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VMRO-DPMNE announced they will not participate in the working group for reconciliation, after the Parliament rejected the Law on amnesty they filed on Monday. “This action was a clear proof that the government led by SDSM stands for selective justice and abuse of the judiciary in Macedonia for their personal and political interests. Now, they try to manipulate the citizens ...

The PM of Macedonia Zoran Zaev believes that all procedures concerning the implementation of the Prespa Agreement will be implemented in the deadlines prescribed in the agreement. “If we adopt the draft amendments at government’s session on 5 November and we forward them to the parliament, then the session should be scheduled within 30 days. Afterwards the Parliament’s Committee on ...

The Public Prosecution Office (PPO) has launched a pre-investigative procedure against the President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov. As PPO informs, the pre-investigative procedure follows two anonymous reports, and focuses on Ivanov’s failure to sign the Law on Languages and the Law on Adoption of the Prespa Agreement. PPO has already requested all necessary information from the Parliament of Macedonia and ...

The Greek MP Kostas Douzinas said during the Euro-Arabic Summit in Athens that the Prespa Agreement between Greece and Macedonia is clear example how to resolve bilateral issues through negotiations. “This agreement respects the right of self-determination of our north neighbours and at the same time completely protects the historical and cultural interests of the Greek people. We are proud ...

Vice-PM and Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska believes that the entire procedure with the adoption and implementation of the Prespa Agreement can be completed by March 2019. “I expect that the government will forward the draft-amendments for constitutional changes to the Parliament by the end of this week. If we failed to provide 2/3 majority in parliament and held early Parliamentary ...

Vice-PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani met Tuesday the Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Mission to Macedonia Clemens Koja. As reported by the Vice-PM’s office, the interlocutors spoke about the reformation processes and rule of law in Macedonia, with Osmani underlining that it is Macedonia’s priority to implement all recommendations by OSCE ahead of the presidential election, which are to occur ...

The Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi informed Monday the coordinators of the MP groups and the Vice-Presidents of the Parliament that a new MP group has been formed by the MPs that were recently excluded from VMRO-DPMNE. The group consists of 8 MPs, coordinated by former Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska, which were excluded from their party VMRO-DPMNE after voting in favour ...

The coordinator of the MP group of VMRO-DPMNE Dragan Danev presented on Monday the Draft-law on Amnesty for persons involved in the 27 April Parliament Incidents. “Igor Durlovski, Vlado Jovanovski, Bogdan Ilievski, Boris Damovski and the other people involved in this case are not terrorists. That is a fact that we, the people from the government and the entire population ...

The leader of the Alliance for Albanians (AA) Zijadin Sela, in an interview for TV21, demanded amnesty for defendants in all “politically framed cases” from the past 10 years in Macedonia. “If there can be amnesty for the people that intruded the Parliament on 27 April 2017, then there should also be amnesty for the people that were framed during ...

In an interview in the show “Top Tema” on Telma TV, the Vice-PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani said that the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) should be included in the preamble of the Constitution of Macedonia once it undergoes changes due to the Prespa Agreement. “This is a logical demand, not only of Albanians living in Macedonia, but all the ...