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Macedonia 11.02.20 | 16:52

Macedonian Parliament meets to ratify the NATO accession protocol

Members of Parliament and high level guests are gathered for the ratification of the NATO accession protocol. Macedonia is going ahead and ratifying the protocol without waiting on Spain, which is the last NATO member state that still hasn’t done so. NATO representatives, members of the diplomatic...
Macedonia 11.02.20 | 09:31

Parliament to ratify NATO Accession Protocol

The Parliament is set to hold Tuesday a formal session on ratification of Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol, in the attendance of country’s top officials, representatives from parliaments of neighboring countries and diplomatic corps. With the ratification, the country is only one step...
Macedonia 11.02.20 | 00:01

New version of the PPO law put on fast track for adoption with a narrow vote of 63 in favor

The Parliament voted with 63 votes in favor of advancing the latest version of Zoran Zaev’s law on state prosecutors under an expedited procedure. Opposed to the motion were 32 members of Parliament. The draft PPO law will now be sent before the European Affairs Committtee of the Parliament for...
Macedonia 10.02.20 | 16:45

Xhaferi says Parliament can be dissolved on February 16 at the latest

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that he discussed the dissolution of Parliament with his office and was told that the latest Parliament can dissolve is February 16. This, Xhaferi said, would allow the elections to still be held on April 12. Parliament is supposed to dissolve on February 12, two...
Macedonia 05.02.20 | 15:21

VMRO submits a proposal that Parliament is dissolved on February 12

VMRO-DPMNE submitted a proposal to the Parliament that it votes to dissolve on February 12, so that the elections can take place on April 12, as planned. The proposal comes after SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev again raised the prospect of postponing the elections. We see that Zaev is coming up with new...
Macedonia 05.02.20 | 12:44

Xhaferi says he can’t postpone the dissolution of Parliament

Speaker Talat Xhaferi rejected the idea of postponing the dissolution of Parliament while the election date is kept the same – April 12. This was one of the ideas raised by SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev, who opened the door to postpone the elections or to try and pressure a vote on his draft law...
Macedonia 31.01.20 | 16:49

Protest staged in Skopje, protesters demand adoption of law banning hazardous waste import

The ‘Fridays for Future’ movement is staging a protest in front of the Parliament building, asking for adoption of a law banning the import of hazardous waste before Parliament dissolves. At the protest, symbolically revolted citizens sat on the street waiting for a solution...
Macedonia 30.01.20 | 21:12

Parliament will ratify Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol on February 11

The Macedonian Parliament will ratify the NATO accession protocol on February 11, just before the legislative body is dissolved in preparation of the early elections on April 12. Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that he will invite the leaders of the main parties, Hristijan Mickoski and Zoran Zaev, to the...
Macedonia 28.01.20 | 20:18

Strong criticism of Zaev’s draft law on state prosecutors during the Parliament debate

Criminal law professors and legal experts poured cold water on the Government’s proposal for a new law on state prosecutors, that was already rejected by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, despite frenzied attempts by SDSM to push it through Parliament. During a broad debate in the Parliament, law...
Macedonia 22.01.20 | 10:56

SDSM is still pushing its plan to amend the electoral code

The Parliament will again try to hold a discussion on the changes to the electoral code supported by the ruling SDSM party. The proposal would abolish the six electoral districts that currently elect 20 members of Parliament each and replace them with just a single one, where all 120 seats will up for...
Macedonia 13.01.20 | 11:01

Bill that reverses the lustration of Communist era police collaborators sent before a Parliament Committee

The leftist SDSM party is pushing its draft law that would reverse the process of lustration through Parliament, and today it will be up for debate in the Political System Committee. SDSM demands “nullification” of the process under which a broadly based committee decided to open the files...
Economy 22.12.19 | 12:14

First Macedonian budget proposal that approaches four billion EUR set to be approved today

The Macedonian Parliament is expected to vote on the 2020 budget proposal, which is projected at 3.615 billion EUR of revenue – an incrase of 5.6 percent compared to last year. Spending is at 3.898 billion EUR – an increase of 5 percent and the deficit is projected at 2.3 percent of GDP. The...
Macedonia 18.12.19 | 11:13

Parliament meets over the blocked SDSM election request

In the Macedonian Parliament, a debate is scheduled on the several thousand amendments which the DUI party submitted to the Electoral Code proposed by its coalition partner SDSM. Since it’s impossible to go through all the amendments, the DUI move effectively blocks any debate on the SDSM proposal...
Macedonia 27.11.19 | 12:11

Xhaferi expects Zaev to resign on January 3rd, as agreed, and tells him there is no time to change the electoral model

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that he expects an interim government to be elected, as planned, on January 3rd. According to the agreement made between the main political parties, the outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will resign on January 3rd, making way for an interim Prime Minister from his...
Economy 25.11.19 | 10:55

Parliament to discuss 2020 draft-budget

The Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee will discuss Monday the 2020 draft-budget. The 2020 budget will total 3.615 billion euros, and the focus will be on human capital, better health care, education and social system and strong support for real sector growth. Capital investments are projected...
Macedonia 15.11.19 | 19:03

Pendarovski: Parliament’s ratification of NATO accession protocol is a technical, not political issue

President Stevo Pendarovski said Friday he refrains from speculating whether Parliament will reconvene if Spain ratifies Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. This is a technical, and not a political issue, Pendarovski underlined. I suggest that we do not go into further legal implications of...
Macedonia 07.11.19 | 23:23

Xhaferi: Dissolved Parliament cannot be convened again

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi rejects the possibility of convening Parliament for ratification of the NATO Protocol after it will already be dissolved in accordance with the deadline for early elections scheduled for April 12. Xhaferi said in an interview with the Macedonian Radio Television that...
Macedonia 06.11.19 | 10:35

Parliament to elect Vice-Speaker

The Parliament is set to elect a Vice-Speaker on Wednesday and discuss the 2019 European Commission report on Macedonia. The ruling SDSM and DUI parties have proposed Zekir Ramcilovik from the Bosniak Cultural Unification party, a member of Parliament originally elected on the VMRO-DPMNE ticket, to be...
Macedonia 05.11.19 | 16:55

SDSM and DUI nominate an expelled VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament as the next Deputy Speaker

The ruling SDSM and DUI parties have proposed Zekir Ramcilovik from the Bosniak Cultural Unification party, a member of Parliament originally elected on the VMRO-DPMNE ticket, to be the next Deputy Speaker after Vesel Memedi from the Albanian National Democratic Renewal resigned. Ramcilovik informed...
Macedonia 05.11.19 | 09:57

EP President Sassoli to address Parliament

European Parliament President David Sassoli is set to address the Parliament on Tuesday, and previously he will meet with Talat Xhaferi and coordinators of parliamentary group and representatives of other political parties. On Monday the EP President had a meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and...
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