22 January 2016
The meeting between the working groups of the political parties, all signatories to the Przhino Agreement, at the MPs Clubhouse in Skopje yesterday made no progress, reports sources to “Meta”. The only issue that was agreed on, at the insistence of the SDSM, was in parallel with the methodology used to cleanse and renew the voters’ list, […]
10 December 2015
US Ambassador Jess Bailey expressed concern over the re-emergence of not meeting deadlines from the terms provided for by Przhino Agreement. “I’m worried because of the missed deadline for the appointment of the State Election Commission (SEC). Independence, experience and expertise should be a criterion for selection of non-party representatives”, US Ambassador wrote on social […]
3 December 2015
VMRO-DPMNE’s called the AJM ( Association of Journalists of Macedonia) ,MAJ (Macedonian Association of Journalists), SSNM (Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers), Agency for Media and Sports, Cultural, Religious and other organizations affected by this media law to submit their own proposal to pass them on to the party, and they shall be printed onto […]
30 November 2015
SDSM made the suggestion while the VMRO-DPMNE has nothing against the media and journalists’ associations participating in the negotiations of the working groups that discuss issues about the media. Robert Popovski, President of the working group of SDSM for discussions over the media today at a press conference in front of the MPs Clubhouse said […]
27 November 2015
Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte released a press release to the media titled “Progress in the negotiations on the media.” He says that today’s meeting of the working groups the main topic of discussion was the law on audio and audiovisual media services, in particular the role and functioning of the Agency. “During today’s meeting, the […]
26 November 2015
Once the negotiations of the working groups are complete and have addressed the problems in the media, political parties will begin discussions on the courts, said Peter Shilegov, when asked by a journalist at a press conference in front of the Government building. “Selecting the Presidents of the courts today were just talk about the […]
26 November 2015
“Here is new confirmation that Nikola Gruevski is behind the revision of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. This is a document from the Government, an analysis of the Framework Agreement”, Peter Shilegov accuses Nikola Gruevski at a press conference in front of the Government building. Conference for the Framework Agreement “According to this document, the General […]
26 November 2015
Some journalists protested today in front of the MPs Clubhouse so they could be involved in the negotiations with the working groups who are all signatory to the Przhino Agreement. The AJM, SSNM and MIM called for action, and fifty journalists for half an hour blocked the entrance of the MPs Clubhouse and expressed outrage […]
20 November 2015
If the news organizations and associations are not involved in these discussions on the media between political parties and the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte, journalists will protest in front of the MPs Clubhouse, stated the President of the Association of Journalists Naser Selmani. He reacted to recent amendments ofthe Election Code, which includes Internet portals, and […]
9 November 2015
The package of laws that the political parties who are signatory to the Przhino Agreement agreed on, according to the announcements by politicians, should be found in front of Parliament today. The Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of SDSM Goran Sugareski, however, said that he still does not know whether the laws will be processed […]
6 November 2015
The EU mission in Macedonia so far refrained from commenting on yesterday’s agreement, because we still have not received it. “We’ll believe it when we see it,” said a brief of the EU delegation. EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, who today is visiting Kosovo, however, will not be visiting Macedonia. […]
5 November 2015
The meeting of the working groups of the parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement to resolve disputes has begun. Although it was expected that the solution was near, sources from the working groups tells ‘Meta’ that there is still no full agreement on the Law on Government and the Law on Privacy (wire tapped materials). […]
31 October 2015
With no actual movement or progress completed yesterday and despite the individual efforts of the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte to move closer to coming to an agreement with the parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement over the credentials of the oppositions ministers, reported “24 News”. There will be no negotiations this weekend, as Mr Vanhoutte […]
27 October 2015
“Negotiations are alive, and talks are ongoing, but it is best to ask the mediator of the talks, Peter Vanhoutte”, said today Ivo Kotevski the Director of the Centre for Communications for VMRO-DPMNE. Whet “Meta”asked him while at bilateral meetings was the mediator putting more pressure on Vmro -DMMNE compared to all the other parties. […]
26 October 2015
Taking into account recent developments, the working group agreed to focus on bilateral meetings to address two key issues, i.e. the selection of the remaining prosecutors in the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the appointment of Ministers and Deputy Ministers for the government, said Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte. According to him, once an agreement is reached, […]
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 […]
21 October 2015
VMRO-DPMNE said that their representatives in the working groups acted with principle and in accordance with the Przhino Agreement, but SDSM tried at all costs to interpret matters to their own liking to expand their own agenda. “And for us, all options are open. All options are open for activities and events provided by the […]
21 October 2015
The European Commission today expressed their disappointment over the constant breaking of the terms of the Przhino Agreement. “The Committee is disappointed and calls on the leadership and the responsibility of all political parties, in good faith to implement the agreement”, Maja Kocijancic told “Meta”, spokeswoman for EU Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. […]
21 October 2015
The US State Department estimates that the Przhino Agreement is the best way out of the political crisis in Macedonia and urged political parties to continue the implementation of the agreement. “We encourage Macedonia’s leader to build on the progress that they’ve already made in implementing the July 15political agreement, which represents the best way forward […]
20 October 2015
If at midnight an agreement is not reached the political parties in the working groups, SDSM were considering multiple scenarios, including the publication of new audio recordings of wire tapped conversations learns “Meta” from sources within the opposition. They added that the main problem they have with VMRO-DPMNE is the law of the “bombs” and […]
