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Hungarian Government responds to Hahn: Read you own reports on Macedonia
Hungarian Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs responded to EU Commissioner Hahn’s latest rebuke of Hungary over its decision to give political asylum to former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. Kovacs told Hahn to read the report...

Hahn expects an explanation from Orban about Gruevski’s political asylum
European Commissioner Johannes Hahn said he expects an explanation from Hungary, after it approved the political asylum request from former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.
– I take note of reports about Hungary’s decision...

Hungary says problems with the judiciary, prisons in Macedonia will be taken into account when deciding on Gruevski’s asylum request
Hungarian Minister Gergely Gulyas, who is the head of the office of Prime Minister Victor Orban, said that one of the issues being considered as Hungary determines the political asylum request from former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski...

Vucic demands Zaev answer why it took Macedonia so long to issue an arrest warrant for Gruevski
The main question over Nikola Gruevski is how was he able to leave Macedonia, asked Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic responded to criticism from Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Vucic acknowledged that Gruevski crossed through Serbia,...

Vucic confirms Gruevski crossed through Serbia, says there was no arrest warrant at the time
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed that Gruevski traveled through his country on his way to Hungary. The former Macedonian Prime Minister entered Albania through an undisclosed crossing, and later used the Bozaj crossing from Albania...

Vucic: Tadic bought the same armored vehicle Gruevski did, should we arrest him as well?
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Serbia faced a similar situation like Macedonia, when former President Boris Tadic ordered the purchase of an armored Mercedes vehicle, and this was considered a normal move by a state, and Tadic...

Orban refers journalists to legal experts over the Gruevski asylum process
Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban referred journalists to legal experts when asked how did former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski enter Hungary and claim political asylum in Budapest.
– Ask the lawyers, said Orban, when...

Fidesz party: Gruevski is being persecuted and threatened by a leftist government backed by George Soros
Balazs Hidveghi, a senior official of the Hungarian ruling party Fidesz, said that Nikola Gruevski in Macedonia was a victim of political persecution, and Hungary is obliged to grant asylum to all those who are in fact prosecuted in their...

Katica Janeva denies she’s to blame for Gruevski’s escape
Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva said that her office doesn’t bear any blame for the fact that former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was able to leave the country and claim political asylum in Hungary. Janeva didn’t ask for detention...

Vankovska: Same people who released VMRO-DPMNE MPs from detention to get their votes now call for strict detentions
Political science professor Biljana Vankovska called the Government out for its duplicity in the case of Nikola Gruevski and the subsequent calls for mass detentions of all persons accused by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. In a Facebook...