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Parties have been given 48 hours to remove any shortcomings from the lists

The State Election Commission yesterday reviewed the candidate lists of political parties and coalitions, and gave some of them 48 hours to correct any shortcomings. The SEC stated, the majority of their remarks are related to missing bank account details for the election campaign, certificates of proof stating that candidates have no criminal records, statements and copies of identity cards...

Political parties have no time to sign the Code for non violence

Today political parties failed to appear at an event called "5 minutes to 12," where they were supposed to sign the Code for the prevention of violence during the parliamentary election of 2016 that was prepared by the Project "Prevention During the 2016 Elections". The project manager, Nelko Nelkovski said that the parties informed them that today they will not...

Brussels is taking a break – Next progress report will be in 2018

Tomorrow the European Commission will publish their report on EU enlargement and the progress report on the Western Balkans, but the next report, instead of next year, will be published as late as 2018, according to "Meta" sources from Brussels. Unofficially, within the European Commission there is a sense of weariness surrounding the reports, especially considering that they do not...

Political Parties are Abusing State System

There is no clear distinction between political parties and the state, the state system is being abused and political discrimination is frequent. Because of this, several laws have been violated. This was the conclusion made at the conference “Separating the State from the Political Parties", organized by the citizen’s association “Most” Constitutional Court Judge Natasha Gaber- Damjanovska said that in Macedonia, there...

Survey by “Faktor Plus Adria”: VMRO-DPMNE have a 4.2% advantage over SDSM

The difference in the ratings between the two major political parties in Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM is 4.2% in favour of the ruling party’s, showed the results of the latest poll conducted by the agency “Faktor Plus Adria” which were published yesterday. The poll was conducted from October 19 –October 26 and on 1082 respondents. According to their research, VMRO-DPMNE has...

US Embassy: SPO must be able to conduct a full inquiry

The Special Public Prosecutor must it be able to conduct a full and independent inquiry, without interference, and the state institutions and political parties need to cooperate, said the US Embassy in Skopje to "Meta" in connection with the SPO’s investigation into the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK). They pointed out that by establishing accountability for the illegal wiretapping tapping is one...

Hahn begins with meetings in Skopje, first on the agenda is the civil sector

This morning, the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn will start his visit to Macedonia with a meeting with representatives from the civil sector. After the meeting with the representatives from the NGOs, Hahn is to meet with Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev. Meetings with Katica Janeva, the Special Public Prosecutor, the leader of the DPA party, Menduh...

Suomalainen: Good Measures Have Been Taken To Ensure A Credible Electoral Roll

"I think  good measures have been taken to ensure that the electoral roll is credible. The voters’ list should always reflect the current situation, and not the situation from five or 10 years ago, but the times people really live in. In many countries this is done automatically", said the Head of the OSCE Mission in Skopje, Nina Suomalainen, in an...

Baily: We Are Working With The EU To Ensure The Fulfillment Of The Agreement Before Elections

Together with the European Union, we are working on the fulfillment of the agreement from June by the political parties, which was reinforced in August. We are working on it, to make sure that the agreement will be fulfilled ahead of the elections. This was stated by the US Ambassador, Jess Baily while in Stip at a ceremony marking the...

IRI Is Not Planning a Pre-Election Poll For Political Party Ratings in Macedonia

The International Republican Institute (IRI) which conducts several polls on public opinion throughout the year on different issues, there have been no announcements for pre-election poll ratings of political parties in Macedonia.  “For now, we have not planned a poll which we would publish before the forthcoming parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for December 11”,  said Ilina Mangova,  an IRI...

Constitutional Court Schedules its First Session: SPO Not on the Agenda, But Cross in Butel is

Today, the Constitutional Court announced its agenda for their first session after the two-month summer recess, which is scheduled for September 28, at 9:00am. At the session, as an item on the agenda, the constitutionality of the Law on the Special Prosecutor's Office is not listed, while the initiative for constructing a cross in Butel is. The initiative for assessing...

Hahn: Parties have respected the Agreement

With the agreement of the political parties for conducting the elections on December 11, and the 100-day countdown to election day, the parties have respected the agreement and the agreement from June-July of last year, said European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn to Radio “Slobodna Evropa”. He stressed that elections will not bring an end to the urgent...

Election deadlines: What awaits us until elections on December 11?

Early parliamentary elections have been twice postponed so far, and now they have been scheduled for December 11. This was agreed two days ago by the leaders of the political parties, signatories to the Pržino Agreement after elections were postponed on April 24 and June 5. If the political parties do not change their minds and again decide to postpone the...

Mogherini and Hahn welcomed agreement reached by parties for elections on December 11

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini and the Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, in a joint statement, welcomed the political agreement which was reached today between the political leaders, signatories to the Pržino Agreement. “We welcome that the leaders of the four main political parties took a...

Early Elections will be held on December 11, Interim Government will be chosen on Friday

The leaders of the four largest political parties, signatories to the Pržino Agreement tonight finally agreed that on December 11, early parliamentary elections will be held. The four leaders are satisfied that all the conditions were met for fair and democratic elections. Also satisfied with the agreement were the two representatives from the international community, the US Ambassador to...

Gruevski: We accepted everything the SDSM have asked, only so elections will be held on December 11

The leader of the VMRO-DPMNE party, Nikola Gruevski left today's leaders’ meeting early at the MPs clubhouse where details are being discussed regarding the elections which are expected to be held in December. He said that his party had accepted all conditions the SDSM had proposed only so they will not have the opportunity of postponing the elections again. “Once again,...

What has been fulfilled, and what remains to be fulfilled

The parties and institutions, two weeks after the representatives from the four political parties reached an agreement for an interim government to organize elections, have fulfilled all the deadlines outlined in the agreement. What remains: August 18 – Final deadline for the disputable voters to report to the SEC August 19 – The formation of an ad hoc body to regulate the...

Baily warns – Keep the focus on the implementation of the agreement

The US Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess Baily, just a few moments ago shared the agreement between the political parties on his Twitter account and wrote: https://twitter.com/AmbBaily/status/756098966756986880 Earlier, Baily welcomed the agreement which was finally reached between the parties, and said that it is an opportunity for democracy.

Dates & Deadlines: Visualization of the Agreement on 20th of July

Yesterday the political parties, signatories to the Pržino Agreement reached consensus for the opened issues. The agreement has several key dates and deadlines that need to be implemented before the leaders of the parties meet on August 31 to confirm the date for the elections and the transitional government. This will be confirmed by a signature.  

British Embassy: An agreement is only as good as its implementation

Today, the British Embassy welcomed the agreement which was finally reached by the political parties and stressed that they need to implement the agreement with just as much effort. “My broad view is that any agreement is only as good as its implementation. That’s what has failed in the past. If this agreement is to succeed, the parties will have...