Sunday, 17 October 2021
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 21:04

VMRO-DPMNE candidate Georgievski well ahead of SDSM’s Filip Temelkovski in Kisela Voda

Initial reports from the local elections indicate that the VMRO-DPMNE candidate Orce Georgievski won a convincing victory in the first round against the SDSM candidate Filip Temelkovski in Skopje’s Kisela Voda district. The usually reliably VMRO area saw some lopsided results, where Georgievski...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:51

DUI is counting on at least three wins in the first round

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani held a press conference for his DI party, and announced that they expect to win in the first round in the races in Lipkovo, Saraj and Plasnica. DUI is allied with SDSM and is facing a serious fight against the reinvigorated Albanian opposition parties AA and Alternative,...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:48

Initial results: VMRO expects to win outright in nine municipalities, including Prilep and Vinica

VMRO-DPMNE is briefing the press that initial results in a number of smaller municipalities, as well as in Prilep and Vinica. The smaller municipalities are easier to compute, show victories for the opposition in the first round of the local elections. These municipalities include Petrovec near Skopje,...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:43

Local thug and convicted pedophile is the attacker on the Infomax crew in Skopje

The Infomax news site published the video from the attack on their crew in Prilep on Saturday. According to the site, the attacker is Aleksandar Spirkoski – Dzemo, a local criminal and a convicted pedophile who was recently released from prison. Infomax recorded Spirkoski and another local thug...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:33

Mickoski: Victory!

As voting in the local elections ended and first results began to pour in, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski already declared a victory for the opposition. The people have decided. Hope is born for all people in Macedonia. Victory and great responsibility. I thank you, people of Macedonia, Mickoski...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:31

Initial report: SDSM candidate Sugareski seems in trouble in Prilep

Initial reports from the local elections are beginning to pour in. In the closely watched mayoral race in Prilep, Republika was informed that the SDSM candidate Goran Sugareski is losing even in his own neighborhood. VMRO-DPMNE candidate Borce Jovceski is also in a slight lead in Trizla, the Roma neighborhood...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:15

Ahmeti expects good results in all municipalities where DUI competed

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that a vote for his party will be a vote for being part of the development of the country. This is a good day in Kicevo, but also in Tetovo, Gostivar, Struga, Debar, Cair, Saraj…, Ahmeti said, before listing off another dozen municipalities where he expects to win...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:11

Sela: I expect a victory for the opposition

Albanian opposition leader Ziadin Sela said that he expects a victory for the united opposition, as he voted in the local elections today. This is a day to speak softly. Skeptics who remain in their homes need to know that the disappointment they feel can only deepen if they don’t vote. They should...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:07

Prosecutors say that they are investigating the minor election day violations

In the updated list of violations on election day, state prosecutors informed that they are investigating instances where voters ripped up ballots, organized transportation for votres and offered bribes. One person was arrested in Struga for ripping up a ballot and leaving the polling station. Police...
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 | 19:58

VMRO-DPMNE: We witnessed vote buying in Prilep, Veles, Bitola, parts of Skopje, and ballot stuffing in Saraj

In the first press conference after polling stations closed, VMRO-DPMNE representative Mile Levkov said that the local elections were marred by intimidation of voters and vote buying. Never the less, Levkov said that the mood in the public is clearly aimed toward change. We have clear indications of...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 19:54

Zaev official filmed attacking a voter on election day

A video recording was shared on social media today, apparently showing a top official of Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party attacking a man. Filip Andov – Sokol was Zaev’s adviser and is now appointed director of the Sutka prison in Skopje. He is known as an important lieutenant for zave in the...
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 17.10.21 | 19:46

Mickoski: Only large turnout can overcome the bribery and intimidation of voters

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski thanked all citizens who came out to vote today, noting that the intimidation the Zaev regime engaged in could only be defeated with large turnout. I used my right to vote and I want to express my gratitude to all teh citizens who also came out today, for taking...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 19:44

Prime Minister Stoev supports the creation of a Bulgarian party in Macedonia

Bulgarian interim Prime Minister Svetlan Stoev said that his Government supports the initiative that a party of Bulgarians in Macedonia is formed. This initiative was raised recently by an ethnic Bulgarian activist, Viktor Stojanov. That is their right, the Constitution guarantees them their right. I...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 19:20

SEC head warns that there will a revote in polling places that did not use the fingerprint devices

The President of the State Electoral Commission Aleksandar Dastevski warned the local election committees who allowed voting to go ahead without using the fingerprint devices, that the results will be canceled, a revote ordered and they will be held accountable for their decisions. He did not specify...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 19:02

Election turnout went over 50 percent at 18:30h

Turnout at the local elections surpassed 50 percent at 18:30, the State Electoral Commission informed. This is near the level of the turnout at the 2020 early general elections, which were considered low turnout due to the coronavirus fears. Voting today was marred by long lines at many polling places,...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 18:41

MAN condemns attacks on journalists, demands urgent action from state prosecutors to protect the fairness of the elections

The Macedonian Association of Journalists strongly condemned the attack on TV crews on Saturday and in the run up to the elections, as they were reporting on vote buying and other violations of the electoral code. We call on state prosecutors to immediately initiate appropriate charges against the perpetrators...
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 17.10.21 | 18:02

Ballot stuffing in Saraj, could influence the race in Skopje

Republika has been informed that ballot stuffing is going on in a number of polling stations in Saraj, a large, majority ethnic Albanian village west of the capital Skopje. According to our reports, local thugs have ordered the election observers out of the polling stations and began to stuff the boxes....
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