Tag: Skopje
Macedonia 25.10.21 | 21:49

Danela Arsovska will not debate Mayor Silegov until he apologizes for Zaev’s insults aimed at her and for his dark campaign

Skopje mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska said that she will not debate the SDSM candidate and incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov until he apologizes for the ugly campaign he is running. Silegov was on the stage, sneering, when his leader Zoran Zaev made a rude hand gesture aimed at Arsovska. Danela Arsovska...
Macedonia 21.10.21 | 16:08

Danela Arsovska asks the citizens of Skopje to evaluate her proposals

Skopje mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska asked the citizens of the capital to get involved in the shaping of her priorities, as she cruises to the election run-off after beating incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov in the first round. We have less than 10 days left until the end of the campaign. That is why...
Macedonia 19.10.21 | 09:46

VMRO will have 17 seats in the Skopje council against 12 for SDSM

With all votes counted in the race in the capital Skopje, it’s clear that VMRO-DPMNE will have majority there with 17 seats, against 12 for SDSM. DUI will have 6 votes. Levica won 4, and the LDP-DOM coalition, the Alliance of Albanians and Alternative coalition and the green ZHG groups will all...
Macedonia 18.10.21 | 10:07

Skopje Council results and the removal of smaller candidates from the race favor Danela Arsovska as she goes into the second round against Mayor Silegov

After a night of major defeats across the country, SDSM touted the mayoral race in Skopje as one glimmer of hope for the party, where they could turn things around in the second round. SDSM candidate and incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov has 35 percent of the votes and trails with 3.5 percent behind the...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 23:40

SDSM hopes to be saved by Albanian voters in the runoff race in Skopje

Faced with major losses across the country, SDSM sent their official and Zaev’s Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski to confront the press. In his remarks, after insisting that the party won half a dozen small municipalities, Nikolovski focused on the mayoral race in Skopje, pinning the hopes...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 22:33

Silegov and Danela Arsovska tied in the race for Skopje, will go to a run-off

The biggest race of the evening – the one for Mayor of Skopje – will likely be resolved in the second round two weeks later between the SDSM incumbent Petre Silegov and the independent candidate Danela Arsovska, who is supported by VMRO-DPMNE. Initial results show that the two are evenly...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:01

Silegov expects to win in the first round

The SDSM mayoral candidate in Skopje Petre Silegov said that he expects to win in the first round of the elections. The turnout is what we expected and my expectations are that we will win in the first round. The citizens of Skopje had an opportunity to recognize who are the people who are driving this...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 18:11

Skopje – Turnout highest in Karpos, lowest in Shuto Orizari

In the capital Skopje, Karpos reported the highest turnout by 17h – of 42.54 percent. The other large urban areas, Aerodrom, Centar and Butel, had turnout of over 40 percent and turnout in Kisela Voda reached 41.5 percent. The majority Albanian areas of Cair and Saraj had turnouts of 34.8 and 32.2...
Macedonia 16.10.21 | 17:18

More election violations in Skopje: Incumbent Mayor kept his campaign office open on Saturday

An apparent violation of the period of pre-election silence was reported in downtown Skopje, when the office of an incumbent Mayor who is running for re-election was open today. Because of the strict rules mandating no campaigning ahead of the elections, Republika is not even allowed to publish the name...
Macedonia 13.10.21 | 09:18

UK Minister for Europe and Americas Morton pays visit to Skopje

UK Minister for Europe and Americas Wendy Morton will arrive in the Republic of Macedonia for a two day visit on Wednesday. As part of her visit, she will attend the first Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement (PTCA) council meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that will strengthen UK-Macedonia...
Macedonia 12.10.21 | 22:15

Arsovska: It’s time for change in Skopje

During the large VMRO-DPMNE rally in Skopje, mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska insisted that it’s time for change in the capital. It is time for change, after the negative campaign ran by Silegovc. When you live in such a polluted city and things don’t turn for the better, you know it’s...
Macedonia 12.10.21 | 22:13

Mickoski: We will win for our young people

VMRO-DPMNE held its central rally of the election campaign in downtown Skopje this evening, during which party leader Hristijan Mickoski spoke of the failures of the SDSM led municipal authorities and the Zaev Government. Mickoski spoke about young people he met whose difficult lives and injustices they...
Macedonia 11.10.21 | 23:33

Danela Arsovska promises free public transport and a new general plan for the development of Skopje

Skopje mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska held a rally in the Karpos district today, to meet with supporters and present her program. Arsovska pledged to prepare a new general plan for the city in 2022, that will map out the future of Skopje and its development. She also reiterated her promise for fully...
Macedonia 03.10.21 | 17:00

Mayor Silegov uses a building from the Skopje 2014 project for a North Korean style election billboard

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov placed a huge billboard with his likeness on a multilevel parking garage in the capital. This is not only abuse of public resources for crass pre-election campaigning, but also a shameless move on his part, given that the garage was built as part of the Skopje 2014 urban renewal...
Macedonia Sport 03.10.21 | 10:31

Annual Wizz Air Marathon begins in Skopje

The 17th Wizz Air Skopje Marathon started this morning, featuring a full marathon, a half marathon, and a 5K race with hundreds of participants. Much of downtown Skopje will be closed off for car traffic until 14h.
Macedonia 27.09.21 | 17:44

Danela Arsovska presents her program in the race for Mayor of Skopje

Danela Arsovska, the candidate for Mayor of Skopje who is supported by VMRO-DPMNE, presented her election program today. Arsovska promised to quickly put in place practical solutions for the capital, if she is elected as the first woman – Mayor of Skopje. Skopje needs more than partisan politics....
Macedonia 27.09.21 | 14:18

Varhelyi to visit Skopje on Wednesday

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi will pay a visit to Skopje on Wednesday, MIA reports from Brussels citing European Commission sources. The program of the visit is still being finalized, but it is certain that he will meet with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Varhelyi...
Macedonia 24.09.21 | 11:44

Procedure against a politically linked energy company could plunge the city of Skopje in darkness

The announcement from the RKE energy regulatory commission that it may revoke the license from the U-Power electricity trading company could plunge the city of Skopje in darkness. The company, linked to former Deputy Prime Minister Musa Xhaferi, has a contract worth 1.1 million EUR to supply the city....
Macedonia 22.09.21 | 19:08

Someone without contract and responsibility had access to drinking water for Skopje residents for four months

Recently the focus of the public is the contract for reconstruction of the water supply network on st. “Varsavska”, which the opposition VMRO-DPMNE accuses of being rigged, for which it presented documents. During the disagreements between VMRO-DPMNE and PE Vodovod, whether the documents...
Economy 21.09.21 | 18:23

Saint Petersburg – Skopje flight inaugurated

The arrival of the first flight from Pulkovo Airport to Skopje International Airport on Tuesday officially marks the inauguration of a direct flight from Saint Petersburg to Skopje. Flights to the capital of Macedonia will be performed weekly on Tuesdays. This is the second direct flight since the establishment...
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