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Tomorrow, working groups will ‘sort out’ the media
The working groups of the political parties who are part of the Przhino Agreement start talks tomorrow about the media and the manner in which they work.
According to the Chairman of the Working Group for SDSM, Robert Popovski, the meeting should be attended by organizations who actually work in the field of media.
“We have proposals, suggestions which we will...
SDSM in search of a new Katica Janeva for the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
The SDSM are in search of people to fill in positions such as deputies and ministers as predetermined in the Przhino Agreement. By the 20th of October, the Social Democrats have to propose new ministers at the Minister for Internal Affairs and the Ministry for Labour and Social Policy. These candidates have to acceptable to the other political parties...
Badinter in SEC?
Today SEC (State Election Committee) is expected to reach a full and final agreement on the composition and selection of its institution. According to our sources within the political parties, DUI's proposal was perceived as acceptable and decisions are to be made by a majority of a Badinter system, by the newly elected State Election Commission.
It is already known...
Ahmeti: It’s important that all steps of the Przhino Agreement are implemented
The Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, met with the DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, and discussed the implementation of the Przhino Agreement to overcome the political crisis.
“We find it important that all steps of the agreement should be implemented to find a solution to this political crisis and political leaders to be true to their...
Amnesty and pardons were the topic of discussion at the leaders’ meeting
The leaders' meetings and negotiations that are taking place in the Club of MP's in Przhino, tackled certain topics such as amnesty and pardons in the eyes of the law.
Yesterday, opposition leader Zoran Zaev, said that this was discussed until July the 15th.
“The topic of amnesty and legal pardons were on the agenda in these negotiations until July the...
Commissioner Hahn: Selecting the Special Prosecutor is not the end of the story
The appointment of a special prosecutor is an important element for the normalization of the political situation in Macedonia, but it is not the end of the story, said on Thursday in Brussels the EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, the day before his visit to Skopje.
Commissioner Hahn welcomed the appointment of the Special...
Hahn arrives in Skopje this evening, for an ‘accidental’ meeting with Katica Janeva
Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn arrives late this evening in Skopje on a commercial flight.
The working visit will officially start tomorrow, at 10.30 am, a meeting with the National Council for European Integration, after which the European Commissioner will have a working lunch with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.
After the meeting with the Prime Minister,...
Today new rounds of negotiations: Agreement on electoral issues to be reached by the end of the month
Today, meetings continued at the Club of Deputies between working groups of the various Macedonian political parties who have signed up to the Przhino Agreement. On today's agenda, electoral law, overseas voting, and addressing any contamination of the electoral list.
According to information from the working groups, these issues are not expected to have easy negotiations however these matters have...
European Commission has welcomed the agreement and are now waiting for the law to be passed by Parliament
The European Commission has welcomed the agreement reached on appointing the special public prosecutor, said Maja Kocijancic spokeswoman for Commissioner Johannes Hahn during today's press conference.
"We welcome the agreement made this morning in Skopje by the political parties for the appointing of the new Special Public Prosecutor, which was an important element of the political agreement, which was brokered...
Katica Janeva has been selected as the new Special Public Prosecutor
Katica Janeva, a prosecutor from Gevgelija has been selected as the new Special Public Prosecutor. Marathon negotiations lasted until this morning between the four main parties, 'Meta' discovered.
As previously reported by "Meta", after marathon talks between working teams of the negotiating groups, the parties also reached an agreement this morning for a special law for the Special Public Prosecutor.
According...
The Przhino Agreement is key for accession talks with the EU
It is uncertain whether accession high level accession talks with the European Union will be on the agenda of the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Johannes Hahn, who arrives in Skopje on Friday in Skopje learns "Meta" from a senior source in the Secretariat for European Affairs (SEA) .
"The implementation of the political agreement is really important....
Tenders and bids may delay the Special Public Prosecutor
Political parties who have signed the Przhino Agreement have another day to select the special public prosecutor and the legal framework for the voting process in Parliament.
According to information obtained by "Meta", last night there was an adjustment in the negotiations, and the spears become ready for battle over the number of deputy prosecutors there ought to be.
Belgian facilitator Peter...
Ahmeti: The Special Public Prosecutor will be selceted on Tuesday
The leader of DUI, Ali Ahmeti said the special prosecutor will be selected on Tuesday, as agreed upon according to the Przino Agreement, and his suggested that the special prosecutor have eight deputy prosecutors in his team, and three of them ought to be Albanians, Ahmeti said in an interview with the newspaper "Koha".
"On the first day we expressed...
Van Houte: One of the political parties does not adhere to the agreement or the deadline for the Special Public Prosecutor
At the moment I can say that one of the biggest political parties did not adhere to what is agreed and does not respect any deadlines, which is unacceptable when conducting negotiations and reaching a final agreement.
This was the statement by the Belgian facilitator Peter Van Houte before the start of today's round of negotiations for the appointing of...
SDSM taken by surprise by the Prime Ministers statement regarding the Special Prosecutor
The opposition SDSM were surprised by the Prime Minister's statement yesterday regarding the appointing of a Special Prosecutor.
They said that VMRO-DPMNE until now had insisted to choose just a special prosecutor, and maintained that the he wouldn't need associates, nor would he need organs or bodies to make sure his office would run independently. The Prime Minister's statement came...
All other topics on hold until the new Special Prosecutor is appointed
Sources from inside the negotiating teams have told 'Meta' correspondents that political parties working groups who are discussing electoral laws and rules from the Przhino Agreement are now to focus all their energy on the issue of the Special Public Prosecutor which is to be appointed on the 15th of September.
The parties have agreed to give priority to the...
Renewal of EU accession talks is uncertain
Negotiations at a high level (HLAD) of the Przhino Agreement have come to a dead-end in terms of the realization of the treaty.
"Commissioner Hahn plans to visit the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the 18th of September to oversee the progress and results of the implementation of the political agreement and to see if deadlines are being met....
German Embassy: The special prosecutor should have complete autonomy and access to all materials
The German Embassy in Macedonia today announced that it has high expectations regarding the appointment of a special prosecutor on the 15th of September, established by the Agreements of June the 2nd and July 15th.
"This appointment is an important obligation of the aforementioned agreements, the special prosecutor should ensure an independent, transparent and comprehensive legal redress charges for serious...
US Embassy: Government and other parties not to sabotage the appointing of a special prosecutor
In a Press Release from its Embassy in Skopje, the USA today "urged the government, all political parties and the peoples of Macedonia to refrain from any actions that could interfere with appointment of a Special Prosecutor, and the abilities of this office to act with complete autonomy, as decreed in the the Agreements of June 2nd and July...
Kocijancic: EC does not comment in early stages of court proceedings
The European Commission expects all court proceeding in the country to be conducted with the utmost respect of the principles of national and international law and in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights, said for 'Meta' Maya Kocijancic, spokeswoman for Commissioner Johannes Hahn.
Kocijanchich did not want to comment on yesterday's decision by the Basic Court of Skopje 1,...
