At a press-conference on Friday, PM Zoran Zaev said the demands by BESA and Alliance for Albanians regarding constitutional changes caused changes that weren’t of identity and Ohrid Framework Agreement nature. However, he added MPs had a legitimate right to demand that. The PM called for the inclusive process to continue. Zaev hopes that the spring of 2019 will see ...
Read More »New MP Group meets PM Zaev, discusses Constitutional Changes
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 ...
Read More »VMRO-DPMNE submits Draft-law on Amnesty to Parliament
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 ...
Read More »Sela: Amnesty for all Politically Framed cases in past 10 years
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 ...
Read More »Osmani: OFA should become part of Constitution’s Preamble
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 ...
Read More »Parliament Committee to Discuss Termination of Gruevski’s MP Mandate
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has forwarded to the Parliamentary Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory-Immunity Issues the court motion for termination of the MP mandate of former PM and VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski. The motion follows the recent sentencing of Gruevski to 2 years imprisonment after being found guilty in the case “Tank” processed by the Special Public Prosecution ...
Read More »Day of UN observed at MoFA
With a special ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the Government of Macedonia observed the Day of the United Nations (UN). At the celebration, PM Zoran Zaev, FM Nikola Dimitrov and UNDP Representative Louisa Vinton addressed the attendees. “Our independence and the membership in this organisation is clear proof that our country is strongly supported by international ...
Read More »Parties and MPs still Consulting over Constitutional Changes
The constitutional amendments that the Parliament decided to endorse last week are currently being drafted. There are ongoing consultations over the possible engagement of VMRO-DPMNE MPs in their preparation. The draft-amendments could be forwarded to the Parliament over the weekend or early next week. SDSM MP group says time is left for opposition deputies to get involved, although they voice ...
Read More »Katrougalos: Prespa Agreement shall be Ratified in Greek Parliament
In an interview for newspaper “Real News”, the Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Giorgos Katrougalos says that the Greek Parliament shall ratify with no doubt the Prespa Agreement on the resolution of the name issue with Macedonia. “The voting in the Parliament in Skopje represents an especially positive development which proves that the Prespa Agreement holds on to ...
Read More »Pavlopoulos: NATO, EU Integration only After Name Issue Resolution
During a speech at an event organised by the Commander of the Greek Army’s Third Corps Dimitrios Bikos, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos referred the name issue between Greece and Macedonia, and the recently signed Prespa Agreement. “We strive for cordial and good neighbourly ties and in practice, we have been demonstrating that we support membership into NATO and the EU, ...
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