Goran Adamovski Requirements for abolishing apanages at any level for any position, life-long pensions for former presidents, cash and other allowances for all governing boards, drastic reduction in officials’ travel expenses, more precisely the provision of funds in the amount of public transportation fare… These requirements will probably be difficult to achieve, but they are …
Political parties are expected to return to the debate over the adoption of the Law on the Public Prosecutor General’s Office and the fate of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office. Adoption of this law is part of the reforms the EU is seeking and related to the date for the start of accession talks. Prime …
Parties return to Parliament after the holidays with the fate of the SPO on the agenda Read More »
North Macedonia’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has released a written response to President Stevo Pendarovski’s address on Monday. “It’s not the right time to attack institutions,” the Prosecution wrote, adding that it wouldn’t allow for politicians to meddle into legal proceedings or discredit its prosecutors. “The President’s statement that he fully supports the Prosecution and that he’ll …
PPO: Pendarovski should have called the MPs to pass the Prosecution Law Read More »
The laws that North Macedonia’s President Gjorge Ivanov refused to sign due to their incorporation of the new name of the country will again be discussed by MPs on Wednesday. These include the laws against discrimination, the Operational Technical Agency and electronic communications. After the laws are passed again, they are set to be published in …
Parliament to discuss the laws that President Ivanov refused to sign Read More »
Over 60 MPs have endorsed the nomination of Stevo Pendarovski to run for president, said SDSM Secretary General Aleksandar Kiracovski. “MPs from different ethnic communities, different political parties are coming together in support of the joint candidate for victory, for progress and for the future. Stevo is our joint candidate because we believe he is …
SDSM Secretary General Kiracovski: Over 60 MPs endorse Stevo Pendarovski Read More »
VMRO-DPMNE’s parliamentary group has demanded Macedonia’s Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov to answer MPs’ questions, following a declaration according to which the people of this country were full of “complexities”, made by the minister during a parliamentary committee meeting. MPs are expected to vote on this motion on January 28. According to VMRO-DPMNE’s lawmakers who signed …
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A bill on the prevention of corruption and conflict of interests was passed Monday in its first reading. 58 MPs voted in favor with 16 voting against. The law regulates the two areas, corruption and conflict of interest, and it includes precise definitions of office-holder, family, close family members and friends as well as a …
Macedonia’s MPs pass new law on anti-corruption commission Read More »
The five MPs of the parliamentary group charged with the violence on April 27 will be able to seek and receive amnesty for themselves. This will be provided by the new Amnesty law, whose draft-proposal was agreed on in the legislature yesterday. With it, there will be no amnesty for the organizers of the bloody …
“Every MP who believes and knows that Macedonia needs be part of the western world should support the constitutional changes in the following stages. Therefore, we will continue to implement policies of unifying all positive and progressive forces in the country. Let’s put aside divisions in the interest of the country’s future,” said Sekerinska, welcoming …
Sekerinska: Macedonia comes out of the mud and isolation Read More »
MPs in Macedonia continue their debates today regarding the draft for the constitutional amendments concerning the Prespa agreement, according to which, the country’s new name will be “Republic of North Macedonia”. Majority and opposition continue to have opposite stances on this issue, although yesterday, PM Zoran Zaev said that the opposition would be pardoned for …
MPs divided into two camps regarding the Prespa agreement Read More »
Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn says he is aware of threats by the opposition against MPs who want to abandon partisan lines and support the Prespa Agreement in Parliament. In an interview with Vienna daily Der Standard, Commissioner Hahn urges VMRO-DPMNE to renounce such destructive approach and put interests of …
Hahn for Der Standard: Threats against VMRO-DPMNE MPs supporting Prespa Agreement Read More »
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has released a Facebook post titled “It’s Time!”, urging MPs to undertake their historic duty regarding the country’s strategic priorities – NATO and EU accession. “All MPs have a historic duty before the citizens to secure Macedonia’s path towards stability and economic prosperity. This is the road to NATO and EU, …
The Parliament will operate until September 10, when the campaign for the September 30 referendum is expected to begin. Although the MPs filed the referendum decision, political parties, the Government, even the Parliament could act as campaign carriers. “Almost eighty percent of Macedonian citizens, regardless of ethnic and religious background, have supported the country’s integration …
Xhaferi: Referendum campaign begins on September 10, MPs on summer break up to August 20 Read More »
Committee on Foreign Policy and Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment will hold sessions Wednesday in the Parliament. FM Nikola Dimitrov will brief members of the Committee on Foreign Policy on realization of the foreign policy and Macedonia’s international positioning. Moreover, platforms on diplomatic activities of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of the Republic of …
The Parliament’s Committee on Labor and Social Policy on Tuesday unanimously passed amendments to the Law on Salaries and Fringe Benefits of Elected and Appointed Officials in Macedonia. The changes foresee a reduction to kilometre allowances by 33% for MPs and office holders. Speaking at the committee’s session, DUI MP Xhevad Ademi said that ‘as a provocation’ he …
SDSM seeks 33% reduction of travel expenses, DUI champions full revocation Read More »
A Skopje court ordered MPs Krsto Mukoski, Saso Vasilevski and Ljuben Arnaudov to be put in 30-day detention, while Johan Tarculovski, Zaklina Pesevska and Ljupco Dimovski to be put in house arrest. Arnaudov, Mukoski and Vasilevski on Tuesday afternoon were transferred from the Criminal Court in Skopje with a police escorting them to a police …
Court orders detention, including house arrest, of six MPs Read More »
