1 June 2017
The past three years of the political crisis has been difficult, exhausting and stressful on Macedonia. The crisis was not just a political crisis, it crossed over into economics, society, morals and ethics. There were a series of protests and counter protests, trials and counter trials, investigations and counter investigations. Then the Pržino Agreement was […]
23 May 2017
Tomorrow, the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, will be travelling to Brussels to attend an informal dinner with the Prime Ministers from the Western Balkans and the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, confirmed SDSM. Last week, Mogherini sent invitations to the six Prime Ministers of the Western […]
26 April 2017
The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the Us Department of State, Hoyt Brian Yee, will not be meeting with the president Gjorge Ivanov, confirmed the president’s cabinet for Meta. “The cabinet of the President of Republic of Macedonia was sent a request for a meeting with the Assistant Secretary of […]
25 April 2017
On Monday, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the US State Department, Hoyt Brian Yee will be arriving in Macedonia in an attempt to help overcome the political crisis. The US Embassy in Skopje announced that Hoyt Yee will travel to Macedonia on May 1, 2017 to engage political leaders on […]
25 April 2017
VMRO-DPMNE’s president Nikola Gruevski had talks with the ambassadors of Germany, Great Britain, Sweden and Netherlands, Christine Althauser, Charles Garrett, Mats Staffanson and Wouter Plomp about the current political situation, the opinion, and stance of VMRO-DPMNE regarding its solution. At the meeting, during which the members of the party’s Executive Committee were present, Nikola Poposki, […]
25 April 2017
The Ambassadors of Sweden, Netherlands and Slovenia, Mats Staffansson, Wouter Plomp, and Milan Jazbec, said today that Brussels doesn’t see the need of organizing new early parliamentary elections especially because the last elections were marked as fair and free, and the new elections would only deepen the political crisis in Macedonia. “The elections that were […]
25 April 2017
DUI’s Vice President and mayor of the city of Tetovo, Teuta Arifi, said that for a solution to the political crisis it is most important that a president of the Parliament is elected. She isn’t casting off the idea of a leadership meeting, stressing that “DUI has never run away from meetings regardless if they […]
21 April 2017
While my colleague in Albania is pulling out scenarios from “his sleeve” such as the unification of Kosovo and Albania, until European integration falls apart for the country’s of this region, his team of lawyers are trying to justify the thesis that what Rama wants, is election points at home, by brutal interference into Macedonia’s […]
20 April 2017
Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ditmir Bushati, who resides in Washington, denied that the “Tirana platform” exists and that Albania is interfering in Macedonia’s internal affairs. Bushati, who was a guest at the “German Marshall Fund” think-tank, refused to answer a question by American experts as to what the statement issued by Albanian Prime Minister […]
19 April 2017
President Gjorge Ivanov will not assign the mandate until all legal and political obstacles are removed. At the press conference with the Chairman of the Presidency of BIH, Mladen Ivanic, he said that he cannot make a decision which can later be challenged. “If such a decision is challenged, then my responsibility will be questioned. […]
19 April 2017
It is time for the country to go forward, for the state institutions to be formed, a president of the Parliament to be elected and a government to be formed, said the Euro Ambassador Samuel Žbogar during his visit to Negotino. He also said that the time of the elections and the post-electoral discussions are […]
18 April 2017
Bildt finished his visit to Macedonia after the meeting with the party leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, but the party isn’t revealing any details about the meeting. Now leaving Skopje after a day of intense talks with all relevant political leaders. Belgrade next. — Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) April 18, 2017 When asked by Meta whether […]
17 April 2017
The former chief of Swedish diplomacy Carl Bildt on his twitter profile announced that he will arrive in Skopje today. Even though he hasn’t revealed any details about the visit, on his twitter profile he also wrote that “No end in sight for the constitutional crisis in Skopje. Trenches look even deeper. Grave situation” No […]
15 April 2017
Gjorge Ivanov has no right to act like a tyrant to his people, just so he can satisfy one man and his families needs and their criminal platforms, reads a reaction statement by SDSM concerning the interview with the President and Austrian newspaper “Wiener Zeitung”. In their reaction, they stated that Ivanov is an accomplice […]
15 April 2017
Forming a government without a justified mandate is legally unjustifiable, said President Gjorge Ivanov in an interview for Austrian newspaper “Wiener Zeitung.” “Such a government would be without presidential legitimacy i.e. without constitutional basis. It is only a wish. It is legally unjustified. Such a government will have no legitimacy. This is clearly stated in […]
13 April 2017
The complexity of the situation in Macedonia, the region and beyond, in the European Union, lies a country which needs to find a fast way out of the political crisis, “using the available political and institutional capacities, to return to its pro reform course.” This was said by the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, […]
11 April 2017
The German Ambassador Christine Althauser said today that there is a solution for the political crisis in Macedonia, but it is necessary it is going to be implemented. -The solution for the political crisis in Macedonia is on the table. What is needed is a political will to be carried out, the Parliament to become […]
10 April 2017
Today, Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vučić and US Senator, John McCain met in Belgrade where the two discussed the situation in Macedonia, reports a correspondent for “Meta” from Belgrade. Vučić hopes that things in Macedonia will develop in a peaceful manner and with respect for Macedonian law. “For us, it is very important, because if […]
10 April 2017
The European Commission expects the democratic processes in Macedonia to continue, a new Speaker of Parliament to be appointed, and then a new government, said spokeswoman for the EC Maja Kocijančić at today’s press conference, when answering a question from a journalist to comment on developments in the Macedonian Parliament. “We are following developments, we’ve […]
7 April 2017
Macedonia is a country in the Balkans where many foreign interests clash, stated last night Albanian Parliament Speaker, Ilir Meta in an interview for “Ora News” television. “It is a country which, in addition to Albania, has specific problems with some of the neighbouring countries, demographic or ethnic composition makes the country very fragile in terms […]
