Thursday, 31 December 2009
New Year’s Address by the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski before the Members and the Staff of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
Distinguished
We are only hours away from the new 2010. We are leaving 2009 behind, not an easy year for us, which is nevertheless finished successfully. I would like to express my gratitude not only to the Vice-Presidents, MPs, Coordinators of the Political Groups, but especially to the administration for its overall and responsible engagement. This success is seen through the Report of the European Commission which clearly underlines the positive results of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia.
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Friday, 22 December 2009
MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION WITH the Members of the European Parliament MS. TANJA FAJON and Mr. Zoran Thaler
Besides the members and the representatives of the National Council for European Integration, also present at the meeting were the members of the Committee on Foreign Policy, members of the Committee on European Affairs, members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee EU-Republic of Macedonia, representatives of the Embassies of the Kingdom of Sweden, Kingdom of Spain and the Czech Republic, representatives of the NGO sector, the media and members of the Staff of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Address of the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski, at the International Conference on Prevention and Suppression of Violence on the Football Stadiums
Violence during sport events is present in our country too. If we look at this from the legal point of view, the Republic of Macedonia has a good system of sanctions for violence during sport events. Namely, we have the so-called Lex Specialis, and that is the Law on Prevention of Violence and Indecent Behaviour during Sport Events, adopted in 2004. This matter is covered also with the Criminal Code, the Law on Misdemeanour, etc. You are the people that should inform us if this legislation needs to be amended. Certainly, as President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, I would like to convince you that, regardless of our political affiliation, we are prepared to adopt any proposals regarding this issue in the shortest period of time
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Monday, 14 december 2009
Address by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Parliament of Australia Harry Jenkins MP to the Members of the Assembly, Skopje
I am delighted to address this distinguished Parliament today. It is a great honour to appear before you, the first time for a Speaker of the Australian Parliament, and I welcome the opportunity. Our two countries share warm and friendly relations, which are underpinned by strong community ties and close people-to-people links. Both our communities consist of historically significant multicultural and ethnically diverse populations of which we, together, can be very proud.
In the latest national Australian Census some 84 000 people living in Australia reported having Macedonian ancestry. Some immigrated to Australia, while others were born in Australia. Although they might be Australian citizens, their Macedonian cultural heritage remains strong.
It is no small thing to uproot families and personal lives and travel half way around the world. But that is what many Macedonians have done in coming to Australia
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Saturday, 12 December 2009, Stockholm
Participation of the Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia , Ms. Svetlana Jakimovska in the Extra EU and Candidate States Speakers’ Conference
It is my privilege and pleasure to participate on today’s conference after the adoption and entering into force of the Lisbon Treaty which enhanced the role of the national parliaments. This is the most important novelty of this Treaty which overcomes the democratic deficit in the European Union. This practically means that EU will have better legislation through its improved knowledge of the conditions in the Member States and will develop into an antiparliamentary democracy
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Friday, 11 December 2009
MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, MR. TRAJKO VELJANOSKI, WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF AUSTRALIA, MR. HARRY JENKINS, WHO IS IN AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
“It is indeed a great pleasure when a true friend visits the Republic of Macedonia, and you Mr. Jenkins, are a true friend of our country”, said at the beginning of the meeting the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski. “Although Macedonia and Australia are far away from each other, we have good bilateral relations, and the two parliaments should make their contribution to this aim. I am pleased with the fact that the House of Representatives of Australia has established the Macedonia Friendship Group. These relations should be developed further because a large number of the Macedonian Diaspora lives in Australia, and the signing of the social agreement during the visit of the Macedonian Prime Minister, Mr. Nikola Gruevski, was received very positively in Macedonia”, emphasized the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski. “Macedonia is committed to the Euro-Atlantic Integrations, and as you probably know, recently the visa regime with the EU member states for the Macedonian citizens was abolished. In my opinion, we should have this kind of agreement with Australia, having in mind the connections with our citizens living in Australia”, said Mr. Veljanoski.
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Friday, 11 December 2009
Meeting between the Chairman of the Parliamentary Group from the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Australia, Mr. Ilija Dimovski and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia, Mr. Harry Jenkins
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Group from the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Australia ,Mr. Ilija Dimovski T had a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia, Mr. Harry Jenkins . This is the first meeting of the Parliamentary Group from the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Australia since it was established.
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Friday, 11 December 2009
Meeting between the Coordinators of the Parliamentary Groups from the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia, Mr. Harry Jenkins
The Coordinators of the Parliamentary Groups from the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia had a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia, Mr. Harry Jenkins.
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Thursday, 3 December 2009
Meeting of the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski, with the President of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Stjepan Mesić
At the meeting, President Veljanoski and the Croatian President Mesić pointed out that the overall relations between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Croatia are continuously improving, and that the meetings and discussions of the highest state representatives are in that framework
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Thursday, 3 December 2009
Address by the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski on the Occasion of the International Day of Disabled People
Since 1992, in accordance with the UN decision, the 3rd of December is marked as the International Day of Disabled People. Today, the world marks this day with different events, but the main purpose is to remind our citizens once again that our disabled citizens are here, among us, equal with the other citizens, and we have the obligation to secure for them special conditions for normal life and for inclusion in every area of the social life.
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Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Statement of the Presidency of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia on the occasion of the Decision on Visa Liberalization
Certainly, the credit for the visa liberalization and the recent Progress Report by the European Commission must go to you – the citizen of the Republic of Macedonia. It is a result of your overwhelming support for the realization of our strategic goal - the Euro- Atlantic Integration. At the same time, I would like to point out the role of the Assembly; both of the present composition, as well as the previous compositions that adopted the specific laws referring directly to the visa liberalization. I would also like to once again emphasize the work of every one sitting here in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, because the European Commission assessed our work as a big and qualitative step forward in the process of European Integration. I would like to express my gratitude to the MPs and to the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, since we are all working together and we are all responsible for the successful work and functioning of the Legislative House
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Tuesday, 1 December 2009
The Republic of Macedonia is on the right path toward the European Union and NATO
Yesterday, the Chairperson of the Committee on Defence and Security Mr. Vladimir Gjorčev and the Members of the Committee had a meeting with the Minister for International Defence and Security of the United Kingdom, the Rt Hon Baroness Ann Taylor of Bolton.
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