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Macedonia 15.07.21 | 10:19

US Ambassador Byrnes met with Ali Ahmeti to discuss corruption and the rule of law

US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes met with DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti yesterday, “to discuss governance issues, rule of law, and the fight against corruption.. which are critical elements requiring all parties’ efforts, so (North) Macedonia can enter the EU and improve the lives of all citizens”. Ahmeti...
Macedonia 14.07.21 | 10:04

Zaev says he will meet with Ahmeti to discuss cooperation in the municipal elections

Zoran Zaev announced that by the end of July he will meet with Ali Ahmeti to discuss cooperation between their SDSM and DUI parties in the municipal elections in October. The two parties cooperated in the 2017 municipal elections, and in the 2019 presidential elections. It is important that we first...
Macedonia 08.07.21 | 17:50

Former US general Clark meets with Zaev and Ahmeti

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, Zoran Zaev and other Government officials met with former American general Wesley Clark. Clark led the 1999 NATO campaign against Serbia, in coordination with Kosovan guerrilla groups where Ahmeti was a member – an experience Ahmeti used to start the 2001 war in Macedonia. According...
Macedonia 24.06.21 | 08:58

Zaev says that he is not discussing new anthem, flag and coat of arms with Ahmeti

Zoran Zaev denied the claim from his coalition partner Ali Ahmeti that they are conducting negotiations on changing the national anthem, flag and coat of arms. Ahmeti recently said that the symbols are not inclusive as they don’t represent Albanians, and that talks on the anthem are well advanced. We...
Macedonia 22.06.21 | 13:04

Ahmeti says that he is involved in advanced talks with Zaev to change the Macedonian flag, anthem and the coat of arms

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that he is engaged in discussions with Zoran Zaev to replace the flag, coat of arms and the anthem of Macedonia, saying that this last issue is “just a matter of time”. We had talks on the anthem, the coat of arms and the flag. These matters require consensus...
Macedonia 07.06.21 | 22:31

Ahmeti is open to a municipal election coalition with SDSM

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that it is possible he will form a coalition with Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party for the October municipal elections. I don’t know, we need to see where our interests lie and where the interests of the citizens are. I think that our coalition with SDSM has been functioning...
Macedonia 07.06.21 | 17:14

Ali Ahmeti again makes a provocative comparison of Macedonia with Switzerland

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti is reviving his past provocative comment that he wants Macedonia to “become like Switzerland”. Ahmeti used the comment in the past, shortly after sparking the 2001 inter-ethnic war as head of the terrorist NLA/UCK organization. The comment was used throughout the...
Macedonia 25.03.21 | 09:22

Ahmeti’s kin will challenge his party in the key Kicevo mayoral race

Fatmir Limani, a relative to DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti and former top official of the party who recently broke ranks, accused Ahmeti of trying to incorporate DUI within the ruling SDSM party. In a TV interview, Limani said that he will challenge DUI for the seat of Mayor of Kicevo, which is Ahmeti’s...
Macedonia 25.03.21 | 09:09

Zaev, Ahmeti and Xhaferi meet to discuss their lack of majority in the Parliament

Zoran Zaev is set to meet with his coalition partner Ali Ahmeti and the Speaker Talat Xhaferi today, to discuss the problems their coalition is having with adopting any legislation in the Parliament. The “majority” has only 62 votes, and it takes 61 to convene a session of Parliament meaning...
Macedonia 17.03.21 | 17:00

Ahmeti announces that a deal with Bulgaria is “not far”

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti announced that Macedonia is close to an agreement with Bulgaria in the dispute over national identity and history. Ahmeti met with the EU Ambassador to Macedonia David Geer in the DUI office in Tetovo, and said that “We are not far from agreement with Sofia in which...
Macedonia 28.02.21 | 11:02

Ahmeti convenes the DUI party leadership, insists they are not divided

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti insists that the divisions in his party have been overcome. Ahmeti convened party officials yesterday to discuss the feud between the faction led by former Cair Mayor Izet Mexhiti, and the party’s two most prominent members of the Zaev Government – First Deputy Prime...
Macedonia 17.02.21 | 17:38

Ahmeti insists that the census will take place in April

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti insisted that the census will take place in April, as planned. Ahmeti has a deal with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and expects a census that will place the Albanian share of the population over the 25 percent that were registered in 2002, and definitely over 20 percent –...
Macedonia 25.01.21 | 12:59

DUI leader Ahmeti confirms that he wants emigrants counted in the census, as if they were residents

In a TV interview, DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti openly supported the notion that the census should include every citizen who owns some property in Macedonia – even those who have long moved out and maintain only nominal presence in the country. Macedonia already has a largely accurate database of...
Macedonia 08.01.21 | 17:18

Grubi fined with additional 500 EUR for holding a maskless birthday party for Ali Ahmeti

Health inspectors fined First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi 500 EUR for allowing a birthday celebration for his DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti to take place without masks. The event happened earlier this week as Grubi was moving into a brand new office building, which will serve as the base for the...
Macedonia 27.11.20 | 18:46

Ahmeti says he will show solidarity with Macedonians in the dispute with Bulgaria, but wants a rational solution to be found as soon as possible

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that he will stand with the ethnic Macedonian citizens who face pressure on their national identity, and urges as resolution to the dispute with Bulgaria as soon as possible. In this situation we of course will show solidarity with our Macedonian fellow citizens. We’ve...
Macedonia 24.11.20 | 16:37

Artan Grubi confirms that he was a translator during the investigation into the “Yellow house” organ harvesting operation

First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi confirmed that he was employed as translator during the investigation into the gruesome “Yellow house” scandal – the alleged organ harvesting operation put in place by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA/UCK). Grubi said that he worked to help the...
Macedonia 23.11.20 | 17:07

Ahmeti confirms that one of his members of Parliament may challenge the Government

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti confirmed that it is possible to have an unprecedented situation where one of his own members of Parliament challenges the Government. Izet Mexhiti, the former Mayor of Cair, has from the start opposed the appointment of two key DUI officials in the Government – the...
Macedonia 12.11.20 | 18:52

Ali Ahmeti will donate to the legal defense fund for Hashim Thaci and other Kosovan war crimes suspects

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that he will financially contribute to the legal defense fund for other members of the Kosovan UCK/KLA guerrilla force, who are now facing war crimes charges in the Hague. This includes Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and other top Kosovan officials. Ahmeti was a high profile...
Macedonia 06.11.20 | 11:31

Grubi denies reports that Ahmeti is about to be charged with war crimes

First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi, who is the chief confidant of DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti, denied reports that Ahmeti is facing war crimes charges from the special tribunal in the Hague. The reports came after Kosovo President Hashim Thaci was charged and stepped down from his office. Thaci...
Macedonia 24.10.20 | 11:22

Ahmeti says Kosovo should use the treaties with Greece and Bulgaria as model for its talks with Serbia

Compromises Macedonia made with Greece and Bulgaria should be a reference point in the talks between Serbia and Kosovo, said DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti after a meeting with the Prime Minister of Kosovo Avdullah Hoti, who is visiting Macedonia. Serbia and Kosovo reached a primarily economic agreement...
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