Tag: political crisis

Tomorrow, leaders of political parties will once again try to bridge differences for exiting the political crisis. As announced, new leadership meeting will be held tomorrow in Skopje, but, according to previous statements of the political parties, it is unlikely that an agreement will be reached. One of the key issues on which the parties have so far failed to...

Social Democratic Union of Macedonia welcomes the conclusions of the Council of EU ministers, reads the statement of SDSM. "In the conclusions, the European Union recommends that the priority for Macedonia is to solve systemic problems with the rule of law, including in respect of the violation of basic human rights, judicial independence, media freedom, corruption, elections. These systemic problems...

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 Leadership meeting at which the parties will...

The political situation in Macedonia will be one of the topics that will be discussed at the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Luxembourg on Monday. "In April 2015, the Council expressed serious concern about the deteriorating situation in the country, especially in the area of rule of law, fundamental rights and media freedom. The Council urged all...

Responding to journalists’ questions, SDSM spokesman Petre Shilegov said that the "bombs" will continue and long-awaited bombs for DUI, "Monster" and the like will soon be announced. Shilegov said that conversations of the project "Truth about Macedonia" will be published as it was promised to the citizens of Macedonia. Commenting the statement of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski that VMRO-DPMNE is...

Although there were brief hopes that negotiations are nearing their end, again no information is communicated for the building of the European Commission in Brussels, where, on the 11th floor, negotiations between the four political leaders, Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci are held. Unofficial estimate is that the meeting could last late in the evening, and...

MEP and rapporteur for Macedonia at the European Parliament Richard Howitt welcomed yesterday's progress in the negotiations out of the political crisis in Macedonia. - I welcome the statement of Johannes Hahn for the negotiations in Macedonia. I must point out an interesting choice of words, "a kind of transitional period" - wrote Howitt on "Twitter". I welcome JHahnEU ...

Accusations that the United States was involved in a plot to destabilize Macedonia are absurd, stated the US Embassy in Skopje for "Nova TV". The reaction of the US Embassy is related to the recent statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who accused the West of being behind the current political crisis in the country and putting pressure on...

A plenary session of the European Parliament, on which MEPs debated the current political crisis in Macedonia and recent developments in Kumanovo, was held in Strasbourg late this afternoon. The general assessment of MEPs was that the country is in a difficult political situation, called for responsibility from leaders of political parties in the country for the challenges the country...

In the following days, Macedonia will be present on the European agenda. With the expected conclusion that should be adopted tomorrow by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Prime Minister's participation on a meeting of the European Commission regarding transport policy in the region and the third round of negotiations between the government and opposition in the European Parliament,...

The political crisis in the country can only be resolved through dialogue between the political parties and the mediation of the international community, and without inclusion of the Albanian factor in the country in the process, no solution will be sustainable, recommends leader of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) Ali Ahmeti in his keynote speech at the first...

The case with the wiretapping could disrupt partnership in the coalition government and therefore this issue should be seriously and carefully discussed, assessed today DUI at the central committee of the party held in Gostivar. According to the General Secretary of the party Abdilakim Ademi, some conclusions of the central committee will be the points on the agenda of the...

Representatives of the European Union, OSCE, NATO and the United States appealed to the Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov to get seriously involved in resolving the political crisis in the country and not to be a spectator to the events, reports Bulgarian portal "Novinite". According to diplomats, as noted by the portal, Ivanov could be the patron of political dialogue and...

"Ivanov’s silence is expected and shameful silence Ivanov," says vice president of SDSM Radmila Shekerinska to the question of how she interprets the behavior of the President of the country regarding the wiretapping scandals and the political crisis that resulted from them. - Judging by the way in which he was elected, the way he practiced his function in the...

Radmila Shekerinska, vice president of SDSM, today met with the EU delegation led by Johannes Vierek from the Western Balkans Division of the European Union responsible for Macedonia. According to the announcement of SDSM, at meeting was discussed about the political crisis in the country, Government’s tapping of more than 20 thousand citizens of the Republic of Macedonia, the control...

Spokeswoman of Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for accession negotiations, Maja Kocijanchik, today conveyed the renewed position of Hahn about the developments in Macedonia after the "Wiretapping" scandal. "We have already expressed our deep concern about what is disclosed in the country about interference in court cases, media freedom and, now, for electoral irregularities. We expect the institutions in the country...