10 December 2015
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 […]
6 November 2015
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. […]
31 October 2015
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 […]
27 October 2015
“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. […]
26 October 2015
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, […]
23 October 2015
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 […]
21 October 2015
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 […]
21 October 2015
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. […]
21 October 2015
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 […]
20 October 2015
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 […]
20 October 2015
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 […]
20 October 2015
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 […]
19 October 2015
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 […]
18 October 2015
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 […]
16 October 2015
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 […]
16 October 2015
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 […]
14 October 2015
There was a clear reaction to the decision of the Council of Public Prosecutors when they approved only seven of the fourteen candidates as assistant prosecutors to Katica Janeva from the American Embassy in Macedonia. The Embassy of the United States said they are concerned about the decision made by the Council. “We are concerned […]
14 October 2015
Belgian facilitator Peter Van Houtte’s said today, after the decision of the Council of Public Prosecutors to select only half of the team that was requested by the special prosecutor Katica Janeva that it is adhered to the Law on Special Prosecution. “The law provides for the prosecutor to obtain all resources, financial and human, […]
14 October 2015
An agreement has been decided on the Diaspora ,for selecting members of the SEC and the electoral roll, said MP DUI Artan Harsh after the meeting of the working groups. “We won all the battles, all the decisions that SEC will carry out it will have to be voted by consensus. It is a kind of […]
13 October 2015
In the afternoon Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte while negotiations were still ongoing, on the issue of electoral legislation, he told the parties that they have to compromise. “The parties must realize that you can not get everything. In the real world, when you compromise you have to give up certain things in order to get […]
