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 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 […]
The Prespa Agreement offers a historic opportunity for Macedonia and for strengthening the good-neighborly relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says in a letter to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. ‘On 30 September a vast majority – over 90 percent – of those who took part in the referendum voted ‘FOR’ the agreement with Greece. The agreement […]
Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn says he is aware of threats by the opposition against MPs who want to abandon partisan lines and support the Prespa Agreement in Parliament. In an interview with Vienna daily Der Standard, Commissioner Hahn urges VMRO-DPMNE to renounce such destructive approach and put interests of […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has released a Facebook post titled “It’s Time!”, urging MPs to undertake their historic duty regarding the country’s strategic priorities – NATO and EU accession. “All MPs have a historic duty before the citizens to secure Macedonia’s path towards stability and economic prosperity. This is the road to NATO and EU, […]
The Parliament should decide whether to follow the people’s will, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov a debate on Monday. “The referendum turnout was close to 37 percent, and although the Electoral Code stipulates a higher turnout, there were 609,000 citizens who said ‘Yes’. This is the majority and they want Macedonia to move forward. Discussions in […]
We will not allow our Macedonia to be sold. I have always said that we cannot give Skopje the name Macedonia, because from that moment on they will officially be called Macedonians, not Northmacedonians or Uppermacedonians, says former Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras. “The Prespa Agreement officially gives the Skopians name Macedonia, the nationality, the […]
Early elections with formation of a Przino-style government and a public prosecutor proposed by the opposition or rejection of the Prespa Agreement and elections, followed by an appointment of a public prosecutor with partisan consensus are the two options presented Sunday by the opposition leader, Hristijan Mickoski. Speaking at a news conference at the party’s […]
Macedonia’s largest opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE has removed Petar Bogoevski who up until now has held the post of deputy general secretary. Bogoevski was one of the most senior officials of this party who was against the boycott of the referendum on the name deal. “Boycott is not in the best interest of VMRO-DPMNE and the […]
Slobodanka Jovanovska Nezavisen Vesnik correspondent from Brussels NATO begins to doubt that the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE really wants Macedonia’s membership in the EU and NATO. “What you all should ask VMRO-DPMNE is whether the party is still in favor of the EU and NATO membership. From our perspective, the implementation of the Prespa Agreement […]
The Greek government closely follows what is happening in the neighboring country and supports efforts made to press ahead with the process, because it would be a waste if this chance were to be lost, says government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos. “There are political options that can be realized by Mr. Zaev, which might allow a constitutional […]
The Parliament as well as all political parties should act according to the will of the citizens demonstrated in Sunday’s referendum. The process is currently under way in Parliament and the intention is to secure a 2/3 majority, says spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski. Answering questions at a news conference about reports that PM Zoran Zaev and […]
NATO has no intention of giving up on Macedonia and waits for the resolution of the constitutional changes in the country. According to the announcements in Brussels, the pre-accession talks continue on October 17 and will for last two days, as it was planned in advance, with the goal of completing this process by January, […]
The international community has launched an appeal for politicians in the country to approve the constitutional amendments stemming from the Prespa agreement, which put an end to a long lasting conflict between Skopje and Athens. NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg said that Skopje must now decide on further steps. “Your country has the chance to […]
The minutes seen by Kathimerini of meetings between the Macedonia’s political party leaders about the negotiations with Greece before the name deal was signed in the Prespa lake district in June, indicate that they thought a deal would be easier to sign with a left-wing government in power in Greece. The two councils of Macedonian […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the accession talks with Macedonia will continue, as long as our country decided to. But the only way for the country to become a member, as he stressed, is to implement the Prespa agreement Slobodanka Jovanovska from Nezavisen Vesnik: How do you see the decision of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE […]
The referendum is not a condition or legal requirement for implementation of the Prespa Agreement, but a choice made by Skopje, says Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with Greek national TV station ERT following Sunday’s referendum in Macedonia. Kotzias says President Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev were elected to the […]
“The people rejected the Prespa agreement in yesterday’s referendum. By not voting, the people clearly stated their opinion against hasty, imposed and harmful decisions adopted without a previously reached national consensus. The silent majority has decided. The boycott is the voice of those who are underestimated and not heard,” said President Gjorge Ivanov in yesterday’s […]
On our part, we will continue to support the great efforts of Mr. Zaev, we will continue to support the need for preserving the momentum of the Prespa Agreement, because we believe it is a waste to miss this chance to solve an issue plaguing the Balkans for nearly 30 years, said a Greek spokesman […]
The State Election Commission (SEC) has released the preliminary results from 100 percent of polling stations, showing that 666,743 people voted at yesterday’s referendum, i.e. 36.91 percent of registered voters. Of them, 91.46 percent or 609,813 people voted ‘Yes’, 5.66 percent or 37,700 voted ‘No’, while 2.89 percent or 19,221 ballots were invalid. SEC president […]
