Friday, 15 April 2011
STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, MR. TRAJKO VELJANOSKI AFTER SIGNING THE DECISION TO CALL ON EARLY ELECTIONS
Today, in accordance with the constitutional competences and on the basis of the Decision on Dissolution adopted by the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia I have ratified the Decision to call on early parliamentary elections, which will be held on 5th June 2011.
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Tuesday, 5 April 2011, Brussels
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, MR. TRAJKO VELJANOSKI AT THE CONFERENCE OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE EU
We are witnessing an economic crisis of historic dimensions that has occurred and spread with enormous speed, in every country, somewhere less and somewhere more. Its existence is undeniable, as well as the negative and defeating result, our awareness and defeating fact that it is our obligation to devote ourselves to finding a way out of the crisis. Our responsibility is to neutralize, or at least decrease the negative consequences of the crises over the citizens' lives. Its consequences have a individual as well as a global dimension. This is the way we should act and deal with the crisis.
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Tuesday, 5 April 2011, Brussels
SECOND DAY OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER AND CANDIDATE COUNTRIES
In the framework of the Conference President Veljanoski had bilateral meetings with several of his colleagues - the Presidents of the Parliaments of Malta, Monte Negro, Slovenia, Turkey, Austria and the Netherlands. President Veljanoski also proposed holding a meeting with the President of the Greek Parliament Mr. Philipos Petsalnikos dedicated on the parliamentary cooperation, but the Greek side did not show interest for the meeting
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Monday, 4 April 2011, Brussels
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, MR. TRAJKO VELJANOSKI AT THE CONFERENCE OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE EU
If we are discussing on serious and dedicated approach, I would undoubtedly share the manner on which the Republic of Macedonia has resisted the stoke of the world economic crisis. The Government of the Republic of Macedonia has managed to reduce the consequences, using four packages of anti-crisis measures, which resulted in fall of the economy of only 0.6 to 0.8%, which provided us with the third best result in Europe. In the same time we have had a budgetary deficit lower than the deficit of the European states. The IMF reports concluded that the Republic of Macedonia handled with the crisis best on a best manner of all countries of South Eastern Europe, which is confirmed with the fact that even in the in the peak of the economic crisis the salaries were not decreased, nor the employees were fired.
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Monday, 4 April 2011, Brussels
PRESIDENT VELJANOSKI ATTENDS THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
On an invitation from the Speaker of the Belgian House of Representatives Mr. André Flauhaut and the Speaker of the Belgian Senate Mr. Danny Pieters, the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia Mr. Trajko Veljanoski is taking part at the two-day Conference of Speakers of the EU Parliaments
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