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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Opposition in Albania holds another anti-govt demonstration

Opposition in Albania held another big demonstration last evening in the capital Tirana in a bid to convince socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign and announce early general elections. The opposition leader, Lulzim Basha told the crowd of demonstrators, who had gathered in front of the prime minister’s office, that the opposition was the …

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Opposition in Albania getting ready for today’s demonstration

Following Saturday’s violent clashes in the capital Tirana, opposition in Albania is getting ready for yet another big demonstration. The head of the main opposition party, Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha has launched a public call for people to join this anti-government demonstration. The democrat leader has also published a video, saying that nothing can stop …

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Deskoska: Differences between government and opposition on the SPO law remain

The key differences between the ruling authorities and the opposition on law on public prosecutor’s office, which is to solve the future status of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), remain, said Justice Minister Renata Treneska – Deskoska. “The key differences refer to the continuation of the trial proceedings initiated by SPO, the use of the …

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Bosnjakovski: Talks between government and opposition on public prosecution law continue

Talks continue between the ruling majority and the opposition over the public prosecution law, which also regulates the future status of the Special Public Prosecution, Government Spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski said at today’s press conference. “The latest information I have regarding the talks,” Bosnjakovski said, “is that the amendments submitted by VMRO-DPMNE to the Ministry of …

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Opposition in Albania holds one of the most violent demonstrations yet

Albanian opposition held a four hour protest on Saturday evening in the capital Tirana; a protest which was filled with tension and violence. Addressing his party faithful, who accompanied him at the party’s headquarters, opposition leader, Lulzim Basha said that “you have sealed Edi Rama’s departure as a non-negotiable condition for a transit government, which …

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Government and opposition debate over mass departures of people from the country

Mass departure of people from the country is one of the most heated topics of the presidential campaign in North Macedonia. Government and opposition have accused each other for the mass departure of people from the country. Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Mila Carovska says that VMRO-DPMNE, which has been in government for 10 …

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Albanian opposition takes to the streets once again

Opposition in Albania held another demonstration in front of the country’s parliament today where there were violent clashes between opposition’s supporters and the numerous police forces that were there to maintain order. Meanwhile, demonstrators also threw smoke bombs and other strong objects towards law enforcement officers. Police on the other hand used water cannons to …

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Opposition in Albania holds another anti-government demonstration

Opposition in Albania held another protest yesterday in front of parliament. Everything started with tight security measures in this area of the capital and MPs who made their way inside parliament to start their session at 9 am in order to prevent any possible clash with demonstrators. Afterwards, PM Edi Rama also arrived there along with …

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Opposition in Albania holds another protest, chaos and teargas in front of parliament

The country’s capital city has once again been the scene of a massive protest organized by the opposition. Yesterday, the ruling party decided to convene parliament in a plenary session to avoid the protest that the opposition had announced for Thursday. The situation became tense and escalated in physical clashes between opposition MPs and riot …

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Majority in Albania decides to work without the opposition in Parliament

In Albania, the left wing majority has decided to proceed as normal after the decision of opposition MPs to resign from parliament, demanding early elections. Prime Minister Edi Rama convened his party’s parliamentary group and asked them to get ready as normal parliamentary  agenda will resume. Mr. Rama told MPs that despite the opposition’s decision …

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The aim of the opposition is to change the system, not just the government, Djilas says

Dragan Djilas, one of the Alliance for Serbia (SZS) leaders, has said that the opposition has united itself in order to change the system, not only the current government. The measures which, as he said, guarantee this objective, would be presented to the organizers of the protest “One of Five Million”. The plan for the …

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Greek opposition parties demand Macedonia’s Constitution to be submitted for consideration

Greece’s Committee for National Defense and Foreign Affairs members’ debate on the Prespa Agreement in Greek Parliament resumed Tuesday with right-wing politicians asking that the Macedonian Constitution be submitted for consideration in full. New Democracy’s foreign policy official Giorgos Koumoutsakos asked to see the Macedonian Constitution in its entirety as well as the letter by …

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Zaev: The development in the opposition is their intra-party business

The developments in the opposition are their internal affairs, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told Stobi, answering a journalist question commenting on developments in the main opposition party after what happened Friday, that is, after the adoption of the initiative for constitutional changes. I would not like to comment on the details, however, these are their …

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Zaev: Opposition must take responsibility for seizing unique opportunity for Macedonia

At Wednesday’s session of the Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Issues regarding the Government’s motion for constitutional revision arising from the Prespa Agreement MPs of both ruling and opposition parties voiced support for Macedonia’s integration with the Euro-Atlantic organizations. The ruling parties called on MPs to support the process for constitutional revision stemming from the Prespa …

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Zaev: We have consensus on many issues with the opposition, including the referendum

So far, we have had a good dialogue with the opposition and consensus on many important issues, and this has been confirmed because the MPs voted together for two-thirds and laws with a simple majority. We recentlywe elected the new OTA Director together, and that’s good, hopeful. Even for the referendum, Mickoski is not aware …

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