Tag: bgnes
Macedonia 26.11.20 | 23:03

VMRO-DPMNE will initiate a vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government

During a TV interview held shortly after the large VMRO-DPMNE protest rally in Skopje, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski announced that the party will initiate a vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government. This will be good opportunity for Zaev and his top diplomats Bujar Osmani and Nikola Dimitrov...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 22:27

Protests continue tomorrow in five cities

Protests will continue tomorrow, with rallies in Kumanovo, Tetovo, Kavadarci, Bitola and Ohrid. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party held a major rally this afternoon in the capital Skopje, in protest after Zoran Zaev’s acceptance of practically all demands put forward by Bulgaria. The rally in Skopje...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 22:15

Mickoski urges the left and the right to unite against Zaev

During the large protest held this afternoon in Skopje, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski reached out to the left wing of the political divide, urging them to join the right in the protest against Zoran Zaev. Zaev is already facing major division in his SDSM party after in a scandalous interview...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 22:00

Former Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva calls on Zaev to resign

Former Foreign Affairs Minister and SDSM party official Ilinka Mitreva joined calls to have Zoran Zaev removed from the helm of the party and the country after his scandalos acceptance of all Bulgarian positions in the dispute over national identity and history. Mitreva called on the SDSM party to hold...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 21:53

Nikoloski: Zaev already made promises to Bulgaria and now they ask him to deliver

Zoran Zaev is already over, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski ahead of the large protest organized by VMRO-DPMNE this afternoon in Skopje. What Zaev is saying now with regard to Bulgaria is what he already promised them he will deliver. Bulgaria now wants him to do what he promised....

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 21:00

Zaev cronies issue statement of support for his new positions on Bulgaria as the SDSM party fractures

After a major faction appeared in the ruling SDSM party, with former party leader Branko Crvenkovski calling on Zoran Zaev to resign as Prime Minister and party leader, Zaev gathered his closest circle to come out in his support. Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski issued a social media statement...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 20:14

SDSM issues statement rebuking Crvenkovski for his criticism of Zaev

The SDSM party issued a statement in response to its former, and former leader Prime Minister and President Branko Crvenkovski, who called on current leader and PM Zoran Zaev to step down after his surrender to Bulgaria on all positions of history and national identity. We leave it to the citizens to...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 19:48

GALLERY: Massive protest against Zaev’s surrender in the dispute with Bulgaria

Over a thousand vehicles joined the mass protest call for by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, after the scandalous capitulation on all national and historic issues by Zoran Zaev to Bulgaria. Protesters gathered at the Boris Trajkovski sports hall in Skopje and drove down Ilinden boulevard to the Government...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 17:40

Nikola Dimitrov issues statement with mild criticism of Zaev

Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov posted a statement with mild criticism of Zoran Zaev and his new positions on Bulgaria. In the statement, Dimitrov said that he expected history to be left to historians and that there should be no questioning of the Macedonian identity and language. In his BGNES...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 16:31

As much of the party turns against him, Sekerinska stands by Zaev

After many top SDSM party officials rose against their party leader and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, following his BGNES interview and massive surrender to Bulgaria on all issues of historic and national identity, his main ally in the party Radmila Sekerinska remained alone in support of Zaev. The Defense...

Macedonia 25.11.20 | 22:46

Zaev mocked in the ex-YU press for his claims on Bulgaria

Regional media outlets responded strongly to Zoran Zaev’s interview with the Buglarian BGNES news agency, in which he accepted all Bulgarian positions on issues of history and national identity. The interview is being welcomed in the Bulgarian press although it is not getting especially prominent...

Macedonia 25.11.20 | 22:37

Zaev’s interview divides some of his staunchest supporters, even within a same family

Zoran Zaev’s comments on Bulgaria caused a rift in an outspoken family of his die-hard supporters. Tanja Milevska, the Macedonian Information Agency correspondent in Brussels, who is normally a staunch supporter of Zaev, criticized the Prime Minister for his comments in which he downplayed the...

Macedonia 25.11.20 | 19:38

Ex top SDSM party official blames Zaev of “hate speech against his own people and country”

Zoran Jovanovski, a former top official of the SDSM party and a candidate for party leadership, strongly condemned current leader Zoran Zaev over his shocking BGNES interview, in which he readily agreed to all Bulgarian positions toward Macedonia. One of the statements Zaev made was that private individuals...

Macedonia 25.11.20 | 16:59

Mickoski reacts to Zaev’s shocking interview: I warn the Government not to violate the Macedonian national identity

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski addressed the public after the publication of an interview Zoran Zaev gave with the Bulgarian BGNES news agency, in which he gave away a number of strategic positions of national identity and on historic issues. In the interview, Zaev praised Bulgaria for liberating...