Tag: Pržino Agreement

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 the domestic political crisis regardless of...

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 . “The Special Prosecutor's Office...

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 the work of the SPO,...

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 on all parties for the...

The international community, who brokered the Pržino Agreement, after the SPO encountered obstructions in their investigation into the UBK (Administration of Security and Counterintelligence), they stated that Katica Janeva must have the support of all the institutions while carrying out full and independent investigations. The guarantors of the Pržino Agreement had various reactions to yesterday's events, and reminded all parties involved, that resolving...

The European Union encourages all institutions in the country to act within the obligations of the Pržino Agreement and to support the work of the Special Public Prosecutor without interference, said to "Meta" the spokeswoman for the European Commission Maja Kocijancic, concerning the obstructions to the SPO’s investigation made by the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence. She emphasized the importance...

The EU Delegation to Macedonia urged all parties to adhere to the agreement and not to obstruct the work of the Special Prosecutor's Office. "We can not comment on ongoing investigations, but we remind that all parties committed themselves to support the work of the SPO", said the EU Delegation in Skopje to “Meta”, when asked for their comment on...

European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, before tomorrow's visit to Macedonia, said it is  "important that the conditions for holding credible elections are met". As reported by the European Commission, the main purpose of Commissioner Hahn’s visit, is to review and examine political developments and to discuss further steps, including the organization of early parliamentary elections...

Parliament Speaker, Trajko Veljanoski has ten days to convene a session, and to put on the agenda a request for the dissolution of Parliament. This morning, parliamentary group, the SDSM and Democratic Alliance MP Pavle Trajanov both filed motions for the dissolution of Parliament. Coordinator from the SDSM, Goran Sugareski said that in the interest of resolving the political crisis, their party...

"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...

Parliament it seems, will be not dissolve on October 12, on a different date, but no later than the 27th of this month, we learned from sources within Parliament. Determined by the rules The first reason is that the parliamentary debate on the budget for 2017 has not yet been completed. The document is still under review by parliamentary committees...

The US Embassy to Macedonia is encouraging all political parties to abide by their commitments under the Pržino Agreement and the Agreement from July 20, and according to the Embassy, that includes the support of the work by the Special Public Prosecution. This was the reaction from the US Embassy after MPs from ruling majority today in Parliament would not...

After the ruling majority in Parliament rejected the proposals for amendments to the Law on the SPO, as well as amendments to the Law on Witness Protection, the EU delegation in Skopje called on all signatories to the Pržino Agreement to uphold and respect the agreement and to fully support the work of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The role of...

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...

The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn met with the three MEPs, Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan in Strasbourg today where they discussed the current political situation in Macedonia. After the meeting, Commissioner Hahn took to his twitter account to remind everyone how important credible elections are for the country. https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/775726021190492160 https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/775726336191172608 The three MEPs and European...

Holding elections does not mean that necessary reform process in Macedonia has ended, these were the categorical statements by representatives of the international community, which were directly or indirectly involved in brokering the Pržino Agreement and its sequel reached on July 20 this year. Mainly, what's required is implement urgent reforms, the SPO can smoothly continue their work, all political...

As of today, we, the ministers and the deputy ministers from the SDSM, will be the eyes of the citizens in government, promised the new Interior Minister, Oliver Spasovski, who was just elected in Parliament, and in accordance with the Pržino Agreement. “On December 11, there must be and there will be regular elections. In Macedonia, there will be only...

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...

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German Foreign Minister welcomed the agreement that the Macedonian parties reached following lengthy endeavours, many rounds of negotiations and talks – to hold early elections on December 11. "The consensus is in keeping with the Pržino Agreement of June 2015. It is now crucial to implement the agreement on further procedures until the elections credibly and rapidly....

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...