Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Macedonia 08.05.24 | 23:17

Mickoski: We did it, SDSM and DUI are going in the opposition, we will make Macedonia proud again

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski addressed the public after a major electoral victory over SDSM and DUI in the general and the presidential elections held today. We did it! We did it! Macedonia won. It’s a historic victory for our people. The Government fell, and for good reason. Their crime,...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 22:55

With more than 80 percent of the votes counted, VMRO maintains commanding lead, is close to 61 seats in Parliament

With 82 percent of the vote counted, the results from the State Electoral Commission confirm that VMRO-DPMNE scored a historic win over SDSM. The conservative party has over 350,000 votes, while SDSM is barely over 120,000. The historic worst result for SDSM was just over 200,000 votes, in 2008, and...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 22:43

Siljanovska: Your trust is an enormous responsibility

VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate, and now clearly the next President of Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova, addressed the hundreds of overjoyed supporters gathered in the party office in downtown Skopje. Siljanovska spoke as projections of the election results show that VMRO clearly overwhelmed...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 22:36

Kovacevski admits defeat, congratulates to Mickoski and Siljanovska on their victory

SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski acknowledged defeat and congratulated to the President-elect Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova and to VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, who will be the next Prime Minister. I congratulate to our political opponent VMRO-DPMNE on their electoral victory and to...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 21:59

Pendarovski admits defeat, blames DUI

Stevo Pendarovski acknowledged defeat in the presidential elections. The outgoing President congratulated to his opponent Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova, who he attacked brutally until the last day, and condemned the boycott attempt which he believes cost him a lot of votes. The results are clear....

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 21:51

VLEN leads DUI in Skopje and Tetovo, gets in position to claim that it won the Albanian vote

A major moment in the general elections is that the Albanian opposition bloc VLEN is keeping close behind the ruling Albanian party DUI, even after DUI formed a coalition with a number of ethnic minority parties to try to bolster its results. At the national level, DUI has over 101,000 votes with 67...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 21:40

Misajlovski: This is a historic victory, the Interior Ministry will handle all involved in election irregularities

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Vladimir Misajlovski said that the outcome of the dual elections is clear, and that VMRO has achieved a major victory over SDSM. It’s a victory of historic proportions. The census in the presidential elections was reached despite the boycott attempt from DUI and other...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 21:23

Siljanovska maintains her double lead over Pendarovski

An updated projection by the State Electoral Commission, with 62 percent of the votes counted, shows Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova leading Stevo Pendarovski with 64 percent of the vote against 29.5 percent. Siljanovska has over 320,000 votes while Pendarovski is at 148,500 votes. The ratio holds...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 21:04

Mexhiti calls on DUI to explain its boycott of the presidential elections

Izet Mexhiti, one of the leaders of the Albanian opposition VLEN coalition, called on their rivals DUI to explain their attempt to boycott the presidential elections. Turnout in the presidential election was noticeably lower in the Albanian districts than in the general elections, with DUI supporters...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:58

SEC projection shows Siljanovska cruising to victory

The State Electoral Commission’s count reached 36 percent of all votes, and it shows Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova leading Stevo Pendarovski by 62.7 percent against 30.37 percent. Siljanovska has just under 150,000 votes, while Pendarovski is at under 72,000 votes. With the SEC confirming...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:54

SDSM Vice President acknowledges defeat, announces that the leadership will assume responsibility

SDSM Vice President Sanja Lukarevska was the first to announce resignations in the party leadership due to the dismal results they are expected to have in the dual elections held today. SDSM needs to conduct an analysis of the elections in order to be able to move forward. We managed to achieve many...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:52

Boycott: One ballot box in Zajas left completely empty

As evidence of the attempt by the DUI party to boycott the presidential elections, in one polling station in the village of Zajas, near Kicevo, there were 0 votes cast in the presidential elections. DUI indicated it could try to boycott the election, and prevent VMRO-DPMNE candidate Gordana Siljanovska...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:48

With 5 percent of votes counted, VMRO dominates, and DUI is ahead of SDSM

VMRO-DPMNE released an updated projection, after computing 14 percent of all polling stations and 5 percent of all votes. It shows VMRO leading SDSM with 36,000 against 11,300 votes. DUI has just under 12,000 votes and the VLEN coalition has 7,300 votes. The projection would put VMRO over the 61 seats...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:44

SEC: VMRO leads SDSM by 58,000 to 19,500 votes

The State Electoral Commission issued a new projection, after having processed almost 20 percent of the votes and 25 percent of all polling stations. It shows VMRO-DPMNE leading SDSM in the general election with 58,252 votes against 19,488 for SDSM, a margin of victory that could put VMRO in a commanding...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:38

SDSM: We had free and fair election, the will of the people will determine the path forward

SDSM spokeswoman Bogdanka Kuzeska tried to put on a brave face in the first press conference of the party of the evening, as SDSM is projected to lose badly in the dual elections. We had a successful electoral day, with fair elections, as becomes a NATO member state and a country that has begun its accession...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:26

Official SEC projection: Siljanovska leads Pendarovski 2:1

After VMRO-DPMNE, the State Electoral Commission also came out with the official first projection of the results, based on 742 out of 3.508 polling stations. It shows VMRO presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova leading incumbent Stevo Pendarovski with 71,777 votes against 35,302,...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:19

Early projections: Siljanovska leads Pendarovski 2.5-1

Initial projections from VMRO-DPMNE show their presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova leading against incumbent Stevo Pendarovski with over 86,600 votes against 34,500 votes. This is the result of the initial 8 percent of the polling stations of votes. This indicates a margin of victory...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:06

First projection indicates landslide victory for VMRO-DPMNE

VMRO-DPMNE began releasing information from the party’s analytical center, that is receiving reports from election observers across the country. With 7.4 percent of the vote counted, VMRO has won 11,197 votes, against just 2,881 for their chief rivals in SDSM. DUI got 4,347, the Albanian opposition...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:04

Talat Xhaferi: The election process is expected to end peacefully

The Technical Prime Minister, Taljat Xhaferi, believes that all the conditions for the election process have been met. To a journalist’s question from MIA, whether he voted today for both the president and the parliament, he answered in the affirmative. The Technical Prime Minister came to the...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 20:00

Ademi: The election process went smoothly and without incidents

Arber Ademi from DUI emphasized at a press conference tonight that the ballot boxes are already closed. According to him, the voting process took place smoothly and without incidents. The victory is ours, to all those who said “no” to Russia, “yes” to Europe – said Ademi. To...

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