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20/06/2024

MICKOSKI SUBMITS PROPOSAL FOR NEW GOVERNMENT COMPOSITION

Uncompromising fight against crime and corruption and abuses of politicians' positions, but also quick results in the economy, fulfilling the promise of a linear increase in pensions are part of the program of the new government, which on Tuesday together with the names and biographies of the proposals for the prime minister and members of Government were submitted to the Parliament by the PM-designate and leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. In addition to the prime minister, there are 23 members in the new government, according to the systematization of the recently passed legal amendments, which redistributed some of the ministries and created new ministries.

Mickoski emphasized that the citizens have high expectations because for the past seven years the country has been held captive by several people from the government.

"I have just submitted the draft program for the next government led by VMRO-DPMNE as well as the list of members and their biographies. I expect them to be elected in the assembly this coming weekend - June 22-23. Citizens expect quick results on everything this government promised to deliver. We didn't make many promises during the campaign, only believed that this country will once again belong to the citizens. For the past seven years, the country was held captive by several people in power,” Mickoski said.

The PM-designate added that he will lead an uncompromising fight against crime and will have no tolerance, regardless of which party abuse comes from. He also noted that they had recently received numerous reports of abuse that had occurred over the past seven years.

"We plan to clear up the suspicions and information that we recently received on all instances of abuse that occurred in the past seven years, we owe it to the citizens. I also expect quick results in the economy," said Mickoski.

According to him, the youth will be the main focus of the new government.

At the end, Mickoski read the members of the next government, which he proposes to the members of the new parliamentary composition:

- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport: Aleksandar Nikolovski.
- Minister of Defense: Vlado Misajlovski.
- Minister of Finance: Gordana Dimitrieska Kocovska.
- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade: Timco Mucunski.
- Minister of Local Self-Government: Zlatko Perinski.
- Minister of Information Society and Digital Transformation: Stefan Andonovski.
- Minister of Sport – Borko Ristovski.
- Minister of Energy, Mining and Minerals: Sanja Bozinovska.
- Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy: Cvetan Tripunovski.
- Minister of Culture and Tourism: Zoran Ljutkov.
- Minister of Internal Affairs: Pance Toskovski.
- Minister of Education and Science: Vesna Janevska.
- Deputy Prime Minister for Political System: Ljupco Dimovski.
- Deputy Prime Minister for Community Relations: Ivan Stoiljkovic.
- Minister without Portfolio for integration and implementation of Roma Decade: Shaban Saliu.
- Minister of Environment and Physical Planning and Deputy Prime Minister: Izet Mexhiti.
- Minister of Health: Arben Taravari.
- Minister of Social Policy, Demography and Youth: Fatmir Limani.
- Minister of European Affairs: Orhan Murtezani.
- Minister of Economy and Labor: Besar Durmishi.
- Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Prime Minister in charge of good governance policies: Arben Fetai.
- Minister of Public Administration: Goran Mincev.
- Minister of Justice: Igor Filkov.

PM-designate Hristijan Mickoski also sent a message to the media, urging them to carefully and critically follow the work of the new government.

It is expected that a new government will be elected in the Parliament this coming weekend. The President of the Parliament Afrim Gashi is expected to schedule a session for the election of the new government on Saturday at 11 am.

09/05/2024

VMRO-DPMNE DECLARES DOUBLE ELECTION VICTORY

Macedonia is proud - Siljanovska and Mickoski with a convincing victory in the elections, Vecer says on its front page commenting that the presidential and parliamentary elections were successful, fair and democratic.

The preliminary results of the parliamentary elections published on the website of the State Election Commission (SEC) obtained from 99.60 percent of polling stations show that the coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE has won 58 parliamentary seats. The European Front led by BDI has won - 19 parliamentary seats, SDSM and the coalition - 18, the Worth It (VLEN) coalition - 13, Levica - 6, and the ZNAM Movement - 6.

According to the preliminary results, the coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE won 431,251 (43.23%) votes, the European Front of BDI – 137,486 (13.78%), SDSM and the coalition – 153,250 (15.36 %), the Worth It (VLEN) coalition 106,991 (10.72%), Levica 67,338 (6.75%), and the ZNAM Movement 55,539 (5.57%) votes.

The mandate of the new parliamentary composition that was elected in the parliamentary elections on Wednesday begins with the constitutive session of the Parliament. According to the Constitution, the newly elected Parliament must hold a constitutive meeting 20 days at the latest after the election was held. The constituent session is convened by the President of the Parliament of the previous term.

25/04/2024

SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA AND PENDAROVSKI TO RUN IN SECOND ROUND, SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA’S LEAD EXCEEDS 180,000 VOTES

VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova and Stevo Pendarovski supported by SDSM-led coalition will participate in the second round of the presidential elections scheduled for 8 May, alongside with the parliamentary elections. Siljanovska-Davkova won 180,000 more votes than Pendarovski in the first round of the presidential elections held on Wednesday, 24 April.

According to the State Election Commission, based on data processed from 99.03 percent of the polling stations, VMRO-DPMNE’s presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova polled 362,682 votes, or 40.08 percent, SDSM’s presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski polled 180,306 votes, or 19.93 percent, BDI’s presidential candidate Bujar Osmani polled 120,903 votes, or 13.36 percent, Worth It’s presidential candidate Arben Taravari polled 83,356 votes, or 9.21 percent, ZNAM’s presidential candidate Maksim Dimitrievski polled 83,787 votes, or 9.26 percent, Levica’s presidential candidate Biljana Vankovska polled 41,172 votes, or 4.55 percent, and GROM’s presidential candidate Stevco Jakimovski won 8,103 votes, or 0.90 percent of the vote in the first round of the presidential election on 24 April. The invalid ballots total 24,549.

State Election Commission: https://rezultati.sec.mk/mk/pres/r

SEC: Siljanovska-Davkova – 39.15 percent, Pendarovski – 19.19 percent

The preliminary results of the State Election Commission (SEC) from 71.19 percent of polling stations show that VMRO-DPMNE candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova leads with 39.15 percent of votes (247,366 votes), ahead of Stevo Pendarovski from SDSM with 19.19 percent (121,228 votes). The candidate of BDI and the coalition Bujar Osmani has 14.58 percent (92,135 votes), Arben Taravari from the coalition Worth It (VLEN) has 10.49 percent (66,262 votes), the candidate of ZNAM Maksim Dimitrievski won 8.42 percent (53,223 votes), Biljana Vankovska from Levica 4.50 percent (28,445 votes), and the candidate of GROM Stevco Jakimovski 0.87 percent (5,467 votes).

SEC: 48.46 percent of eligible voters cast ballots by 6:30 p.m.

The State Election Commission (SEC) informed at a press conference after the end of voting for the presidential elections that the percentage of voters who voted by 6:30 p.m. was 48.46 percent, that is, 801,074 citizens voted. The turnout was calculated based on the data obtained from 3.174 out of a total of 3480 polling stations.

According to the data, the highest turnout is in Novaci - 71,07, and the lowest in Centar Zupa - 16,90 percent.

“Voting passed peacefully without major incidents at the polling stations," said SEC President Aleksandar Dastevski.

SEC said that around midnight it is expected to announce the initial unofficial results of the first round of the presidential elections.

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Pance Toskovski, announced at a press conference after the elections that the electoral process took place in a safe, peaceful and democratic atmosphere, without obstacles and major incidents.

The Public Prosecutor's Office announced that until the closing of the polling stations on Wednesday, it did not receive any reports of election-related crimes to the e-mail [email protected].

According to the State Election Commission (SEC), voter turnout by 5:00 p.m. was 44.18 percent. The turnout was calculated based on the data obtained from 1788 out of a total of 3480 polling stations. Compared to the previous presidential elections in 2019, the percentage of turnout by 5 p.m. is higher by 9 percent.

The State Election Commission (SEC) informed at a press conference that the percentage of voters who voted by 3:00 p.m. was 35.89 percent. The turnout was calculated based on the data obtained from 2110 out of a total of 3480 polling stations.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoI) has not registered any serious violations of public peace and order during the voting, which is generally peaceful and problem-free," MoI spokesman Toni Angelovski said on Wednesday.

The President of the State Election Commission (SEC), Aleksandar Dastevski, informed at the previous press conference that the percentage of voters who voted by 1:00 p.m. was 26.35 percent. The turnout was calculated based on the data obtained from 1720 out of a total of 3480 polling stations. Compared to the previous presidential elections of 2019, the percentage of turnout is higher by 6 percent.

According to the data, the highest turnout is in Novaci - 42.87, and the lowest in Vrapciste - 10.18 percent.

According to the SEC, the process of voting for the president of the country has so far been peaceful at all polling stations.

Voter turnout in the first round of the country's presidential election by 11:00 a.m. was 12.78 percent, according to official data.

According to the State Election Commission (SEC), the turnout in the first round of the presidential election by 9.00 a.m. was 3.85 percent based on data received from 832 from a total of 3480 polling stations.

According to the State Election Commission (SEC), voting started on time, took place peacefully and without reported irregularities. SEC President Aleksandar Dastevski said this morning that the turnout is low, but the number of polling stations from which data has been received is also low.

The eligible voters in this presidential election total 1.814.317. In the first round, the winner can be a candidate who won the majority of votes from the total number of voters that is 907,159 votes. Polling stations open at 7:00 a.m., and voting lasts until 7:00 p.m. If no candidate meets this condition, the two best ranked candidates of the first round will be running in a second round two weeks later. The five-year term will be entrusted to the candidate having polled more votes provided the turnout is at least 40 percent.

28/03/2024

SEC: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN 31 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICES

According to SEC, voting outside the country at the presidential elections, based on the accepted 2,571 applications of Macedonian citizens, will be conducted in 31 diplomatic and consular offices.

Voting will be held in Abu Dhabi where 26 Macedonian nationals are registered to vote, in Belgrade - 31, Berlin - 260, Bern - 186, Bonn - 164, Brussels - 93, Washington - 34, Venice - 79, Vienna - 123, Detroit - 34, Zagreb - 87, Canberra - 31, Copenhagen - 74, London - 87, Ljubljana - 332, Munich - 166, Melbourne - 64, New York - 85, Oslo - 41, Paris - 44, Prague - 52, Rome - 30, Stockholm - 85, Toronto - 117, The Hague - 65, Chicago - 88, Ankara - 18, Warsaw - 23, Madrid - 18, Beijing - 12 and Sofia - 22.

28/03/2024

OPPOSITION WITH DOUBLE ADVANTAGE OVER SDSM IN ELECTION DISTRICTS 1 AND 5

A double advantage of VMRO-DPMNE over SDSM shows the new survey of the Institute for Political Research Skopje (IPIS), which was broadcast on Tuesday in "Objektiv" on MTV 1.

In the first electoral district, when asked which party you will vote for in the upcoming parliamentary elections, almost twice as many respondents declared for VMRO-DPMNE than for SDSM. That is, 21.6 percent of those surveyed in March would vote for VMRO-DPMNE, while only 11.3 percent would vote for SDSM. BDI – 6.8 percent. Levica – 5 percent. The coalition Worth It – 5.4, ZNAM – 2.9 percent. Ziadin Sela's Alliance for Albanians – 0.6 percent. While 13.4 percent answered none. 12.2 percent said they did not know or had no answers, as did those respondents who did not want to say.

VMRO-DPMNE has a convincing advantage in the fifth electoral district as well. Namely, on the same question of which party you will vote for in the upcoming parliamentary elections, VMRO-DPMNE has a rating of 22.8 percent in March. SDSM – 13 percent. BDI – 7.3 percent, Levica – 3.2 percent. Alliance for Albanians – 1.4 percent, while the Worth It coalition – 2.5 percent. ZNAM – 2.8 percent. For no party, the percentage decreased from 15.4 percent in February to 13.5 percent in March. 22.4 percent of the respondents answered that they did not want to say. 10.8 percent of respondents do not know or do not want to answer.

A large percentage of citizens in the first electoral district believe that VMRO-DPMNE will win the upcoming parliamentary elections. When asked which party you think will win the next parliamentary elections, in March 33.1 percent voted for VMRO-DPMNE, while only 10.1 percent of citizens voted for SDSM. For BDI - 6.4 percent, while 5 percent voted for the Worth It coalition. Levica - 4.1 percent, ZNAM Movement - 3 percent, only 0.5 percent of citizens declared for the Alliance of Albanians. 23.5 percent did not know or had no answer. No party is considered by 6.2 percent, and 7.9 percent of the surveyed citizens did not want to say.

To the same question in the fifth electoral district the citizens believe that VMRO-DPMNE will win, that is, 33.5 percent of respondents answered positively, while only 12.4 percent of citizens answered that it was SDSM. 7.3 percent declared for BDI, and 2.5 percent for the Worth It coalition. For Levica - 3.4 percent, Ziadin Sela's Alliance for Albanians - 1.2 percent, the ZNAM Movement - 3 percent. 21.8 percent of respondents answered that they did not know or did not have an answer in the fifth constituency. 6.4 percent answered none, close to 10 percent did not want to say.

The IPIS survey was conducted by telephone, and a representative sample in the first electoral unit of 1011 respondents, while in the fifth electoral unit of 1018 respondents.

26/01/2024

SEE YOU SOON OR GOODBYE FOR KOVACEVSKI

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski is leaving "Ilindenska" with the hope that after the elections on 8 May, he will return to the post of prime minister, Vecer says on its front page. He personally submitted his resignation to the Parliament, which started the procedure for electing a caretaker government, which will manage the country for the next 100 days, until the elections. With the resignation of Kovacevski, the entire Government is in resignation until the election of the caretaker government on Sunday, 28 January. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE said that Kovacevski's resignation is the beginning of the end of SDSM and BDI.

The Parliament should vote on the caretaker government on Sunday by midnight.

18/01/2024

IN NAME OF CITIZENS AND FOR CITIZENS: WHAT WAS THAT?

The "broken phone" game of the relationship between the government and the president leaves the public with the impression that the highest state officials either do not know what their real responsibilities are or, on the other hand, do not want to take on responsibilities and transfer their work to one another, Nova Makedonija says in its front-page article.

But in the whole case, the least priority is to determine whose authority it is, if someone's institutional engagement instantly results in a solution in the service of the Macedonian citizens, so that the citizens would be spared from such anxieties and humiliations with the replacement of personal documents. This is exactly why the state officials were elected: at the moment when they need to react quickly and meticulously "in the name of the citizens and for the citizens.” They should do that immediately without compromise, putting the top priority precisely for them, and not for someone else's interests, foreign countries, party centers, for their own personal promotion or amnestying themselves from responsibility, the newspaper commented.

The question is why do we need such leaders then?!

27/11/2023

TECHNICAL GOVERNMENT IS WASTE OF PRECIOUS TIME

The country will have a technical government and it is wasting precious time, Nova Makedonija says in its front-page article.

It is unlikely that our country will correct the remarks from the European Commission's report in the next period, considering that the country will be governed by a technical government from January. The mandate of that government will only be to organize the parliamentary and presidential elections, which, according to initial announcements, should be held in the first half of May. This means that the state will be paralyzed for almost nine months, the processes will stagnate, the economy will suffer, and the citizens will wait in vain for some reforms and improvement of the situation.
After all that, an even worse EC report is likely to follow next year, given that there will be no elected political factor to tackle the necessary reforms.

Retired university professor Borce Davitkovski locates the fault in the political parties, “which much more want to enjoy the graces brought by the government, than to sit down and agree among themselves on things that are important for the state and the citizens.”

14/09/2023

AUDIT OF BRUSSELS HYPOCRISY

Audit of the Brussels hypocrisy, Nova Makedonija says in its front-page article.

It is extremely hypocritical for Brussels to react to the amendments to the Criminal Code and to demand a broad debate in the country, and was silent when the Macedonian citizens and the expert public demanded a transparent procedure and a wider public debate on the so-called French proposal.

Obviously, in the “European capital,” they react selectively, they remain silent when it does not suit them, and they react when they are not directly involved in some processes. They remained silent and continue to remain silent whenever the member states of the Union flagrantly violate international law, i.e. the imperative norms and principles jus cogens.

The interlocutors of the newspaper emphasize that our country wants to join the EU because it believes in European values, it wants to have the rule of law, effective fight against corruption, access to the wider European market, free movement of people... But Europe must also show the same, which means that if Bulgaria breaks the rules of the game, it will be punished, and not the Union to remain silent about it. International law must apply equally to everyone, and if the EU wants to set an example for the rule of law and respect for international norms, it should first start from its own backyard.

14/09/2023

WE WANT THE TRUTH

"We want the truth to be known and to support the honest people who work honestly at the Oncology Clinic," said the activists who are protesting daily to solve the case of cytostatics at the Oncology Clinic.

In "Top Tema" on Telma TV, they said that all oncology patients are scared.

"We are all scared, what we have received, how we have received it, we are fighting for the truth to come out, so that we can continue to visit that institution," said Anzelika Koleva, who is being treated at the clinic.

It was for this reason that they insisted that the Prosecutor's Office accept four oncology patients to be constantly informed about the course of the investigation.

"Their task is to remind the public prosecutor that we are living people, with a diagnosis that in itself is stressful and requires struggle. And that there are people who are totally independent and the only thing that unites us is oncology. That what will be presented to them as an investigation will help to solve the case faster and there will be no ambiguities," said Ana Marjanovic, who is also being treated at the Clinic.

At the Oncology Clinic, there are therapies that magically appear and disappear, the patients accuse.

According to Dr. Milan Ristovski, an oncologist and former employee of the Oncology Clinic, one should first wait for the completion of the investigation because very little information is currently available.

11/09/2023

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EMIGRATING TO EUROPEAN UNION

With the thesis that young people leave for the EU because there is rule of law, social justice, rule of democracy..., are the holders of power in the country making a verbal (political) blunder and practically admitting their own failure in running the country.

Namely, defending the thesis about the three-decade stagnation, and especially referring to the issue of the need for constitutional amendments and convincing the public about it, they support the thesis by saying that young people leave Macedonia and go to the EU countries because there was a rule of law, democracy, economic prosperity, etc. But the key question is what prevents them or what has prevented them so far and why they failed, as a governing structure, to enable the rule of law, social justice, democracy and economic prosperity in our country. By the way, in relation to the last mentioned thesis, the majority of citizens are not clear how the constitutional amendments will bring the rule of law, democracy, social justice and economic prosperity, so that young people do not leave the country?!

13/06/2023

IS THE LESSON: LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY, DON'T WATCH WHAT WE DO?

There is no one who came from the European Union, especially if he is a high official, who did not teach us a lesson about how badly we deal with corruption, Sloboden pecat says on its front page. The case of Gert Jan Koopman, the European Commission's director-general for enlargement, shows that the EU is far more tolerant when corruption occurs within its ranks. Is the lesson: listen to what we say, don't watch what we do? Politico reported on Monday that “the European Union’s executive body requires all employees to submit their “outside activities” for scrutiny — an attempt to catch possible conflicts of interest before they become a problem. But buying a hotel in Bali? That apparently doesn’t count. In 2009, Gert Jan Koopman did just that, purchasing the plush Munduk Moding Plantation Nature Resort & Spa. Yet Koopman wasn’t a hotelier — he was, and is, one of the most senior officials within the European Commission in Brussels.” However, according to the spokespersons of the European Commission, there is no problem in this case, because, as they say, being an owner is not considered an outside activity. "Being an owner is not considered an outside activity as it doesn’t imply ‘doing something’ (an activity) in the sense of investing an amount of time that might have an impact on the performance of duties at work," a Commission spokesperson clarified.

18/02/2023

THE NON-ISSUANCE OF THE EUROBOND DAMAGES THE REPUTATION OF THE STATE

The Ministry of Finance announced on Wednesday the procedure of the Eurobond issuance would be carried out upon completion of the administrative procedures. Economic experts comment that there is great uncertainty about whether the country will go into debt again, what the interest will be...

Economic experts comment that there is great uncertainty about whether the country will borrow again, what the interest rate will be... The interest rate on the Eurobond, which was mostly intended to cover old debts, was 6,25 percent.

The opposition criticizes that the next Eurobond issuance is already very risky from the point of view of whether there will be interest after such a failure and if there is, “what will be the price we will pay, and of course it will be higher than today. Because with this behavior, the Government has sent signals of instability, uncertainty, and this will result in higher interest rates.”

According to former finance minister Xhevdet Hajredini, the negotiations and efforts to issue a new, different Eurobond will be repeated, but the prospects that we can find a more favorable interest rate are excluded.

The non-issuance of a Eurobond of 600 million euros opens up a series of issues that are kept silent. According to the information, at least one month will pass before the election of a new minister of justice, and then the procedure should be repeated. Will there be enough income by then to service all expenses in this crisis time, which is burdened with a large state aid, especially for the energy sector? Won't this move increase the interest rate that will be offered on the international market?

“The government should say how much the losses from the non-issuance of the Eurobond are, and who will bear the responsibility? The government should pay commissions to 4 international financial institutions that led the process for issuing the bond, this is the government's obligation, and this is money that is now being paid without a basis,” VMRO-DPMNE said.

The party blamed the government for “allowing the issuance of a Eurobond at a time when a change of ministers was being prepared.

18/02/2023

BULGARIAN MFA REQUESTS THE OPENING OF POLLING STATIONS IN PRILEP AND KAVADARCI

After the Bulgarian citizenships, the clubs, the request for the inclusion of the Bulgarian minority in the Constitution, now Bulgaria is trying to establish an electoral infrastructure in the country, which in no way meets the real needs of the voters who want to vote in the Bulgarian elections. This is intentionally exaggerated to create the impression that there is a huge Bulgarian minority in the country.

Austria has already sent a message to Sofia that it will not allow the opening of polling stations on its territory where Bulgarian citizens can exercise their right to vote in the elections on 2 April, clearly indicating that they will be able to do so only in diplomatic and consular missions, which is a common practice. Experts consider that voting outside the embassies is a threat to territorial integrity.

The proposal of the Bulgarian MFA in Prilep and Kavadarci to open polling stations for the upcoming elections on 2nd April is another in a series of Bulgarian provocations if it is known that, for example, only one Bulgarian association has been registered in Prilep, which has barely a few members and which for its nine-month existence, it does not record any serious activity?! By the way, according to the results of the last elections in Bulgaria, held last year in October, 461 voters who consider themselves Bulgarians voted in our country. Of them, 68 voted in Kavadarci, while only 33 voted in Prilep.

10/01/2023

MFA PAYS LESS MONEY TO EMPLOYEES
The Macedonian diplomatic union reacts to the amount of vacation pay (K15) that the MFA employees received, which is 9,000 denars. The union is demanding an answer from Minister Osmani according to which criteria the money was paid.
"We are forced to address the public because Minister Osmani continues with the old practice of ignoring the employees' issues, expressing complete disrespect for their integrity and dignity," the union said.
Ten days ago, the union asked Minister Osmani how and according to what criteria 9,000 denars were paid for K15. In accordance with the legislation and collective agreements, K15 should amount to at least 40 percent of the average personal income in the country. In September and October last year, the average salary was more than 32,500 denars, which means that K15 should be at least 13,000 denars.
"We are publicly demanding an answer from Minister Osmani as to why and by what right the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took at least 4,000 denars from each employee," the announcement reads.
The union asks "who will bear responsibility for the

07/12/2022

WE ARE OR WE ARE NOT READY FOR THE UNION

Who thinks that the country is ready for the EU, and who is suspicious of the effectiveness of implementing reforms? the newspaper Nova Makedonija writes. Who claims that in the longest period of preparation of any country in the history of Europe for joining the EU, we were the best prepared candidate, and who believes that the long period of time was not used well enough for domestic reforms? Who thinks that we are already a good enough "state of law", and who thinks that the "rule of law" cannot yet be recognized as our attribute?

In an environment of different expectations from the negotiation process of Macedonia for EU membership, the question arises as to what our real starting position is.

Among the encouraging narratives about Macedonian European integration, hindered by a series of absurd conditions, not applied to any member state, not even to a candidate country, is that the harmonization of Macedonian legislation with that of the EU is greater than that of the countries that have been negotiating for ten years, like Serbia and Montenegro.

Even President Pendarovski, during the recent visit of German President Steinmeier to Macedonia, stated that if there are no historical conditions, the country's negotiations for full membership in the EU will proceed at record speed.

The priority of the Macedonian administration and judicial authorities must remain the fulfillment of the obligations in this area, in order to maintain the dynamics and progress in the negotiations. We expect the screening and the course of negotiations to give quick measurable results, which will qualitatively reflect the entire process and the overall social environment - Deputy Prime Minister Maricic said from Brussels.
The representatives of the EU and the USA in the country remind us of the challenges ahead in achieving the standards for the rule of law and dealing with corruption and organized crime.

The Minister of European Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Bojan Maricic says that he is satisfied with the current course of the screening but claims that Brussels is also satisfied because Macedonia has prepared presenters who realistically represent the situation in the institutions where they come from.

"For the citizens of Macedonia, it does not matter at all that Maricic and Brussels were satisfied with the current course of the screening because we had prepared presenters, when it is known that 92 percent of the citizens do not trust prosecutors and judges, when every day there is a scandal or a corrupt affair, when it is known that the state with corruption is in a group with Ethiopia and Colombia, when hundreds of thousands of young people flee the country every year. Reforms in the state administration cannot be carried out and fight against corruption by the same people who have been stealing from their people for years and divided the administration with the knowledge of Brussels," says Dzevdet Hajredini, former Minister of Finance in the first government since the independence of Macedonia.

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