VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski congratulated the Party of United Democrats of Macedonia (PODEM) on its 11th anniversary. The Zivko Jankulovski led party is part of the VMRO led Coalition for a Better Macedonia.

PODEM is much greater than some of the parties who cling on to power today, and it showed, with deeds and example, that they keep Macedonia and democratic values as their ideal, Mickoski said during the PODEM reception.