The Council of Europe has confirmed that the Macedonian Government requested an opinion from the Venice Commission over the Law on the Use of Languages without providing further comment. The Venice Commission Secretariat has confirmed they received the law but refrain from comments prior to its review by their experts and drafting of the opinion. […]
Despite the opposite announcements by Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani, the government decided to send the entire Law on Languages to the Venice Commission. The opinion of the advisory body of the Council of Europe regarding the constitutionality of the law is sent to the two members that are not part of the adopted decision: […]
VMRO-DPMNE and the so-called “Coalition for a Better Macedonia” urged central and local government institutions to ignore and boycott the law on languages. This party said that if these institutions face threats, VMRO-DPMNE will assist them through its legal team. “VMRO–DPMNE calls on all central and local government institutions to boycott the application of this unconstitutional and harmful […]
Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that he had signed the decrees and forwarded the law on the use of languages and the law ratifying the Prespa Agreement to the Official Gazette. The laws entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette. Attached to the decrees, Xhaferi to the Official Gazette also forwarded […]
The President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov released a statement after the publishing of the Law on the Use of Languages and the Law on Ratification of the Prespa Agreement without his signature of the decrees in the “Official Gazette”, claiming that SDSM and DUI had violated the rule of law, and in the international practice […]
VMRO-DPMNE warned the Director of the Official Gazette, Martin Kostovski, that the publication of the Law on Languages in the Official Gazette is a crime that does not become obsolete and it foresees a prison sentence. He carries direct responsibility, and everyone else that was involved. “We warn the director of the Official Gazette Martin […]
The law on the use of Albanian language along with the constitutional amendments regarding the country’s new name have been published today in the Official Gazette. The law on languages has been signed by Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi who has sent the law for publication without the signature of president Gjorge Ivanov. With the publication in […]
The Alliance for Albanians will support the constitutional amendments, said party’s Secretary General Arben Travari. Taravari, who also serves as Gostivar Mayor, is visiting Brussels and already held talks with EP Rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl, as well as MEPs Eduard Kukan and Knut Fleckenstein. Speaking about the ongoing process for revising Macedonia’s Constitution, an obligation […]
Skopje-based Public Prosecution launched a pre-investigative procedure over Ivanov’s failure to sign language law and the Prespa Agreement. The Primary Prosecutor’s Office-Skopje has launched a pre-investigative procedure regarding President Gjorge Ivanov’s failure to sign the Law on Languages and the Prespa Agreement. The prosecutor’s office says the procedure has been initiated following two anonymous reports. […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev again urged Tuesday President Gjorge Ivanov to sign the Law on the Use of Languages and enable the continual functionality of democracy in the society. PM Zaev told reporters at the sidelines of a conference of Network 23+ that he tried to motivate President Ivanov at several meetings to sign the […]
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi says he will send the law on usage of languages for publishing in the Official Gazette in a proper time. “Considering the fact that there is no deadline for this law to be published in the Official Gazette, I’ll decide when it should be done. After being published, other relevant institutions […]
There are options to remove the impasse over the law on the use of languages and they are currently analyzed, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Thursday. “The most acceptable option should be implemented,” Xhaferi told a press briefing, saying he would not sign the law twice so that it is published in the Official […]
-“The adoption of the law on languages will improve relations between the communities and bring the country back to the reform agenda,” EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar said Monday underlining that the EU is optimistic in regard to the implementation of the law. Zbogar answering journalist question related to the language law, which was passed last […]
-“The adoption of the law on languages will improve relations between the communities and bring the country back to the reform agenda,” EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar said Monday underlining that the EU is optimistic in regard to the implementation of the law. Zbogar answering journalist question related to the language law, which was passed last […]
_”The law on the use of languages is not the end of Macedonia”, says former Interior Minister Ljube Boskoski in a statement for “Nezavisen/Independent”. According to him, Macedonia’s fate was determined back in 2001 with the signing of the Framework agreement, and he does not understand the drama that is happening around the adoption of […]
A group of citizens staged a rally Sunday against the law on languages, adopted by the Parliament on 14 March. Citizens gathered in front of the government’s building in Skopje to voice their disapproval of the law, which boosts the Albanian language status, and called on President Gjorge Ivanov to not sign the legislation that ‘will […]
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in the response on his Facebook profile regarding the views of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on the law on the use of languages, which the Parliament adopted on Wednesday without an amnesty debate, said that without Albanians there is no Macedonia. Rama, according to the media, “reminded” Ivanov that Albanian […]
Yesterday’s events at the Parliament were disappointing, French Ambassador to Macedonia, Christian Thimonier said Thursday for the web portal ‘SAKAMDAKAZAM.MK’. The Parliament adopted Law on the Use of Languages on Wednesday in a tense atmosphere by 64 votes. Yesterday we witnessed events we believed would remain in the past, Thimonier said, notifying the lack of […]
-“The Law on the Use of Languages fully complies with the Constitution and amendment 5 passed 17 years ago. No one is and no one cannot be above the Constitution. At the same time, this law fully guarantees adequate use of the Macedonian language and is considered a serious contribution to building the concept of […]
-“The procedure has not been violated in the adoption of the Law on the Use of Languages and the President is obliged to sign the bill”, said Vice Premier for European Affairs Bujar Osmani on Thursday. “Macedonia has closed an important chapter of its history and as of today it is more unified in its […]
