Tag: Przhino Agreement

Three days ago, the leaders of the four political parties who are signatories to the Przhino Agreement came to the decision to postpone the early parliamentary elections which were scheduled for April 24, for the later date, June 5. Here are the time and the dates which need to be respected. April 7 (60 days before elections) – According to the...

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia today in a statement welcomed the efforts of the European Union and the United States as facilitators in the Przhino Agreement and as guarantors of its implementation and encourages them to continue to discussions with political parties on media reforms as one of the important conditions for fair and credible elections. "The AJM welcomes...

American Ambassador Jess Baily today clarified that the reforms to the media are part of the Przhino Agreement and part of the urgent European reforms for Macedonia. “It's on the table before the elections and after the elections, it is not something that will happen overnight. In this respect it is very important that during the elections, how you as...

SDSM have left the opportunity not to participate in elections on June 5, although party officials did not explicitly confirm this. They scheduled a briefing with reporters, and once again reiterated that they "will only participate in credible and democratic elections." As for speculation about reforms in the media that the leader of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski said he will not continue...

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, on his Twitter account said the Przhino Agreement is alive and that all parties must fully engage and help prepare elections for June 5 to be credible. "I acknowledge the vote in Parliament to postpone elections to June 5. The Przhino Agreement is alive. All parties must fully engage to help...

American Ambassador Jess Baily in front of the EU-Info Centre stated that it was a good decision that an agreement has been reached on early parliamentary elections to be held on June 5th, and he pointed out that if everyone works with dedication and play by the rules, the elections can be credible and to put an end to the...

The leader of the SDSM Zoran Zaev at a press conference stated that the decision to postpone the dissolution of Parliament is just further proof that Nikola Gruevski has been defeated. “The VMRO-DPMNE and the DUI's decision to postpone the dissolution of Parliament is just further proof that Nikola Gruevski has been defeated. After all the lies, the fraud, the spite, he...

With 83 votes in favour and just 3 'against' Parliament passed the amendments to its decision to dissolve itself. The Legislature, in accordance with last night's decision, should be dissolved on April 7, or 60 days prior to forthcoming election date. MPs, without any SDSM members, voted on changes to the Electoral Code, which has set June 5th as...

Germany shares the opinion of the European Commission on the state of preparations for parliamentary elections in Macedonia, that it will take further reforms before there is an opportunity for elections in accordance with European standards, announced the German Embassy in Skopje on Thursday. The Embassy urges all political parties involved to make an effort and show political will to...

Ministers and their Deputies from the SDSM opposition resigned from Government of the Republic of Macedonia. At a press conference Oliver Spasovski, General Secretary of the SDSM party, stated that they demand their resignations be accepted if the decision to dissolve Parliament, adopted on January 18th comes into force. "In accordance with the Przhino Agreement, the Government in which we...

Nor the SDSM or the VMRO-DMPNE will change their stance over the election date. Even though today is the last day for the decision which will postpone the decision for the dissolution of Parliament, for now, such an initiative has not been submitted. The SDSM say they have no intentions of submitting a draft-bill for the postponement of elections, and according to...

Today the three MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan, will attempt to help the ruling party and the opposition schedule a date for the upcoming elections. They came to Skopje yesterday, and today will meet with the political parties who are signatories to the Przino Agreement. So far, there has been no information as to whether the MEPs...

The US Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess Baily in an interview with “Kanal 5” said that he doesn't believe that the Przhino Agreement is dead, but from tomorrow night the situation will get to the point of no return. “The key question now is to decide on a date for elections. It was the most critical question in the letter we sent...

In Macedonia there are no conditions for free and fair elections, and yesterday it was confirmed by the ambassadors of the US and the EU, Jess Baily and Aivo Orav said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, at a press conference. He stated that reforms have not been not implemented in the media, and the voters' list has not been cleansed, which...

The views of Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte are not those of the European Union, told "Meta" European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic, responding to the question whether the EU plans to replace the mediator that VMRO-DPMNE does not want to cooperate with anymore. “The role of Vanhoutte is a mediator who provides his technical expertise. The EU envoy to Macedonia is...

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, tonight through his Twitter account said that substance and quality are more important than the date for the elections. "Skopje #Przhino Agreement: Substance and quality are more important than the election date. Read the letter tonight #EU-#US submitted to Prime Minister #Dimitirev + political leaders, "Hahn wrote on “Twitter”. https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/701482440817254400 https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/701485373927649282 His reaction...

This evening the US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Bailey announced that that at this stage the necessary conditions for organising credible elections on April 24 are currently not in place. US ambassador gave a statement in-front of Government, after handing over the letter with the report to the interim Prime Minister, Emil Dimitriev. Baily said that while some progress had been...

The ruling party VMRO-DPMNE announced late this afternoon that they have decided to stop cooperating with the Belgian mediator Peter Vanhoutte in the negotiations. The decision, according to the party, is based on Mr Vanhouttes insults towards the VMRO-DPMNE party and the representatives who participated in the negotiations, as well as "continuing to belittle the people and the Republic of Macedonia". "VMRO-DPMNE has tolerated...

The leaders of the four political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement, have gathered at the MPs Clubhouse where they have scheduled an urgent leadership meeting for 15:00. Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci at the meeting will be presented with the assessment by the European Union and the United States concerning the conditions for fair and...

The ruling party VMRO-DPMNE today called on the State Election Commission (SEC) to urgently hold a public session to clarify all dilemmas and doubts about how long it takes to cross check data bases concerning the electoral roll, and to include the eventual field-test. Ilija Dimovski, MP and member of the VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee said that the only way to...