Reforms in the judiciary – Government, Opposition on opposite fronts


Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has initiated the vetting procedure for judges and prosecutors. He has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to check the properties of judges and prosecutors, and the Judicial Council and the Council of Prosecutors to check the accountability of judges and prosecutors for cases that have not been prosecuted. In a video address …

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Mickoski: There’s no alternative to full-fledged EU membership


We think there’s no alternative to full-fledged EU membership, and we’ve been reiterating this for a long time, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said yesterday. “We’ve said it before, but Macedonia should use every chance it gets to improve the quality of living standards for the citizens, however it should be done through bilateral agreements,” Mickoski …

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Leaders’ meeting today at 5 pm


The leaders meeting to be hosted by President Stevo Pendarovski at 5 pm Sunday will focus on organizing the snap election announced after North Macedonia didn’t get a date to start EU talks. Attending the meeting will be SDSM president Zoran Zaev, VMRO-DPMNE president Hristijan Mickoski, DUI president Ali Ahmeti, Alliance for the Albanians president …

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Mickoski favors 120 election districts


Today, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said a compromise regarding the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office required concessions from SDSM. “I don’t believe there is sincere will by SDSM for this, especially not now, a few months before the parliamentary elections,” Mickoski told the media. Asked about the party’s position on the changes to the …

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Mickoski: Zaev’s plan is not reaching an agreement, we leave room for continuation of the talks


The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev came at last night’s leaders’ meeting with a plan of not reaching an agreement, thus protecting his crimes and the crimes of his associates. However, he left room for continuation of the talks related to the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Mickoski said …

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Zaev: I’m disappointed with the outcome of the leaders’ meeting


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at Wednesday’s press conference assessed late Tuesday’s talks as conditions set by VMRO-DPMNE’s leader Hristijan Mickoski and illogical demands, against EU and NATO and against values and principle. I’m disappointed with the outcome of the meeting. I had some hopes that it might be possible they are to change …

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Zaev and Mickoski fail to agree over the SPO following six-hour long talks


The fate of the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the cases opened by this prosecution still remain uncertain. SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE leaders Zoran Zaev and Hristijan Mickoski following six-hour long talks failed to find a solution to the Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office, which should resolve the future status of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. The key …

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Zaev and Mickoski will meet on Tuesday to discuss the Prosecution law


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski will meet in the Parliament on Tuesday, in a bid to find common ground for the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the fate of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. The meeting will begin at 20h. The Public Prosecution law will …

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VMRO-DPMNE with a new statute, the honorary president left to congress


Next month, the VMRO-DPMNE municipal committees will submit their final remarks on the new party statute to the Skopje headquarters. By the end of autumn, the opposition party should finally adopt its new “constitution”, which is a step closer to the ideology of the modern people’s parties, a family of right-wing parties which includes the …

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Mickoski: No contact with Gruevski since Zaev let him flee


Goran Adamovski VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski yesterday returned from a two-day visit to Budapest and Vienna. In the Hungarian capital, he met with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, while he went to Austria to exchange experiences and information related to his professorial activities at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius. On Friday, he will be …

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Zaev to Gruevski: Come back home and serve your time


 It was a meeting of leaders of right-wing political parties that can prove to be important in strengthening Macedonian-Hungarian ties, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said when asked to comment on Tuesday’s meeting of VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski with Hungarian PM Viktor Orban in Budapest. It’s a very logical thing, he said, two right-wing leaders to …

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Opposition offers support for reforms in exchange for snap elections


The largest opposition party in North Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE, has declared that it’s ready to vote the new bill on the Special Prosecutor’s Office if the ruling party agrees to declare early elections. The vice chairman of this party, Aleksandar Nikolovski told “Kanal5” that a snap election is their only condition. “No bill can pass in …

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Reeker-Mickoski: Hope for a positive movement when it comes to the Law on the SPO and PPO


VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski elaborated on his party’s proposed law for the Public Prosecution during his meeting with Ambassador Philip T. Reeker, Acting Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs. Mickoski, according to VMRO-DPMNE’s press release, “also highlighted the importance of an uncompromising fight against any kind of corruption and crime.” Latest political developments and …

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Zaev: If we let the opposition pick the prosecutor, we’re just as likely to see Gruevski appointed


“If we let the opposition pick the prosecutor, we’re just as likely to see Nikola Gruevski appointed, as their only goal is to obstruct justice”, said North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev during today’s session in Parliament. In response to a question by MP Muhamed Zekiri whether the opposition will be nominating the public prosecutor, …

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Mickoski proposes Vladimir Panchevski as head of new Prosecutor’s Office


The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski says the staff of the current Special Prosecutor’s Office is questionable and its prosecutors should not be transferred to the new Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and High-Level Corruption but return to the institutions where they came from. “A portion of the prosecutors, including the chief prosecutor, are contaminated …

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