Greece’s parliament’s committee on defense and foreign policy is to resume Tuesday at 10:30h the debate on Prespa Agreement ratification. A plenary session will take up the debate on Wednesday, before a vote set for late Thursday, said Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis said. The process on Prespa Agreement ratification started Monday while the debate of committee […]
The Prespes Agreement will come for ratification next week through the contract procedure in the Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs in the Greek Parliament, followed by a discussion and voting in plenary. “We will not follow Fast Track procedures”, the government stresses. Parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis said that Greek lawmakers will be voting on […]
The Prespes Agreement will head for ratification next week through the contract procedure in the Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs in the Greek Parliament, followed by a discussion and voting in plenary. “We will not follow Fast Track procedures”, the government stresses. This is the second big bet of the Tsipras Government, since the […]
In the absence of an agreement between political parties and due to the lack of 80 votes, parliament has postponed the constitutional amendments needed for the country’s new name, North Macedonia to take effect. PM Zoran Zaev said that he’s holding ongoing talks with BESA Party regarding a compromise over the issue of citizenship. The […]
Despite cold weather and snowfall, a group of citizens are staging protest again today against constitutional changes outside the Parliament building. Citizens say that the protest is aimed at defending the Macedonian name, identity, history and tradition of Macedonian people and against “the greatest national treachery.” Members of citizens associations “Macedonia Blocking,” “Christian Brotherhood,” “United […]
Parliament in Skopje is expected to start the third and final phase of debates regarding the constitutional amendments which are related to the Prespa agreement on the name issue. The parliamentary session is taking place without the participation of VMRO-DPMNE lawmakers, but the majority is convinced that it has the necessary 80 votes. PM Zoran […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev thanked his coalition partners in the government that worked on reaching the agreement with Greece (DUI, LDP, DPA, Besa of Afrim Gashi), and mentioned the independent MPs (excluded from VMRO-DPMNE), the Alliance led by Zijadin Sela, Besa by Bilall Kasami, as well as the MP from the opposition, Pance Minov, who […]
Members of the ‘Macedonia Blocking’ organization, currently staging a protest in front of the Parliament against the constitutional changes, asked the police to allow three of their officials to attend the plenary session and to convey to the MPs the messages of the protesters. Earlier in the day, the session was postponed and scheduled at […]
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi confirmed Wednesday the resignation of MP and SDSM member Tomislav Tuntev. He is set to assume the post manager of the Civil Aviation Agency. Ruben Zemon, the PM’s adviser on multicultural society, interculturalism and intercultural communications, will replace Tuntev in the vacant MP seat. The Parliament’s session on the constitutional revision has been delayed […]
The associations called ‘Hardcore’ and ‘Macedonia Blocking’ are staging a protest Wednesday in front of the Macedonian Parliament as a plenary session about the third and final stage of the constitutional revision process is under way. The street outside the Parliament is completely blocked. Security in the area in downtown Skopje is considerably heightened. The […]
The third and final phase of constitutional amendments stemming from the Prespa Agreement signed with Greece is set to start today. In order for the proposed constitutional amendments to be enacted, two thirds of MPs should vote in favour. The country’s Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev has declared that he’s optimistic that the necessary 80 votes […]
The third and final phase of the implementation of the Prespa Agreement is expected to start on Wednesday, January 9th with a parliamentary session where the voting of the constitutional amendments will take place. In order for the amendments to be passed, two thirds of MPs should vote in favour of them. PM Zoran Zaev […]
Talks with representatives of the opposition party BESA over a two-thirds majority for the constitutional revision resume on Tuesday. This is the second meeting with the BESA representatives after last week’s discussions between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and BESA leader Bilal Kasami. BESA and Alliance for Albanians have filed amendments to the constitutional amendments, while VMRO-DPMNE […]
Macedonia’s Parliament on Wednesday, after the government submitted a motion, dismissed Aksel Ahmedovski from the post of minister without portfolio in charge of implementing the Roma Strategy in Macedonia, and Adnan Kjahil from the mist of minister without portfolio responsible for attracting foreign investments. Elaborating the motion, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the dismissal […]
Today, parliament of Kosovo has voted in favour of the three bills which enable the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into a force with military capacities. With 106 votes in favour and one abstain, MPs initially voted the bill for the Ministry of Defence and then continued with the voting of the bill for […]
The five MPs of the parliamentary group charged with the violence on April 27 will be able to seek and receive amnesty for themselves. This will be provided by the new Amnesty law, whose draft-proposal was agreed on in the legislature yesterday. With it, there will be no amnesty for the organizers of the bloody […]
The draft law on selective amnesty that was adopted yesterday in the parliament probably cemented the two-thirds support for the constitutional changes needed to ratify the name agreement with Greece. The independent parliamentary group that emerged after the exclusion of MPs from VMRO-DPMNE directly participated in the preparation of the text that fulfilled the request […]
Justice Minister Renata Deskoska said today that two options for a Special Public Prosecutor’s Office are under consideration, one for the SPO to be incorporated into the Public Prosecutor’s Office or to become a separate institution. The two versions of the draft laws are available to all stakeholders on the national electronic regulations registry ENER […]
The government of the Republic of Macedonia is expected to draft a report concerning the public debates held on the constitutional amendments which are needed for the country’s name to be changed. Parliamentary speaker, Talat Xhaferi says that based on the procedures, the process of constitutional amendments should be finalized with the approval of the amendments […]
Law on reconciliation is being drafted by the parliamentary committee on reconciliation and not by the Ministry of Justice, said Minister of Justice Renata Deskoska ahead of Tuesday’s debate on the draft amendments to the Law on Courts. “Any decisions about it will be made by the reconciliation committee and forwarded to Parliament,” said Justice Minister […]
