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Today, the diaspora casts its vote and in Macedonia the sick and the prison inmates

Starting from yesterday on midnight, the election silence has started and today the voting at the early parliamentary elections that will officially happen tomorrow (11th of December) is carried out in the diaspora, and in the country, the right to cast their vote will have reported sick and frail persons, and prison inmates. The vote is carried out for...

Ivanov: On December 11, I expect the will of the people to be welcomed and recognised

"On December the 11th, I urge you all to come out and fulfill your right to vote and to fulfill your civil duty. I call on you to vote with sole discretion and to put your confidence into the party and the option you believe is the best choice for you and for the Republic of Macedonia", reads President...

Video-message from Koenders: Macedonia faces historic crossroads, go to the polls and decide your country’s future

To get closer to Europe, Macedonian voters need to stand for the rule of law, free media and against corruption, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Bert Koenders in a video message. He called on Macedonian voters to go to the polls on December 11, and to decide on the country’s future. “I’m Bert Koenders, the Dutch Minister...

The Difference Between VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM is 4.8%, Shows Poll by Telma TV

The difference between the main Macedonian political parties is 4.8%, according to a poll commissioned by "Telma" TV and conducted by the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis and MCMS. If the elections were held tomorrow, VMRO-DPMNE would have 23.7% of the vote, 18,9% would vote for SDSM, 6.2% for DUI, 3.3% for DPA, 1.2% for BESA, while 4.9% would vote...

Registration for the Diaspora to vote will last until November 11, 2016

A total of 1,011 citizens have applied through the electronic application on the official website of the State Election Commission (SEC), to vote in the early parliamentary elections in diplomatic consular representations. The Commission said that from the 1,011 applicants, 515 were accepted, 32 were rejected and 464 are still under review. “The State Election Commission calls on all citizens who...

Students vote without screens or an electoral roll

No screens, without an electoral roll, all students had was a box wrapped in white pages with which Presidents to vote for as President of the Student Parliament at the Faculty of Law, for ballots to be collected. Members of the Election Commission gave some students a sealed stamp when they voted, and some they didn’t, nor would they comment...

The Committee believes the proposal for the impeachment of Ivanov is ‘unfounded’

The proposal for the impeachment of President Gjorge Ivanov is based on unfounded grounds, the Parliamentary Committee assessed. MPs from the SDSM, the DUI, and the DPA voted "for", while MPs from the ruling VMRO-DPMNE, who are the majority on the committee voted “against”. Regardless of whether the majority believes that there are no grounds for holding the President accountable,...

Parliament has decided to dissolve on February 24, tonight they vote a new government

Seventy-two MPs voted in favour of the draft decision to dissolve Parliament. One voted against and six abstained. The Parliament hall was attended by 109 MPs. This decision will be applied starting from February 24. With this decision, which was proposed by VMRO-DPMNE and DUI, they are paving the way for elections to be held on April 24. The opposition wre not...

Parliament votes in Budget for 2016

With 66 votes "For" and 28 votes "Against" members of Parliament before midnight, passed the budget for 2016. It is thus the largest budget so far, which weighs in at 3.2 billion euros. The opposition voted against, because during the five-day discussion on several occasions they stressed that this budget is wasteful, uneconomically, fanciful, undeveloped and not opaque. The budget,...

Parliament adopts laws from the Przhino Agreement

MPs in the plenary session voted in laws, which political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement agreed upon on Friday. MPa voted in a shortened procedure for amendments to the Electoral Code, to the Criminal Procedure Code, the Law on Privacy, the Law to protect “Whistle-blowers” and the Law on Government. The biggest debate took place whilst voting on the Diaspora...

The laws from Przhino have passed the Parliamentary Committees

The committee hearings have all finished, all issues on the package of laws set by the political parties that signed the Przhino Agreement on Friday have finally reached an agreement. The longest discussion were the changes to the Criminal Code and the Privacy Act. The MP and the Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of DUI, Talat Xhaferi said that the...

Driving over 50 kilometres will result in fines from 10 to 400 euros

Today in Parliament the Law on Safety and Traffic on the roads, was finally passed, where it states that it is compulsory to have your head lights on while driving from dusk to dawn and during the day if visibility is poor. Motorcycle lights are required to be on during the day and night, and cyclists must have the appropriate...

Greece Votes: Uncertainty over elections

After only eight months after Syriza was elected, the Greek people today again go to the polling stations. More than 9.8 million Greeks have the right to vote today will need to determine which party or political option will decide their future and implement the new package of the measures agreed. What will people choose remains a puzzle until the...

MP’s passed the bill for law for the Special Public Prosecutor

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 Grcheva, Rosa Topuzova Karevska, Bekim...

Election math: 3+3+3 for DIK and 2+2 for the Electoral list

The political parties-signatories to the Przhino Agreement and their Action groups will discuss tomorrow about the electoral list and voting in the diaspora. Meta previously reported that the biggest political parties have come to an agreement regarding the members of the State Elections Commission (DIK) by accepting the proposal of SDSM, according to which, the members will be selected by...

Conclusions from today’s Przhino Agreement meeting: SDSM wants Macedonia as one electoral unit; The electoral list will be comprised through active registration

Today’s meeting of the Action groups is underway at the Parliamentary Club. The meeting is expected to bring a decision about the way of registering voters on the electoral list. It is very likely that the parties will agree on active registration. SDSM is pushing for the country to become a single electoral unit. SDSM today is represented by Cvetanka Ivanova...

Aleksov: There is enough time for the elections; the electoral list can be comprised in few months time

During yesterday’s meeting of the Action group comprised of representatives of the four largest political parties, who are working on implementing the Przhino Agreement, an idea was offered for creating a new electoral list to which the voters will register by giving their fingerprint to the authorities. The voting is said to be carried out in the same fashion. According...

The State Elections Commission will meet tomorrow

Members of the Action group of the State Elections Commission (DIK) are to meet tomorrow again. The topic will be the same from the previous meeting- changes in the elections law, the composition of the Commission and the electoral lists. It is possible that the group will discuss the topic of voting rights of the Diaspora. The changes in the...