Tag: reforms

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, after meeting with leaders of the National Democratic Revival (NDK), Vesel Memedi and the President of the Movement for Reform - DPA Zijadin Sela said that they all shared the same view, that on April 24 there will be no elections. Zaev said that with without a cleansed electoral roll and regulated media, elections can not...

VMRO-DPMNE put forward two proposals at the meeting between the working groups of the parties, all four signatories to the Przhino Agreement, held this afternoon at the MPs Clubhouse, and as mediator Belgian facilitator, Peter Vanhoutte. One of the proposals related to the cleansing and renewal of the voters' list and the other proposal on reforms in the media. Other parties...

Head of the Macedonian diplomatic delegation, Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski, yesterday in Brussels met with EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, with whom he discussed the implementation of the Przhino Agreement, priority reforms in Macedonia, as well as the migrant crisis. Minister Popovski and Commissioner Hahn, regarding the implementation of the Przhino Agreement, concluded that it...

Today at the MPs Clubhouse, political parties continue negotiations to reform the media in accordance with the Przhino Agreement to get out of the current political crisis. Participants in the negotiations have said that the debate continues that there is no convergence of views. According to unofficial information, the SDSM wants to abolish government advertising, however the government wants it...

Today, Macedonia's progress report from the European Commission received a conditional recommendation for a start for EU accession talks. The report points out that "serious challenges reported in previous years have been underscored by the country's most severe political crisis since 2001 with intercepted communications, apparently involving senior government officials, suggesting breaches of fundamental rights, interference with judicial independence, media...

Support from the citizens for membership in the European Union is unchanged since March 2014, shows new research in the field of public opinion for EU integration of Macedonia, conducted by the Institute for Democracy "Societas Civilis". However, as the report says, the factor of the "name change" of the state in a significant proportion of the population is...

A Several hundred high school students gathered on the first day of school in front of the Ministry of Education and Science, and in the Park of journalists to discuss their future plans and strategies in the fight against poor education reforms. The "Secondary Plenum" say they planned their activities through the summer and are immediately set to lay out...

The political parties’ Action groups in the Przhino Agreement negotiations will discuss reforms in the media starting September 2, reports Vest, citing its own unofficial sources. According to the newspaper the negotiations for reforms in the media sphere will include the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (ZNM), non-government organizations, syndicate associations and journalists. The talks will be facilitated by Peter van...

“Allow me to be cristally clear: the European Union didn’t mediate for short-term stability. Our goal is to help the country on its Euro-Atlantic path and help strengthen democracy, open society and rule of law through elections and reforms,” said European Commissioner Hahn in a post on his blog in which, among the rest, he recommended that party leaders...

Political parties are satisfied with the conclusions adopted by the EU Council today. SDSM said they were ready to honor them if an agreement on a transitional government of which Nikola Gruevski won’t be part is agreed. Prime Minister Gruevski, who welcomed the conclusions on his Facebook profile, says he will continue to raise standards in all areas. DUI are satisfied with...