Tag: Political Parties

The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Hoyt Brian Yee today and tomorrow in Skopje will meet with President Gjorge Ivanov, the party leaders and as the embassy says “Speaker of Parliament, Talat Xhaferi.” Deputy Assistant Secretary Yee except with Ivanov and Xhaferi, will meet with the political party leaders Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali...

The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Hoyt Brian Yee will arrive tomorrow in Skopje on a two-day visit during which he will meet with president Gjorge Ivanov, the party leaders and as the embassy says “Speaker of Parliament, Talat Dzaferi.” “Hoyt Brian Yee, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs,...

President Gjorge Ivanov addressed citizens tonight and appealed for calm amid the tensions and violence and called on leaders of the parliamentary parties to attend the leaders' meeting tomorrow at his office. “In these times of great concern surrounding the recent events in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, I urge everybody to be calm. I call on you...

Today, in Tetovo, DUI’s party leader, Ali Ahmeti had a meeting with the Ambassador of France, Christian Thimonier, during which, as was announced by the party, the political situation in Macedonia was discussed, the geopolitical circumstances and the possibilities for solving the both the political and the institutional crisis During the meeting, Ahmeti had stated that “all constructive steps that...

Today, there is a new continuation of the constitutive session of Parliament, where MPs are expected to discuss the elections of the members and the president of the Commission for Elections and Appointments, and to appoint a Parliament Speaker. This mornings statements from the parties did not indicate any change to the usual scenario of addresses and procedural objections. During this...

Parliamentary political parties, during today’s coordination, in Parliament agreed that the president of the Commission for Elections and Appointments will be someone from the benches of the VMRO-DPMNE party, and they will resume talks at the constitutive session in Parliament on Monday. The Coordinator of the parliamentary group from VMRO-DPMNE, Ilija Dimovski said that the name will be revealed later...

The parliamentary political parties didn’t manage to achieve an agreement for a president of the parliamentary Commission for elections and appointment issues and because of that, they postponed the coordination meeting for tomorrow starting at 12 o’clock. The election of the president of the Commission for elections and appointment issues is actually setting a continuation of the constitutive session...

The coordination of the parliamentary parties with the president of the previous parliamentary Trajko Veljanoski has been postponed and will continue tomorrow since the parties weren’t able to reach an agreement who will be the president of the Commission for Elections and Appointment issues. After the session, the coordinator of VMRO-DPMNE’s MP group, Ilija Dimovski said that until now...

There is no time to lose, a new government is needed urgently, the EU path for Macedonia is open, tweeted the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, also adding that talks with the leaders and representatives from the parliamentary political parties has begun. https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/844176137228050432 https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/844178685242626048 At the moment, Hahn is meeting with the leader of Besa, Bilal Kasami.

At today’s coordinative meeting at the Parliament, representatives of the parliamentary political parties have managed to reach an agreement regarding the Committee on Elections and Appointment Issues, which was a essential for scheduling the continuation of the Parliament’s constitutive session. The political parties have agreed that the Commission should consist of 6 members of VMRO-DPMNE, 5 members of SDSM, and...

VMRO-DPMNE are preparing a political document, where they will offer a way out of the political crisis, announced the leader of the party, Nikola Gruevski in yesterday’s interview on “Kanal 5”. Gruevski announced that in the next few days, he expects the document to be finalised and he will offer it to the larger political parties as solution and way...

The consultations between SDSM and the other political parties that gave their signatures in order Zoran Zaev to be the new mandatary, are still underway, and tomorrow, mostly by Tuesday, the proposal for a new president at the Parliament will be known, said the vice president of SDSM, Damjan Mančevski, for Television 24. -I believe that by the start of...

The special emissary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany for Southeastern Europe, Turkey and the EFTA countries, Christian Hellbach, after the meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov, the Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Poposki, and the leaders of the political parties in Macedonia, said that it is necessary for a government to be formed quickly that will be devoted...

"The joint statement of the parliamentary Albanian parties in Macedonia is a joint document of the Albanian political parties in Macedonia, prepared and signed in Skopje, as a summary of the election programs of all our parliamentary parties and in no way does it impose any kind of external factor", reads the statement by DUI after yesterday's meeting of...

U.S. Ambassador Jess Baily, in an interview for “Sitel TV” said that the attitude of the international community is that the Special Public Prosecutor’s (SPO) mandate has to be extended (the deadline for closing investigations and filing charges). The MP and the member of the VMRO-DPMNE’s Executive Committee, Antonio Miloshoski, last night, in an interview for the same Television...

There is no time to lose and it is solely up to Macedonian politicians to decide the future of their country, said the Ambassador of the Netherlands, Wouter Plomp, at today's presentation of the research "Legal and budgetary implications of unjustified detainment" at the EU Info Centre in Skopje . “If you are asking me to comment on recent developments...

VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski in an interview with "Nova" television said European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn came to the country with the idea to encourage political parties to enter a broad coalition, but after talks with party leaders, he came to the conclusion that such a thing was not feasible. “During the talks, he realized...

More time is needed, but the political parties have to demonstrate democratic maturity, said EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn at the official handover of the 31 terrain vehicles donated by the EU Border Police, in the context of yesterday's talks with leaders of political parties on the issue of the formation of a new government. “The parties should continue to negotiate...

Yesterday, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski didn't give any statements after meeting with European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, as other political leaders had done after their meetings with the EU Commissioner. According to the announcements, details of the meeting between Gruevski and Hahn, and the views of his party regarding the current political situation...

The European Union are expecting as soon as possible, a new government to be formed, and are focusing on European integration processes in the country, supported by all political parties, said Ambassador Samuel Žbogar during his visit to Prilep as part of the project "EU for you." “We are impatiently looking forward to the formation of the new government. We...