Nikola Gruevski
Journalists Demand Freedom for Jailed Macedonian Reporter
Macedonian journalists on Thursday laid 23 flowers in the city centre, at the spot where police obstructed a protest organized in support of Kezarovski one year ago.
The flowers symbolized 23 years of Macedonian independence and democracy.
Macedonian PM Dismisses Early Election Reports
Prime Minister Gruevski on Saturday dismissed reports that his governing VMRO DPMNE party was considering early elections as a way of resolving the opposition boycott of parliament.
"We are not thinking about early elections. We are thinking about elections in 2018," he said, referring to their due date.
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Macedonia Jails its Top Archaeologist
After a year-long trial in a case codenamed “Phalanx”, the former head of Macedonia’s Cultural Heritage Protection Office has been found guilty of aiding a criminal ring to excavate and sell off valuable archaeological artifacts.
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Macedonia’s Albanian Opposition Demands Ethnic Rights Boost
The Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA, said it will file amendments to the proposed constitutional changes in a bid to ensure greater use of the Albanian language and national symbols in the country.
The DPA said it would make its case at the start of the parliamentary session on government’s constitutional changes on Tuesday.
Macedonia Tight-Lipped on US Secret Surveillance
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski claimed that he did not have enough information to say anything about the allegations mentioned in recent leaked data from whistleblower and former National Security Agency, NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
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EU Mediation Proposed in Macedonia Political Row
The ruling VMRO DPMNE party of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has said it is willing to accept European mediation in further talks with the opposition Social Democrats, SDSM, after a first attempt at dialogue made no progress.
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Macedonian Leaders Meet to Tackle Post-Election Feud
Prime minister and ruling VMRO DPMNE party leader Nikola Gruevski and Zoran Zaev, the head of the main opposition party, the Social Democrats, SDSM, are starting talks on Tuesday in Skopje to discuss ending the crisis that erupted when the opposition disputed the April elections.
Macedonia Opposition Sets Terms For Crisis Talks
Zoran Zaev, head of the main opposition Social Democratic Party, SDSM, has set five terms that he said the government of Nikola Gruevski must meet if they plan to end the post-election crisis.
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Parliament Gives Macedonia's New Govt the Nod
Macedonia's parliament was expected to endorse the PM's new cabinet since the ruling parties led by Nikola Gruevski's VMRO DPMNE won a solid majority in the assembly at the April general elections.
The vote was 77 in favour and 6 against. No one abstained.
The session passed without almost any opposition MPs present in the chamber.
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Macedonia Leaders to Meet to Defuse Election Feud
Macedonia's opposition Social Democrats, SDSM, said their leader, Zoran Zaev, had accepted a proposal to meet Prime Minister and VMRO DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski in the coming days to discuss ending the crisis that could worsen Macedonia's EU and NATO membership hopes.
It remains to be seen whether Gruevski's proposed date of Friday is acceptable for the opposition.
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