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SDSM: The democratic processes are going forward, citizens to remain calm

The democratic process is going forward after the legitimate election of the new president of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, said SDSM in its regular morning announcement. The announcement arrives after yesterday’s incidents and violence at the parliament, where several MPs, among which was Zoran Zaev, SDSM’s party leader, were injured. “The domestic and the international public supported...

The US Embassy: Violence is not the way to resolve differences

The Embassy of the United States of America has condemned the acts of violence at the Parliament during which several MPs were injured and among them was SDSM party leader, Zoran Zaev. The Embassy stated that violence is not in accordance with democracy and is an unacceptable way of resolving differences. "We condemn the violence in Parliament in the strongest terms....

Ivanov appeals for calm and calls for a leaders’ meeting at his office

President Gjorge Ivanov addressed citizens tonight and appealed for calm amid the tensions and violence and called on leaders of the parliamentary parties to attend the leaders' meeting tomorrow at his office. “In these times of great concern surrounding the recent events in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, I urge everybody to be calm. I call on you...

Mogherini and Hahn: Violence in Parliament is unacceptable, we call for restraint

“We condemn in the strongest terms today's ongoing attacks on the Members of the Parliament in Skopje. The acts of violence in the Parliament are wholly unacceptable and we call for calm and restraint”, reads the joint statement by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and the European Commissioner for...

Hahn condemns the attack on the MPs: Parliament is no place for violence

The European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, on his Twitter profile condemned the violence and the attack on the MPs at the parliament, stating that the democracy should continue on its course. I condemn the attacks on MPs in Skopje in the strongest terms. Violence has NO place in Parliament. Democracy must run its...

SDSM: The institutions not to succumb to Gruevski’s violent scenarios

Nikola Gruevski must not threaten with violence because that is unconstitutional and an act that is punishable by law, said SDSM in its morning announcement. The party stresses that the new president of the Parliament will be elected very quickly, and then “a new reformatory government of Unitarian Macedonia, in accordance with the Rulebook, the Constitution and the laws...

If necessary, the MOI is prepared to defend Parliament

The Ministry of Interior (MOI) are monitoring the situation and if there is a violation of public order and peace, we are prepared to react, said MOI to “Meta” regarding recent statement of a possible forced entry into Parliament. “The Ministry of Interior has established operational headquarters in the field. If such a breach of public disorder does occur, the...

Court Postpones Hearing Against Gruevski and Janakieski by SPO

The court hearing for the charges by SPO about the violence at the municipality of Centar has been postponed from the 21st of November until 16th of December, 5 days after the elections, on the request of Nikola Dodevski, the attorney of the former Minister of Transport and Communications, Mile Janakieski. The Criminal Court informed that the attorney Dodevski had...

SPO Will Not Request The Exclusion Of The “Swarovski-Judges”, For Now

The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for now, will not request the exclusion of Judge Lidija Petrovska, said prosecutor Lence Ristovska to "Meta". “At the moment, we will not take any action, we'll wait for the trial to begin so everything will be official, and then we’ll decide what to do”, said Ristovska. Lidija Petrovska was mentioned in one of the "bombs",...

Trials May be Scheduled in the Next 8 Days for the Indictments by the SPO, says Janeva

The Court over the next 8 eight days, may schedule a hearing for both proposed indictments submitted yesterday by the SPO, said Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva. “They are the subject of fast-track proceedings, and the deadline for the scheduling is eight days. The court may immediately schedule a hearing within eight days, whenever, we are ready for trial”, said...

Indictments by SPO Against Gruevski and Janakieski for the Violence in the Centre

At today’s press conference, Special Prosecutor, Fatime Fetai presented the first two indictments by the SPO. One is for destroying documentation connected to the equipment used for the illegal wiretapping, the second is for violence outside the Municipality of the Centre which occurred in June of 2016. Even though Fetai did not disclose the identity of the accused, and their...

Hahn calls upon parties and citizens to refrain from violence

After a second day of protests, and tonight's violence against the decision of President Gjorge Ivanov to pardon politicians, the Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn wrote on his "Twitter" account that citizens should be reasonable and refrain from violence. "Call on all political parties and reasonable citizens to refrain from violent actions. The crisis can be...

AJM and SSNM: According to the prosecutor, Nedelkovski did not spread hate speech

Prosecutor Jasmina Kostevski Zdravevska from the Public Prosecutor's Office in Skopje, has denied the request for criminal prosecution against Milenko Nedelkovski for spreading hate speech and threatening the safety of the citizens who support and work at the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) and the Independent Union of Media and Media Workers (SSNM). “To our great surprise, the prosecutor...

MOI have taken measures to clarify the attack on Todor Petrov

Todor Petrov, the President of the World Macedonian Congress was hospitalized and is now being kept at the Accident & Emergency Centre, announced the Ministry of Interior. A statement from the Interior Ministry says that Petrov was physically attacked in the catering facility "Kasablanca" in Skopje by several people. “After talking with the injured party, we have received initial information that...

No signs of violence on Sofeski’s body

On the remains of 44-year-old former military intelligence officer Goran Sofeski, there were no traces of violence, it was confirmed by the Ministry of Interior. Mr Sofeski body was found this morning at 7 am, during a search for him after his cousin yesterday afternoon reported him missing after he had gone hunting. So far assumptions of the investigation are that...

Emergency situation in Ferguson extended

The Saint Louis city government extended the emergency condition in the city of Ferguson for the next 24 hours. The emergency condition was brought three days ago after violent protests erupted on the one year anniversary of the death of African-American Michael Brown who was killed by a white police officer. The protests on Monday were much more peaceful and...

ZNM: Attacks over journalists are orchestrated and the institutions are complacent

The Association of Journalists in Macedonia (ZNM) has registered in the last four years, more than 20 threats and physical attacks over journalists and media workers, of which half were registered in the first half of this year. Thus far no perpetrators have been identified or held responsible. This was reported at a press conference today by Naser Selmani, President...

VMRO-DPMNE: The Violence was Deliberately Caused by SDSM

“SDSM did not react when several journalists were attacked by their or their coalition partners' activists. Unlike them, VMRO-DPMNE has the principle and the responsibility to denounce all attacks and regards such cases equally,” says in the reaction offered by VMRO-DPMNE to the press conference of SDSM spokesperson, Petre Shilegov. “We want to reiterate that party leaders in SDSM...