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Constitutional Court President Dobrila Kacarska is not optimistic that her institution will be further equipped soon. For eight months, the Court has been without four judges, while it’s been 15 months since three of them retired. MPs haven’t been able to agree who will succeed the three retired judges, while it’s been eight months since the fourth one left as ...

On the sidelines of the Open Balkan summit in Belgrade, Justice Minister Nikola Tupanceski held a meeting with his Serbian counterpart, Maja Popovic. The meeting was attended by Livija Pavicevic, State Secretary at the Serbian Justice Ministry, and Dejan Carevic of Serbia’s Administration for Enforcement of Penal Sanctions. The Ministers agreed to hold joint conference at which experiences will be ...

Commenting on the issue of constitutional changes and whether they will enter procedure in Parliament if there is no two-thirds majority, Speaker Talat Xhaferi says the obligations taken are not of the majority and Parliament. They are obligations the country has taken on the path to open EU negotiations and join NATO, he explains in an interview with Radio Free ...

At Friday’s session of Parliament’s Defence and Security Committee, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska informed members about the Information and need of the Army to procure a modern system for air defence. It’s about advancing the Army’s combat readiness in direction of achieving the basic task to defend the country’s independence and territorial integrity and sovereignty. A deal for the system ...

According to PM and SDSM President Dimitar Kovacevski, his party’s win in the extraordinary local elections in all places where it had a candidate is a message that citizens look forward and manage to unmask, as he says, the cheap populism. “Several things are clear from the elections. First and foremost, in tough times, citizens can recognise who truly works ...

The government is talking to opposition MPs over the constitutional changes to include Bulgarians in the Constitution in exchange for a start of EU negotiations. That is the conclusion from the answer of the Minister of Political System and Inter-Community Relations, Artan Grubi, who also serves as First Deputy PM, who said on Thursday the talks were instilling confidence. “I ...

VMRO-DPMNE has reiterated that its MPs will not change their mind regarding the constitutional changes. However, the party adds that doesn’t mean it is against Skopje’s integrations. “If the ruling majority is convinced it has support from 80 MPs, it should immediately schedule a session of Parliament to confirm that. If that doesn’t happen, Dimitar Kovacevski should resign as PM ...

On Thursday, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi held a farewell meeting with the Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Clemens Koja. The Speaker expressed gratitude for the productive cooperation between the Mission and Parliament, and joint projects to strengthen the democratic role for parliamentary indolence, as well as Koja’s active contribution in that regard. The meeting focused on multiple current issues, ...