22 September 2015
Today SEC (State Election Committee) is expected to reach a full and final agreement on the composition and selection of its institution. According to our sources within the political parties, DUI’s proposal was perceived as acceptable and decisions are to be made by a majority of a Badinter system, by the newly elected State Election […]
15 September 2015
After marathon talks by the working teams of the negotiating groups, the parties reached an agreement this morning for a special law on the Special Public Prosecutor, “Meta” has discovered from sources close to the negotiating teams. We also have learnt that an agreement has been reached today and the name of the new special prosecutor […]
8 September 2015
Although, the Greek nationalist party does not even recognize Macedonia, and is always ready to mention it in any derogatory term it can, it did inhibit them at a press conference in Thessaloniki, when their party’s lawmaker Sir Aretemis Mateopulos used Macedonia as a shining example of how Greece should deal with the waves […]
8 September 2015
Sources from inside the negotiating teams have told ‘Meta’ correspondents that political parties working groups who are discussing electoral laws and rules from the Przhino Agreement are now to focus all their energy on the issue of the Special Public Prosecutor which is to be appointed on the 15th of September. The parties have agreed […]
2 September 2015
In a Press Release from its Embassy in Skopje, the USA today “urged the government, all political parties and the peoples of Macedonia to refrain from any actions that could interfere with appointment of a Special Prosecutor, and the abilities of this office to act with complete autonomy, as decreed in the the Agreements of […]
29 August 2015
In an interview for the Austrian newspaper Standard, the European Commissioner Johanes Hahn said the opposition must return to Parliament, as was previously agreed. -After that the special public prosecutor will be named. Regarding that, both sides show good progress. We, the EU and the international community, are going to invest effort for fair elections […]
25 August 2015
The Action groups formed by representatives of the biggest political parties, signatories of the Przhino Agreement, will resume their meetings today in order to find a solution about the contentios points related to the early elections coming in April. As Meta previously reported, the big political parties agreed on the election of members of the […]
20 August 2015
According to participants in the Action groups of the political parties that signed the Przhino Agreement, it is expected that they may reach an agreement today at the 3 o’clock meeting. The issue of the electoral list, finds out Meta, is almost concluded, but there still small disagreements about how exactly the diaspora will vote. […]
19 August 2015
Today’s meeting of the Action groups will start at 1 o’clock in the Parliamentary Club in Skopje. The meeting should produce a concrete and acceptable proposal to all signatories of the Przhino Agreement. According to the latest information, the positions of the parties are getting closer and it is expected that they will make concrete […]
18 August 2015
The meeting of the Action groups of the political parties who have signed the Przhino Agreement has started. The meeting is held at the Parliamentary Club. The topic is the special public prosecutor. Representatives of SDSM are Renata Deskoska and Oliver Spasovski. VMRO-DPMNE is represented by Nikola Poposki and Nikola Todorov. DUI is represented by […]
18 August 2015
The Action groups that are meeting to implement the Przhino Agreement are meeting today. The topic of the meeting is the special public prosecutor. Besides the representatives of the political parties which had signed the Agreement, it is expected that the groups will be joined by the facilitator James Hamilton. At yesterday’s meeting, the Action […]
24 June 2015
Past meetings of leaders of political parties for resolving the political crisis and the documents arising from them, as well as meetings with representatives of the international community, have brought some schedule in the activities until early elections in April 2016. According to it, the following dates and deadlines are certain: On 29th of June […]
23 June 2015
Political parties are satisfied with the conclusions adopted by the EU Council today. SDSM said they were ready to honor them if an agreement on a transitional government of which Nikola Gruevski won’t be part is agreed. Prime Minister Gruevski, who welcomed the conclusions on his Facebook profile, says he will continue to raise standards […]
19 June 2015
The meeting between leaders of political parties began with 20 minutes delay, because the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski did not come on time. The format of the attendees is the same as in previous meetings, and VMRO-DPMNE leader and Prime Minister came with Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski. SDSM leader Zoran Zaev is in the presence […]
3 June 2015
After the eight-hour talks between political leaders and the European Commissioner for Enlargement, it is not entirely clear what has actually been agreed. In such a vacuum, both sides rushed to declare “victory”. Media close to the political structures began to analyze the statement of EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, also adding new elements, allegedly, from […]
24 May 2015
VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, Assembly Speaker Trajko Veljanovski congratulated May 24 – Day of Slavic educators and teachers, holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, to the citizens. – Their work is still alive and left an everlasting mark on the culture, tradition and uniqueness of all Slavic peoples. Their sacred mission of enlightenment of the Slavic peoples in […]
15 May 2015
Today, three other parties – New alternative of Gjorgji Orovchanec, United pensioners and citizens of Macedonia of Ilija Nikolovski and the Party of economic change 21 – joined the opposition alliance. All of them signed the Declaration of the citizens of Macedonia and will join the protest on Sunday. This was stated by Goran Milevski, […]
7 April 2015
Two old-new parties sizzle in the Albanian political block. One is reformed and reactivated PDP. According to Faton Aliti, son of the late leader Abdurahman Aliti, member of the organizing committee for the restoration of the party, the former political giant is undergoing reorganization. – Soon we will renew Tetovo branch, and later, within a […]
25 March 2015
The first meeting between representatives of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM with European facilitators are expected to be held next week in Brussels, reports “Alsat M”. After the completion of the two-day conference on political culture and dialogue organized by the European Parliament, although the parties did not move from their known positions, confirmed readiness next week […]
16 March 2015
“First resignation of Marko Zvrlevski, and then international experts”, is the general attitude and a condition of the opposition parties, led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), in connection with the invitation that the Public Prosecution submitted to the bodies of the European Union (EU) to send international experts to facilitate the work […]
