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 […]
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, […]
5 October 2015
Despite rumours that that the selection for Katica Janeva’s team of Special Prosecutors will be held tomorrow or on Wednesday, the Council of Public Prosecutors session will be postponed until next week. For the newspaper “Utrinski“, the President of the Council of Public Prosecutors, Peter Anevski confirmed the reasons for the postponement of the session. […]
21 September 2015
Katica Janeva in an interview with TV “News 24” said that she herself put herself forward to be the Special Public Prosecutor and applied for and contacted the “adequate people.” Janeva believes she and her team will have enough capacity to handle the cases that are under their jurisdiction. “With the election and I was […]
17 September 2015
The appointment of a special prosecutor is an important element for the normalization of the political situation in Macedonia, but it is not the end of the story, said on Thursday in Brussels the EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, the day before his visit to Skopje. Commissioner Hahn welcomed […]
17 September 2015
The leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev say’s he will not exclude the possibility that the Special Prosecutor may review the cases, “Kumanovo”, “Monster”, “Magyar Telekom” and the case of the leader of political party, United for Macedonia, Ljube Boshkovski’s. Zoran Zaev, responding to a reporter’s question, today said that the jurisdiction of the special prosecutor will […]
16 September 2015
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is not afraid of the Special Prosecutor. He said during a visit to the Clinical Centre and added there is nothing to be afraid of, reported “MKD.MK“.”Of course I am not afraid, there is nothing to be afraid of”, Gruevski responded to a reporter’s question. When asked whose proposal it was […]
15 September 2015
With 111 votes “for” out of the 114 MP’s who attended, the Law on Public Prosecution and related offenses arising from the content of the illegal interception of communications was voted in. The bill was finally passed. At the plenary session who gave their own presentations were MPs Petre Shilegov, Ilija Dimovski, Pavle Trajanov, Solza […]
15 September 2015
The European Commission has welcomed the agreement reached on appointing the special public prosecutor, said Maja Kocijancic spokeswoman for Commissioner Johannes Hahn during today’s press conference. “We welcome the agreement made this morning in Skopje by the political parties for the appointing of the new Special Public Prosecutor, which was an important element of the […]
15 September 2015
After marathon talks by the working teams of the negotiating groups, the parties reached an agreement this morning for a special law on the Special Public Prosecutor, “Meta” has discovered from sources close to the negotiating teams. We also have learnt that an agreement has been reached today and the name of the new special prosecutor […]
14 September 2015
These talks are serious, and we are doing everything we can, said MP Antonio Miloshoski from VMRO-DPMNE, before the working groups gathered for their daily meeting of the parties for the Przhino Agreement, where they are discussing the election of a special prosecutor, held in the Club of Representatives. At the meeting were all representatives […]
14 September 2015
Political parties who have signed the Przhino Agreement have another day to select the special public prosecutor and the legal framework for the voting process in Parliament. According to information obtained by “Meta”, last night there was an adjustment in the negotiations, and the spears become ready for battle over the number of deputy prosecutors there […]
13 September 2015
Today negotiations continued regarding the appointment of the special prosecutor. The negotiating team was joined by European Ambassador Aivo Orav, who talked with representatives of all parties at the Parliamentary Club. Talks were suspended to allow time for further consultations regarding the prosecutor’s position. All representatives respected this in order to achieve complete concentration on […]
13 September 2015
The leader of DUI, Ali Ahmeti said the special prosecutor will be selected on Tuesday, as agreed upon according to the Przino Agreement, and his suggested that the special prosecutor have eight deputy prosecutors in his team, and three of them ought to be Albanians, Ahmeti said in an interview with the newspaper “Koha”. “On […]
12 September 2015
The ruling party refused conditions for the Special Prosecutor to form his own team, reported ‘Nova’. The portal says that at least ten prosecutors are needed in the special prosecutor’s team because he is likely to require enquiries in foreign countries. Also, if the prosecutor was to work alone, he would not be able to […]
9 September 2015
“I think the whole story misleads the opposition – to continue to push aside the countries professional associations and NGOs We are put in a position where we have to decide on a fundamental law that will have an impact on the history of Macedonia – will we have to start over to create a […]
9 September 2015
The opposition SDSM were surprised by the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday regarding the appointing of a Special Prosecutor. They said that VMRO-DPMNE until now had insisted to choose just a special prosecutor, and maintained that the he wouldn’t need associates, nor would he need organs or bodies to make sure his office would run independently. […]
8 September 2015
SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, accompanied by his party delegation celebrated Independence Day at Three Pears. In his speech he told citizens that he had visited Kiro Gligorov, at the first Macedonian President’s grave and quoted from his speech he had given when Macedonia became Independent in 1991. Independence Day was celebrated with the citizens in the […]
8 September 2015
Sources from inside the negotiating teams have told ‘Meta’ correspondents that political parties working groups who are discussing electoral laws and rules from the Przhino Agreement are now to focus all their energy on the issue of the Special Public Prosecutor which is to be appointed on the 15th of September. The parties have agreed […]
4 September 2015
The President of SDSM Zoran Zaev expressed optimism that at the beginning of next week negotiating teams of the political parties will state their positions on the law regarding the public prosecutor, who should be voted in by the 15th of September, the deadline set by the Przhino Agreement. According to Zaev, conceptual differences exist […]
