Monthly Archives: September 2019

SPO ready to Hand over Cases and evidence

The Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) is ready to hand over both its cases and evidence. The Public Prosecutor’s Office is ready to receive them because it informed the SPO about that on Wednesday. However, nobody has revealed how the procedure will be carried out and who will put the signature and stamp on the handed-over folders. Despite this, the SPO’s ...

Read More »

EU Ambassador Zbogar says Parties should Continue efforts Over PPO law

Political parties should continue efforts to reach consensus over the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) law, according to EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar, who also considers that trust of citizens should be restored. As he said on Thursday, the EU will recognise and acknowledge that trust. “For the time being, a solution hasn’t been found and consent hasn’t been reached. However, we ...

Read More »

Latest developments in Relation to Prosecutor’s Office law and Janeva

“The parliamentary parties’ working groups are today working on adjusting the stands on the new Public Prosecutor’s Office law,” SDSM MP Hari Lokvenec said on Thursday, adding that his party was giving the negotiations a chance. He didn’t comment on VMRO-DPMNE’s request for an urgent session to dismiss Katica Janeva as Special Prosecutor. “We will confirm our stand expressed at ...

Read More »

Czech Parliament ratifies Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

Thursday, the Czech Parliament ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. PM Zoran Zaev observed the ratification from the gallery. Zaev was in Prague for the Summit of Visegrad Four and Western Balkan countries’ PMs, where Macedonia’s achievements were acknowledged. The Visegrad Four adopted a Statement (which can be found here: https://www.vlada.cz/en/media-centrum/aktualne/v4-statement-on-the-western-balkans-176116/) calling for a date for negotiations to be given in ...

Read More »

FM Dimitrov meets Counterpart Maas in Berlin

During his visit to Berlin, FM Nikola Dimitrov met on Thursday with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas. The German politician congratulated Macedonia’s citizens on, as he said, the fulfilled conditions for a start of EU membership negotiations. “All conditions have been fulfilled for a start of negotiations,” he said. According to Maas, the changes are evident. The German FM stated ...

Read More »

Road Conditions, 13.09.2019

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists are ...

Read More »

Road Conditions, 12.09.2019

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists are ...

Read More »

PPO Law Negotiations Between SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE Fall Through

The leaders’ meeting between PM and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski started at around 8 pm on Tuesday. After waiting for more than six hours, all journalists left Parliament, where the meeting was taking place, revolted because the meeting was still underway until that time while nobody was giving statements and information. One hour later, the ...

Read More »

PM Zaev says Use of wire-tapped Materials is Essential issue for PPO law

An essential issue for the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) law isn’t the opposition’s demand regarding the action upon the cases of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) after 30 June 2017, but whether the wire-tapped materials (the so-called bombs) will be used as evidence, according to PM Zoran Zaev. “The essence, in my view, is whether the bombs will be used ...

Read More »

Joveski says Decision on Prosecutors will be made After takeover

Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski said on Tuesday that after the takeover of the cases from the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) and a potential adoption of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) law, it would be decided which prosecutors will act upon the cases, adding that the possibility of the people that had been the prosecutors so far acting upon them wasn’t ...

Read More »