The law on State Prosecutor’s Office proposed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Friday is entering parliamentary procedure today. The Government will try to provide the necessary two-thirds majority to push through the changes that will make the SPO part of the newly established Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime and High Corruption with jurisdiction over […]
North Macedonia’s head of state Stevo Pendarovski, in an interview with Radio Free Europe, says that he is committed to reconciliation, a long process involving many political and social stakeholders. On VMRO-DPMNE’s remarks that the head of state perceives reconciliation as amnesty for Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his associates, Pendarovski says he does not […]
Only a day after DUI’s leader Ali Ahmeti expressed disgust over the events related to the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office and reiterated once again that the vetting for all holders of public office must be mandatory, the member of the Judicial Council, Miljazim Mustafa, who is considered close to DUI, postponed the voting for dismissal […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev yet again called VMRO-DPMNE’s leader Hristijan Mickoski to attend the leaders’ meeting on Friday, saying it would take place regardless of the opposition leader’s decision. “I am prepared to talk on what Mickoski insists. We might not agree on all issues, but we need to talk first. We are […]
Aleksandar Nikoloski Dear readers, look what has happened in these past two weeks since my last column. If sometimes there are not enough topics to write about, this time there is an abundance and one does not know what to write about first, so I decided to write about all of them together – because […]
It is quite certain that 2020 will be a year of elections, but these days the uncertainty again increases whether the elections for the “jubilee” tenth parliamentary composition will be the first regular elections in more than a decade, or they will be early and held several months earlier. Unlike before, when holding early elections […]
The government is preparing a new protocol for secure communication after the prank with the duo of Russian comedians, who have talked to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev over the phone on several occasions, posing as Petro Poroshenko (Ukraine’s former President) and Jens Stoltenberg (NATO Secretary General). The document is under preparation, but experts involved in […]
In the past few weeks, even months, the government has been under intense pressure from the opposition (which is completely expected, because it is its job), but also from the democratic public, which is much more painful because its criticism is far more realistic. Just as one fire is out, another one starts burning. The […]
Aleksandar Nikoloski We all saw how the local elections in Albania went. There is no other country in Europe where only one party participates, and the ballot contains the name of only one candidate. That is not democracy, it is dictatorship and communism. What humiliation of democracy this is, when no one else wants to […]
MPs in North Macedonia are debating today on the recent cabinet reshuffle, which consists on the appointment of six new ministers. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the government is expected to focus more on the economy and the improvement of living standards. Zaev said that the government will increase salaries and pensions. “Foreign investments […]
Aleksandar Nikoloski Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE Dear readers of these lines, yesterday in Luxembourg was confirmed something we all already knew, actually something that was clear to some a lot earlier than it was to others – that Macedonia led by Zaev, Dimitrov, Osmani, Shekerinska and the rest of them will not get a date […]
By the end of this week, Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev will decide whether to reshuffle the governing cabinet or announce early elections. This will all depend on the meeting that PM Zoran Zaev will hold with German chancellor Angela Merkel where he will be informed on the position of the German government […]
A debate for the registration of the population is taking place in North Macedonia. This process, which is expected to be carried out in April 2020 has a cost of 8,5 million euros. In order for this process to be wrapped up, parliament must adopt the bill on census, which has been drafted by the […]
Goran Adamovski The session to discuss the proposal of The Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory and Immunity Issues to revoke Nikola Gruevski ‘s Parliamentary Mandate, will take place between June 10 and 15, parliament speaker Talat Xhaferi said yesterday. It takes a two-thirds majority, that is, at least 80 lawmakers to raise their […]
While the government is pleased with the progress report released by the European Commission on Wednesday, the largest opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE has come out with a strong reaction today. “Government is lying. Accession talks will not start this year. The talks will not be launched because there have been no reforms”, VMRO-DPMNE said. According to […]
Aleksandar Nikoloski Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE The title of this column, my dear readers, determines the two topics of which I’m about to write. The title itself speaks volumes about today’s reality in Macedonia. I am aware that this will encounter denial from the government as soon as it comes out, ignoring or explaining that […]
Parliament of North Macedonia will debate on Thursday on the mandate of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who has been granted asylum in Hungary. Gruevski continues to hold the mandate of MP although six months have passed since he fled the country after being sentenced to two and a half years in prison for abuse […]
Former Minister of Education Spiro Ristovski remains in detention after the Appellate Court rejected his appeal and confirmed the Criminal Court’s decision for extension of the detention, said the court. Ristovski is one of the suspects for the organization of the Parliament storming of 27 April 2017. Ex-PM Nikola Gruevski, former Administration for Security and […]
VMRO-DPMNE is still considering ways to act during the re-vote for stripping Nikola Gruevski of his MP mandate because he has been inexcusably absent from work for more than six months. The new chance that the main opposition party has been given to turn away from the former prime minister’s legacy will be carefully considered […]
The newly elected President’s extended hand of cooperation to the opposition is taken with a grain of salt in the so-called “White Palace”. VMRO-DPMNE does not believe that President Stevo Pendarovski’s messages sent to the main opposition party are sincere, pointing out that if they were, in fact, sincere, then party leader Hristijan Mickoski would […]
