev expects […]
1 March 2017
I will not give the mandate to any person, or party, which has a platform meant to destroy the sovereignty, integrity and the independence of the Republic of Macedonia. No one has the right to trade with the country’s founding values” said President Gjorge Ivanov at today’s public addressing. “By negotiating on the basis of […]
28 February 2017
Albanians are not seasonal workers in their own homes. There should be a timely response to their demands. We will not stop emphasizing the need for the development of the Albanian people, wherever they live, regardless of their belongings, for more dignity, equality and inclusion in the development plans, stated the Minister of Foreign Affairs of […]
9 February 2017
The European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, has completed the meetings with the leaders of parties that have won MP seats at the Parliament, such as Besa, The Alliance of the Albanians, DPA, and DUI, where the stances of the parties were discussed regarding the formation of the new government. The […]
13 December 2016
Nikola Gruevski’s regime mustn’t form a government, as was said by the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev at the press conference held his afternoon and he called the parties which candidates received mandates not to coalition with VMRO-DPMNE in order to form a new government. -We defeated the regime with a pencil and a vote. […]
11 December 2016
The citizens organization “Most” announced that during the Election day more irregularities in the voting process were noticed. Representatives of “Most” are announcing that at the polling station 0473, municipality Mavrovo and Rostushe, a member of the voting board is evidencing the voters that are voting on a special list and that list was handed […]
15 November 2016
President-elect Donald Trump, during his election campaign, spent $ 600 million, while his pro-active opponent, Hillary Clinton during the race spent more than $ 1 billion. In Macedonia, the election campaigns for candidates from the main political parties during the presidential elections in 2014, spent one million euros. For Gjorge Ivanov’s election campaign, VMRO-DPMNE spent […]
19 October 2016
At the Levica party’s Central Committee, they decided to run independently for the early parliamentary elections on December the 11th after their initiative to be part of the united approach of all anti-regime parties was completely ignored by the opposition, confirmed to “Meta”, Zdravo Saveski, one of the leaders of the Levica party. “At the Central Committee, which was held on […]
6 October 2016
Submitting legislation for the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) in Parliament as an ordinary procedure, opens the possibility of consultations and coordination between the parties in the home of legislation, but with the guarantors of the Pržino Agreement (The European Union and the United States etc.) about accepting the proposed changes. This is the main […]
7 September 2016
If the parties do not change their minds, and do not postpone the elections again, then on October 12, Parliament will be dissolved and elections will be formally announced, followed by the election campaign officially commencing on November the 21st, 2016. According to the Electoral Code, the election campaign should begin 20 days before election […]
5 August 2016
“We need real reforms to the media and the signatories of the Pržino Agreement delivered a political farce. Once again I repeat, we will not participate in a game without borders by the parties”, wrote the president of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia Naser Selmani, on his Facebook profile. Otherwise, news organizations at yesterday’s […]
25 July 2016
The four political parties, all signatories to the Pržino Agreement, will meet today to put together the amendments which were previously agreed in the last annex of the Pržino Agreement. The working groups of the parties need to synchronize the amendments to the laws on government, media and the law on internal affairs. Then, the […]
12 July 2016
Elections in November are possible, however with a prior examination in August to see if conditions have been met, and all notes from the negotiations – This is a possible solution, sources from within the negotiation teams from the political parties told “Meta”. After several hours of talks today between the representatives, Nikola Todorov from […]
8 July 2016
Representatives from the political parties who today met with EU Ambassador Aivo Orav, and US Ambassador, Jess Baily at talks to find a way out of the political crisis in the country, left with different impressions on the progress of the negotitations. For the SDSM, it is not about any specific changes. “We are unable […]
7 July 2016
The working groups of the political parties who are all signatories to the Pržino Agreement, the VMRO-DPMNE, DUI, DPA and the SDSM today at 11:30 will resume talks at the residence of the European Union in Przino and will discuss reforms to the media. The meeting comes after yesterday’s visit by the German special envoy […]
7 July 2016
The political parties made slight progress at today’s meeting with Ambassadors Jess Baily and Aivo Orav and the European Union’s residence in Pržino. According to representatives from the ruling coalition Nikola Todorov and Artan Grubi, matters regarding the cleansing of the electoral roll and reforms to the media were discussed. Artan Grubi said his is […]
