Tag: sdsm
Macedonia 28.12.21 | 13:04

New officials in SDSM but a lot of old baggage

Even as SDSM is trying to present its new party leadership as a clean break and a group of fresh faces, they carry tremendous baggage, both from the Zaev era, and from the previous period of Branko Crvenkovski. New party leader Kovacevski removed many of Zaev’s top officials from the party leadership,...
Macedonia 28.12.21 | 10:52

Kovacevski removes most top Zaev loyalists from the SDSM party leadership

Newly appointed SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski made a clean sweep of party officials yesterday, removing numerous Zaev appointees and adding people from the Branko Crvenkovski led wing of the party, which broke with Zaev over the past year. Kovacevski is now hoping to receive the mandate to form...
Macedonia 27.12.21 | 13:18

Oliver Spasovski resigned as Vice President of SDSM

Oliver Spasovski resigned as Vice President of the SDSM party. The Interior Minister has been one of Zaev’s most loyal lieutenants and today he briefed the press that he will not remain in the leadership under Dimitar Kovacevski. The Central Board of SDSM meets this evening and Kovacevski is expected...
Macedonia 27.12.21 | 09:20

Stefan Bogoev expected to be named one of the Vice Presidents of SDSM

Stefan Bogoev, the former Mayor of Karpos, is also mentioned as a possible new Vice President of the SDSM party. New party leader Dimitar Kovacevski is set to nominate the new leadership of the party this evening. One initial leak had a list of unknown party officials as the likely Vice Presidents. Dimitar...
Macedonia 26.12.21 | 17:05

One of Branko Crvenkovski’s top men expected to return to SDSM

Telma TV reports that a former high SDSM party official Igor Ivanovski – Shema is making a comeback to the party. Ivanovski will lead a newly formed Council for creation and implementation of policies. Ivanovski is a once prominent member of the party faction led by Branko Crvenkovski. His return...
Macedonia 25.12.21 | 11:10

Dimitar Kovacevski plans to appoint little known SDSM officials as Vice Presidents of the party

While he himself is a little known former telecom executive, new SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski is tapping even less known party officials as the next Vice Presidents of the party. Of the four Vice Presidents appointed by Zaev just 10 months ago, only Fatmir Bytiqi is expected to remain in this...
Macedonia 24.12.21 | 19:23

Former SDSM official turned Zaev critic announces that he will form a new party

Former SDSM party official Petar Atanasov announced that he will initiate the creation of a new political party. Atanasov was part of Zaev’s first Government, as Deputy Education Minister, and was elected to Parliament, but quickly had a falling out with Zaev and became his vocal critic. Now is...
Macedonia 24.12.21 | 19:17

Kovacevski will begin making personnel changes in SDSM on Monday

The Central Board of the SDSM party will meet on Monday under the new party leader Dimitar Kovacevski to discuss personnel changes. So far, it’s only clear that former spy chief Mile Zecevic will be named as the Secretary General of the party, but there are numerous other posts to be filled, where...
Macedonia 23.12.21 | 17:23

SDSM and DUI trade departments – an ethnic Albanian Minister will be in charge of rewriting Macedonian history books

TV24 reports that SDSM and DUI plan to swap two departments in what they hope will be their new Government. DUI won the Agriculture Ministry as part of the major concessions given to the Alternative party, which was desperately needed to prop up the Government, and got three departments in exchange for...
Macedonia 23.12.21 | 14:22

Will SDSM be divided: Is the formation of a new party being prepared?

These days, information appeared in the public that activities have been undertaken to form a new party by dissatisfied members and supporters of SDSM. The former Deputy Minister of Education in the previous SDSM government, Petar Atanasov, is mentioned as one of the potential initiators of a new party. He...
Macedonia 22.12.21 | 11:35

VMRO-DPMNE: SDSM to answer why there are so many fires in state institutions

VMRO-DPMNE asks the ruling SDSM through the media, whether the reason for the frequent fires in buildings housing state institutions is destruction of documentation? This morning, a fourth fire broke out in a state institution. The fire in the PE “Streets and Roads” comes after a series of...
Macedonia 20.12.21 | 23:37

SDSM intends to give the Defense Ministry to DUI

24 Info reports that SDSM will give away the Defense Ministry in the next Government to the DUI party. Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska announced that she is leaving the Government, along with several other key ministers, who do not intend to remain after Zaev resigns, likely before the end of the...
Macedonia 14.12.21 | 14:50

LDP intends to remain in the SDSM coalition

The Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) said it will remain part of the SDSM coalition and will support the new SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski to become Prime Minister. LDP leader Goran Milevski and other LDP officials met with Kovacevski, Zoran Zaev and SDSM officials, to see whether the coalition will remain...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 23:13

SDSM members elect Dimitar Kovacevski to replace Zoran Zaev as party leader

SDSM party members elected Dimitar Kovacevski to be the next party leader, replacing Zoran Zaev. A total of 44,406 party members voted in the elections today – which is about two thirds of the votes cast for Zaev in the elections in March. Kovacevski won 37,649 votes, owing to the endorsement from...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 21:00

Kovacevski overwhelmingly in the lead in SDSM leadership election

Zoran ZAev’s handpicked successor as SDSM party leader, Dimitar Kovacevski, is dominating in today’s election, as was predicted. But his two opponents, Jovan Despotovski and Frosina Remenski, are getting more than just symbolic numbers of votes. According to early reports, with a little less...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 17:16

Turnout in SDSM leadership election improves, reaches almost 50 percent by 14h

Turnout in the SDSM leadership elections rose to 47 percent by 14h. This is an improvement to the very slow start to the vote, where only 12 percent voted by 11h. Over 60,000 SDSM party members are eligible to vote for a new party leader, as Zoran Zaev is leaving the helm after his major defeat in the...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 14:36

Low turnout as SDSM party members choose who will replace Zoran Zaev

Key figures in SDSM voted in today’s election for a new party leader, amid low turnout and drop in interest. SDSM had the number of registered voters drop by more than 17,000, down to about 51,000, from the election in March, when Zaev was named party leader. Turnout by 11h today was just 12 percent,...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 13:34

LDP leader Milevski says that the Alternative party blackmailed the Government, will prepare his own list of demands for SDSM

LDP party leader Goran Milevski said that his party, and their ally DOM will submit a list of their positions to SDSM, once this party elects a new leader and proposes a new Government, and depending on their answer, will determine whether they will remain in the coalition. LDP and DOM have three seats...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 12:31

SDSM leadership election: Turnout was 12 percent at 11h

SDSM official Viktorija Madic said that the party wide vote to elect a new leader, who will replace Zoran Zaev, is proceeding well today. All 194 polling stations across the country opened at 8 in the morning, Madic said, and until 11h turnout was 12 percent. About 51,000 party members registered to...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 11:50

Zaev’s term as SDSM party leader comes to an end

SDSM members are scheduled to hold a party wide vote today to elect a new leader. With this, the 12 years term of Zoran Zaev as leader of the party comes to an end. In his term, Zaev funded the party using his various businesses, and then organized the 2015 Colored Revolution, during which with significant...
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