The Chairperson of the Committee on Economy of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia Ms. Vladanka Avirović participated at the Conference: Energy, Development, Democracy, Successful Approaches for a New Energy Future in South East Europe, which was held on 13 May 2013 in Zagreb, Republic of Croatia.

The Parliamentary delegation headed by the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski , in the framework of the two days official visit to Ireland, that is presiding with EU, in addition to the meeting with the Ceann Comhairle, Mr. Seán Barrett, had meetings with the President of Ireland, Mr. Michael D. Higgins; the Minister on European Affairs; Ms. Lucinda Creighton, the Joint Committee on European Affairs and the Irish- Macedonian Friendship Group.

At the meeting the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trajko Veljanoski expressed his appreciation from the hospitality and for the meeting, which was an opportunity for exchange of information and opinions on accession affairs, bilateral and other issues in the context of further promotion of the overall friendly relations between the two states.

The President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia Mr. Trajko Veljanoski is in the first highest level official visit to Ireland, country that is currently holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The visit comes at an invitation from the Speaker of the Dáil Éireann (House of Deputies) Mr. Seán Barrett T.D.

The members of parliament in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia Marija Raskovska, Dimitar Stevanadzija, Toni Trajanovski, Kosana Mazneva-Nikolic, Tanja Tomic, Cvetanka Ivanova, Safet Bisevac, Suzana Saliu, Vjolca Mehmedi-Nuredini, Marjanco Nikolov and Ivon Velickovski participated at the seminar on national security policy that took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 23-26 April 2013.

Since the beginning of the 20th century the humanity is being faced with unseen demographic changes. This majorly is a result of the decrease of the birthrate, the live span and the migration flows.  In Europe, this phenomenon has got its name “the aging societies”. The statistics show concerning numbers. The situation of the population shall not change significantly in 2060, but the older population, over 65 of age will be predominant.

The transparency and the openness of the parliaments are important instruments in practicing democracy. The Parliaments themselves should take care of seizing the possibilities at disposal to be open to the public and the citizens. In particular, I can underline that the activities of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia are completely transparent, in the direction that, every plenary session, every committee meeting, public and scrutiny debate, as well as parliamentary activities are broadcasted at the Parliamentary TV Channel. In this context, it is extremely important that the parliamentary activities connected with the EU integrative processes attract the attention of the public and the citizens.