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Macedonia 06.05.24 | 19:21

Final pre-election debate between Siljanovska and Pendarovski (LIVE VIDEO)

Presidential candidates Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova (VMRO-DPMNE) and Stevo Pendarovski (SDSM) are facing off this evening in the last presidential debate before the period of pre-election silence goes into effect. You can follow the Kanal 5 debate live, here.  
Macedonia 20.04.24 | 20:15

Presidential debate scheduled for Sunday evening

The seven candidates running for President finally agreed to hold a debate – the date is set for tomorrow evening, and it will be hosted by the Macedonian state television MRTV. SDSM candidate and incumbent President Stevo Pendarovski was the one disputing the format and the location – after...
Macedonia 03.04.24 | 22:13

“SDSM will remain subcontractors to DUI”

During the televised debate of the leaders of the two main parties, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski told his SDSM counterpart Dimitar Kovacevski that he sees them remaining subcontractors to DUI. Ali Ahmeti’s party amassed unprecedented power in the past years, as the survival of the nominally...
Macedonia 03.04.24 | 20:56

Mickoski: For me, this country was and remains Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski warned that the SDSM attempts to impose an unfavorable treaty with Bulgaria will lead to consequences similar to those from the imposed Prespa Treaty with Greece to rename Macedonia. Kovacevski is not undertaking a brave step, as he says, but a disastrous one. The...
Macedonia 03.04.24 | 20:33

Mickoski: Kovacevski happily praised the Skopje 2014 project, before turning against it

During the televised debate today, SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski used a usual attack for his party, and raised the issue of Skopje 2014, the major urban renewal project initiated by former VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski. SDSM often criticizes this project as too expensive and not in line with their...
Macedonia 03.04.24 | 19:46

Mickoski to Kovacevski: I’m telling you to your face, there will be no changes to the Constitution under these conditions

During the televised debate with Dimitar Kovacevski, VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski reiterated that there will be no changes to the Constitution, in line with the Bulgarian demands, under the current conditions. This is a major issue in the coming general and presidential elections, as Bulgaria continues...
Macedonia 03.04.24 | 19:20

“After a long search, SDSM found a candidate willing to lose in the presidential elections”

After a long search, SDSM found a candidate willing to lose in the presidential elections, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski in the opening remarks of his televised debate with SDSM head Dimitar Kovacevski. Mickoski was referring to President Stevo Pendarovski, who is trying for re-election...
Macedonia 03.04.22 | 12:07

LIVE VIDEO: Debate on the state of the healthcare system in Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE is holding a round table today to discuss the state of healthcare in teh country. Doctors Risto Simeonov, Biljana Lozanovska, Milenko Kostov, Marija Jovanovska – Orceva and Igor Nikolov are the speakers at the conference. You can follow the debate live – http://  
Macedonia 15.10.21 | 15:40

Silegov leaves a debate on MTV, he did not like the criticism and questions

Silegov is seriously under fire and he started running away from facing the other candidates. After escaping at the end of the Telma debate a few days ago and not saying goodbye to his opponents, he has now made a new scandal. Каков мајтап и пинг понг му прават на Шилегов*,...
Macedonia 24.06.20 | 21:27

Debate reveals significant differences in the approach toward national identity issues from VMRO and SDSM

The first televised debates between the VMRO and SDSM candidates in the 1st electoral district was naturally dedicated to the issues of national identity. SDSM is running in district which covers central Skopje with Nikola Dimitrov, the Foreign Minister who signed the treaties with Greece and Bulgaria,...
Macedonia 08.03.20 | 21:54

Successful Woman, Strong Macedonia

On Sunday, VMRO-DPMNE organized a debate on the occasion of March 8th – International Women’s Day dubbed “Successful Woman, Strong Macedonia”. After the debate, VMRO-DPMNE’s Rasela Mizrahi emphasized that today we must not forget why we are marking March 8th, that is, the...
Macedonia 28.02.20 | 17:02

Mickoski to debate Zaev on Kanal 5

Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski will debate the leader of the ruling SDSM party Zoran Zaev on Kanal 5 TV this evening. It’s the first, and possibly only debate of the election cycle and it begins at 18:30. Before the duel, Mickoski said that he will confront Zaev with all the failures and...
Macedonia 17.02.20 | 14:00

Mickoski calls Zaev out to a televised debate

Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski called out Zoran Zaev to a televised debate, after two TV channels offered to hold one. I happily accepted both offers, and I’m not going to hide from the public. It is up to Zoran Zaev to face the truth and the facts. He needs to respond why he built a political...
Macedonia 17.11.19 | 14:39

Outgoing Prime Minister Zaev: As long as I breathe, Gruevski will not be saved!

Gruevski saved himself with the statute of limitations expiry for the Chinese loans !? As long as I breathe Gruevski will not be saved. He will not be saved because the case is alive, outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said at Saturday’s SDSM debate in Veles. He said the case would go on, decisions...
Macedonia 25.04.19 | 22:36

Double standards by pro-Government journalists

Double standards employed by pro-Government journalists were on full display yesterday, when a scheduled presidential debate between Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova and Stevo Pendarovski on the pro-SDSM Telma TV station was cancelled. Siljanovska expressed her regret that Pendarovski bowed out of...
Macedonia 19.04.19 | 23:32

Siljanovska and Reka call Pendarovski out for his ugly and ethnically divisive campaign during the final presidential debate

During the final presidential debate between the three candidates, the ruling coalition candidate Stevo Pendarovski made a final attempt to solidify the Albanian vote by going after VMRO-DPMNE candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova. Siljanovska responded to the attempts to portray her as a nationalist...
Macedonia 05.04.19 | 11:12

Twitter decides who is the winner of the first presidential debate?

More than 60 percent of the answers to the question “Who is the winner of the first debate”, which journalist Bobi Hristov posted on Twitter on Thursday evening, say it is Gordana Siljanovska Davkova. Presidential candidates Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, Stevo Pendarovski and Blerim Reka...
Macedonia 04.04.19 | 20:33

Siljanovska reminds Pendarovski: You promised state consensus on name change

At Thursday’s TV debate, professor Gordana Siljanovska Davkova reminded her opponents Stevo Pendarovski of all his promises regarding the name change, how that would not happen without state consensus of all parties, Zaev’s promises that the Constitution will not change, etc. Do you know...
Macedonia 04.04.19 | 17:47

First presidential debate on TV Telma at 19:15 h

Blerim Reka, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, Stevo Pendarovski will face off Thursday evening in the first presidential debate on TV Telma. Three candidates, three different concepts, only one winner. How and with which priorities will Reka, Siljanovska or Pendarovski run the country? Watch the first face-off...
Macedonia 14.03.19 | 17:08

After initial reluctance, Zaev agrees to debate Mickoski

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski welcomed the move by Zoran Zaev to accept to debate him, after being called out by Mickoski twice. It’s good that after two requests, the Prime Minister finally agreed to debate me. Obviously the Government’s results are not as they expected and they...

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