Tag: pendarovski
Macedonia 28.04.20 | 10:17

Pompeo speaks to Pendarovski to congratulate on Macedonia’s NATO accession

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with President Stevo Pendarovski yesterday to congratulate to “North” Macedonia on its joining NATO and possibly opening EU accession talks. In the statement released afterwards, Pompeo praised the imposed Prespa treaty and said that he highly values...
News 25.04.20 | 16:08

SDSM rejects VMRO proposal for a meeting of party leaders, Pendarovski says he will convene one in early May

The ruling SDSM party rejected the request from opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski that the growing political crisis is resolved through a meeting of the leaders of the top parties. SDSM deputy leader Kosa Petrov said that there is no need for such a meeting right now. We don’t think it is time...
Macedonia 23.04.20 | 08:59

Pendarovski dismisses Bulgaria’s statement

President Stevo Pendarovski dismissed the Bulgarian statement that was linked to the European Council decision to approve the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. While agreeing to the decision that again carries no actual date to open the talks, Bulgaria also submitted a statement in which...
Macedonia 16.04.20 | 15:31

Pendarovski extends the state of emergency for another month

President Stevo Pendarovski announced that he will extend the state of emergency for additional 30 days. Pendarovski acknowledged that the Constitution does not provide for extending the state of emergency, but never the less insisted that he has the authority to do so. It’s clear that the creators...
Macedonia 16.04.20 | 14:48

Does Pendarovski even have the authority to extend the state of emergency?

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev called on President Stevo Pendarovski to extend the state of emergency for another month. The security council is meeting today, albeit in a greatly reduced format after interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski and other top officials involved in handling the epidemic such...
Macedonia 15.04.20 | 18:08

Security Council meets tomorrow to extend the state of emergency

President Stevo Pendarovski will convene the Security Council tomorrow to discuss the Government’s request to extend the state of emergency for an additional month. Pendarovski has also invited the Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce and the aid coordinator Bujar Osmani to participate at the meeting.
Macedonia 02.04.20 | 22:00

Macedonia could pay a price for cooling its friendship with Turkey

There is still no official word, either from the Macedonian Government or from Turkey, in explanation to a comment made by European diplomatic chief Josep Borrell. Speaking about the sanctions imposed on the Turkish TPAO oil company, Borrell said that all EU member states will uphold them, but so will...
Macedonia 30.03.20 | 18:50

Pendarovski will convene the Security Council tomorrow

Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski will hold a new meeting of the Security Council tomorrow, to discuss the coronavirus epidemic. Pendarovski will expand the Council to include top healthcare, economic and monetary officials.
Macedonia 18.03.20 | 14:57

Pendarovski expected to address the public after calls to declare a state of emergency

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will address the public after Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that the will not call the Parliament to convene to declare a state of emergency. All major parties called on Pendarovski and the Parliament to declare a state of emergency today, given the spread...
Macedonia 18.03.20 | 12:08

Pendarovski says Macedonia doesn’t have the resources necessary to declare a state wide crisis situation

President Stevo Pendarovski revealed to the public that Macedonia does not have the resources necessary to impose a crisis situation cross the entire country. So far the municipalities of Debar and Centar Zupa, which are under quarantine, had a crisis situation officially declared there and the police...
Macedonia 16.03.20 | 21:53

Pendarovski and Xhaferi had different opinions over whether the Parliament can reconvene again

President Stevo Pendarovski and Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi were again divided over the issue of whether Macedonia can call off the early elections once the Parliament has dissolved. The Security Council met today to discuss the coronavirus epidemic and Pendarovski insisted that it’s possible...
Macedonia 16.03.20 | 19:34

Pendarovski won’t declare a crisis situation

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will not propose that a crisis situation or a state of emergency is declared in Macedonia despite repeated calls from the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party to declare a crisis to better tackle the coronavirus. Pendarovski called up the Security Council and discussed...
Macedonia 16.03.20 | 16:52

Party leaders meet tomorrow at noon to discuss postponing the elections

The leaders of the main Macedonian parties will meet tomorrow at noon at President Pendarovski’s residence to discuss the request to postpone the elections. The call came from opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski, who cited the threat of spreading the coronavirus during the voting process as a...
Macedonia 13.03.20 | 16:34

Pendarovski raises the prospect of canceling the elections

President Stevo Pendarovski, who announced that he will convene the Security Council to discuss the coronavirus next week, raised the issue of canceling the elections scheduled on April 12. It wouldn’t be the end of the world if the elections were postponed a month or two, Pendarovski said, citing...
Macedonia 22.02.20 | 00:01

Pendarovski not happy with how the Racket prosecution presented Janeva’s meeting with Zaev as a visit to his office

President Stevo Pendarovski condemned the actions of organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska and the way she presented the surveillance materials in the Racket trial. Ruskoska tried to sneak through a recording that shows one of the defendants Zoran Mileski – Zoki Kiceec in the company of Zoran...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 21:32

Pendarovski promises he won’t back SDSM and DUI, and will give the mandate to whoever has 61 votes

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will give the mandate to form the next Government to whichever party offers proof that it has 61 votes in Parliament. Pendarovski added that he will not unfairly favor the SDSM and DUI parties, who backed his election campaign. I’ve said that I will not...
Macedonia 17.02.20 | 15:58

Janeva went to see Pendarovski before her arrest?

Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva was also tailed by the police after her abuse of office and racketeering became clear and one of the tapes that were presented before the court today reveals her going toward the office of President Pendarovski. The visit happened in mid August, shortly before Janeva...
Macedonia 16.02.20 | 19:39

Pendarovski ignored the scandalous vote and signed the PPO law

Despite the glaring illegal manner in which in was adopted, President Stevo Pendarovski quickly signed the PPO law on state prosecutors today. Pendarovski ignored calls from the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party not to sign the law, that was adopted without broad consensus and was voted on twice – the...
Macedonia 03.01.20 | 14:47

Pendarovski gives Spasovski the mandate to form an interim Government

President Stevo Pendarovski gave the mandate to form the next Government to SDSM official Oliver Spasovski. Spasovski was Interior Minister in Zaev’s Government, and was one of the main culprits of the campaign of political persecution against the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. He is expected to...
Macedonia 23.12.19 | 11:22

National Security Council convened to discuss the issue of air pollution

President Stevo Pendarovski is convening the National Security Council to discuss the issue of disastrous air pollution. Besides the Council, Pendarovski has invited members of green NGO groups, Environment Minister Naser Nuredini, his deputy Jani Makraduli and chief environment inspector Fejzula Spahija...
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