MEPs adopted the two amendments that require Hungary to extradite Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Macedonia. The Social Democrats and the Greens a few days ago made separate amendments on the subject, but it was feared that the amendment proposed by the Greens would not pass because of its harsher content. The amendment submitted by …
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Hungarian intelligence took part in facilitating the escape of a former Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski to Hungary, two individuals with knowledge of the matter told Politico. Nikola Gruevski served as Macedonia’s prime minister until 2016 and was due to start a jail sentence earlier this month over corruption charges when he suddenly left the country …
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The European Commission shares the same view as that of EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn that the decision on granting asylum to the Macedonian former prime minister deserves additional explanation from the Hungarian authorities. There’s no running away from rule of law, according to European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas. The decision on granting asylum to Nikola …
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The US Department of State said it’s paying special attention to Gruevski’s case, especially now that he has been granted political asylum in Hungary, reads the Hungarian newspaper Népszava. Asked by Hungarian newspaper Népszava, the US Department of State reaffirmed its previous position by pointing out that Gruevski was sentenced to two years in prison …
It’s absurd for a European Union member country to offer protection to a convicted person. This was declared today by Macedonian’s Foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov in a press conference held with his Danish counterpart, Andres Samuelson, when referring to the escape of the former Prime Minister of the country, Nikola Gruevski to Hungary, where he …
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The Hungarian government excludes the possibility of extraditing former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Macedonia, Hungarian Justice Minister László Trócsányi said today. – Gruevski, after receiving asylum in Hungary, can not be sent to a country where he is being persecuted, said Trócsányi in an interview with Hungarian Echo TV. The Hungarian Immigration and Refugee Service …
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Macedonia’s Ministry of Justice has sent the request for the extradition of former prime minister Nikola Gruevski to the Ministry of Justice of Hungary Tuesday afternoon. “The extradition request is in reference to a verdict rendered by a court involving a two-year prison sentence and to four criminal proceedings under way in domestic courts. We …
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“Today the Republic of Hungary, an EU and NATO member country, approved my previously submitted request for political asylum for political persecution in the Republic of Macedonia. In the request for political asylum I stated that I am apply for it due to political persecution by the new government led by the SDSM party. I have learned …
The Immigration and Asylum Office of Hungary has taken a decision over the request of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski for political asylum in the country, report local media on Tuesday morning. Hungarian media publish the information from Hungarian Times, citing government and office sources, says the decision was taken through an urgent procedure, without …
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Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said the Interior Ministry had acted in line with a court order and within its legal jurisdiction noting that the procedure for his extradition had been opened after the Hungarian interior ministry had sent a notification confirming Gruevski’s whereabouts in Budapest. “Without a court order, the Interior Ministry cannot approach …
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While the Alpha police unit along with the journalists knocked on his door and looked for former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski so he could be taken to the Sutka penitentiary, and searched the trunks of cars that entered the headquarters of VMRO-DPMNE, Gruevski announced that he had left for Budapest, to his close friend Viktor …
Mayor of the City of Skopje Petre Silegov canceled his visit to Budapest to be held on November 22. At the meeting that was scheduled earlier, he was supposed to discuss and exchange experiences on urbanism with the city officials. The cancellation of the meeting is due to recent events related to former Prime Minister …
Nikola Gruevski through his official Facebook profile wrote that he is in Hungary and that he asked for political asylum from the authorities there. “In the last few days I have received countless threats after my life. I am in Budapest now, and I sought political asylum from the Hungarian authorities. I will always remain …
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sent a letter to congratulate Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the agreement solving the Macedonia-Greece name issue and establishing strategic partnership between the two countries. In the letter, signed by PM Orban also on behalf of the Visegrad Group, he welcomes the agreement reached by Macedonia and Greece to …
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Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election. Fidesz won almost half of the vote, with 93% of ballots counted, Hungary’s National Election Office said. Mr Orban is a strong Eurosceptic who campaigned on an anti-immigration platform. In a speech to supporters on Sunday night, Mr Orban said …
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Voting is drawing to a close in Hungary, where opinion polls have pointed to a third consecutive term for right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Before the vote, Mr Orban and his Fidesz party were polling at 20 points or more ahead of the far-right Jobbik party and the centre-left Socialists. Polling stations were meant to …
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The Macedonian and Hungarian Ministers of Interior, Oliver Spasovski and Sandor Pinter, proposed Thursday in Skopje for the two countries to sign agreements on exchange of information in favor of preventing terrorism and violent extremism. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Spasovski commended Hungary for its assistance to the Macedonian police in dealing with the …
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A Macedonian government delegation, led by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, headed to Budapest Sunday for the China-CEEC Summit of Heads of Government, which will take place in Hungary’s capital on the fifth anniversary of the formation of 16+1 cooperation, namely on November 27-28 under the chairmanship of President Viktor Orban. The delegation includes Vice-Premier for Economic Affairs Koco Angjusev, …
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