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Tonight Mr Vanhoutte will be awarded ‘Officer in the Order of the Crown’
Today, Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte will be awarded the Belgian decoration of “Officer in the Order of the Crown” by the Ambassador of Belgium, Anick Van Calster.
The ceremony will be held tonight at 18.30 at the hotel "Arka".
Mr Vanhoutte, the facilitator in Macedonia who participated in the negotiations on Black Monday and the crisis on 24th of December 2012, and...
EU and the US should announce today whether there are conditions for early elections on April 24
Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and United States (US) in the country, Aivo Orav and Jess Baily according to announcements this afternoon should announce their assessment of whether there are conditions for holding early parliamentary elections on April 24.
There has been no official confirmation on how the ambassadors will announce their decision, whether they will personally take their findings...
Baily and Orav attend meeting to reinforce working groups over media reforms
US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily and EU Ambassador Aivo Orav joined negotiators from the working group for the media law at the MPs Clubhouse.
The Diplomats will attempt to put pressure on political parties to resolve the issue faster.
Before the meeting, the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte said he hoped a solution can be found, but was not optimistic.
“We will...
EU tweeted to Gruevski: Whoever signed the Agreement has to support Janeva and Vanhoutte
The EU mission in Skopje today via its official Twitter profile has called upon all political parties to respect the Przhino Agreement and the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva and her work.
"All the signatories of the Przhino Agreement should support the work of the Special Public Prosecutor and all four sides of the working groups", wrote the EU delegation...
Bailey is worried as deadlines for the SEC have been missed
US Ambassador Jess Bailey expressed concern over the re-emergence of not meeting deadlines from the terms provided for by Przhino Agreement.
“I'm worried because of the missed deadline for the appointment of the State Election Commission (SEC). Independence, experience and expertise should be a criterion for selection of non-party representatives”, US Ambassador wrote on social network "Twitter".
Bailey noted that the...
EU: We’ll believe it, when we see the agreement!
The EU mission in Macedonia so far refrained from commenting on yesterday's agreement, because we still have not received it.
"We'll believe it when we see it," said a brief of the EU delegation.
EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, who today is visiting Kosovo, however, will not be visiting Macedonia. The press office for the Commissioner,...
No negotiations this weekend, Vanhoutte in Brussels for further consulations
With no actual movement or progress completed yesterday and despite the individual efforts of the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte to move closer to coming to an agreement with the parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement over the credentials of the oppositions ministers, reported "24 News".
There will be no negotiations this weekend, as Mr Vanhoutte is in Brussels for further...
Kotevski: Vanhoutte knows where to put the pressure and on who
"Negotiations are alive, and talks are ongoing, but it is best to ask the mediator of the talks, Peter Vanhoutte", said today Ivo Kotevski the Director of the Centre for Communications for VMRO-DPMNE.
Whet “Meta”asked him while at bilateral meetings was the mediator putting more pressure on Vmro -DMMNE compared to all the other parties. Mr Kotevski said to comment...
Vanhoutte: Working Groups will focus on bilateral meetings on key issues
Taking into account recent developments, the working group agreed to focus on bilateral meetings to address two key issues, i.e. the selection of the remaining prosecutors in the Special Prosecutor's Office and the appointment of Ministers and Deputy Ministers for the government, said Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte.
According to him, once an agreement is reached, meetings will convene with the...
What is obstructing the negotiations of the working groups?
It has been almost five months since the signing of the Przhino Agreement on the 2nd of June and a month less since the Protocol was signed on July the 15th, also in Przhino.
When meetings started and the working groups began, negotiations had some success; choosing a Special Public Prosecutor, a law was brought in on Special Prosecution, however...
VMRO-DPMNE: If Negotiations fail, all options for us are open
VMRO-DPMNE said that their representatives in the working groups acted with principle and in accordance with the Przhino Agreement, but SDSM tried at all costs to interpret matters to their own liking to expand their own agenda.
“And for us, all options are open. All options are open for activities and events provided by the laws and the Constitution, assuch...
EC: We are dissapointed, the Przhino Agreement is the clear path to progress
The European Commission today expressed their disappointment over the constant breaking of the terms of the Przhino Agreement.
“The Committee is disappointed and calls on the leadership and the responsibility of all political parties, in good faith to implement the agreement”, Maja Kocijancic told "Meta", spokeswoman for EU Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn.
Ms Kocijancic noted that the agreement...
US State Department: The Przhino Agreement is the best way out of the political crisis
The US State Department estimates that the Przhino Agreement is the best way out of the political crisis in Macedonia and urged political parties to continue the implementation of the agreement.
“We encourage Macedonia’s leader to build on the progress that they’ve already made in implementing the July 15political agreement, which represents the best way forward out of the crisis and...
Peter Vanhoutte: The Act on the “bombs” must be up to European standards if Macedonia have aspirations towards the EU
The meeting between the working groups of the parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement began, where matters should be discussed and agreed upon such as government laws, the "bombs" and the so-called "whistle-blowers." Yesterday the leaders of the four political parties met with EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, to come together and have a...
VMRO-DPMNE wants law on “Bombs” while SDSM wants to simply amend the Criminal Code
If at midnight an agreement is not reached the political parties in the working groups, SDSM were considering multiple scenarios, including the publication of new audio recordings of wire tapped conversations learns "Meta" from sources within the opposition.
They added that the main problem they have with VMRO-DPMNE is the law of the "bombs" and the law on Government. We...
One more chance for the Przino Agreement, negotiations continue
Representatives of the political parties, who are all signatories to the Przhino Agreement, today at 17:00 pm meetings will resume of the working groups in the Parliamentary Clubhouse. VMRO-DPMNE requested that the talks were to be delayed for two hours.
Today's agenda which stands before the negotiators from VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DUI and DPA are the laws ready for Parliament, the...
Vanhoutte: We are working hard, we have to make progress in this Country
Last night was difficult for the working groups, who were arranging items for the implementation of the Przhino Agreement said Belgian facilitator, Peter Vanhoutte, for "A1 on."
He arrived at the residence of the EU in Przhino where EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn will meet with the leaders of the four political parties.
”We are working every day to make progress, I...
What awaits Hahn in Skopje?
Whenever negotiations between political parties hit a dead-end, the EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn comes to unblock the standstill. He the last four months he has visited Macedonia three times on the 2nd of June, the 13th of July and the18th of September.
After a turbulent week, Commissioner Hahn will arrive for the fourth time...
Political parties in the MP’s Clubhouse debate new crisis
At 14:00 pm, at the MPs Clubhouse in Skopje, a meeting between representatives of the political parties began, hoping to resolve the deadlock in negotiations on the Electoral Law.
A statement given by only one representative from SDSM, Damjian Manchevski, who said that at the meeting they will not discuss anything until the issue is resolved about the selection of the Special...
By Tuesday everything should be ready, but negotiations are on stand-by
The deadlines haven't been met for ten days now that thе working groups had set, under the Przino Agreement specifiaclly to agree on Electoral Legislation.
After two days SDSM left the working groups, and negotiations are at another standstill. Today the opposition announced they did not intend to return to the talks until Ms Janeva's whole team was chosen.
The deadline was...
