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SDSM and the coalition have reached an agreement for a joint presidential candidate

A general agreement on a leadership level was reached, for the parties of the Coalition led by SDSM to stand behind a joint candidate for a president of the state and for joint campaigning at the forthcoming presidential elections, starting from the first round, informs the party. "It was agreed that wider consultations within the parties themselves to continue, that...

Campaigns launched for referendum on September 30th

Today, the campaign for the upcoming referendum (September 30th) was officially launched. Citizens will go to the polls and answer the ballot question "Are you for EU and NATO membership by accepting the agreement between Macedonia and Greece?" Heading the campaign is the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, and Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi announced that they will carryout the campaign...

Mickoski: Let’s prevent any attempt to elude the will of the citizens

After a four-hour long leaders’ meeting at the MPs Clubhouse, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said that the leaders of the four largest political parties are getting closer on some issues with their viewpoints, and other issues, they are not. He urged for real European values to be realistic, not declarative, and that all parties should act according to those values. “It...

Zaev: No-one is blocking the Government’s reshuffle

No political party blocked the government's reshuffle, said Prime Minister Zaev, according to whom, everyone wants cooperation. The prime minister confirmed that he had a meeting with both BESA and DPA leaders led by Menduh Thaci yesterday. “Today there will be additional communication. I want to finish with this issue in the coming days. Everyone is waiting on the proposals...

Žbogar: Political parties to carry out the elections without violence and threats

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 15th of October is a chance for...

Sela: It is obvious who is the orderer of the violence and they should be held accountable

"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 of DPA (DR-DPA), Zijadin...

Parties decide local elections will be held in October at coordination meeting, without VMRO-DPMNE

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 are elected. “Parliament Speaker Xhaferi...

VMRO-DPMNE will not participate in the scheduled coordination meeting in Parliament

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 on to say that the...

Zaev: If I receive the mandate, I will not waste 20 days to form the government

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 to be realized as...

Ivanov refuses to hand over the mandate to Zaev since he undermined the country’s sovereignty

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 a post-electoral platform made by...

Bushati to Gruevski: Albanians are not season workers in their own homes

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 Albania, Ditmir Bushati during...

Kasami and Sela will give their signatures for Zaev’s mandate, Ahmeti is strategizing and waiting for materials

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 vice-president of Bea, Afrim Gaši,...

Zaev: Gruevski must not form a new government

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. The regime must not form...

Most: The number of irregulatrities and violations of the election process is increasing

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 to an authorized person. At...

Parties hide how they finance their campaigns, which cost around €1 million

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 € 878,781 euros, which can...

Saveski: Levica will run as an independent party after being ignored by all parties in the opposition

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 Sunday, October the 16th, after...

Trajanov Brought Back the Laws on the SPO, To Give Time For Pressure On The EU and the USA

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 idea for having the...

What is, and what isn’t allowed during the election campaign?

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 day, and in the first...

Selmani: We will not participate in a game without borders by the parties

"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 meeting with the leadership of...

Working groups will synchronize the laws on internal affairs, government and the media

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 amendments will have to be passed...