The Parliament is likely to re-send the laws by the end of this week to President Gjorge Ivanov, which he returned to Parliament when he decided not to sign them due to the use of the country’s new name. If Ivanov leaves the laws in the drawer even after they are re-voted at the assembly …
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While North Macedonia’s Members of Parliament are preparing for a break during the presidential election campaign, outgoing President Gjorge Ivanov keeps them busy and creates doubts on how to solve the issue of laws he sends back to Parliament without his signature. One of the options is that those laws should be put back for …
While North Macedonia’s Members of Parliament are preparing for a break during the presidential election campaign, outgoing President Gjorge Ivanov keeps them busy and creates doubts on how to solve the issue of laws he sends back to Parliament without his signature. One of the options is that those laws should be put back for …
The Seimas (Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania) ratified Thursday the NATO Accession Protocol for the Republic of North Macedonia with 108 votes in favor, and no votes against. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi attended the plenary session. He met Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, who reiterated Vilnius’s strong support for North Macedonia’s integration into EU and NATO. …
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The Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania – Seimas at a plenary session on Thursday is to to ratify NATO Accession Protocol for the Republic of North Macedonia. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi is to attend the ratification of NATO Accession Protocol and will address the MPs in the Lithuanian Parliament. NATO member states signed North …
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Today, Romania’s Parliament is expected to ratify the protocol for the accession of the Republic of North Macedonia in the NATO. This session will also be attended by Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who arrived in Romania on Tuesday for a work visit. From Bucharest, Xhaferi will travel to Vilnius, Lithuania to be present during the ratification of …
Your statements that the court will be held responsible for postponing the proceedings are unacceptable, as it cannot arbitrarily, and contrary to the law, determine any security measures unless the conditions are met, reacted the Criminal Court yesterday concerning the (non)decision of the Parliament to stripe two MPs of their MP immunity. – If the …
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North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi claims he has adjourned last night’s session because of ‘heckling and rude behavior’ by a SDSM MP. According to Speaker Xhaferi, MP Muhamed Zekiri shouted out that time was running out and that the motion on stripping ex-speaker and current VMRO-DPMNE MP Trajko Veljanoski of his immunity should be …
Bulgarian parliament ratified today the NATO accession protocol for North Macedonia. Bulgarian MPs voted unanimously in favour of this decision. With this, Bulgaria becomes the fourth out of 29 NATO members to ratify this protocol. Greece, Albania, Slovenia and Bulgaria today, are the four countries which have taken this step. Yesterday, the Danish government announced …
Four countries have ratified NATO’s accession protocol so far Read More »
The Bulgarian Parliament with 140 unanimous votes ratified North Macedonia’s Accession Protocol to NATO at plenary session on Wednesday. North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who pays official visit to Bulgaria, attended the session. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zakharieva addressed the session saying that the North Macedonia’s joining to NATO is historic moment for the …
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Lawmaker Ljupco Dimovski appeared before the Criminal Court yesterday, but the court rescheduled the interrogation because his fellow MPs have not yet voted and decided not to deprive him of his MP immunity for the second time. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi is on his way to Ljubljana, and according to information from the legislature, after …
The Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol at Tuesday’s extraordinary session. By this, Slovenia becomes the second NATO member state followed by Greece that ratified NATO Accession Protocol. Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who is on an official visit to Slovenia, addressed the Slovenian Parliament. He thanked on behalf of the …
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Slovenian Parliament Speaker Dejan Zidan congratulated Monday to his visiting colleague from Macedonia, Talat Xhaferi, on the adoption of constitutional amendments and Greece’s ratification of the NATO Accession Protocol. Macedonia is a positive example that with a political will even the most complex disputes may be peacefully resolved, Zidan said. Slovenia is a strong supporter …
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“When I assumed the responsibility of being Parliament Speaker, I assumed responsibility for the fulfillment of all the obligations and powers provided for that office,” said Talat Xhaferi, the parliamentary speaker, on Thursday. president of the state, in case presidential elections fail. At a briefing with the media, Xhaferi explained that if the census of …
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Immediately after Xhaferi opened today’s parliamentary session, however, VMRO-DPMNE’s parliamentary group’s coordinator Nikola Micevski objected by saying speaking Albanian was a breach of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. “Article 3 of the Rules of Procedure says that the official language in Parliament is Macedonian,” Micevski said, adding that changes should be made first to these guidelines …
Speaker Xhaferi opens today’s parliamentary session in Albanian Read More »
Montenegro has excellent experience with the use of languages. Human and minority rights can never be terminated, but they need to be continually promoted because we all live in a common country. Montenegro’s Parliament Speaker Ivan Brajovic told reporters Wednesday at the joint press conference with his Macedonian counterpart Talat Xhaferi when asked about his …
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The ruling Social Democrat Union continues to hold consultations and talks in the party’s governing bodies on whether to go to early general elections. The voices “in favour” are getting louder, that is, to accept the request of the opposition on May 5, along with the second round of the presidential elections, to choose both …
Xhaferi has time to schedule early elections by March 20th Read More »
Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi will schedule the presidential election on February 8. We will vote for the president of the state on April 21 and May 5, considering that two electoral rounds are expected. The term of Gjorgje Ivanov ends on May 12. “The prospect of the first round of presidential elections to be held on …
Macedonian citizens to vote for president on April 21 and May 5 Read More »
Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that he had signed the decrees and forwarded the law on the use of languages and the law ratifying the Prespa Agreement to the Official Gazette. The laws entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette. Attached to the decrees, Xhaferi to the Official Gazette also forwarded …
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The law on the use of Albanian language along with the constitutional amendments regarding the country’s new name have been published today in the Official Gazette. The law on languages has been signed by Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi who has sent the law for publication without the signature of president Gjorge Ivanov. With the publication in …
