Petar Arsovski The past period is interesting mostly because of the rapid swirl of the events around us, which so far have seen most of our citizens only on film. Espionage escapes, arrests similar to the ones in films, harsh accusations and treatment of the defendants, and in general, the total decline of the untouchables …
Erol Rizaov Hristijan Mickoski with Nikola Gruevski’s successors are opening the fall-winter season with mass marches and protests. They mobilize membership to save Macedonia from Europe, NATO and VMRO-DPMNE. The ideal time for chaos before passing the constitutional changes in the Assembly and the Russian threat that the agreement with Greece should be held at …
Without a specific framework for a possible selective amnesty for the suspected in the April 27 events, a few minutes before the first session of the Coordinative Body for Reconciliation, which was sitting behind closed doors, ended. According to the preliminary information, no text is still being offered as a framework around which could be …
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Macedonia is making progress on the EU path, atmosphere in the country has been positive and it is well prepared for the start of the accession negotiations, but still not ready for Union membership, heard a debate Macedonia Between Hope and Anxiety in the German Bundestag, organized by the Southeast Europe Association, Deutsche Welle reports. …
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The Parliament’s coordinating body for reconciliation and integration is set to hold its first meeting on Wednesday. Independent group of VMRO-DPMNE MPs have said the meeting will discuss the content of a law on reconciliation over April 27 events in the Parliament. The coordinating body, chaired by Parliament Vice Speaker Frosina Tasevska-Remenski and Emilija Aleksandrova …
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If Macedonia doesn’t deliver results in order to get a date for accession talks with the EU in June, and a key condition for this is the reform in the public administration, the decision to raise the salaries of the administration workers will be revised No funds are foreseen for new framework employments with the …
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The former Transport Minister Mile Janakieski and the Former Secretary General Kiril Bozinovski of the government will remain in jail, the court has decided. “After the public session held on 26 November 2018, a council of judges at the Appellate Court in Skopje on 27 November 2018 reached decisions dismissing the appeals of the defendants …
Ilo Trajkovski Political analyst Enough is enough! Just counting the latest scandalous political events provokes restlessness and ignites feelings of insecurity and mistrust among the citizens. The forced change of the Constitution despite the unsuccessful referendum, the fabrication of a two-thirds parliamentary majority, an escape from justice of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, the detention …
Two days before the protest announced by the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE against the arrests for the April 27 events, Parliament failed in the attempt to persuade the opposition party’s parliamentary group to push through a law for an overall amnesty for the so-called “Bloody Thursday”. Therefore, tomorrow, before the VMRO-DPMNE’s protest, it is expected that the …
Neither Mukoski, Arnaudov, nor Vasilevski voted for amnesty Read More »
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Tuesday he did not intend to run for President at next year’s elections. Zaev told reporters on the sidelines of the regional forum for the Istanbul Convention that he would rather complete the full PM term. “I believe we should complete the full term, give the economy a chance, give …
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has scheduled the plenary session over the issue of stripping Nikola Gruevski of his MP immunity on Tuesday afternoon at 17:00h. Earlier in the day, the Parliament’s Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory-Immunity Issues endorsed the six motions by the court for stripping Gruevski of his MP immunity, for the …
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The Parliament’s Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory-Immunity Issues has endorsed the six motions by the court for stripping of Nikola Gruevski of his MP immunity, for the purpose of ordering detention. VMRO-DPMNE MPs did not attend the session. The decision will be forwarded to the Parliament Speaker, who is set to schedule a …
Even the hardest road begins with just one step. That’s how Nezavisen Vesnik started last November 27, in the time of decay of one political system and the birth of a new hope for better journalism in Macedonia. That is when we gave ourselves the task to give our best, to bring back the reputation …
Zdravko Saveski Political scientist and member of Levica Major things are happening on the political scene. Constitutional changes are being pushed through blackmail and bribes, while, in the meantime, the main culprit for the criminal rule of the previous government Nikola Gruevski has fled the country. We now have a government that shows a high …
The Parliamentary Committee on Reconciliation and Integration will hold its first meeting on Wednesday. The contents of their proposed law over the events of April 27th will be discussed at the session, according to sources from VMRO-DPMNE’s independent MP group. “We will face the facts,” MPs say, pointing out they are still in consultations with …
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Macedonia’s head of state Gjorge Ivanov, while addressing Bosphorus Summit in Istanbul said that political, security, economic, transport and digital linking is necessary among the states so that the companies be more competitive on the global market, states be more successful in creating conditions for prosperity of the young people and regions be more attractive for foreign …
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The Parliament has received five motions for termination of the MP immunity of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who recently escaped and received political asylum in Hungary. The motions will be discussed at Tuesday’s session of the Committee for Rules of Procedure and Mandatory-Immunity Issues. Gruevski was sentenced to two years imprisonment for abuse of …
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– The draft-law on amnesty of the suspected, indicted and convicted persons over the April 27 intrusion in Parliament, filed by VMRO-DPMNE, has not received the required majority to be discussed at the 66. Parliament session. Nevenka Stamenkovska from VMRO-DPMNE said in the law’s elaboration that it encompasses all persons that have already received first-instance …
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VMRO-DPMNE continues to accuse SDSM for the air pollution, which is a consequence, among other things, of their policy for ten years in power. According to the opposition party, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Mayor Petre Silegov do not do absolutely nothing to preserve the health of the citizens from the polluted air. “Skopje and …
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The government of Macedonia is confident that the constitutional amendments concerning the name change will be passed in parliament. PM Zoran Zaev has declared that he hopes that the eight MPs who voted in favour of these amendments will continue to offer their support, even after the arrests of the former senior officials of VMRO-DPMNE. …
