D-Day for constitutional changes – Zaev has majority with or without BESA

Negotiations between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the Besa wing, led by Bilal Kasami, did not make any progress yesterday, but the ruling majority has the necessary 80 votes even without the two Albanian opposition party MPs. This is the latest information that was circulating in the Parliament Hall yesterday afternoon while waiting for the …

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Government in a hurry to form Anti-Corruption Commission

The government is in a hurry to form the Anti-Corruption Commission, because shortly, in early February, the presidential election will be announced. It will not be a good message before Brussels, as Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European affairs Bujar Osmani said, if another election is conducted without the Anti-Corruption Commission. The government has …

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Day two of protest against constitutional changes in Skopje

Despite cold weather and snowfall,  a group of citizens are staging protest again today against constitutional changes outside the Parliament building. Citizens say that the protest is aimed at defending the Macedonian name, identity, history and tradition of Macedonian people and against “the greatest national treachery.” Members of citizens associations “Macedonia Blocking,” “Christian Brotherhood,” “United …

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Weber: Name dispute has to be solved to give Macedonia positive economic and European future

Manfred Weber, who will lead the European People’s Party (EPP), European election campaign, said that Greece-Macedonia name dispute has to be solved in order to give Macedonia a positive economic and European future. “Everybody knows that [the name dispute] has to be solved in order to give Macedonia a positive economic and European future,” Weber …

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Tsipras: Ratification of the Prespa Deal in the Greek Parliament in the course of January

In an interview with OPEN TV on Wednesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out the possibility of him leading a minority government, should his coalition with the Independent Greeks party break up over the Prespa Agreement. Alexis Tsipras said he believed junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will not bring down the government, despite his strong …

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Taravari: Would have been good if the amendment related to the usage of languages was accepted

The Alliance for Albanians will support the constitutional amendments, said party’s Secretary General Arben Travari. Taravari, who also serves as Gostivar Mayor, is visiting Brussels and already held talks with EP Rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl, as well as MEPs Eduard Kukan and Knut Fleckenstein. Speaking about the ongoing process for revising Macedonia’s Constitution, an obligation …

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Kostadinov: Mickoski stands behind anti-NATO and anti-EU protests that call for violence

Hristijan Mickoski won’t give up hindering Macedonia’s bid to join NATO and the EU. The closer Macedonia gets to fulfilling the dream of our people, the more anxious Mickoski and the VMRO-DPMNE anti-Western leadership get, said SDSM MP Kostadin Kostadinov. Speaking at a press conference in Parliament on Wednesday, he said that the opposition party …

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‘Macedonia Blocking’ wants their representatives to attend session on constitutional revision

Members of the ‘Macedonia Blocking’ organization, currently staging a protest in front of the Parliament against the constitutional changes, asked the police to allow three of their officials to attend the plenary session and to convey to the MPs the messages of the protesters. Earlier in the day, the session was postponed and scheduled at …

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Which road will we take

Gjorgji Spasov In the next few days, The Parliament will finally decide which road Macedonia is going to take. One is through the acceptance of the constitutional amendments, with which we become the Republic of North Macedonia in order to open our country’s path to NATO membership, to start the EU membership accession talks and …

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Mickoski announces protests against name change

Mickoski told reporters outside the Parliament building that VMRO-DPMNE and its coalition will not support the constitutional revision, because the changes have not received the legitimacy by citizens. “We are convinced these changes are damaging for the Macedonian national dignity and alter the identity, primarily the institutional one,” said Mickoski. According to him, PM Zaev …

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Parliament confirmed Tuntev’s resignation and rescheduled session on constitutional changes for 16h

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi confirmed Wednesday the resignation of MP and SDSM member Tomislav Tuntev. He is set to assume the post manager of the Civil Aviation Agency. Ruben Zemon, the PM’s adviser on multicultural society, interculturalism and intercultural communications, will replace Tuntev in the vacant MP seat. The Parliament’s session on the constitutional revision has been delayed …

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Protest in front of Parliament in Skopje against constitutional changes

The associations called ‘Hardcore’ and ‘Macedonia Blocking’ are staging a protest Wednesday in front of the Macedonian Parliament as a plenary session about the third and final stage of the constitutional revision process is under way. The street outside the Parliament is completely blocked. Security in the area in downtown Skopje is considerably heightened. The …

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Final phase of constitutional amendments on the country’s name begins today

The third and final phase of constitutional amendments stemming from the Prespa Agreement signed with Greece is set to start today. In order for the proposed constitutional amendments to be enacted, two thirds of MPs should vote in favour. The country’s Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev has declared that he’s optimistic that the necessary 80 votes …

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VMRO will stand aside, but will still exclude members who vote “in favour”

VMRO-DPMNE remains on its stance and will not participate in the work of the Parliament where the final phase of the constitutional changes for ratification of the name agreement with Greece begins today. The party expects its lawmakers to be united this time and not to vote in favour of the Prespa Agreement, but, just …

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