Macedonian Parliament will be expecting PM Zoran Zaev to propose the appointment of a parliamentary committee for pardoning and national reconciliation. In coordination with the speaker of Parliament, coordinators of parliamentary formations have agreed that the majority and opposition should have an equal number of members in the committee. Not explaining what the essence of […]
“Let me congratulate Macedonia on the historic decision to continue with the implementation of the Prespa Agreement, thus sending a signal of encouragement, not only for Macedonia, but the entire region,” said Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in the opening remarks of conference “Balkans and the EU – Five-year Cycle of the Berlin Process”, which takes […]
The municipal committees of VMRO-DPMNE in Skopje’s Centar and Karpos organized the procedures necessary for exclusion from the party of Saso Mijalkov and Nikola Todorov in just one day. The director of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) was not called to defend himself at all, while the former health minister would be given a chance to […]
Recently dismissed VMRO-DPMNE vice-president, Mitko Jancev, calmly received the decision on his dismissal from office. He says he is waiting for an official document from the party to see if he is “only” dismissed from his vice presidential post, or was ‘kicked out” of his party membership. “If I am still a member of the […]
Foreign ministry in Skopje has issued a statement following the reaction of the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the voting of the constitutional amendments concerning the name deal by parliament in Skopje. The full statement: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia categorically rejects the allegations and qualifications presented in the comment published […]
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Miro Cerar, will pay an official visit to the Republic of Macedonia at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov on Wednesday. As reported, the meeting between FM Dimitrov and FM Cerar will focus on exchanging views on […]
Tampered or not, the purge that VMRO-DPMNE conducted Monday evening will affect the party. Overnight, they were left without a quarter of their deputies in the parliament, without one of the main financiers, without one of the four mayors who were from their ranks, but also without the “chief” that was running the country and […]
Constitutional judges at one of the next sessions will decide on the fate of lawyer Elenko Milanov’s initiative, who is the defense attorney of some of the former high-ranking officials of VMRO-DPMNE accused in the cases led by the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office. The initiative disputes two articles on the amendments to the Criminal Code […]
EPP President Joseph Daul explained the procedure for excluding members from the European People’s Party on Twitter. – There are clear rules to exclude a party from EPP: Article 9 of our statutes clearly states that 7 members from 5 countries must send a request to the party presidency to exclude a party. We always […]
The MPs, who opened the doors of the Assembly to the protesters on April 27, 2017, are now “suspected” as possible voters of the government’s proposal to start the constitutional changes. Such an impression was created yesterday rafter equests for the release from house arrest of three of the five deputies covered by the process […]
The Prespa Agreement is a unique opportunity for reconciliation and resolving of a two decade-long dispute between Skopje and Athens, and it may never happen again, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini says in an interview with MIA. It will be clear tomorrow if there is a two-third majority in […]
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will brief EU member states on Monday (Oct. 15) on the situation in Macedonia and the outcome of the consultative referendum held on Sept. 30. Besides Macedonia, Mogherini will also inform about the outcome of the elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mogherini’s message is […]
At Wednesday’s session of the Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Issues regarding the Government’s motion for constitutional revision arising from the Prespa Agreement MPs of both ruling and opposition parties voiced support for Macedonia’s integration with the Euro-Atlantic organizations. The ruling parties called on MPs to support the process for constitutional revision stemming from the Prespa […]
The Special Public Prosecution (SPO), tasked with investigating high-level crimes, said Wednesday that it has opened six new investigations. They probe allegations involving financial damage to the national budget estimated at nearly €80 million. Each investigation has its codename, namely Gift, Propaganda, Design, Harmony, Base Stations and Patient. Former finance minister Zoran Stavreski and former […]
With carefully selected words at first, and now with direct accusations, the European People’s Party (EPP) address its messages to their member VMRO-DPMNE. The EPP asks of VMRO-DPMNE to show statehood and to vote on the constitutional changes in the Parliament, which would lead Macedonia to realize its European dream. Otherwise, the opposition would be […]
“MPs are the ones who will decide about the country’s future in the NATO and EU. Time has come to show our support for these amendments”, was declared today by PM Zoran Zaev, who participated in the debates taking place in the parliamentary committees concerning the Prespa agreement. Zaev said that each MP should vote […]
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos has proposed that countries in the region should sign security agreements to solve regional problems and ensure regional stability. Following his recent meeting with U. S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Washington, Kammenos told the press that the United States, by putting trust in the Greek army, government and […]
Macedonia on Oct. 18-19 at the NATO headquarters in Brussels will officially launch accession talks to join the Alliance. The government yesterday at a session reviewed and passed an information on forming a working committee tasked with realizing the accession talks, government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski told a news conference Wednesday. Macedonia, he said, is fully […]
Macedonia’s army soldiers have opened fire in the air near the border with Greece in order to prevent the illegal entry of foreign refugees into the country. “While patrolling on the border area of Gevgelija, soldiers have noticed a group of refugees who were attempting to cross the border illegally. Complying with the protocol, soldiers […]
The Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Issues is set to hold Wednesday a session over the motion for revision of the Constitution. The committee debate is scheduled to last for ten days at most. The procedure for constitutional amendments would develop in three stages. In the first, the Parliament is set to adopt, by a two-thirds […]
