11 September 2019
The truth is that their main fight is to keep Zoran Zaev and the people in the government away from being held responsible for the crimes, said VMRO-DPMNE’s party leader Hristijan Mickoski during today’s press conference regarding the failed leadership meeting. “Up until late in the night we saw a picture of a pupil, drowned […]
29 August 2019
The Ministry of Finance is preparing a draft bill for taxing motor vehicles. In the explanation that was published by ingle National Electronic Register of Regulations of the Republic of Macedonia, it is stated that with the new Law on excise the taxation of traveler vehicles is not a subject of interest by this law. […]
27 August 2019
The Law on public prosecution that will solve the future status of the Special Public Prosecution (SPO) is on today’s agenda of the 108th Parliamentary session. The law will enter into a parliamentary procedure with a European flag and under an expedited procedure. Yesterday, the Minister of Justice Renata Deskoska said there is no progress […]
26 August 2019
The Minister of Justice, Renata Deskoska said that there is no progress in the negotiations on the Law on public prosecution, after the meeting between the working group ended. -We talked about the issues that were open since the very start among which is the status of the cases led by SPO. The key unsurmountable […]
13 February 2019
The Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski has sent today his request to the Parliament for an authentic interpretation of Article 22 of the Law on the Special Public Prosecution. This act followed when the expert collegium of the Public Prosecution at a meeting a week ago decided that the legal opinion of the Supreme Court for […]
23 November 2018
The Anti-Corruption Commission, the key state body for the prevention of corruption and conflict of interests, has not been working for seven and a half months, since last March when the president, Igor Tanturovski resigned, and from 2 April members were “sent” on vacation indefinitely. The Parliamentary Committee on Political System and Inter-Community Relations held […]
30 October 2018
The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy is preparing amendments to the Law on salaries for elected and appointed persons in the Republic of Macedonia in order to be able to determine the salaries of the Vice Prime Ministers: Kocho Angjushev, Radmila Shekjerinska, Oliver Spasovski, Bujar Osmani and Hazbi Lika. “By making the Decision No. […]
1 October 2018
While the legal framework did not cover all aspects sufficiently, the 30 September Referendum was administered impartially and fundamental freedoms were respected throughout the campaign, concluded the international observers in today’s press release. There were no restrictions on fundamental rights associated with the campaign, including the freedoms of assembly, association and expression. The absence of […]
10 September 2018
This week, on September 12, the European Parliament is going to vote on a bill that threatens to irreparably damage the Internet as we know it. Under the guise of copyright reform, there are are a number of “reforms” that are going to cripple fundamental rights online. One of them is Article 11 of the […]
26 January 2017
The Minister of Justice in Germany, Heiko Maas yesterday announced that the German government will abolish the law that forbids citizens of that country to insult foreign leaders. Maas said that law is “outdated and unnecessary”. The Turkish Embassy in Macedonia at the end of December last year, announced that it had brought criminal charges against E.A., a […]
11 June 2016
The Constitutional Court will rule on the initiative for assessing the constitutionality of the Law on the Special Prosecutor’s Office, reported “Telma” TV. After the case sat in storage in a draw, for a long 8 months, it has finally been assigned to a reporting judge. It may be found on the daily agenda for […]
24 April 2016
Almost for two weeks now, the organization civil association “I protest” have expressed their anger in the streets of Skopje and all major cities in Macedonia against President Gjorge Ivanov’s decision to pardon a large number of politicians. Among the organization’s demands is the withdrawal of the general pardon, the formation of an interim government […]
30 December 2015
With 75 votes “for” MPs of Parliament this afternoon adopted the Law on Amending and Supplementing the Law on the Public Prosecution service, which the Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva had requested. The amendments were discussed in an urgent procedure. Two hours were spent two hours in the plenary dispute, and after that a second reading […]
30 November 2015
Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte at today’s briefing with reporters said that at the negotiations, the proposal presented to the International Community for the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media, were going very slowly. Mr Vanhoutte said the law would apply less restrictions and penalties and would encourage the media to be more professional. He also […]
7 October 2015
Today, the European Commission urged the political parties in Macedonia to reach an agreement on the electoral laws as soon as possible. “The Commission understands the fact that the parties failed to reach agreement on electoral reform, but negotiations will continue today. The Commission will closely monitor developments and expect parties to reach an agreement […]
7 October 2015
Today at the Clubhouse for MP’s, the Head of the EU Delegation Ambassador Aivo Orav said that the working groups had agreed on two laws, whistle-blowers and the disclosure of the “Bombs” were to be reworked. “Negotiations are continuing, there is progress and I expect we will achieve an agreement by tonight”, said Ambassador Orav. […]
7 October 2015
Last nights meeting between working groups concluded with no agreement on electoral laws, “Meta” has learnt from sources within the negotiating teams. Despite efforts from Belgian expert Peter Vanhoutte, US Ambassador Jess Bailey and the Head of the EU Delegation to Macedonia, Ambassador Aivo Orav, neither side would succumb their positions on the law prohibiting […]
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 […]
3 September 2015
Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of SDSM Assembly Goran Sugareski, today at a press conference said that their parliamentary group submitted proposals to amend and supplement five laws. He explained, the three proposals related to external testing, one is to abolish it, one is to increase the minimum wage from 9,500 to 11,000 denars and […]
24 August 2015
The large political parties will lose if Macedonia becomes a single electoral unit, but in that case the citizens will benefit most, along with the system of parliamentary democracy. Realistically, the single unit model will prevent all-powerful figures like Gruevski from ruling Macedonia. This was said by Zoran Zaev, President of SDSM at his visit […]
