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Friday, 19 April 2019

News 19.04.19 | 23:56

Mickoski asks voters to give Gordana Siljanovska a chance, help bring Zaev down

As the two day period of no campaigning begins on midnight, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski apppealed to the supporters to vote for Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova for President. In an Alfa TV interview, Mickoski said that the public has nothing more to expect from the Zoran Zaev Government...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 23:38

Zaev is now openly worried about the Albanian vote in the second round of the elections

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expressed his worry that opposition presidential candidates Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova and Blerim Reka may cooperate in the second round of the elections, with the votes Reka wins in the first round. Polls show that the VMRO and SDSM candidates Gordana Siljanovska –...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 23:32

Siljanovska and Reka call Pendarovski out for his ugly and ethnically divisive campaign during the final presidential debate

During the final presidential debate between the three candidates, the ruling coalition candidate Stevo Pendarovski made a final attempt to solidify the Albanian vote by going after VMRO-DPMNE candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova. Siljanovska responded to the attempts to portray her as a nationalist...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 23:15

Cento and Jug send out a final appeal to the public ahead of the presidential elections

In a final appeal, two Zaev’s political prisoners, Jane Cento and Igor Jug, called on the voters to support Gordana Siljanovska for President. They both refused Zaev’s offer of amnesty and were sentenced to lengthy prison sentences over the April 2017 incident in the Parliament. It is time...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 23:01

The imposed name will never take root, Siljanovska says during a large final rally in Stip

A massive crowd gathered for the VMRO-DPMNE rally in Stip, which is the final big rally of the campaign to elect Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova for President. The main Stip square was filled to capacity for Siljanvoska and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, who urged the voters to begin the removal...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 21:43

Pendarovski presents himself as the pro – multicultural, pro – EU and NATO candidate

SDSM – DUI presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski finishes his pre-election campaign in Struga and Ohrid, where he again presented himself as the candidate who will accomplish EU and NATO membership and will best represent the minority ethnic communities in Macedonia. Struga has a long tradition...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 21:38

The time has come, Mickoski and Siljanovska tell VMRO supporters in the final round of rallies

I expect this Government to pack its bags this spring. First we win the Presidency and then we take over the Government, VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova said during the final round of pre-election rallies on Friday, ahead of the vote on Sunday. The rallies were held...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 21:24

Manual for the Android app SDSM used shows coordinated efforts to harvest voter data

After revealing the creation of an Android app that was likely used to collect personal data from voters and even monitor their movements, the campaign staff of the opposition presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova today published the instruction manual which the ruling SDSM party...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 20:55

VMRO asks the Anti-Corruption Commission to act in additional cases of abuse of public resources for election purposes

VMRO-DPMNE asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate several additional instances of abuse of the public funds and the decision making process to favor the ruling SDSM party in the run up to the presidential elections. According to the opposition party, the SDSM led municipal council in Skopje’s...

Economy 19.04.19 | 19:43

Exodus of doctors out of Macedonia

The Association of Young Doctors and Specialists warns that the exodus of doctors out of Macedonia is increasing to such levels that annually, the number of doctors leaving the country has reached the number of new medical school graduates. By the end of 2019 Macedonia will have 4.700 active doctors,...

Sport 19.04.19 | 19:34

End of the handball fairy tale – Samsonenko withdraws from Vardar

Russian businessman Sergey Samsonenko announced that, after seven years, he is forced to pull out of the Vardar handball club. The reason, he says, is the growing financial pressure and the lack of support for the team which won the 2017 EHF European Champions League. The past three years were a daily...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 19:13

SDSM accused of bribing Ohrid and Bitola voters with firewood and union payments

SDSM supporters are distributing firewood through Ohrid, in an apparent attempt to buy votes for the presidential elections this Sunday, claims VMRO-DPMNE Vice-President Aleksandar Nikoloski. Who paid the Macedonian Forests company for these deliveries? Is it SDSM? Do they realize this is a gross violation...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 19:05

Electoral Commission, campaign managers, call for peaceful vote on Sunday

State Electoral Commission (SEC) President Oliver Derkovski said that no campaign can be seen as crystal clear, but that the presidential election campaign was conducted in a “relatively peaceful atmosphere”. Derkovski was joined by the heads of the three presidential campaigns, who called...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 17:45

Zaev’s Government will give public funding to Soros foundation NGOs

After the George Soros FOSM foundation invested heavily in Zoran Zaev’s Colored Revolution and used its international clout to help him take over the Government of Macedonia, today he signed a memorandum of cooperation for public funding of the Soros NGO groups in the country. According to the...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 17:28

Zaev expects no boycott for the presidential elections, but is prepared to amend the Constitution if there is

Zoran Zaev expressed his belief that the presidential election will be successful and the required 40 percent turnout will be reached. If not, he warned that Macedonia may enter a new political crisis. He warned that if the elections fail, he may try to use his majority in Parliament to amend the Constitution...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 15:38

DUI should be worried: Big attendance at Blerim Reka’s rally in Tetovo

The “eternal power” in the Albanian electorate, the Democratic Union for Integration-DUI, should be worried. Thursday’s rally in Tetovo of the presidential candidate of the Alliance for Albanians and BESA, Professor Blerim Reka, was attended by a large number of people. One can’t...

Economy 19.04.19 | 15:20

February net average salary was 24,192 denars

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the index of the average monthly net wage paid per employee in February 2019, compared to February 2018, was 4.5. This increase is caused by the increase of the average monthly net wage paid per employee in the sectors: Human health and social work...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 15:06

Mickoski to the Government: You are not master of citzens’ will

The president of VMRO-DPMNE urged at a press conference the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia to go to the polls on Sunday but also warned about the scenario that the government prepares for the election day. Mickoski stressed that the government should know that it is not the master of the will...

Culture 19.04.19 | 14:55

Kalina Maleska’s ‘Nonetheless’ to launch with theater performance

The Shadows and Clouds theater is hosting a book launch on Friday evening for Kalina Maleska’s Nonetheless (Macedonian: Arno ama) published by Ili-ili. The children’s book, vividly illustrated by Vladimir Lukash, is a novel-like, chronological collection of short stories about two young brothers...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 14:36

Momiroski: SDSM app collects identification numbers of the citizens

Goran Momiroski, a spokesperson for the election headquarters of the presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, said that the replacement of the identification numbers of the citizens of the election application of SDSM with a number and a letter indicates that it is true that this party collected...

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