Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 22:40

SEC allows counting of unstamped ballots – decision could allow election violations

The State Electoral Commission today changed the voting instructions, allowing polling station boards to count and accept ballots that have not been stamped by the board. This is in clear violation of the electoral code. One member of the SEC, Krenar Lega, who was nominated by the Alliance of Albanians,...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 22:27

Mickoski: SDSM is using thugs to bribe and intimidate voters as they try to re-elect Mayor Silegov

During the pre-election rally in Aerodrom, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski warned that the SDSM party is dispatching activists from Zoran Zaev’s stronghold of Strumica to coordinate bribery and intimidation campaigns in Skopje. SDSM faces a make-or-break race to re-elect Skopje Mayor Petre...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 22:07

Danela Arsovska denies having a Bulgarian citizenship

Mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska campaigned in Aerodrom today, part of the city where she and other VMRO-DPMNE candidates scored major wins in the first round, and urged her supporters to finish the campaign with a win on October 31st. She decried the increasingly negative campaign from her opponent,...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 22:05

SDSM candidate in Karpos avoided debating his opponent Stevco Jakimovski for the fifth time

SDSM candidate for Mayor of Karpos Dusko Veskovski avoided the debate with his opponent and former Mayor Stevco Jakimovski for the fifth time. Jakimovski dutifully showed up at the TV24 studio to debate Veskovski, but the SDSM candidate did not show up. I know it’s difficult for him to debate someone...
Economy 26.10.21 | 21:19

Nikoloski: Macedonia faces rolling blackouts just as winter is about to start

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski campaigned in Bitola today together with the party’s mayoral candidate Toni Konjanovski, ahead of one of the key races in the second round of the elections. With reserves of coal at the strategically important REK Bitola power plant apparently all...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 20:58

Fire in Skopje’s main park raged for three hours

It took three hours to the Skopje firefighting teams to put out the major fire that engulfed the empty barracks in the Skopje city park that used to house the Misdemeanors Court. Seven vehicles and 20 firefighters had to be deployed. Work was delayed because there were no working fire hydrants near by,...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 20:52

Messages show how SDSM officials bribed and intimidated voters; VMRO warns about plans to use special police forces in the campaign of intimidation

VMRO-DPMNE held a press conference to present additional Viber messages exchanged between SDSM officials that point to blatant abuse of police and other resources to go after the opposition candidates and activists. Stoilkovski focused on the small border city of Kriva Palanka, where the SDSM candidate...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 18:34

Zaev denies reports that the police is surveilling and harassing the opposition

Zaev denied reports that police officials ordered surveillance and attacks on opposition activists in Prilep and other cities in the run up and on the day of the local elections. The allegations were raised by VMRO-DPMNE, which showed screenshots from a massive Viber group in which local and central...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 18:14

“SDSM launches fake news ‘Bulgarian passport’ attack against Danela Arsovska”

The ruling SDSM party is launching a vile misinformation campaign against mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, which supports Arsovska. An SDSM official today held a press conference in which she claimed that Arsovska has obtained a Bulgarian citizenship, and provided...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 17:54

Elementary school in downtown Skopje flooded with sewage

Pupils in the “Dimitar Miladinov” elementary school in Skopje are missing classes for a second day after flooding in the toilets. The worn out water and sewage system as well as the water heating system broke down on Monday, and the first floor of the school was flooded. Pupils are sent home,...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 17:49

Major fire in the Skopje city park

A major fire erupted in the Skopje city park, at the site of the former Misdemeanors Court – a complex a wooden barracks near the Philip II stadium, where a lot of construction is currently going on. Smoke was seen rising above the park. At the moment there are no reports of casualties.
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 17:45

The coalition is stable, Zaev claims

Despite the fact that two key Albanian coalition partners, DUI and BESA, are locked in a fight for control of the largest majority Albanian city Tetovo, and BESA is openly asking for the votes of the opposition in the run-off, Zoran Zaev today insisted that his ruling coalition is stable. I absolutely...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 17:42

Zaev waters down his pledge to resign if his party loses the mayoral race in Skopje

In a press conference today, Zoran Zaev was evasive when asked about his previous pledge to resign if his candidate loses the mayoral race in the capital Skopje. I reiterate that I am a fighter. I appeal to fight. I confronted my people with all the detailed information he needs to know, to decide what...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 15:52

On Sunday there will be revote at two polling stations in Debar and Suto Orizari, a second round will be held in 44 municipalities

On Sunday, in the local elections, the voting from the first round will be repeated at two polling stations – one in Debar for mayor and one in Suto Orizari for council members. The Administrative Court annulled the voting in these two polling stations after the Alliance for Albanians and Alternative...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 15:06

511 new Covid-19 cases, 10 patients die

Out of 3,622 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 511 new cases were registered and 10 patients passed away, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Macedonia has registered 200,412 confirmed coronavirus cases. The death toll stands at 7,072....
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 15:02

Mickoski with a message to the citizens: Come out and vote en masse, there will be no revanchism, we need every person

Today we are here in Gevgelija to hank the people of Gevgelija for the support received by our candidate for mayor here in Gevgelija Andon in the first round, but also the victory of the councilor list that VMRO-DPMNE and the Coalition achieved here in Gevgelija, said Hristijan Mickoski,  VMRO-DPMNE...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 13:18

Seven more Afghans leave Macedonia, 400 remain

Four adults and three children left for Portugal this morning as their permanent destination. These are employees of international organizations and their families to whom our country has recently provided temporary shelter as part of an international humanitarian operation to help the pro-democratic...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 12:43

Ana Petrovska denies that her votes will go to Petre Silegov

Ana Petrovska, who was an independent candidate for mayor of the City of Skopje on the civic initiative “Green Humane City”, in an interview with TV 24, called on Skopje residents in the second round of local elections on Sunday not to vote for current mayor Petre Silegov. She denies that...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 12:25

Arsovska: New school buildings, library and digitalization of schools for 21st century education

Improving the conditions of educational institutions that will be safe for all children, parents and employees as a priority in the work of each city and local government. The working conditions in the schools will provide a quality educational, upbringing and social process for our children. The educational...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 11:42

Kovacki: There are criminal groups of police officers of Zaev and Spasovski in Ohrid, Bitola and Radovis

The criminal group of police officers of Zaev and Spasovski imposed fictitious fines, forced stops, and made lists for voting for SDSM. Today we continue again with new scandalous findings due to which we openly suspect that it was led by Minister Spasovski, Dragan Kovacki from VMRO-DPMNE said at Tuesday’s...
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