Tag: elections
News 17.04.24 | 15:51

Prior to the May 8 parliamentary elections, the Code for Fair and Democratic Elections was signed

Representatives from various political parties and coalitions signed the Code for Fair and Democratic Elections on Wednesday in preparation for the 11th parliamentary elections scheduled for May 8. During a ceremony held in the Parliament, State Election Commission President Aleksandar Dashtevski emphasized...

Macedonia 18.03.24 | 17:29

Republika publishes its offer for paid political advertising in the coming elections

In accordance with the Electoral Code, and the timetable for performing of the activities related to the coming elections, “Republika” today published its offer for paid political advertising of the participants in the elections. The news sites republika.mk, english,repubika.mk and shqip.republika.mk...

Macedonia 16.03.24 | 10:16

Pre-election curbs on public sector spending and hiring will go into effect in April

With the official election campaign expected to begin on April 4th (for the presidential elections) and April 18th (for the general elections), a number of curbs on executive power go into effect. The Government, public officials and public utility companies are not allowed to hold events where they...

Macedonia 16.03.24 | 09:21

Voters have three more days to check their registration in the electoral rolls

Citizens have three more days to check their status in the electoral rolls, and to initiate changes, if needed. The rolls are available online. If the citizen is missing from the rolls, or is listed in an old or invalid address, he or she can apply for changes before the State Electoral Commission. Macedonia...

Macedonia 15.03.24 | 12:01

Citizens with documents that were valid until 9 months before the elections will be able to vote

The State Electoral Commission notified the public that citizens will be able to vote with documents that have expired up to nine months before the holding of the elections. This proposal is put in place as a way to respond to the major crisis in the issuing of passports and identity cards, created by...

Macedonia 22.11.23 | 21:40

SDSM is losing the argument, will accept holding the presidential and general elections on the same day

Justice Minister Krenar Loga revealed to the press that the ruling coalition is coming to a decision to combine the presidential and the general elections planned for 2024. Until recently, SDSM refused this common sense proposal from VMRO-DPMNE, who asked that the two elections, that should have taken...

Macedonia 15.10.23 | 12:44

Mickoski: We are close to winning 61 seats in the next elections

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that his party is close to winning 61 seats in the coming elections – which would allow him to form a Government outright, and to choose a preferred Albanian coalition partner. VMRO is in an intense political fight with the Albanian DUI party, which...

Macedonia 04.10.23 | 22:48

Mickoski calls on Kovacevski to convene a meeting of party leaders to discuss the coming elections

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski to convene a meeting where the two would discuss the elections. In a Fokus interview Mickoski, who calls for early elections, notes that the regular elections are six months away, and the two main parties still haven’t...

Macedonia 23.08.23 | 12:59

The Ombudsman: The citizens have no obligation whatsoever to pay for the new personal documents

The citizens are collateral damage of the government’s u reasonable decisions because of which now they have to pay for new personal documents, despite that the old ones are still valid, Ombudsman Naser Ziberi told Alfa TV. Ziberi added that the citizens whose personal documents are still valid...

Macedonia 20.08.23 | 18:13

BESA joins call for early elections

The BESA party joined in the push for early general elections, initiated by VMRO-DPMNE and seconded by the Alternative party and the Democratic Movement – two other opposition Albanian parties. The initiative comes after the ruling DUI – SDSM – AA coalition failed to reach its target...

Macedonia 20.08.23 | 17:25

VMRO: After Friday, the only way forward is to hold early elections

Following the defeat of the DUI – SDSM coalition in Parliament this week, VMRO-DPMNE repeated its position that the only way out is for Macedonia to hold early general elections. For over a year Kovacevski claimed that VMRO-DPMNE accepted the changes to the Constitution. But on Friday, all of his...

Macedonia 16.08.23 | 21:03

Grubi insists that failure to adopt the Bulgarian amendments will not lead to early elections

First Deputy Prime Minister Albin Kurti insisted that the, if the DUI – SDSM coalition fails to adopt the constitutional amendments, the country still won’t hold early elections. No, elections are absolutely not the solution. The only solution that is good for you, for us, for all the citizens...

Macedonia 09.08.23 | 22:42

Stojanoski: Elections are the only way out

The only way to put an end to all this is to hold elections, said VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Bojan Stojanoski in an Alfa TV interview. According to Stojanoski, the next elections will be a make or break moment for the future of the country. In those 12 hours we will determine the direction of the...

Macedonia 28.07.23 | 17:59

Xhaferi: If the opposition wants early elections, it should submit a request to the Parliament

The Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said on Friday that if the opposition wants early elections, it should submit a request to the Parliament, and he would convene a session immediately. “I won’t stand in the way should ass the parliamentary procedure”, Xhaferi said. of the MPs will,...

Macedonia 28.07.23 | 09:17

Pendarovski: Elections next year, new head of state on May 12

President Stevo Pendarovski expects that elections will take place next year and the new head of state will be elected on May 12. President Pendarovski told Kanal 5 that his ratings have been rather stable over the past four years. “It is also very significant to look at the condition of those...

Macedonia 22.07.23 | 22:08

Mickoski: The only offer we except to hear from the Government is when to hold the early elections

The only offer we expect to hear from the Government is about holding early elections in autumn, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski in an Alsat-M TV interview today. At the moment VMRO-DPMNE is focused on preparing our election program, because we believe that state Macedonia is in is very...

Macedonia 29.06.23 | 08:22

Mickoski: There will be no constitutional amendments under Bulgarian diktat, all 44 MPs are like one

All 44 MPs are like one. We wont accept constitutional amendments under the Bulgarian diktat and there is no dilemma there, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hritijan Mickoski said on Wednesday in his address on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the revolutionary Gyorche Petrov’s death. He said that the...

Macedonia 18.06.23 | 18:22

“The coming elections will deliver a response on the national humiliations, the inflation, and the poverty”

According to VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, the only way out of the current political crisis is for the country to hold early elections. This comes after the attempt to work with the SDSM party to repair the bad position Macedonia is in with regard to Bulgaria and the EU, failed. The next elections...

Macedonia 13.06.23 | 14:58

“Pse Jo” (why not): DUI prepared to give up the PM office

The Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that DUI is prepared to give up the position of Prime Minister until the elections if the VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski requires it. DUI and SDSM made an agreement when establishing the ruling coalition that through the last 100 days of this Government DUI...

Macedonia 01.06.23 | 15:14

Mickoski: It is high time for DUI, after 20 years in power, to go to opposition and reform itself

Macedonia’s current reality is DUI brutally keeping SDSM hostage. DUI has completely subdued, I would say kidnaped this political party, and I must put a disclaimer here, because I am not talking about the entire party, its membership, but about few people in their leadership. They are completely...

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