Friday, 14 February 2020
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 13:49

Milososki threatened to release another wiretap about Zoran Zaev as the PPO law remains stuck in the Parliament

The Parliament made two attempts to discuss the PPO law on state prosecutors today, but both were cut short due to heated arguments between the ruling coalition and the opposition. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party accused the ruling SDSM party of pushing a law that would entrench SDSM loyalists as key...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 13:10

Deskoska refused to elaborate the PPO law before Parliament

Justice Minister Renata Deskoska refused the invitation to discuss the PPO law on state prosecutors she proposed before the Parliament. Her SDSM party is trying to speed the law through Parliament, and she said that debating it would allow the opposition to voice its objections and drag out the process. This...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 13:01

Boki 13 says he was attacked by prison guards

Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, the businessman charged with being a major part in the large racketeering scandal, told the press today that he was attacked by prison guards. He made the claim while he was being escorted into the courthouse for today’s hearing. While the two co-defendants, Katica...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 12:42

Mickoski: If Parliament is not dissolved by Sunday, we’ll be in a deep political crisis

If the Parliament is not dissolved until Sunday, Macedonia will be in a deep political crisis, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, as the ruling SDSM party does all it can to cancel the elections. Mickoski said that the opposition party decided not to abandon the Parliament because that would...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 12:30

SDSM will not allow the Parliament to dissolve until they get the laws they demand, Spasovski confirms

Interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski underlined the determination of his SDSM party not to allow the dissolution of Parliament until the controversial PPO law on state prosecutors, and other legal priorities for SDSM, are adopted. Spasovski was asked whether this pressure from SDSM will mean that...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 12:22

Xhaferi asks SDSM to say if they’re serious about holding early elections

“We are not married”, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said in response to the threat from the ruling SDSM party that it may cancel its coalition with the DUI party. SDSM said it will kick DUI out of the coalition unless Xhaferi helps them adopt a law that would solidify SDSM’s control...
Economy 14.02.20 | 12:16

Arsovska: Macedonia may miss out on major investment opportunities due to the political crisis

Macedonian Chamber of Commerce director Daniela Arsovska warned that Macedonia is losing major investment opportunities due to the continued political crisis. Following the Paris meeting of the World Chambers Federation, Arsovska said that the region expects a major influx of investment, but that Macedonia...
Balkans 14.02.20 | 11:45

V4: Viktor Orban warns that migration pressure may increase on Hungary’s southern border

Migratory pressure on Hungary’s southern border is expected to increase as the weather improves and more and more migrants set out, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday at the crossing point of Roszke on the Hungary-Serbia border, where he inspected the border barrier with Slovakia’s...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 11:42

Zaev goes viral with his linguistic skills again

Zoran Zaev’s insistence to use languages he barely speaks made another of his interviews go viral. The former Prime Minister was speaking with the Balkan Al Jazeera and decided to conduct the interview in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, but infused with a heavy doze of Macedonian. The entire interview...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 11:04

Sekerinska now says that Spain will ratify Macedonia’s NATO accession in early March

Despite optimistic expectations that the ratification of Macedonia’s NATO accession is just around the corner, Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska now says that it could happen in early March. All NATO member states, except Spain, ratified Macedonia’s NATO accession, and the Macedonian Parliament...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 10:59

Mickoski: Nikolovski’s threat proves that Zaev is scared

The message from SDSM Secretary General Ljupco Nikolovski actually comes from Zoran Zaev, said VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski as the two ruling parties, SDSM and DUI, seemed on the verge of breaking up their coalition yesterday evening. Mickoski said that SDSM leader Zaev is clearly afraid of the...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 10:46

SDSM threatens DUI as the dissolution of Parliament grows more and more uncertain

The Parliament failed to hold a vote on any of the several laws that the ruling SDSM party is pushing as pre-condition before allowing it to dissolve and prepare the early general elections. A new session is expected to begin shortly today, as yesterday’s ended in acrimony and threats that SDSM...
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