Parliament at its Thursday’s continuation of the 53rd session unanimously adopted the Declaration on supporting Macedonia’s accession process for NATO membership. The Declaration was adopted by a vote of 76 in favour without any votes against or abstained. SDSM’s MP Hari Lokvenec said that NATO admission directly brings security and stability, and also indirectly affects …
Let’s get down to work. We have a rendezvous with history. We have no time to lose. We are at the very start of a long journey, Johannes Hahn, EU Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner, said Tuesday addressing a session of the National Council for EU Integration in Skopje. “It will be important to ensure inclusiveness and unity of …
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The Macedonian Parliament is preparing for the procedures that follow before the country’s NATO membership. The Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security will propose a dein Parliament on supporting the accession process for Macedonia’s NATO membership. “We expect that this declaration will be adopted at the session of the Assembly next Tuesday, July 17th,” said …
It took only 27 minutes for the parliamentary majority to hold the 54th session, the only topic being the ratification of the name agreement with Greece. With 69 votes in favor, one abstained, and none against, the Parliament again endorsed the deal after it was first adopted 16 days ago, but President Gjorge Ivanov returned …
Several majority MPs in Macedonia have received threatening letters following the voting in parliament of the agreement with Greece regarding the name dispute. MP Ivana Tufegdzic has published the letter which has been signed by an unknown organization. The letter threatens MPs that if they vote the agreement for the second time, then they will be …
The Parliament endorsed Thursday the law ratifying the name agreement with 69 votes ‘in favor’ and one ‘abstained’. This was the second vote on the law after President Gjorge Ivanov failed to sign the decree for its promulgation after the Parliament had initially passed it on June 20. The opposition did not attend the Parliament …
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A session in which MPs will vote again for the law ratifying the name agreement has been scheduled on Thursday, it was agreed Monday in a coordination meeting of Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and coordinators of parliamentary groups. Last week, a decision of President Gjorge Ivanov was forwarded to the Assembly saying he wouldn’t sign …
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The second vote on the law on ratification of the agreement with Greece is scheduled for Thursday, At today’s coordination in parliament, it was agreed that the new session be scheduled on July 5, when at least 61 MPs should declare the ratification for the president to be obliged to sign. The Parliament of Macedonia …
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The parliament session over a second vote of the law ratifying the name agreement will be scheduled on July 5 or 6, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Friday. Speaker Xhaferi said that if President Gjorge Ivanov failed to sign the decree for the law’s promulgation for the second time, the same solution would be used for both …
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Macedonia’s Parliament adopted Wednesday the law on ratification of the Final Agreement for the settlement of the differences as described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993), the termination of the Interim Accord of 1995 and the establishment of a strategic partnership. Lawmakers voted 69-0 to ratify the agreement, while …
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The MP from SYRIZA, Georgios Oursouzidis, addressed the Greek Parliament in Macedonian, that is, the Kostur dialect. He gave support to the agreement between Macedonia and Greece for resolving the name dispute. Oursouzidis, who originates from northern Greece, after the message was given from the rostrum in Macedonian language, that is, in the Kostur dialect, he …
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Macedonian MPs unanimously adopted Monday the Code of Ethics in the parliament by 84 votes in favor. The goal of the document is to strengthen the ethics of lawmakers and to increase the confidence in the parliament as representative body of citizens and holder of legislative power. Ruling majority and opposition lawmakers agreed the final …
The four ministers elected by the Parliament by the end of last week will assume their posts on Monday. Arbr Ademi will take over as Minister of Education and Science from Renata Deskoska, who is now the Minister of Justice following the resignation of Bilen Saliji. Robert Alagjozovski hands over the post Minister of Culture …
Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) director Thomas Guerber signed Thursday a memorandum for development of parliamentary and independent oversight over the intelligence sector. “Euro-Atlantic integration is a top priority for the Government and the parliamentary majority. This includes thorough reforms in the security and intelligence …
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The Parliament of Macedonia in June for the seventh time will host the Rose-Roth Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA). To that end, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Tuesday met with Henrik Bliddal, political director in charge of Rose-Roth Seminars, who is visiting Macedonia as preparations for the seminar are under way. Speaker Xhaferi expressed satisfaction …
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It is as yet unclear when Parliament will discuss the amendments to the Law on the Use of Languages submitted by opposition party VMRO-DPMNE. Out of the total 35,569 amendments, only 17,000 have been translated into Albanian so far, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said on Tuesday. The amendments, according to Xhaferi, are a political issue, and VMRO-DPMNE’s …
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The right of the opposition to submit amendments to the Law on Use of Languages should be respected but at the same time the obligation to be respected through which this right obstructs the parliament’s work, PM Zoran Zaev told Monday. He expressed his concern what would happen with the reforms if the parliament is …
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The Parliament is set to hold Friday its 25. session on the immunity stripping of six MPs from the VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition due to the public prosecutor’s office request for their detention over the April 27 events in the Parliament. MPs Krsto Mukoski, Johan Tarculovski, Zaklina Pesevska, Ljuben Arnaudov, Ljupco Dimovski and Saso Vasilevski can be stripped of immunity through …
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