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 […]
25 February 2017
As enough signatures of MPs have been collected, we look forward to the next steps. We now expect the President to give the mandate to form the next government to the candidate from the parties which have the majority in the Assembly, in line with the Constitution, said the statement of the Euro Commissioner for […]
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. […]
12 December 2016
According to 99.72% of counted ballots, official data from the State Election Commission reported that from the total of 1,189,481 voters who voted, 37,812 ballots were invalid. The number of invalid ballots is greater than the number of votes received for seven of the eleven coalitions participating in the Macedonian elections. VMRO-DPMNE won most of […]
11 November 2016
Today political parties failed to appear at an event called “5 minutes to 12,” where they were supposed to sign the Code for the prevention of violence during the parliamentary election of 2016 that was prepared by the Project “Prevention During the 2016 Elections”. The project manager, Nelko Nelkovski said that the parties informed them […]
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 […]
16 May 2016
VMRO-DPMNE has to persist and carry on with their intentions to go the polls, said the people tonight in Bitola who were attending the protest organised by the Civil Movement for Defense of Macedonia, known as GDOM. From GDOM, they believe that after postponing elections on April 24, it is pointless to postpone the elections […]
1 May 2016
The European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn sent a letter to the leaders of the four parties which are signatories to the Przhino Agreement Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci, reports Alsat-M. According to diplomatic sources, the International Community is insisting on a new meeting after the failed […]
25 April 2016
“What elections? Are you joking?” This was the reaction of the leader of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Ali Ahmeti, when he answered the first question in an interview with the Austrian newspaper “Der Standard” about the elections. The DUI’s response explains the parties position on meeting all the criteria, according to them, the credibility […]
13 April 2016
After a second day of protests, and tonight’s violence against the decision of President Gjorge Ivanov to pardon politicians, the Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn wrote on his “Twitter” account that citizens should be reasonable and refrain from violence. “Call on all political parties and reasonable citizens to refrain from violent […]
21 February 2016
The leaders of the four political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement, have gathered at the MPs Clubhouse where they have scheduled an urgent leadership meeting for 15:00. Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci at the meeting will be presented with the assessment by the European Union and the United States concerning […]
5 January 2016
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn is optimistic that the crisis in Macedonia will be “definitely” resolved. In his blog on January the 1st he wrote: “I hope, that based on our great efforts, it will also be possible to overcome definitely the political crisis in the former Yugoslav Republic […]
23 December 2015
There has been little speculation about who is the most serious candidate to replace Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski although deadlines for his replacement has already begun to flow. In the Przhino Agreement it states that the Prime Minister has to step down 100 days before the parliamentary elections which are to be held on April 24, […]
8 November 2015
After weeks of negotiations, the political parties, all signatories to the Przhino Agreement, in the early hours on Friday morning they reached an agreement on all matters from the agreement of June the 2nd and July the 15th, which should be applied tomorrow. Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci with their teams […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
5 June 2015
EU Commissioner for Enlargement and the neighboring policy Johannes Hahn this afternoon talked over the phone with opposition leader Zoran Zaev “to clarify one of the issues related to the inter-party dialogue in which the European Union is a facilitator, in order to reach an agreement in Skopje on June 2,” reads the statement of […]
