Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 22.10.21 | 23:06

Nikoloski: Zaev understands that this election is a referendum on his rule

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski believes that a new ruling majority will be formed soon, and that it will prepare early general elections. Nikoloski spoke at a TV interview days after VMRO-DPMNE scored a major victory in the first round of the local elections, defeating SDSM 22:9 with...
Macedonia 22.10.21 | 19:07

Will Zaev fall even without elections? New parliamentary majority in the works

It is more and more likely that the local elections will bring a new parliamentary majority. Although Zaev is trying to create the impression that the slim majority that the government has is stable, it is clear that the coalition can burst on all sides and the occasion will be Tetovo. For the parties...
Macedonia 21.10.21 | 12:50

Zave stakes his political survival on the outcome of the race in Skopje

Zoran Zaev staked his future in politics on the outcome of the run-off mayoral vote in the capital Skopje. After a string of devastating losses in the first round, Skopje is one of the few major cities that are still in play, and Zaev announced that he will resign if VMRO-DPMNE wins there and wins a...
Macedonia 21.10.21 | 10:49

Government denies that Zaev was using an official vehicle to go to a campaign event

The Zaev Government denied reports in a number of media outlets, including in Republika, that he was using an official Government vehicle to attend an SDSM party rally in Skopje’s Butel district. These reports are misinformation. Prime Minister Zoran ZAev has never used an official vehicle for...
Macedonia 20.10.21 | 11:46

“When Zaev labels the opposition ‘evil’ it means he has exhausted all political means of dealing with it”

Sociologist and political commentator Ilija Aceski strongly denounced Zoran Zaev for his by last count three post-election statements in which he referred to the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party as “evil”. Zaev resorted to this tremendous increase in heated rhetoric after his SDSM party lost badly...
Macedonia 19.10.21 | 13:12

Zaev triples down on his claim that the opposition is “evil”

Zoran Zaev made a third statement in two days declaring the opposition as “evil”. He made the comment in his non-concessions speech on Monday morning, as his SDSM party was trounced in the local elections on Sunday, and reiterated it with a statement later on Monday. Now, in a second statement, he...
Macedonia 18.10.21 | 11:42

Zaev refers to the opposition parties as “evil” after his major election defeat

A comment Zoran Zaev made during his non-concessions speech on Sunday evening caught the public’s attention. As he was trying to put a positive spin on the string of defeats his SDSM party suffered across Macedonia, and blamed his smaller coalition partners, Zaev said that his coalition must re-unite...
Macedonia 18.10.21 | 01:20

Zaev blames his minor partners for the defeat, insists that his coalition will survive

Zoran Zaev eventually addressed the public at 1 in the morning, after a brutal election day for his SDSM party. Flanked by his Government Ministers, instead of the mayoral candidats, Zaev declared that his party won or has a lead in 30 municipalities in the second round, and insisted that he will fight...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 23:11

Nikoloski urges Zaev to come out and congratulate VMRO-DPMNE on their victory

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski called on Zoran Zaev to address the public in face of the drubbing his SDSM party faced in the local elections, and to acknowledge his defeat. I think it is fair that Zoran Zaev now comes out and congratulates VMRO-DPMNE on our victory. This is just the...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 22:56

Zaev correctly predicted the score, but not the winner

With VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski set to address cheering supporters in downtown Skopje, after a string of major local election victories, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev is nowhere to be seen. Zaev sent an ashen faced deputy, Ljupco Nikolovski, to face the press at the SDSM headquarters. This is notable...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 19:50

Zaev insists that the elections were free, fair and democratic

Despite numerous election day irregularities, reports of vote buying and attacks on journalist, Zoran Zaev insisted that the local elections organized by his Government were “fair, free and democratic, fit for a NATO member state and an aspiring EU member”. I believe that the voters will...
Macedonia 15.10.21 | 21:06

Zaev expects to win 22 mayoral posts in the first round and that his coalition in the Parliament will grow

Zoran Zaev predicted that his SDSM party will win 22 mayoral positions in the first round of the local elections on Sunday, while his main opponent will win about six. We have 69 mayoral candidates and lists for the Councils in all 80 municipalities and in the city of Skopje, and we will enter the second...
Macedonia 14.10.21 | 11:15

Zaev sees a deal with Bulgaria by the end of the year, says his Bulgarian colleagues privately acknowledge terms such as “Macedonian language”

At the opening of the Economist conference in Skopje, Zoran Zaev said that he sees a large increase in the chances to resolve his dispute with Bulgaria after the elections in both countries. Zaev insisted that the EU assured him that issues of national identity and the Macedonian language won’t...
Macedonia 13.10.21 | 23:32

With the EU agenda and the Covid response in tatters, Zaev tries to campaign on the economy

With his EU agenda in tatters, and the handling of the coronavirus ranked even worse due to the sky high death rate and the Tetovo hospital disaster, Zoran Zaev turned to a new talking point for the end of the local election campaign – the economy. In his remarks in Butel in Skopje today, Zaev...
Macedonia 12.10.21 | 23:33

Danela Arsovska refused to debate Petre Silegov after Zaev’s crude gesture aimed at her

Mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska’s camp clarified that she refused to debate her main opponent Petre Silegov again because of the crude insult from his party leader Zoran Zaev. During a rally in Aerodrom, one of Skopje’s most urban centers, Zaev called out opposition leader Mickoski, Arsovska...
Macedonia 12.10.21 | 23:27

Zaev promises to amend the Ohrid Treaty, to reserve the preferential minority rights exclusively for Albanians

In an Alsat TV interview, Zoran Zaev promised that during the next amending of the Constitution, the 2001 formula of giving greater political weight to a community that constitutes over 20 percent of the population will be amended – and the Albanian community will be named directly. The hard fought...
Macedonia 11.10.21 | 23:30

Mickoski in Prilep: Zaev is selling out the legacy of the Macedonian Anti-Fascist struggle

On October 11th, as Macedonia celebrated the 80th anniversary of the uprising against the Fascist occupiers in World War Two, VMRO-DPMNE held its central rally in Prilep – one of the two cities where the uprising began. In his remarks, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski accused Zoran Zaev, who...
Macedonia 11.10.21 | 22:29

New poll shows VMRO-DPMNE with large lead over SDSM

A new poll, conducted by the Pro Research agency for the Plusinfo news site, shows that VMRO-DPMNE maintains a solid lead ahead of SDSM with less than a week to go until the local elections. The poll was conducted between in the first week of October, and it shows VMRO ranking at 26 percent, while SDSM...
Macedonia 11.10.21 | 20:07

“Today was not the day for Zaev to visit Prilep”

Following the visit to Prilep by Zoran Zaev, and the incident that followed, local VMRO-DPMNE official Dejan Prodanoski said that Zaev had no business being in the city today, when Macedonia marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the WW2 uprising. Zaev faced by protesters during his visit to the...
Macedonia 11.10.21 | 19:36

“Zaev can’t buy all the votes he needs to overturn the elections”

The Government can’t buy all the votes it needs to win the elections – it betrayed too many of your expeectations and the anger is palpable, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said during his rally in Kicevo. He warned against attempts by the Zaev regime to buy votes but insisted that it...
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