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With the announced reform, Spasovski will hand down a part of his authorizations to Nikolovski

With the announced reform of the security-intelligence system in Macedonia, a big part of the authorizations that the Minister of Interior (currently that is Oliver Spasovski) has had will be handed over to the Director of the newly formed Agency for internal intelligence which founding has contributed to the abolishing the Administration for Security and Counter-Intelligence (whose current director...

Zaev: The threshold for the progressive taxes was chosen carefully and we will not withdraw

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, regarding the progressive tax, announced today at the Government that he will not back down since certain appeasements were already made once. -We made our appeasement. From 1000 euros we made an appeasement to 1500 euros. I will stress once again that we have active workers or a number of people who receive wages between...

This week the European Parliament votes on whether to-save the internet or kill it

This week, on September 12, the European Parliament is going to vote on a bill that threatens to irreparably damage the Internet as we know it. Under the guise of copyright reform, there are are a number of “reforms” that are going to cripple fundamental rights online. One of them is Article 11 of the bill, which it was desired...

Macedonia has to apologize to El-Masri until March

The Republic of Macedonia is threatened with the first Resolution with an indictment by the Council of Europe if until March this year it doesn't issue an apology to the German citizen of Lebanese origin, Kalid el-Masri. This was said at today's press conference about the second monitoring report regarding the reforms in the judiciary, organized by representatives of...

This is the beginning of a wonderful friendship, Juncker told Zaev

We are very pleased with the work the Prime Minister has done so far, and even though this is our first meeting, I know that this is a start of a wonderful friendship, said today in Brussels the President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker during the joint press conference with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the EU...

Osmani: If we do what is needed, I expect a date for negotiations in June

In June, we are waiting for a date for the start of negotiations with the EU, of course, only if we finish the job properly, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Bujar Osmani at a session dedicated to MPs questions tonight. Responding to MP Artan Grubi, about what is being done concerning the European integration plan, Osmani said that...

Osmani: The goal of the “3-6-9” plan is not to continue with “12”, but with the start of negotiations with the EU

The goal of the "3-6-9" plan is not to implement a new section “12” after, but with a decision to start negotiations, said Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani at a joint meeting with the ministers Oliver Spasovski, Biljan Salji and Damjan Manchevski with EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn. Osmani's cabinet announced that the Deputy Prime Minister introduced Hahn with the sections...

Spasovski: The new regulation for monitoring communications will be over by New Year

The termination of article 175 of the Law for electronic communications on part of the Constitutional Court in this moment will lead to a vacuum situation where the possibility of any kind of legal monitoring of communications will be denied, a kind of monitoring that would be within the framework of protection of Macedonia's constitutional order and fight against...

At a meeting with Dimitrov, Hahn gave his support for the government’s reforms

At the margins of an informal meeting with the ministers of foreign affairs of the countries members of the European Union and the countries - candidates for a EU membership that took place in Tallinn, today, the Head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov has had a meeting with the Eu Commissioner Johannes Hahn, announced the Macedonian Ministry of...

Gabriel: The opposition must not block the impressive start of the new government

The Macedonian government has made an impressive start by setting among its priorities the issues with its neighbors, to the ambitious reformatory projects and their positive steps, said the Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel during today's meeting with the Head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov in Berlin, states the announcement issued by the German MFA. Gabriel has...

Merkel: Germany supports Macedonia in Euro-Atlantic integration

During the Western Balkan Summit in Trieste, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev had a bilateral meeting with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel, who expressed support for the new government, the essential reforms and the determination to integrate the Republic of Macedonia into the EU, read a statement from the Prime Ministers cabinet “The government is determined...

Gruevski to Baily: VMRO-DPMNE will support all reforms that are in the interest of the citizens

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, along with Nikola Todorov, a member of the Executive Committee of the party, today discussed with US Ambassador Jess Baily the current state, priorities and challenges of the country. At the meeting, the party stated that the Republic of Macedonia is ready to get a positive decision on NATO membership soon, which, as they pointed...

Zaev: By July 1st, “Roadmap” will be ready and it will lead us to negotiations for EU membership

The Government is working on their action plan called “Roadmap”, which should be finalized by July 1st, and covers all the reforms in key areas such as the rule of law, professional state institutions, independent regulatory bodies and freedom of the press. This was stressed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at a joint press conference with EU Commissioner for...

EP adopts resolution on Macedonia: First results from the reforms, then negotiations

With 503 votes "for" and 113 "against", today the European Parliament adopted the resolution on the European Parliament’s Special Rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl, linked to the report by the the European Commission for 2016. 45 MEPs abstained on the resolution that recommends Macedonia continue its path towards European integration. MEPs welcome the formation of a new government on 31...

Baily congratulates Zaev for the formation of the new government

The Ambassador of the United State of America in Macedonia, Jess Baily, through his Twitter profile, congratulated the new Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the parliamentary majority the formation of the new government. "Congratulations to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the parliamentary majority, the formation of the new government in Macedonia. As friend and partner, we look forward to...

Hahn spoke with Soros about strengthening reforms and the open societies

The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and the founder of the “Open Society” foundations, George Soros, today in Brussels discussed the strengthening of reforms and the open society in the countries from the Western Balkans and in Eastern Europe. “It is always good to meet with George Soros to discuss our joint efforts to boost reforms...

Zaev meets Žbogar: We are fully committed to forming a pro-reform Government in Macedonia

This afternoon, the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev met with the EU Ambassador to Macedonia Samuel Žbogar, where they discussed the process of forming a new parliamentary majority to form a new government in Macedonia. Zaev told Žbogar that he had submitted the 67 signatures to President Gjorge Ivanov and he expected to be awarded the mandate to form a...

Hahn: After enough signatures of MPs were collected we expect the president to give the mandate

As enough signatures of MPs have been collected, we look forward to the next steps. We now expect the President to give the mandate to form the next government to the candidate from the parties which have the majority in the Assembly, in line with the Constitution, said the statement of the Euro Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy &...

The Government is Making Reform Implementation Misses Instead of Carrying Out Urgent Reforms

The government does not have any capacity to carry out reforms, and Macedonia is moving in the wrong direction because it has a predominant executive government that is influencing the judiciary and the Assembly – this was the conclusion of the debate on topic “Urgent Reform Implementation Misses,” organized by the Foundation Open Society Institute – Macedonia (FOSIM) and the...

What do the foreigners expect from the elections and after them?

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...