Tag: ivanov
Macedonia 17.04.19 | 15:53

President Ivanov has less than a month to pardon the political prisoners; Hahn tells him not to do it

European Commissioner Johannes Hahn called on President Gjorge Ivanov not to give pardons to the victims of the political persecution perpetrated by the Zoran Zaev regime. Hahn openly encouraged Zaev to use a mixture of a “Balkan and European” approach in order to push the name change through...
Macedonia 15.04.19 | 11:54

Threats aimed against Ivanov, the President is warned not to give any last minute pardons

As the end of his term as President draws near, Gjorge Ivanov is facing increasing threats from the ruling coalition camp, specifically calling him not to give pardons to the dozens of political prisoners arrested by the Zaev regime. Ivanov is particularly being urged to give pardons to the 16 prisoners...
Macedonia 11.04.19 | 20:00

Kalajdziev says the Constitutional Court gave President Ivanov the right to pardon the political prisoners

Criminal law professor Gordan Kalajdziev, who is an outspoken supporter of the SDSM party, acknowledged that President Gjorge Ivanov has the right to issue pardons without involving the Justice Ministry in the process, including in the case of the political prisoners sentenced in the April 2017 court...
Macedonia 09.04.19 | 15:37

Appeals to President Ivanov to pardon the political prisoners

After Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he doesn’t expect President Gjorge Ivanov to pardon the victims of his campaign of political persecution, legal experts respond that the President has every right and has the authority to give pardons. The Office of the President confirmed that a request...
Macedonia 27.03.19 | 23:45

Parliament re-adopts several laws which President Ivanov refused to sign under the name “North Macedonia”

Members of the Macedonian Parliament voted today to re-approve several laws which President Gjorge Ivanov refused to sign because they were adopted under the name “Republic of North Macedonia”. The laws include the one on the creation of the new wiretapping agency OTA. According to the Constitution,...
Macedonia 26.03.19 | 17:27

Legal experts insist President Ivanov has the right to pardon the victims of Zaev’s campaign of political persecution

According to an analysis published by Infomax, there are no legal obstacles if President Gjorge Ivanov decides to pardon the victims of political persecution imprisoned by the Zoran Zaev regime. The President was called out by the public to pardon the 16 former officials and activists arrested over the...
Macedonia 20.03.19 | 16:09

Decision time for President Ivanov – will he pardon the political prisoners?

At the end of his term, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov is faced with the decision whether he will pardon former Interior Minister Mitko Cavkov and 15 other police officials and opposition activists, who were sentenced to draconian 211 years in prison over the April 2017 incident in the Parliament. This...
Macedonia 15.03.19 | 15:26

Xhaferi will publish some of the laws rejected by Ivanov, will return most of them to Parliament

Following President Gjorge Ivanov’s refusal to sign laws passed through Parliament stamped with the name “Republic of North Macedonia”, Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that those laws adopted with a two thirds majority will be sent to the Official Gazette for publication, while the rest...
Macedonia 13.03.19 | 13:34

Government spokesman expects laws to be advanced even without President Ivanov’s signature

Despite President Gjorge Ivanov’s refusal to sign the laws adopted in the Parliament under the name “Republic of North Macedonia”, the Government expects that its agenda will move through the house anyway. The ruling coalition already violated the Constitution and got Speaker Talat...
Macedonia 11.03.19 | 17:13

Ivanov refuses to sign laws passed under the name “Republic of North Macedonia”

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has refused to sign laws adopted by the Parliament sent to him with the name “Republic of North Macedonia”. The President refuses to accept the Prespa treaty and did not sign it, leading to a legal precedent when the ratification act was published in the...
Macedonia 22.02.19 | 16:37

President Ivanov demands accountability after the prison attack on Janakieski and Ristovski

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov strongly condemned the attack yesterday on two former Government Minister Mile Janakieski and Spiro Ristovski, in the Shutka prison in Skopje. The two were attacked by imprisoned members of the Albanian terror group which attacked Kumanovo in 2015, killing eight Macedonian...
Macedonia 20.02.19 | 15:05

Government Secretary threatens President Ivanov’s web admin over the name Republic of Macedonia

Dragi Raskovski, Secretary General of the Government, threatened the office of President Gjorge Ivanov with consequences if the President doesn’t begin to use the name “Republic of North Macedonia” on his web site and in other communication. President Ivanov rejects the name change...
Macedonia 11.02.19 | 18:22

World Macedonian Congress calls on President Ivanov to inform UN members that the name change is unlawfully ratified

The World Macedonian Congress calls on President Gjorge Ivanov to urgently inform all UN member states that the so-called Prespa agreement is null and void, given that it was not signed by the Presidents of the two countries but by Foreign Ministers Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias. President Ivanov...
Macedonia 09.02.19 | 11:01

President Ivanov meets with President Erdogan in Istanbul

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov met with Turkish President Redzep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul. President Ivanov’s office said that the two leaders discussed the high level of bilateral cooperation between Macedonia and Turkey, and the current events in both countries such as the upcoming presidential...
Macedonia 06.02.19 | 15:44

President Ivanov welcomes the signing of the NATO accession protocol, but believes that permanent damage was inflicted on the country

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov welcomed the signing of the NATO accession protocol, but condemned the “lasting damage caused to Macedonia” in order to push the country to this point. The President was always in favor of meeting the strategic goals of the Republic of Macedonia. Unfortunately,...
Macedonia 28.12.18 | 14:22

The secret police is wiretapping the President, his associates and his family

President Gjorge Ivanov accused the UBK secret service of wiretapping his office and his family, as part of its attempts to influence political outcomes in favor of the Government. UBK is the source of our political, institutional and security crises. Instead of upholding the law, the UBK is operating...
Macedonia 28.12.18 | 14:15

Ivanov says the law on languages threatens to end the unifying effect of the Macedonian language

In his final address to Parliament, President Gjorge Ivanov explained the reason behind his refusal to sign a law, introduced as part of the so-called Tirana platform, that would’ve extended the use of the Albanian language in Macedonia beyond the degree determined in the Constitution. The way...
Macedonia 26.12.18 | 20:01

SDSM and DUI are considering a boycott of the presidential elections as a way to maneuver Xhaferi into the Presidency

A report in pro-Government news site SDK has raised speculations that ruling SDSM and DUI parties may be preparing to drag down the turnout in the presidential elections expected next April, in a ploy to have Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi appointed as interim President, and get him to sign on the...
Macedonia 26.12.18 | 13:03

Faced with danger of boycott, SDSM raises idea of electing the next President through Parliament

Pressed with the problem of getting the amendments used to rename Macedonia into North Macedonia through Parliament and sign them into law, the SDSM party is briefing its media outlets that it could propose further changes in the Constitution and get the President elected through Parliament and not directly,...
Macedonia 26.12.18 | 12:52

Xhaferi: If Ivanov won’t sign the amendments into law, I will

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that, if President Gjorge Ivanov refuses to sign the amendments to the Constitution used to rename Macedonia into North Macedonia, they will be published in the Official gazette with his (Xhaferi’s) signature Xhaferi held a press briefing on Tuesday and during...
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