31 January 2019
The presidential elections are likely to be announced on February 8, and the first round will be held on April 21, and the second round on May 5, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said at today’s press briefing. “The Parliament is prepared for the elections and will work until the beginning of the election campaign, to hinder […]
16 January 2019
Today, Nikola Micevski, Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of VMRO-DPMNE and the Coalition “For a Better Macedonia”, on behalf of the party urged the institutions on central and local level, to ignore and boycott the law on languages and said that if the people in charge in the institutions are faced with problems or threats, VMRO-DPMNE’s legal […]
15 January 2019
Today, Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi announced that the presidential elections will be called on February the 8th. The first round of elections will be on April the 21st, and the second round on May the 5th. Xhaferi said that the first round was initially planned to take place on the April the 14th and the latter […]
25 December 2018
At a briefing with journalists, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said he will not be running in the upcoming presidential election and will remain president of Parliament. As for the idea of Parliament electing the head of state, Xhaferi says that all parliamentary groups should decide, and if there is a consensus, a change to the Constitution should […]
21 September 2018
The right place for political dialogue and consensus is Parliament and it should not be limited to political parties, but the civil sector, experts and other formal or informal groups should be involved as well. This was stated by the Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, at the conference entitled, “Encouraging political dialogue and […]
24 August 2018
MP Antonio Milososki of VMRO-DPMNE, through a statement sent to the Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi said that he would be participating in the public propaganda campaign in the upcoming referendum. “I, Antonio Milososki MP for VMRO-DPMNE in coordination with the coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of VMRO-DPMNE, inform you that I will take part in […]
23 August 2018
Today, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi notified parliamentary groups that they will have a three-day deadline to answer, whether they would participate in the public propaganda for the referendum, that should be conducted by Parliament, as well as on what kind of campaign they will lead and whether they will be “For” “or “Against” on the referendum […]
22 August 2018
The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia will form a Coordinated Body for the implementation of the referendum on a state level on September 30th and for the conduct of the public campaign. This was one of the conclusions reached at today’s coordinative meeting led by Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi. He met with the top representatives of […]
31 July 2018
The official start of campaigning for the referendum will begin on 10th of September, and all those who want to participate in the campaign will do so, in whatever context they choose, whether they will support or boycott it, or call to vote against it, it depends on them, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi at […]
30 July 2018
MPs from the ruling majority announced that they will submit the initiative for formally announcing the referendum before Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi today at noon. According to information from SDSM’s parliamentary group, MPs have already collected signatures for the initiative to formally announce the referendum. MPs from DUI and BESA have also signed it. After […]
26 July 2018
Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi’s office have reacted to the case regarding the President of the Foreign Policy Committee, Antonio Milososki, ie the violation of the Law on Classified Information by the MP, who is Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee. “The President of the Foreign Policy Committee has not received a security certificate for over […]
29 June 2018
If he does not sign the law on the ratification of the treaty with Greece after a second time it will be voted in Parliament, the President of the State Gjorge Ivanov will introduce a bad practice of interference with the responsibility of the authorities, ie taking over the responsibilities which belong to Parliament. This […]
5 June 2018
Today, an inter-party parliamentary group for the rights of the Roma in the Republic of Macedonia was established and promoted in Parliament. The initiators of this idea are MPs Samka Ibraimoski, Dime Velkovski, Irena Stefoska, Maja Morachanin, Liljana Popovska, Enes Ibrahim, Agim Murtezanov, Mirsada Emini-Asani, Ivana Tufegdzic, Gulsumzer Kasapi, Pavle Bogoevski, Slavica Sumanska-Miteva, Sonja Mirakovska […]
29 May 2018
It would be frivolous for anyone to think about early parliamentary elections this year, said Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi during a regular press briefing. “There can be elections when MPs disband. However, in a serious country with serious issues, it would be frivolous for anyone to even consider early parliamentary elections. If someone is thinking […]
18 May 2018
Discussions in the “Jean Monnet” process are taking place in a constructive, working atmosphere, with a consensual attitude between the participants in the need for regulation, that is, the regulation of relations in the Legislative Assembly, said Speaker of Parliament Talat Xhaferi from Ohrid, where talks are under way between representatives of the parliamentary parties […]
17 May 2018
Theresa May, the first UK prime minister to visit Macedonia in almost two decades, said that Macedonia is an integral part of Europe and pledged support for Macedonia’s integration into the European Union. May, who was greeted with full honours at the Government said in regards to the name dispute, that it was important that […]
16 March 2018
Former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE MP, Nikola Gruevski said today that he had not intended to cause an incident in Parliament, when the Law on the Use of Languages was adopted, but only wanted to show that he disagreed with the manner in which it was passed. During a brief adjournment in SPO’s case known […]
14 March 2018
In a tense atmosphere at Parliament, with 64 votes “for” and with none “against”, the Law on the Use of Languages was passed without a debate on the 36,000 amendments submitted by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE. VMRO-DPMNE MPs protested again and were led by their former leader Nikola Gruevski who again approached the chair of the […]
14 March 2018
While Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi began to read out that the Law on the Use of Languages would be on the voting agenda, MPs from VMRO-DPMNE, led by former leader Nikola Gruevski tried to prevent Xhaferi from calling a vote. Coordinator of the VMRO-DPMNE parliamentary group, Dragan Danev, demanded a procedural objection, but Xhaferi would […]
13 February 2018
The Speaker of the Republic of Macedonian Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, and some 30 representatives from across all political parties, Parliamentary departments, as well as the Parliamentary Institute, along with representatives from civil society, will all participate in a conference under the heading “Building an Efficient and Independent Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia”, commencing tomorrow […]
