After the nervous reaction of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about accepting the constitutional changes in Macedonia, President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov personally came up with new assessments. In a final attempt to influence the vote in Greece and to give a loud voice to their demand for the name agreement …
The United States welcomes the decision by Macedonia’s Parliament to adopt the constitutional amendments needed to ratify the Prespa Agreement with Greece. Macedonia’s leaders demonstrated vision, courage, and persistence in their pursuit of a solution to the name dispute, which will allow Macedonia to take its rightful place in NATO and the EU as the …
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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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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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-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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The third and final phase of the implementation of the Prespa Agreement is expected to start on Wednesday, January 9th with a parliamentary session where the voting of the constitutional amendments will take place. In order for the amendments to be passed, two thirds of MPs should vote in favour of them. PM Zoran Zaev …
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Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi believes the constitutional changes from the Prespa Agreement will be completed by mid-January. Xhaferi says the law ratifying the agreement and the law on languages could then be forwarded c for publishing to the Official Gazette without the signature of President Ivanov. “The session on the constitutional revision is scheduled for …
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The government of the Republic of Macedonia is expected to draft a report concerning the public debates held on the constitutional amendments which are needed for the country’s name to be changed. Parliamentary speaker, Talat Xhaferi says that based on the procedures, the process of constitutional amendments should be finalized with the approval of the amendments …
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The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia on the continuation of the 64th session, with 67 votes in favor, four abstentions and 23 against, adopted the draft amendment XXXIII of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia. The first amendment envisages in the Constitution the words “Republic of Macedonia” to be replaced by the words “Republic …
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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. …
Four constitutional amendments which enable the change of the country’s name from “Republic of Macedonia” to “Republic of North Macedonia” have received the green light during the weekend in the parliamentary committees. Yesterday, MPs held debates on the fourth amendment which relates to the Diaspora.In the past few days, parliamentary committees have also approved other …
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The Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Issues, chaired by Talat Xhaferi, will begin debating the fourth amendment to the Constitution stemming from the Prespa Agreement between Macedonia and Greece on Sunday. The fourth draft-amendment, in addition to affirming the Macedonian identity, will read that ‘the Republic protects the rights and interests of its nationals living or …
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VMRO-DPMNE will take part in the commission’s debate on the draft amendments on constitutional changes that begins today. The opposition believes that this way they will get another chance to expose the proposals of the government, which, as they say, are allowing other things that have not been discussed before to pass. Coordination meetings of …
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Prime Minister Zaev accepted the proposals of the independent MP group of VMRO-DPMNE and Coalition for Better Macedonia and the Government will incorporate these proposals in the draft-constitutional amendments it is set to forward to the Parliament today, said MP Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska. Kanceska-Milevska told a press conference their request for safeguards of the identity would …
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Foreign ministry in Skopje has issued a statement following the reaction of the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the voting of the constitutional amendments concerning the name deal by parliament in Skopje. The full statement: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia categorically rejects the allegations and qualifications presented in the comment published …
