20 February 2016
Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and United States (US) in the country, Aivo Orav and Jess Baily according to announcements this afternoon should announce their assessment of whether there are conditions for holding early parliamentary elections on April 24. There has been no official confirmation on how the ambassadors will announce their decision, whether they […]
16 February 2016
US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily and EU Ambassador Aivo Orav joined negotiators from the working group for the media law at the MPs Clubhouse. The Diplomats will attempt to put pressure on political parties to resolve the issue faster. Before the meeting, the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte said he hoped a solution can be […]
27 January 2016
Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte today before the meeting between the working groups at the MPs Clubhouse said that according to him it was possible to reach an agreement on the media law and it is good that political parties are giving their own suggestions, which are not final decisions, but only proposals . He confirmed that […]
25 January 2016
The European Union is disappointed by yesterday’s statement by former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski “Meta” has learnt from official sources within the EU. “We have already expressed our concern and disappointment with the statement from the former Prime Minister and his lack of the respect of the political agreement”, a senior official told “Meta” who […]
25 January 2016
The EU mission in Skopje today via its official Twitter profile has called upon all political parties to respect the Przhino Agreement and the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva and her work. “All the signatories of the Przhino Agreement should support the work of the Special Public Prosecutor and all four sides of the working […]
21 January 2016
There is no sense anymore that the parties want to continue to work together and try to achieve common goals, said Belgian facilitator about negotiations regarding the Przhino Agreement, Peter Vanhoutte before today’s meeting of the working groups in the MPs Clubhouse that started around 18:00. Mr Vanhoutte indicated that the main reason for this […]
16 January 2016
Negotiations between the four political parties leaders’ failed late last night, which were held in Przhino in mediation with the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, US Ambassador Jess Bailey, EU Ambassador Orav and Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte. The four main parties were unable to agree on a date for early […]
15 December 2015
Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte welcomed today’s agreement for the experts in the SEC. “I am very pleased to inform you that the leaders of the political parties have reached an agreement on the SEC. I hope that very soon we will start working to elect a Secretary General. I can say that all parties were […]
2 December 2015
Negotiations between the political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement about the problems in the media, will not continue today after VMRO-DPMNE left the meeting in the MPs Clubhouse in Skopje “Meta” has learnt. According to our sources, the office of the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte delivered a statement to the political parties today that […]
26 October 2015
Taking into account recent developments, the working group agreed to focus on bilateral meetings to address two key issues, i.e. the selection of the remaining prosecutors in the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the appointment of Ministers and Deputy Ministers for the government, said Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte. According to him, once an agreement is reached, […]
21 October 2015
Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte said today that if no agreements are made on the details of the functioning of the State Election Commission by the beginning of November, elections in April are almost impossible. He says that now we now need to ask whether the political parties want to reach a full agreement, and according […]
20 October 2015
The meeting between the working groups of the parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement began, where matters should be discussed and agreed upon such as government laws, the “bombs” and the so-called “whistle-blowers.” Yesterday the leaders of the four political parties met with EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, to come […]
14 October 2015
Belgian expert Peter Vanhoutte said that the parties were on the right track to reach an agreement on the electoral law, where he expressed his satisfaction. However, he said the party, without specifying which one, abandoned the negotiations because of non-compliance for a Special Prosecutor. SDSM Secretary General Oliver Spasovski before the MPs Clubhouse where […]
12 October 2015
The meeting between working groups, finally began between all signatories to the Przhino Agreement. Discussions over the Diaspora vote, and the responsibilities of the State Election Commission (SEC) should be decided. At the meeting attended Ilija Dimovski and Silvana Boneva from VMRO-DPMNE, Damian Manchevski and Cvetanka Ilieva from SDSM, Artan Grubi and Fatmir Besimi from […]
9 October 2015
The Bilateral meeting with MP Artan Grubi from DUI, and Belgian facilitator, Peter Vanhoutte came to an end. They both declined to make a statement, although Mr Vanhoutte Van said shortly he is optimistic, but declined to comment on anything else The Belgian expert will meet with representatives from SDSM at 16:00 pm.
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 […]
5 October 2015
Yesterday for six hours, representatives from SDSM, DPA and DUI waited for representatives from VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Todorov and Nikola Popovski, to return from a break which was agreed upon by the working groups, “Meta” has discovered. Even though the break was only meant to last for two hours, after six hours passed and they still […]
17 September 2015
Peter van Houte, the Belgian facilitator who mediated between the working groups of political parties VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DUI and DPA successfully agreed upon the name and law of the Special Public Prosecutor.Though seemingly humble and gentle he has repeatedly proved that it is no coincidence, that he carries a certain ‘weight’, political and any other. […]
11 September 2015
At the moment I can say that one of the biggest political parties did not adhere to what is agreed and does not respect any deadlines, which is unacceptable when conducting negotiations and reaching a final agreement. This was the statement by the Belgian facilitator Peter Van Houte before the start of today’s round of […]
26 August 2015
Today we discussed election laws and I must say that there is serious progress, said the Belgian expert Peter van Haute following the meeting of the Action groups. He said that the talks in the past few days were productive and constructive and that the negotiators made effort to reach a result. Van Haute said […]
