Tag: political crisis

The Przhino Agreement is alive, but a lot of work remains to be done, said the US Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess Baily for "Deutsche Welle". “Its fundamental elements - accountability for the wiretapping scandal, an inclusive political process, especially for Parliament, and reforms which lead to credible elections – this remains the best way out of the current political crisis...

President Gjorgi Ivanov from Sofia today called all the pardoned people who did not have their pardons revoked, and do not fall into the category of politicians, and want their pardons to be annulled, to submit a request to him or his cabinet. Ivanov while speaking to “Telma” TV said that so far, not one request for annulment has arrived...

Representatives from the Forum of Open-Minded Patriots yesterday met with Wouter Plomp, Ambassador of the Netherlands in the Republic of Macedonia where they discussed the possible solution and way out the current political crisis and for the freedom of media as well as the Priebe report. "Once again we have confirmed our view that the Republic of Macedonia has a...

The US Embassy in Macedonia called for a complete withdrawal of the pardons in order to return the country on its Euro-Atlantic path. “As we said last week, partial or selective revocations of the pardons will add to a growing sense of impunity in this country and prevent Macedonia from making progress on its most important goals, including progress towards...

The current government has a legitimate mandate until 2018, but as a party the VMRO-DPMNE is ready to hold elections earlier if the opposition expresses willingness to come out and face the citizens, stated the president of the ruling party, Nikola Gruevski at today's meeting with the Director General for Enlargement at the European Commission, Christian Danielsson. At the meeting,...

The Przhino Agreement is still a good basis for finding a solution to the political crisis in Macedonia, said in an interview with "Deutsche Welle", the special envoy from the German Foreign Minister, Johannes Haindl, adding that "the April amnesty for politicians granted by President Gjorge Ivanov undermines all efforts and is not in accordance with the Agreement”. "Decisions stemming...

I believe that political leaders will make sensible political decisions, acceptable for Macedonian citizens, as voters certainly have the last word, said Wouter Plomp, Ambassador of the Netherlands in Macedonia. Plomp believes that a speedy solution is of great interest for Macedonia and the Netherlands. We want the country to have a stable political climate, I urge Dutch guests without...

British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs said today in Brussels that are broad concerns regarding the situation in Macedonia. “I think the broader concern that in a country like Macedonia which is on a trajectory towards Europe, towards NATO, there are very clear standards that we expect to be observed, and we expect in all of these...

Berlin is “extremely concerned about the internal political situation in Macedonian”, said the German Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth from Brussels. He stressed that the country needs to meet two requirements urgently, firstly, to create conditions for democratic and free elections, and to fully support the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The political parties should not test the patience of...

VMRO-DPMNE is ready and intends to respect the Przhino Agreement, which provides for the establishment of an interim government to organize elections, to pave the way out of the political crisis, said Ivo Kotevski the Director of the Center for Communications of the ruling party Ivo Kotevski to “Meta”, when asked to comment on recent announcements by the SDSM...

To hold fair and credible elections, a new interim Government has to be established to implement reforms, announced the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia. Apart from that, the party has yet to disclose whether they’re currently holding talks on the formation of such a government and its format. SDSM spokesman, Petre Shilegov at today's press conference said that they had...

The President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Goran Milevski, met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, where they discussed the current political and social crisis "that the ruling party has produced and the efforts of the opposition to establish rule of law and the restoration of democracy in the country ", stated...

Today, the German Foreign Office welcomed Parliament's decision to ‘postpone once again’ the elections and calls for the implementation of credible reforms, and the urgent withdrawal of the pardons granted by President Gjorgi Ivanov to a large number of politicians last month. The German Foreign Office made the following statement on Twitter:   https://twitter.com/GermanyDiplo/status/733334511270891520 The statement also adds that Germany’s “special envoy, Ambassador...

President Gjorge Ivanov and the special envoy sent from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Johannes Haindl, at today's meeting discussed the current political developments and exchanged views on "opportunities and ways to overcome the challenges of the political scene in the country," said a statement from Ivanov's cabinet about the meeting. "Both agreed that is necessary that the...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki met with Dutch Director-General for European Cooperation, Robert de Groot from the Dutch Foreign Ministry in Skopje. The Macedonian Foreign Ministry stated that at the meeting they discussed ongoing efforts to overcome the political crisis, pending discussions at the Council on Foreign Affairs next week. At the meeting emphasis was put on the importance of the reform...

With 96 votes "for" and no MPs voted “against” the amendments to the Electoral Code, postponed the election, previously scheduled for June 5. A new date has not been determined as amended. The vote was preceded by a heated debate, which lasted for more than an hour and began by addressing the DUI MP Dzevad Ademi, who said today's decision by...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, today warned that Macedonia should not let its political crisis wreck its hopes of joining the Northern Atlantic Alliance, according to "Reuters" In his first public remarks on the crisis, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged President Gjorge Ivanov to revoke the pardons he granted politicians and their associates. "The door of NATO is still open, but...

Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, at the beginning of the first session after the Constitutional Court has put on hold all previously brought decisions, concluded the resignations of Ministers Interior and Labour and Social Policy Oliver Spasovski and Frosina Remenski, as well as additional Deputy Ministers from the SDSM. Immediately afterwards "new" ministers were chosen - Mitko Chavkov for Interior...

We call on the political leaders in the country and the relevant authorities to take decisive steps to solve the current situation, and respect the Przhino Agreement, said Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for the European Commission in response to the question, how will Macedonia continue to receive financial aid for the refugee crisis if the new government is not recognised...

German special envoy, MP Johannes Haindl next week will again come to Macedonia, to meet with the signatories of the Przhino Agreement. He will then announce his new proposals and ideas for overcoming the political situation in the country "Meta" has learned. According to information, yesterday and today at the meetings with the leaders of the political parties, the German...