Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev. The Greek Prime Minister congratulated Zoran Zaev on the successful completion of the revision process of the constitution of Macedonia on the basis of the Prespa Agreement. /IBNA
With 81 votes in favour, the Macedonian Parliament adopted the amendments to four articles of the Constitution and thus accepted the name agreement with Greece. Once the parliament in Athens ratifies the process, the country’s new name will be the Republic of North Macedonia, and there will be other interventions in the Constitution. In return, …
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VMRO-DPMNE remains on its stance and will not participate in the work of the Parliament where the final phase of the constitutional changes for ratification of the name agreement with Greece begins today. The party expects its lawmakers to be united this time and not to vote in favour of the Prespa Agreement, but, just …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has announced that 76 MPs have confirmed that they will offer their support for the constitutional amendments needed to be ratified in order for the country’s new name, “North Macedonia” to take effect. However, he’s optimistic that the Prespa Agreement will manage to secure more votes than this. In order for the …
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The Parliament will hold Wednesday a session for dismissal of Minister for the Roma Strategy Implementation, Aksel Ahmedovski and Minister for Foreign Investments Adnan Kjahil. Muzafer Bajram is set to replace Ahmedovski while Elvin Hasan will take over from Kjahil. The session agenda also includes several bills and law amendments.
Dozens of pigeons gathered in the “Woman Fighter” park in the center of Skopje are feeding on the crumbs of bread and other food that was left around the ASNOM monument. The scattered paper and one portable toilet simulate that until recently “someone was living there”. Among the branches of the nearest tree is the …
Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi believes the constitutional changes from the Prespa Agreement will be completed by mid-January. Xhaferi says the law ratifying the agreement and the law on languages could then be forwarded c for publishing to the Official Gazette without the signature of President Ivanov. “The session on the constitutional revision is scheduled for …
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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 …
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Parliamentary debates continue in Macedonia regarding the approval of the amendments which are part of the Prespa Agreement on the name. Yesterday, MPs voted in favour of the amendment which changes the country’s constitutional name from “Republic of Macedonia” to “Republic of North Macedonia”, while today, lawmakers are expected to vote the two remaining amendments. …
The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia on the continuation of the 64th session, with 67 votes in favor, four abstentions and 23 against, adopted the draft amendment XXXIII of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia. The first amendment envisages in the Constitution the words “Republic of Macedonia” to be replaced by the words “Republic …
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The Parliament’s Committee on Rules of Procedures and Mandatory-Immunity Issues endorsed by majority of votes the court’s motion for termination of the MP mandate of Nikola Gruevski for the purpose of serving a two-year prison sentence over Special Prosecutor’s Office case dubbed Tank. VMRO-DPMNE MPs abandoned the session, claiming it is a political process not …
The new independent parliamentary group, formed by eight MPs from VMRO-DPMNE and the coalition “For Better Macedonia”, which voted “for” accession to constitutional changes, will meet today with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the ministers of foreign affairs and justice, Nikola Dimitrov and Renata Treneska Deskoska, to discuss the draft amendments to the Constitution that …
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The excluded MPs from VMRO-DPMNE who voted for constitutional changes do not intend to return their terms, as the parent-party demands. They are having their last consultations, after which the official formation of a new parliamentary group is announced, which will act independently in the Parliament. For now, their group will have eight MPs, but …
Macedonian Parliament will be expecting PM Zoran Zaev to propose the appointment of a parliamentary committee for pardoning and national reconciliation. In coordination with the speaker of Parliament, coordinators of parliamentary formations have agreed that the majority and opposition should have an equal number of members in the committee. Not explaining what the essence of …
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was the first one to congratulate MPs for the voting of the constitutional amendments which give way to the approval of the new country’s name, “Republic of North Macedonia”, based on the Prespa agreement. “Our journey toward the EU and NATO has just started. We still have a lot of work …
A majority vote of 80 MPs has approved the decision to open the constitution for constitutional amendments to the name under the Prespa Agreement. These changes will enable the country’s name change in the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa Agreement reached between Skopje and Athens. Initially, it was voted through the …
The Parliament set the session on constitutional changes from the Prespa Agreement for 21:00h on Friday. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said while leaving the Parliament there are attempts to secure a two-thirds majority under normal circumstances. – It is up to the Parliament to schedule the session, PM Zaev stated for the media. The VMRO-DPMNE MP …
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The five MPs accused of opening the doors of the Parliament on April 27 arrived to the hearing at the new building of the Criminal Court yesterday. Three of them, Krsto Mukoski, Ljuben Arnaudov and Saso Vasilevski, were brought by house arrest, while Johan Tarculovski and Ljupco Dimovski came home. Before the trial and breaks, …
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Today marks the third day of debates on the constitutional amendments which need to be voted in order for the Prespa agreement to take effect. Experts of political developments say that the fact that these debates still continue, is offering an opportunity to the majority and opposition to reach compromise on the voting of the …
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The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski claims that if Federica Mogerini and Jens Stoltenberg could address the Assembly, he too should be able to. In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Mickoski behaves like the Dalai Lama, calling his speech “forbidden”. “Be patient, one of these days you will hear the forbidden speech and everything I …
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