Tag: apasiev
Macedonia 21.11.24 | 19:37

Populist MP Apasiev was trying to provoke an incident in the Parliament

An incident broke out in the Parliament today, when Dimitar Apasiev, leader of the populist Levica party, began to shout obscenities at other members of Parliament. Apasiev was trying to provoke representatives from VMRO-DPMNE, insulting their families and urging them to come to him, while several other...

Macedonia 05.05.24 | 11:18

Mitrovski: Levica is trying to help SDSM

One of the activists of the Colored Revolution, lawyer Janaki Mitrovski, condemned his former comrades from the Levica party for their refusal to endorse the remaining opposition presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova. Levica badly underperformed on its expectations in the first round,...

Macedonia 28.04.24 | 15:47

Apasiev: We need to stop damaging policies; enough with weighing the lesser of two evils

Levica leader Dimitar Apasiev addressed citizens of Prilep on Saturday evening, expressing his expectations for the upcoming parliamentary elections following the first round of voting. He emphasized the need to secure over 80,000 votes and attain a double-digit number of MPs to counter potentially detrimental...

Macedonia 14.07.23 | 12:05

VMRO: Apasiev is in coalition with SDS and DUI

Dimitar Apasiev and his Levica party sold out the Macedonian bloc and launched an open campaign against us, to divide the opposition, VMRO-DPMNE said in a statement, following Apasiev’s call that the voters must deny VMRO a majority in Parliament at the next elections. Apasiev fights so that VMRO...

Macedonia 17.03.23 | 20:16

Apasiev attacks VMRO-DPMNE over the April 27th protesters

The expected refusal of the ruling SDSM – DUI – AA coalition to allow a vote on the proposed amnesty of the April 27th protesters caused recriminations on the political scene. Aware that the vote will fail, some of the VMRO-DPMNE members of Parliament, who support the amnesty, were absent...

Macedonia 23.01.23 | 09:35

Levica party denies media reports about the incident involving one of its officials

The Levica party issued a statement regarding the incident in which its official was detained for allegedly driving under influence. Bojan Bogeski was described in media reports as bodyguard to Levica party leader Dimitar Apasiev, with a prior criminal record for violent incidents. Levica claims that...

Macedonia 30.10.22 | 17:42

Levica leader Apasiev was also assaulted in Blagoevgrad

Bulgarian nationalists also tried to attack the leader of Levica, Dimitar Apasiev, who attended the opening of the Macedonian cultural center in Blagoevgrad. Флашка имаше, па њамаше 🥳 https://t.co/OlRM5Iv0uz — Апасиев (@apasiev) October 30, 2022 The agent provocateur...

Macedonia 11.11.21 | 21:44

Apasiev: The country is run by a cartel, the situation will radicalize

Levica party leader Dimitar Apasiev compared the political situation in Macedonia to a cartel run country, after opposition member of Parliament Kastriot Rexhepi went missing today as he was expected to attend the vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government. He was with us till the last moments. He...

Macedonia 08.11.21 | 21:58

Apasiev asks Albanian opposition parties to set aside emotions and use the opportunity to finally remove DUI from power

Dimitar Apasiev, leader of the populist Levica party, called on the Albanian opposition parties to support the vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government. One of the Albanian members of Parliament who supported the push became uncertain in it, and as nominal reason cites  the inclusion of Levica in...

Macedonia 18.10.21 | 10:52

Levica is open to support opposition candidates in the second round of the elections, and also for a push to bring down Zaev’s Government

Following a good result in a number of urban areas, the left wing Levica party announced that it is prepared to discuss terms with other opposition parties for the second round of the local elections. Levica did not win a single mayoral seat, but greatly increased its share of votes in many municipal...

Macedonia 27.07.21 | 23:09

Rift between VMRO and Levica grows wider

Relations between the conservative VMRO-DPMNE and the left-wing populist Levica party deteriorated further over the past few days. Levica launched a social media campaign against VMRO, as it tries to position itself as the main defender of Macedonian national identity. It cited attempts by the Zaev Government...

Macedonia 18.05.21 | 13:43

Apasiev co-signed a bill under the imposed name “North Macedonia”

The two members of Parliament from the small populist Levica party signed a proposed bill which uses the name “North Macedonia”. Levica are far left former supporters of Zaev’s Colored Revolution, who turned into major critics of the imposed name change, but its leader Dimitar Apasiev...

Macedonia 29.11.20 | 17:04

Levica offers VMRO-DPMNE a truce and a common front against Zaev

Dimitar Apasiev, leader of the far left Levica party, offered a political truce to VMRO-DPMNE and a joint front against the Zaev Government. Levica supports the protests initiated by VMRO-DPMNE after Zaev’s shocking BGNES interview and his announced surrender on all issues raised by Bulgaria. But...

News 26.11.20 | 17:08

Parliament names one of Zaev’s top cronies to the Constitutional Court, Apasiev from Levica helped provide the quorum

With 61 votes in favor, the Parliament elected one of the top cronies of the Zaev regime in the judiciary, judge Dobrila Kacarska, to the Constitutional Court. The ruling majority made up of SDSM, DUI and BESA, which has struggled to gather enough votes to even begin sessions, made this appointment its...

Macedonia 17.07.20 | 14:19

Prosecutors investigating Apasiev’s “up against the wall” Facebook comment

State prosecutors said that they are investigating a leader of a political party for a social media comment, after receiving complaints from individuals as well as the Helsinki Committee, which frequently reports comments from opposition activists. The prosecutors did not identify the comment in question...

Macedonia 16.07.20 | 12:05

Far left leader Apasiev predicts another early election and even more seats for his party

Following a rare success for an small, primarily ethnic Macedonian party to enter Parliament on its own, the head of the Levica group Dimitar Apasiev predicted that in the next elections they will have a double digit number of representatives. Levica, a far left protest group which opposes the imposed...

Macedonia 13.02.20 | 10:27

Apasiev: Zaev knew about the extortion

The audio recording that was revealed in Parliament yesterday makes it clear that Zoran Zaev knew about Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13′ extortion, says one of the leaders of Zaev’s 2015 Colored Revolution. Law professor and activist Dimitar Apasiev points out to the segment of the recording...

Macedonia 18.02.19 | 16:09

Small left wing party says SDSM and Government officials are trying to take it over, silence its criticism

Dimitar Apasiev, leader of the small far left party Levica (the left) accused former Levica activist, now Government official Branimir Jovanovic, of attempting to take over the party with support from the Government and the ruling SDSM party. Levica had an outsize influence during the Colored Revolution,...