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Pržino Agreement
The Pržino agreement or agreement from 2 June – 15 July 2015 was a political agreement between the main political parties in the Republic of Macedonia with the mediation of the European Union. The agreement ended the Macedonian political and institutional crisis in the first half of 2015. It foresaw: the participation of the opposition party SDSM in the ministries; the early resignation of prime minister Nikola Gruevski in January 2016 and a caretaker government to bring the country to general elections in June 2016, as well as a Special prosecutor to lead the investigations about the eventual crimes highlighted by the wiretapping scandal. Background In May 2015, protests occurred in Skopje, North Macedonia, against the incumbent Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and his government. Protests began following charges brought against Zoran Zaev, the opposition leader, who responded by alleging that Gruevski had 20,000 Macedonian officials and other figures wiretapped, and covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the north. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's population of over 1.83 million. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians, a South Slavs, South Slavic people. Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks in North Macedonia, Turks, Romani people in North Macedonia, Roma, Serbs in North Macedonia, Serbs, Bosniaks in North Macedonia, Bosniaks, Aromanians in North Macedonia, Aromanians and a few other minorities. The region's history begins with the Paeonia (kingdom), kingdom of Paeonia. In the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administration For Security And Counterintelligence
The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (, Albanian language, Albanian: ''Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim''), commonly referred to by the acronym UBK, was the domestic counterintelligence and security agency of North Macedonia. Its headquarters were located in Skopje, and the agency was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (North Macedonia), Ministry of Internal Affairs. The agency was founded in the People's Republic of Macedonia under the name Department for People's Protection OZNA, as the official security agency in the Macedonian socialist republic. Officially, the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, was founded in 1995 under the name Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence. This agency was succeeded by the National Security Agency. Directors See also *North Macedonia *Intelligence Agency of North Macedonia, Intelligence Agency (Civilian Agency) * Military Service for Security and Intelligence-G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Macedonian Protests
In April 2016, protests began in the Republic of Macedonia against the incumbent President Gjorge Ivanov and the government led by the interim Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev from the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party. Referred to by some as the Colorful RevolutionPetrevska, AnastasijaArrests Add Fuel to Anti-Impunity Protesters’ Fire in Macedonia Global Voices Online. Published 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016. (), the protests started after the controversial decision by President Gjorge Ivanov to stop the investigation of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and dozens of politicians who were allegedly involved in a wiretapping scandal.Macedonia Protests Demanding President's Resignation Continue '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Macedonian Protests
In May 2015, protests occurred in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, against the incumbent Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and his government. Protests began following charges being brought up against Zoran Zaev, the Social Democratic opposition leader, who responded by alleging that Gruevski had 20,000 Macedonian officials and other figures wiretapped, and covered up the murder of a young man by a police officer in 2011.Macedonian protesters demand resignation of cabinet, clash with police Reuters (May 5, 2015). A protest with up to 2,000 attendees occurred on May 5, seeing clashes between activists and |
Emil Dimitriev
Emil Dimitriev (, ; born 19 March 1979) is a Macedonian conservative politician, sociologist, and general secretary of the VMRO-DPMNE. He served as Prime Minister of Macedonia, following the resignation of Nikola Gruevski, from January 2016 to May 2017. Prime minister Dimitriev was nominated in an interim capacity as Prime Minister of Macedonia on 15 January 2016, and he assumed office on 18 January, following the arranged pre-electoral resignation of Nikola Gruevski Nikola Gruevski (, pronounced ; born 31 August 1970) is a former Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation, which was caused by the 2016 Macedonian protests, ... from the position, as part of the Przino Agreement. References 1979 births VMRO-DPMNE politicians Living people People from Probištip Prime ministers of North Macedonia {{NorthMacedonia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of North Macedonia
The prime minister of North Macedonia (, ), officially the President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia (, ), is the head of government of North Macedonia. The prime minister is the head of the Government of North Macedonia, cabinet and is usually the leader of a political coalition in Assembly of North Macedonia, parliament. The current prime minister is Hristijan Mickoski, who has been in office since 23 June 2024. History As per the Pržino Agreement, the incumbent prime minister resigns in favour of a technical one (one with more limited powers than the prime minister chosen from the start of the mandate), 100 days before the new parliamentary elections. Emil Dimitriev, Oliver Spasovski and Talat Xhaferi were technical prime ministers. List of prime ministers Socialist Republic of Macedonia ; Party Republic of Macedonia / North Macedonia ; Parties ; Status Timeline See also *President of North Macedonia *List of presidents of the Assembly of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VMRO-DPMNE
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (), abbreviated as VMRO-DPMNE (), is a conservative and the main centre-right to right-wing political party in North Macedonia. It was established as a nationalist and anti-communist party. It has later rebranded itself as Christian-democratic. The party claims that their goals and objectives are to express the tradition of the Macedonian people on whose political struggle and concepts it is based. Nevertheless, it has formed multiple coalition governments with ethnic minority parties. Under the leadership of Ljubčo Georgievski in the 1990s, the party supported Macedonian independence from Socialist Yugoslavia, and led a policy of closer relationships with Bulgaria. Georgievski left VMRO-DPMNE and formed the VMRO – People's Party in 2004. Under the leadership of Nikola Gruevski, the party promoted ultranationalist identity politics in the form of antiquisation. Its nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sašo Mijalkov
Sašo Mijalkov (born 15 September 1965) was the ninth director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) of the Republic of Macedonia. Family Sašo Mijalkov is the son of Jordan Mijalkov, the first Interior Minister of the Republic of Macedonia. He is first cousin of Nikola Gruevski the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia. He is married to Aleksandra Mijalkova. Education Mijalkov holds an Economy degree from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje and a master's degree from Prague University. Career From 1998 till 2000 Mijalkov was employed in the Ministry of Defense of Macedonia, from 2000 till 2001 he was adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, and from August 29, 2006 to May 12, 2015 he was the Director of UBK. A report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project states Mijalkov fails to report his investments as required by law. In April 2022, Mijalkov was added to the United States Department of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mile Janakieski
Mile Janakieski is a Republic of Macedonia politician. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications in the cabinet of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski until 12 May 2015. Biography In fall 2009 Janakieski offered his resignation to Prime Minister Gruevski after the 2009 Lake Ohrid boat accident. Gruevski however refused to accept. He resigned in the wake of the 2015 Macedonian protests, citing the political crisis as reason for his resignation. Prime Minister Gruevski praised Janakieski for liberalizing the telecom market, reducing phone and data costs, and starting construction of three highways and a railway to Bulgaria. Janakieski was succeeded as Minister by Vlado Misajlovski on 13 May 2015. On 12 February 2016, the special prosecution for organized criminal in Skopje lifted accusation against Mile Janakieski and 8 other persons for falsifying elections and criminal association. In 2021, Janakieski was convicted in 2021 and sentenced to up to 6.5 years' imprisonment for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated population of over 449million as of 2024. The EU is often described as a ''sui generis'' political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Containing 5.5% of the world population in 2023, EU member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €17.935 trillion in 2024, accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output. Its cornerstone, the European Union Customs Union, Customs Union, paved the way to establishing European Single Market, an internal single market based on standardised European Union law, legal framework and legislation that applies in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordana Jankuloska
Gordana Jankuloska (, ; born 12 October 1975) is the former 10th Interior Minister of the Government of Macedonia (now North Macedonia). She was a Minister in four cabinets of Nikola Gruevski. During the 2015 Macedonian protests, activists demanded that Gruevski and his cabinet resign. Jankuloska and two others resigned from their positions.Macedonia on high alert as protests grow over wire taps scandal ''The New Zealand Herald''. Glen Johnson. Published May 16, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015. She was replaced as the interior minister by Mitko Čavkov. Jankuloska was sentenced to 6 years for “misuse of office” by a first-instance court in 2018, but her sentence was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
