16 March 2017
Today, during his stay in Valandovo, the Euro Ambassador Samuel Žbogar said that the Pržino Agreement has led to a solution, but there are still things that have to be implemented. -When we look back at the Pržino Agreement we shall see that it was an arduous process but it has resulted in a solution. […]
15 March 2017
The Pržino agreement remains a good basis for solving the political crisis in the country, said today the U.S. Embassador Jess Baily, at the closing event of the USAID’s project of inter-ethnic integration into the education. -We talked about this many times but I don’t know whether there will be a Pržino 1, 2, 3…We […]
9 March 2017
The United States was disappointed that President Ivanov declined to offer the opportunity to form a new government to representatives who have a clear parliamentary majority, and he was asked to reconsider him decision, reads the statement from a speech by the Head of the US Mission to the OSCE, Kate Burns on the political […]
21 February 2017
The European Commission today refused to comment on the platform of the Albanian parties, but restated that they expect a government to be formed as soon as possible, and that it will have broad political support. “We have said repeatedly, we are not speculating on the composition of the government or the program in Macedonia, […]
13 February 2017
The new President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, as former German Foreign Minister, a responsibility which he held until early last month, among other things, was active in the process of resolving the political crisis in Macedonia. His involvement. although was not very publicly exposed, it was of crucial importance in getting the Macedonian parties to […]
30 January 2017
“We are expecting to work together with the Macedonian government as soon as it is formed on te progress in the Euro-Atlantic integration through the implementation of the reforms that were determined with the Przino agreement, especially regarding the rule of law” said the US Embassy in Macedonia after the deadline of 20 days had […]
27 December 2016
In the period of time after the new composition of Parliament, and after the deadline which expires on December 31, there will be a new reality for the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) and for the most important courts in the country – the Supreme Court, the Criminal and Constitutional Court, who left difficult issues to […]
15 December 2016
The EU Delegation’s “Jean Monnet Media Award” in Macedonia this year was awarded to Vlade Gjorcev in the category for Best Journalistic Article. Vlade Gjorcev a journalist from “Meta” just recently, sadly passed away. This year’s “Jean Monnet” competition was entitled “Pržino & beyond” and Gjorcev was awarded for an investigative article he wrote regarding […]
14 December 2016
Oliver Spasovski is still the Minister of Interior and Frosina Tashevska-Remenski is still the Minister of Labour and Social Policy, and have both categorically denied that they were dismissed. Today they confirmed for “Meta” that they are working in their capacities as ministers and say that they will remain at their functions until the State Election […]
9 December 2016
The European Union will closely monitor the elections on Sunday, and the EU is expected to give their initial reaction regarding the outcome on Monday afternoon, December 12, said Maja Kocijančič, a spokesperson from the European Commission. “In terms of what the next step will be, we, of course, will closely monitor the elections, as […]
2 December 2016
The VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski’s resignation as Prime Minister has lasted 322 days instead of 100 days as instructed by the Pržino Agreement. Last year in May, in an interview with “Sitel” TV, Gruevski was adamant that neither would he resign nor would he accept the formation of a caretaker government because, he said, it […]
27 November 2016
“Civil” has stressed that in Republic of Macedonia an extremely expensive pre-election campaign is being run, and political parties do not provide information about the sources of their financing. “An expensive campaign is being led, it’s non-transparent, and no one knows where the political parties are finding finances for their campaigns. We have tried to […]
23 November 2016
German Ambassador to Macedonia, Christine Althauser, said that the upcoming elections in Macedonia are a particularly important event, especially in overcoming the two-year political crisis. “In three weeks elections in Macedonia will take place, it is a very important event. It is very important that this process is conducted fairly, in regular manner and will […]
11 November 2016
The Special Public Prosecutor’s office has not commented on statements by European Commissioner Johannes Hahn and the findings of the European Commission’s report on Macedonia’s progress, the area of work of the SPO, as well as statements by MEP Eduard Kukan. On Wednesday, we contacted the SPO but did not receive a comment on the […]
9 November 2016
The positive side of the report is the recommendation for the opening of the EU talks remains, but under the condition that elections must be credible and that the Pržino Agreement must also be fully implemented, said the EU Ambassador to Skopje, Samuel Zbogar, when he presented the latest report by the European Commission (EC) […]
9 November 2016
The crisis in Macedonia is not yet over. There have been positive steps in terms of the Pržino Agreement, especially that elections were scheduled for December 11 and which are a vital opportunity to overcome the crisis, said EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn at a press conference after the presentation […]
9 November 2016
The European Commission, this year, reiterated the conditional recommendation for Macedonia’s membership in the European Union. Johannes Hahn, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, who presented the report on Macedonia, said the country must meet all the conditions laid down by the Pržino Agreement. “We still have not made it out of […]
9 November 2016
Rapporteurs for Macedonia, who have now added Knut Flekenshtajn to their composition, who is replacing Richard Howitt, are closely follow developments in the country leading to the elections and so far there has been no development of other scenarios, reported Eduard Kukan to “Meta” who is also a rapporteur for Macedonia at the European Parliament […]
25 October 2016
The European Commission today repeated their previous stance that the Special Prosecutor’s Office is a key part of the Pržino Agreement, signed by all the leaders of the main political parties. However, for now, Brussels do not yet wish to comment on whether they will take tougher measures or sanctions due to the obstruction of […]
21 October 2016
The Embassy of the Slovak Republic urged state institutions and political parties to adhere to the Pržino Agreement and not to obstruct the work of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The Slovak Presidency in the EU Council will not comment on statements made by the Interior Ministry nor the Special Prosecutor’s Office on this subject. We call […]
