There is no plan for drafting a law on general amnesty with regard to 27 April 2017 Parliament incidents, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Monday. Discussions are underway only for a possibility amnesty to be granted only to those who were not involved in masterminding, organizing the attack on Parliament and in the acts …
Sofia has not asked for collaboration with Macedonian authorities on its Bulgarian passports probe, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told Bulgarian reporters during his visit to Lisbon, Portugal. “We know full well that many Macedonians have Bulgarian passports and that we have Bulgarians in Macedonia,” PM Zaev said. “We have no problem with this, but if there’s …
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The Foreign Ministry in Macedonia has responded to Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and VMRO party leader Krassimir Karakachanov’s threat to block the country’s path to the EU and NATO if its Prime Minister Zoran Zaev continues to claim the Prespa Agreement recognizes a “Macedonian language”. Words such as those by Karakachanov could create negative attitudes and hostility …
The public debate regarding constitutional amendments in Macedonia has started. PM Zoran Zaev declared that he’s open to any suggestion which would improve the draft amendments, however, everything should stick to the principles of the Prespa Agreement. PM Zaev said that he hopes that this issue will be finalized. “We have reiterated and we will continue …
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MEP David McAllister and the MEP Knut Fleckenstein at Wednesday’s meeting with Zoran Zaev expressed strong support to implementation of Prespa Agreement and opening of EU accession negotiations with Macedonia. “EU lawmakers conveyed strong support from the European Parliament to the Prespa Agreement, which is assessed as an example especially for the Western Balkans, but …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was met, but failed to speak to Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who opened the doors of his country to former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, at the Summit of CEI governments in Zagreb. Orban in Zagreb was part of the dinner organized by Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, as Zaev said, but …
Macedonia is a positive example in the Balkans and has the support of the European countries and EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn to implement the Prespa Agreement and to conclude the Euro-Atlantic integration process, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev stated after the summit of heads of governments of member countries of the Central European Initiative (CEI), held …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is on an official visit to Croatia where he held a meeting with the Prime Minister of this country, Andrej Plenkovic. According to the government cabinet, PM Zaev has thanked his Croatian counterpart for the support offered by Croatia in its integration path in the EU and NATO. On his part, …
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Without a specific framework for a possible selective amnesty for the suspected in the April 27 events, a few minutes before the first session of the Coordinative Body for Reconciliation, which was sitting behind closed doors, ended. According to the preliminary information, no text is still being offered as a framework around which could be …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Tuesday he did not intend to run for President at next year’s elections. Zaev told reporters on the sidelines of the regional forum for the Istanbul Convention that he would rather complete the full PM term. “I believe we should complete the full term, give the economy a chance, give …
The government of Macedonia is confident that the constitutional amendments concerning the name change will be passed in parliament. PM Zoran Zaev has declared that he hopes that the eight MPs who voted in favour of these amendments will continue to offer their support, even after the arrests of the former senior officials of VMRO-DPMNE. …
The investigation will reveal the details over Gruevski’s escape, but the question remains how have four friendly countries allowed this to happen, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Sunday. “I have been briefed by the Ministry of Interior and I believe the public will know soon the details on developments in Macedonia, since we already …
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Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev denied having any communication with Nikola Gruevski prior to his escape. “If so, it would seem as if we arranged that. I have not had any communication with Gruevski since I became Prime Minister. The last communication was at the time of the Parliament’s endless debate prior to the April …
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If the photos were not posted on his official Facebook page, few would have known that Albanian President Ilir Meta was on a two-day visit to Bitola and Prespa. Apart from a courtesy meeting with the Minister of Culture, Asaf Ademi, the senior guest from Tirana spent the rest of his stay in direct contact …
The escape of the former Prime Minister of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski has aggravated the political situation between majority and opposition. SDSM led by PM Zoran Zaev has pointed its finger toward the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. According to this party, Mickoski has aided Gruevski to leave the country. “In a televised interview, Mickoski has …
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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz this Monday in Vienna is organizing a meeting for Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans which is to be attended by EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn as well as Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel. The talks will be attended by the Prime Minister …
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Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is visiting Sofia for the fourth edition of the Startup Europe Summit which takes place on Thursday. The meeting will be attended by Prime Ministers of the Western Balkan countries and Mariya Gabriel, the EU Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society. During the his visit to Bugaria, Zaev is …
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Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said the Interior Ministry had acted in line with a court order and within its legal jurisdiction noting that the procedure for his extradition had been opened after the Hungarian interior ministry had sent a notification confirming Gruevski’s whereabouts in Budapest. “Without a court order, the Interior Ministry cannot approach …
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Prime Minister Zaev accepted the proposals of the independent MP group of VMRO-DPMNE and Coalition for Better Macedonia and the Government will incorporate these proposals in the draft-constitutional amendments it is set to forward to the Parliament today, said MP Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska. Kanceska-Milevska told a press conference their request for safeguards of the identity would …
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The reform agenda has returned to the Parliament. We should congratulate the responsibility of the two-thirds majority of MPs, who yesterday brought amendments to the laws of the public prosecutor’s office, the criminal procedure and the courts, wrote Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on his Facebook page. With the changes, according to Zaev, the control over …
