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Macedonia 15.04.24 | 21:53

According to Dimitrievski, constitutional amendments to alter the election of the head of state are unacceptable

Presidential candidate Maksim Dimitrievski, leader of the Movement ZNAM – For Our Macedonia, stated Monday that any proposals for constitutional changes on electing a head of state in Parliament or removing the phrase “language spoken by 20 percent” are unacceptable. He argued that removing the...

Macedonia 03.05.22 | 14:29

Mayor Dimitrievski: Macedonians in Kumanovo see the UCK as an occupying force

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski said that the construction of the memorial tower dedicated to the UCK in the near-by village of Slupcane is seen in Kumanovo as a provocation. The large, ethnically mixed city was besieged by the UCK during the civil war in 2001, and left without water for months, during...

Macedonia 05.02.22 | 11:28

“There is a major problem in the way Bulgaria honors Goce Delcev”

The statement from President Stevo Pendarovski that Bulgaria has full right as Macedonia to celebrate Goce Delcev is a major problem for Macedonia, writes journalist Predrag Dimitrovski. In his comments on the 150th anniversary of Delcev’s birth, that was celebrated yesterday, Pendarovski said...

Macedonia 22.01.22 | 11:50

Energy crisis: If we pay fuel subsidies, as the Government wants, the city of Kumanovo will have no money for infrastructure in 2022, Mayor Dimitrievski says

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski dismissed calls from the Government that local authorities hand out fuel subsidies to the citizens, as Macedonia faces a major energy crisis. The Government mismanaged and corruptly led the REK Bitola coal plant, leading to a collapse of domestic production and over...

Macedonia 03.12.21 | 10:11

Maksim Dimitrievski will not run for leader of SDSM

The Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski said that he will not run for leader of the SDSM party with the withdrawal of Zoran Zaev. Dimitrievski had a major falling out with Zaev and launched an independent bid for Mayor, defeating Zaev’s candidate and depriving SDSM from the city hall in Kumanovo...

Macedonia 03.11.21 | 12:18

Dimitrievski calls for the removal of two of Zaev’s most corrupt assistants

The Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski, who was ejected from the SDSM party by Zoran Zaev over his independent re-election bid, called on the party to throw out some of Zaev’s most corrupt advisers. Zaev is announcing a resignation from both the Government and the party leadership position in...

Macedonia 31.10.21 | 19:15

Mayor Dimitrievski: Police agents are on the ground in Kumanovo, worked all day to help my opponent

Independent mayoral candidate in Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski accused the Interior Ministry, ran by his local SDSM party rival Oliver Spasovski, of brutally interfering in the crucial run-off elections. Dimitrievski left SDSM and ran a successful independent campaign, but faced police pressure as he...

Macedonia 27.10.21 | 17:31

Kumanovo: Alliance of Albanians and Alternative will support Mayor Dimitrievski in the run-off

The Alliance of Albanians and Alternative parties announced that they will support the re-election of Maksim Dimitrievski in Kumanovo. Dimitrievski split with the SDSM party after a feud with Zoran Zaev and especially Zaev’ Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, and now faces an SDSM candidate in...

Macedonia 21.10.21 | 14:18

Maksim Dimitrievski comes out with strong criticism of Zaev’s concessions on national identity issues

The Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski, who is running a successful challenge to his former SDSM party to keep his office, doubled down on his criticism of his former ally Zoran Zaev. In a TV interview, Dimitrievski blasted Zaev for making numerous concessions with the Macedonian national identity. We...

Macedonia 19.10.21 | 13:30

Zaev sicced the police on the defiant Mayor of Kumanovo

The Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski, who challenged his own SDSM party and especially Zaev’s Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski with his independent run for re-election, informed that public that he is being arrested today. In a live Facebook stream, Dimitrievski said that he is ordered to follow...

Macedonia 02.09.21 | 22:14

Kumanovo Mayor Dimitrievski: I will work to change things in the SDSM party from within

The Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski condemned the SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev for trying to kick him out of the party. Dimitrievski announced an independent re-election bid after realizing that Zaev and Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski will not let him run for another term as the SDSM candidate. At...

Macedonia 27.08.21 | 14:17

SDSM lashes out at Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski following his defection from the party

The SDSM party strongly condemned the decision by Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski to launch an independent bid for a second term. Dimitrievski was elected on the SDSM ticket in 2017, but has frequently criticized the party, and its leader Zoran Zaev, especially for his mishandling of the coronavirus...

Macedonia 25.08.21 | 13:52

Split in SDSM threatens their hold on the city of Kumanovo

A leak yesterday announced that SDSM plans to “retire” a number of key mayors and nominate new candidates. SDSM expected to carry out a purge of its incumbent mayors But one of the crucial large cities that the party managed to hold even during the height of the VMRO-DPMNE decade in office,...

Macedonia 05.07.21 | 19:09

SDSM split in Kumanovo – two candidates want the nomination

Incumbent Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski today announced that he is running for another term. Dimitrievski’s candidacy follows that of Martin Kostovski, his local rival in the SDSM branch. This is the second major municipal SDSM party branch that got split today – earlier two candidates...

Macedonia Sport 10.06.21 | 22:15

Football: First task is not to lose against Austria, goalkeeper Dimitrievski says

Macedonian goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski says that the first main objective for the team is to avoid losing to Austria, in the first game of the European Championship. Macedonia qualified to the big tournament for the first time in its history and the entire nation is gearing up for the kick-off next...

News 15.03.21 | 20:34

Mayor of the hard hit city of Kumanovo urges Prime Minister Zaev to focus on finding vaccines

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski urged the Government to use all its resources to procure vaccines. Dimitrievski is from the ruling SDSM party but frequently clashed with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, both on his appeasing Bulgaria policy, and over mishandling the coronavirus epidemic. We have some 100...

News 10.03.21 | 12:08

Kumanovo citizens go to Serbia to get vaccinated, Mayor says

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski revealed that people from the city which is hard hit by the coronavirus epidemic are going across the border to Vranje in Serbia to get their vaccines. Macedonia has practically no vaccines while Serbia is among the most vaccinated countries in Europe, after sourcing...

Macedonia 03.12.20 | 09:16

Kumanovo Mayor Dimitrievski accuses Buckovski of high treason

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski continued to voice opposition to his own SDSM party over its plan to accept Bulgarian positions on issues of national identity and history. Dimitrievski was critical of his party leader Zaev after Zaev’s scandalous BGNES interview, and now denounced former party...

Macedonia 06.09.20 | 09:14

Father suspects that the light sentence against the killer of his son was arranged

Zoran Dimitrievski, the father of Goce Dimitrievski who was killed in a traffic accident two years ago, told Sitel TV that he was advised to remain silent during the sentencing, not to provoke a reaction from the judge. The judge passed merely a suspended sentence to the driver who killed Goce Dimitrievski,...

Macedonia 09.05.20 | 15:47

Kumanovo Mayor: Five years later we still haven’t heard the truth about the attack

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski insisted that the city still hasn’t heard the full truth about the 2015 assault on the city. The attack, carried out by a well armed group of Albanian guerrillas over two days, killed eight Macedonian police officers, while 10 of the attackers were also killed. The...

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