Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski accepted Thursday over 44 amendments to the draft budget 2013 submitted by the opposition in the amount of some 3 million euros. However, SDSM refuted for the third time Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski’s proposal for finding a solution so the budget could be adopted by 31 December.

“With the aim of passing the budget and considering the work of the committee on finances and budget and the legislative committee have been blocked, I gave my approval to 44 amendments today, 33 of which have been submitted by SDSM, six by MP Izet Beqiri and five by PDSH,” he said.