Constitutional judges at one of the next sessions will decide on the fate of lawyer Elenko Milanov’s initiative, who is the defense attorney of some of the former high-ranking officials of VMRO-DPMNE accused in the cases led by the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office. The initiative disputes two articles on the amendments to the Criminal Code …
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Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, had a telephone conversation after the resignation of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. According to a Greek government spokesman and minister without portfolio Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, the PM Zaev and Tsipras agreed and reiterated that they would continue working on the implementation of the Prespa Agreement. …
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When Hristijan Mickoski succeeded Nikola Gruevski on the party throne about ten months ago, almost no one expected that the new leader of VMRO-DPMNE would succeed in causing a great deal of revolt from the international community in such a short time, of which his predecessor needed for almost a decade of rule – and …
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Macedonia’s FM Nikola Dimitrov wished success to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who resigned on Wednesday and promised commitment in the process of finalizing the Prespa Agreement. “Under the leadership of Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev, together with Foreign Minister Kotzias, we shared months of intensive communications, during which we became true friends. In …
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“I want to send a message to our neighbors who these days are focused on their processes to initiate constitutional changes, change of their constitutional name as foreseen in the Prespa Agreement. I encourage them to proceed with determination and courage because there will be no other opportunity. I will say it here once …
Erol Rizaov If the day can be recognized by the break of dawn, even during an Indian summer, Macedonia is facing the greatest defeat in its modern history. Astounding for common sense, mutual primitive struggle between the MPs of the nationalist anachronistic political party VMRO-DPMNE and the coalition of European-oriented MPs and parties, representing the majority …
Marija Pavleska On October 8, last Monday, echoed the news about the murder of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova, who was editor at the local television station TVN from Ruse. The 30-year-old Marinova investigated and reported on alleged corruption related to the European Union funds. Marinova is the fourth journalist murdered in the European Union since …
EPP President Joseph Daul explained the procedure for excluding members from the European People’s Party on Twitter. – There are clear rules to exclude a party from EPP: Article 9 of our statutes clearly states that 7 members from 5 countries must send a request to the party presidency to exclude a party. We always …
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Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he was taking over the Foreign Ministry following the resignation of Nikos Kotzias in order to ensure the successful completion of the name agreement with the Republic of Macedonia Speaking to journalists outside Maximos Mansion, Tsipras thanked Kotzias “for his precious contribution all these years in upgrading the country’s …
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Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias submitted his resignation Wednesday, a day after a tense cabinet meeting during which he clashed with Defence Minister Panos Kammenos over the Prespa Agreement. According to sources, Kotzias was disgruntled over the fact that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras failed to support him against attacks from Kammenos, who is also junior …
Panos Kammenos’s initiatives during his recent trip to the United States and the turbulence he has caused in the political scene of Greece and inside the government coalition have also been the focus of the Council of Ministers. According to IBNA’s exclusive information, Greece’s premier Alexis Tsipras said at the meeting he had convened the Cabinet due …
The five MPs accused of opening the doors of the Parliament on April 27 arrived to the hearing at the new building of the Criminal Court yesterday. Three of them, Krsto Mukoski, Ljuben Arnaudov and Saso Vasilevski, were brought by house arrest, while Johan Tarculovski and Ljupco Dimovski came home. Before the trial and breaks, …
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Today marks the third day of debates on the constitutional amendments which need to be voted in order for the Prespa agreement to take effect. Experts of political developments say that the fact that these debates still continue, is offering an opportunity to the majority and opposition to reach compromise on the voting of the …
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The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski claims that if Federica Mogerini and Jens Stoltenberg could address the Assembly, he too should be able to. In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Mickoski behaves like the Dalai Lama, calling his speech “forbidden”. “Be patient, one of these days you will hear the forbidden speech and everything I …
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The MPs, who opened the doors of the Assembly to the protesters on April 27, 2017, are now “suspected” as possible voters of the government’s proposal to start the constitutional changes. Such an impression was created yesterday rafter equests for the release from house arrest of three of the five deputies covered by the process …
Ilo Trajkovski Many events during this past year, and especially after April 27, 2017, raise the question of the relationship between partisanship and civilization. But let’s be completely honest with ourselves. This question is not exclusively ours. I did not find the immediate reason for this consideration of this question in an event in our …
US Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell sent a letter to VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, in which he says that the United States is disappointed with the positions of the leadership of this party, including him personally. Dear Hristijan, As we discussed, the United States strongly believes that the Prespa Agreement between Macedonia and Greece …
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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner Panos Kammenos, who is also defense minister, Monday dined together at the Hellenic Armed Forces Officers’ Club in Athens amid efforts to smooth over tensions in the government concerning the Prespa name deal which is to be discussed in Skopje’s Parliament Tuesday ahead of a vote. Government …
I’ve always been open to discuss and find solutions through a conversation. There are too many divisions in Macedonia and we all know that we should forgive each other. It had never occurred to me to influence institutions or courts, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said today from the parliamentary rostrum. Responding to the VMRO-DPMNE MP …
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Slobodanka Jovanovska Editor in Chief of Nezavisen Vesnik Who gave mandate to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to offer amnesty? Although, after his speech in the Parliament, SDSM officials tried to persuade the public that he spoke only for reconciliation, forgiveness, understanding… he himself did not deny it, although he had the opportunity, and he did …
