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Macedonia 15.06.24 | 23:48

Some of the Albanian coalition partners announced their candidates for the Government

The Alternative Party – one of the coalition partners in VLEN, announced today its picks for the new Government. Orhan Murtezani, former head of the MEPSO energy company and the transportation division of the Macedonian Railroads, will be proposed as Minister for European Affairs, who is in charge...
Macedonia 10.09.23 | 20:06

Another party formed in the Albanian political camp

Skender Rexhepi, member of Parliament who was elected on the Alternative party ticket but broke with its leadership, formed a new party called National Movement. This is the latest new party to be formed in the Albanian camp, after similar moves by a group of former DUI party officials led by Izet Mexhiti,...
Macedonia 31.07.23 | 14:51

Gashi: I wish the constitutional amendments pass, but it doesn’t depend on my party’s MPs

The Chairman of the ethnic Albanian political party Alternative, Afrim Gashi, in an interview with the daily Local said that he personally wishes that the constitutional amendments pass but stresses that it doesn’t depend on his party because of the number of MPs. He added that the party’s...
Macedonia 27.02.23 | 10:02

Albanian parties call for a union of Albanian municipalities in Macedonia, redrawing of municipal borders

The DUI party came out against the proposal that a Community of Albanian Municipalities is created in Macedonia, similar to the proposal for an organization of Serbian municipalities in Kosovo. The proposal was put forward by the Alternative party, which was recently removed from the SDSM – DUI...
Macedonia 01.02.23 | 16:04

Alternative to decide on future steps in case Alliance for Albanians joins the government

The leadership of the ruling coalition party Alternative is set to hold a meeting in Gostivar on Wednesday and decide on steps to be taken in case the Alliance for Albanians (AA) joins the government. Alternative has emphasized on several occasions so far that there is no need to expand the government...
Macedonia 20.09.22 | 18:10

“Alternative”: No need for government reshuffle , Sali and Aliti are one of the most successful staff

The “Alternative” party says that the Government is functioning normally and that there is no reason for any kind of reconstruction after reports in some media that with the resignation of the Minister of Local Self-Government there will also be a mini-reshuffle that will include the Ministers...
Macedonia 29.07.22 | 18:38

Alternative is preparing for Tetovo elections: 50 Albanians from the local branch employed in PIOM

Has the smallest Albanian coalition partner started a campaign for the Tetovo Municipality Council elections? This impression is gained after today the director of the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund (PIOM), Dritan Bexheti, granted employment decisions to 50 party personnel from the Tetovo branch. Albanian...
Macedonia 16.06.22 | 07:47

Alternative demands that Rexhepi return his parliamentary mandate

Following the announcement of MP Skender Rexhepi-Zejdi that he will run as an independent MP in the Parliament, his party Alternative says that it is a purely personal decision, and not the position of the party structure. Alternative expresses regret for this decision of MP Rexhepi and informs the public...
Macedonia 15.05.22 | 22:22

Alternative party re-elects Gashi as its leader but its rift deepens

The Alternative party re-elected its leader Afrim Gashi for another therm. The party was part of the opposition, in coalition with the Alliance of Albanians, but after the failed vote of no confidence against Zaev in November, Gashi moved the party to the ruling majority. The congress held today revealed...
Macedonia 24.02.22 | 16:45

Alternative Party officials celebrated their take-over of the Retirement Fund with loud Albanian music

The Alternative Party threw a loud celebration in the PIOM retirement fund, after its official Dritan Bexheti was named its director. The Kovacevski Government removed Biljana Jovanovski as director of the huge institution that distributes retirement incomes to hundreds of thousands of retirees. Jovanovska...
Macedonia 24.12.21 | 17:41

Alternative party official named director of the Skopje prison

The Government replaced the director of the Idrizovo prison near Skopje – Jovica Stojanovic is replaced with Rexhep Rexhepi, Telma TV reported. Rexhepi is from the small Alternative party, which gained a major share of Government positions as it blackmailed Zoran Zaev after he lost his majority...
Macedonia 21.12.21 | 23:06

Gashi says he has full faith in his official facing charges of abuse of office

Alternative party leader Afrim Gashi insisted that his official Husni Ismaili did nothing wrong while he was Culture Minister in the previous coalition between the Alternative and SDSM. Ismaili faces charges of abuse of office over the way he distributed funding for cultural performers. Typical of the...
Macedonia 19.12.21 | 09:53

Alternative announced the names of its future ministers and directors

The Alternative party at its session of the Central Council late on Saturday has chosen the names of the future officials in the government, ministers, deputy ministers and managers of state enterprises. Thus, after a fruitful and well-argued debate, as stipulated in the Statute of Alternative, the leader...
Macedonia 17.12.21 | 11:14

Milososki: We don’t know where the Alternative party stands

VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki said that it is still not clear where the Alternative party stands – the Afrim Gashi led party was part of the opposition bloc and supported the removal of the Zaev government, only to switch sides and announce it will join his coalition. This move hasn’t...
Macedonia 15.12.21 | 10:13

Alternative party willing to overlook the latest veto in exchange for the promise of its share of Government largesse

Even though the Alternative party insisted that their main purpose of entering the Zaev Government is to secure the opening of EU accession talks, it seems intent to stick with its decision despite the veto Macedonia received at the European Council yesterday. The party seems prepared to justify its...
Macedonia 14.12.21 | 11:10

Before even joining the Government, the Alternative party says it could leave

Skender Rexhepi, member of Parliament for the Alternative party, said that they could again change their minds about participating in the SDSM – DUI led Government, if Macedonia does not get a date to open its EU accession talks. The Alternative did a U-turn in November, moving from the opposition...
Macedonia 06.12.21 | 11:30

DUI says it has nothing against the number of positions that Alternative got

DUI has nothing to do with the large number of positions that Alternative gets under the agreement for forming a new majority, which it made official on Sunday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, says today that DUI was coordinated and consulted during the whole process and that everything...
Macedonia 06.12.21 | 11:22

Will LPD and DOM leave the government after Alternative got everything it wanted?

After Alternative officially announced that it is joining the government and now the ruling majority has more than 61 MPs. No one can say exactly how many MPs it has eactly because after the leader of Besa, Bilal Kasami, became the mayor of Tetovo, the party lost one MP, and on top of that, the “kidnapped”...
Macedonia 05.12.21 | 11:01

What did Zaev and Gashi agree, which cabinet departments will Alternative get?!

With the agreement between Zoran Zaev and Afrim Gashi on Alternative joining he Government and the parliamentary majority, according to unofficial information, Alternative will get three ministerial posts – Health Ministry, Information Ministry, Diaspora Ministry, and three deputy ministers –...
Macedonia 04.12.21 | 22:02

Alternative decides to join the Government

Orhan Murtezani, spokesperson for the Alternative party, told a news conference tonight that the party decided to join the current parliamentary majority and the government. This is the decision from the meeting of the Central Council of Alternative, made after three meetings of Alternative leader, Afrim...
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