Which topics will dominate the agenda in the election campaign in North Macedonia?

NATO and the EU, reforms, corruption, the economy will be the main topics of the April 12, 2020 early parliamentary elections campaign, according to political analysts in Skopje. Communications expert Zhaneta Trajkovska says the parties have not yet exhausted the European integration card, and that this will be the main topic of the campaign, in …

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Grubi goes into Dimitrov’s ring against Miloshoski and Dimovski

DUI MP Artan Grubi was very close to preventing the opposition’s intention to hold Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov under investigation. He entered the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, led by former Minister Antonio Miloshoski, at the very moment when Dimitrov finished his 75-minute-long address, in which he spoke about his work, the situation in the …

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SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE working groups to meet on Monday over the PPO Law

A new round of talks between the working groups of the ruling SDSM and opposition VMRO-DPMNE over the Law on Public Prosecution will be held on Monday in the Parliament, informs the Ministry of Justice. Monday’s meeting of working groups is the first since leaders’ talks held earlier this month failed to reach an agreement …

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Miloshoski: We expect SDSM to stop delaying and buying time for the PPO law

There may be a new meeting over the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office on Saturrday, said VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonio Miloshoski. “We were expecting a meeting yesterday, we were prepared for it today. We have been now told that a meeting is possible tomorrow. We are fine with this,” said MP Miloshoski. Regarding the opposition’s expectations, …

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One step forward, two steps back for the Prosecution law

The government and the opposition are making the final attempt to bring their views on the prosecution law closer. Following the failure of the meeting between SDSM leaders Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE’s Hristijan Mickoski, as well as negotiations between the working groups, the prime minister’s and opposition leader’s advisers Bojan Maricic and Timcho Mucunski are …

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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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Xhaferi: Sessions could be scheduled as early as tomorrow if the leaders’ meeting produces an agreement

The outcome of this evening’s meeting between Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE president Hristijan Mickoski will determine the continuation of the committee and plenary sessions over the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the dismissal of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Tuesday. Xhaferi said the …

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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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Government elects new ministers, opposition insists on early elections

Nina Angelovska is the new finance minister, while Hisen Xhemaili is elected minister without portfolio. Deputy Ministers were also appointed after a two-day debate in the Assembly, which included discussions on the economy, foreign investment, the rule of law and early elections. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said the current government would extend its mandate by …

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Will Katica bury the new SPO?

Next week, there will be a new meeting between the government and opposition working groups in an effort to iron out differences over the Prosecution Law. After the summer recess, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE representatives will again sit at the table, but now in an even tougher political atmosphere than twenty days ago. The “Racket” affair …

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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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Besa against Zaev’s draft law on State Prosecution: We will not vote for the law as presented

The law on State Prosecutor’s Office proposed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Friday is entering parliamentary procedure today. The Government will try to provide the necessary two-thirds majority to push through the changes that will make the SPO part of the newly established Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime and High Corruption with jurisdiction over …

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Zaev to Mickoski: I don’t intend to grant wishes for early elections

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev yet again called VMRO-DPMNE’s leader Hristijan Mickoski to attend the leaders’ meeting on Friday, saying it would take place regardless of the opposition leader’s decision. “I am prepared to talk on what Mickoski insists. We might not agree on all issues, but we need to talk first. We are …

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