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Janeva: I Am Sorry That Due to My Deteriorating Health I Had to Leave the Session

The Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, through a press statement apologized to MPs for leaving the session of the Committee on Political System and Inter-Ethnic Relations due to health reasons. “I am really sorry that due to my health condition, I had to leave the session of the Committee on Political System and Inter-Ethnic Relations and I apologize to all...

Government Approves The Draft Budget For 2017

The Government at yesterday's session approved the draft budget for 2017 and later today, it is expected to be submitted to Parliament. The Minister of Finance Kiril Minoski explained that the budget for 2017 has been prepared on the basis of a projection for economic growth of 3% next year. “Total revenue of the consolidated budget for 2017 has been planned...

Constitutional Court Schedules its First Session: SPO Not on the Agenda, But Cross in Butel is

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...

A Macedonian Phenomenon: No-one Knows (or won’t say) If and When the Government Holds Sessions

The Macedonian people have little idea if and when the Government meets, and what they ultimately decide when they do get together for these sessions. We very rarely see statements such as: "At today’s Government session, it was decided...”, or “Today Government members discussed...”, and we never see, “Tomorrow, the Government...”. We asked Aleksandar Georgiev, a Government spokesmen why the...

Dimovski: Andonov was appointed to protect the MOI from the SDSM

The Coordinator of the VMRO-DPMNE’s parliamentary group, Ilija Dimovski, at today's session in Parliament, where MPs are deciding on the make-up of the interim government, said that Oliver Andonov had been appointed as minister for just one day, so that the VMRO-DPMNE could protect the Ministry of Interior from the SDSM’s choice of minister. “Last time, ministers and deputy ministers...

No initiative for emergency session in Parliament concerning the floods

Currently, there has been no official initiative to hold an emergency session of Parliament, which is on a collective vacation, and the first scheduled session will be on the 24th of this month. No-one from the Office of Public Affairs is available on the phone. The Parliamentary Group, the SDSM say that so far they have not received any invitation for...

Parliament votes on Laws agreed on in Pržino

This evening, the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, at their 113. session, voted on the amendments in a short procedure, for the Law on Internal Affairs,the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Service, the Law for Criminal Proceedings, The representatives from the political parties, signatories to the Pržino Agreement, agreed to the legislative amendments, in order to prepare for...

Today MPs will vote on the laws which were agreed by the four parties in Pržino

Parliament Speaker, Trajko Veljanoski has scheduled a session today at 14:30 where MPs will have to vote to pass the laws that the representatives of the four main political parties, signatories to the Pržino Agreement reached last week. On today’s agenda is the draft-law for amendments to the Law on Internal Affairs, the draft-law for amendments to the Law on...

The Constitutional Court begins its summer recess tomorrow, the SPO and the cross in Butel will have to wait until September

The Constitutional Court is to hold its last session before the summer recess. The next session of the Constitutional Court will be on September 1, when the judges return to the Committee and continue to work, the court told “Meta”. At tomorrow's session, as we were told by the General Secretary of the Constitutional Court, Olivera Filipovska, they will not...

Nikola Jankulovki selected as new Rector of UKIM

The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nikola Jankulovski, has been elected as the new Rector of the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius". He won with 43 votes against his rival, Professor Nenad Novkovski, who won six votes, while six ballots were invalid. Jankulovski will be Rector of the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" (UKIM) for the next four years. Before...

“Student Plenum” walks out of session at UKIM after their microphones were turned off

Four representatives of the "Student Plenum" walked out of a session at the Rectory of the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" where a new Rector was meant to be elected. After being stripped of their say, and their microphones turned off, they walked out. They rebelled against the decision by the Commission for the verification of the Senate, and...

Constitutional Court again postpones the session regarding the cross in Butel

The Constitutional Court will again postpone the discussion on the initiative for assessing the constitutionality and legality of the decision to build the 55 metre cross in the Municipality of Butel, which caused tensions in late February and early March. The proposal to postpone a hearing for any of these sessions came from judge Sali Murati, who did not attend...

Rather than the Law on the SPO, the Cross in Butel on the agenda of the Constitutional Court on Wednesday

The initiative for assessing the constitutionality of the Law on the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) which is a key requirement of the"Colourful Revolution," has not been placed as an item on today's agenda nor the next session of the Constitutional Court, scheduled for June 22. The agenda for the next session of the Constitutional Court, published today, will again...

The countdown will not sway the Constitutional Court over the SPO

Almost certainly, Constitutional Judges at tomorrow's session will consider the initiative on the constitutionality of the Law on the Special Public Prosecutor's Office, which is one of the key demands of the citizens, organized by civil movements "I protest" and the "Colourful Revolution." The Constitutional Court told journalists at "Meta" that there will be no changes made to the agenda...

Cross in Butel on the agenda at the next session of the Constitutional Court

Constitutional judges scheduled their next session for May 31 will consider the initiative on the constitutionality and legality of the decision to build the cross in Butel, which sparked tensions late February and early March this year. The consideration of this initiative is the 11th item on the agenda of the daily session. Although the Constitutional Court’s information does not specifically...

Xhaferi: Any normal MP will vote for deleting June 5 from the Electoral Code

MP and the Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Talat Xhaferi today submitted a proposal to Parliament - amendments to the Electoral Code, where articles in the law can be deleted such as the dates for the elections. Xhaferi told "Meta" that in his proposal - amendments to the law should have no new...

Veljanoski has scheduled a session for today in Parliament

Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski scheduled a session today at 16:00 in Parliament. In a statement informing the public that the decision to assemble Parliament was adopted after today’s decision made by the Constitutional Court. "As President of Parliament, taking into account today's decision made by the Constitutional Court, I inform the public that on the basis of their jurisdiction defined by...

Constitutional Court will discuss the constitutionality of the dissolution of Parliament

Tomorrow at 9:00 am, the Constitutional Court will discuss the motion of the constitutionality and legality of the decision to dissolve Parliament, which was filed on Friday by an MP from the DUI party, Talat Xhaferi. Information on what will be discussed at the meeting in this initiative was published this morning on the official website of the Constitutional Court....

SEC will request a delay in elections because of discrepancies in the number of voters in the constituencies

Members of the State Election Commission (SEC) will request to changes the electoral code from Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski. The changes are required because there were discrepancies in the number of voters in three constituencies - the third, fourth and sixth. The SEC concluded that there are inconsistencies from at least five percent in the number of voters in these...

SEC discusses requirements regarding data to be sent to institutions

Members of the State Election Commission met in session today to discuss proposed requests to be sent to the institutions, which according to the Electoral Code, the Commission should submit all the data to them that involves all voters. The session reviewed requirements for the Ministry of Information Society and the Administration Ministry of Interior, also the Ministry of Foreign...