Tag: DUI
Macedonia 23.02.22 | 09:44

Ahmeti’s nephew announces he will present evidence of corruption within the ranks of his DUI party

The DUI party has chauffeurs who own houses worth a million EUR, said Fatmir Limani, a relative of DUI leader Ali Ahmeti who recently turned on the party and joined the BESA movement. There is nothing like this in Europe, Limani said, pointing to the fact that Ali Ahmeti has led the party and been in...

Macedonia 11.02.22 | 11:32

Siljanovska: The same 20 to 30 DUI officials have held power for two decades

The DUI party keeps rotating 20 to 30 people to all its positions in the Government, despite their failures, said VMRO-DPMNE representative Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova, as the Parliament voted to approve the new deputy ministers. Ten of the 16 deputy ministers are ethnic Albanians, most of them...

Macedonia 05.01.22 | 17:50

DUI led ministries go on a hiring spree

Over the past three months, the Government ministries led by DUI hired more than 220 new employees. Chief among them is the Ministry that was built around the Secretariat for the implementation of the 2001 Ohrid peace treaty, currently led by top DUI official Artan Grubi. A total of 166 new jobs were...

Macedonia 01.01.22 | 21:47

Mickoski: SDSM is not a factor in the Government, DUI governs Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski commented Saturday in an interview with TV Alfa about the role that DUI will have in the coming period in the government of Dimitar Kovacevski. They are sending a message that they are a factor, SDSM is not a factor in the Government. Now Zaev’s pawn, Kovacevski,...

Macedonia 23.12.21 | 17:23

SDSM and DUI trade departments – an ethnic Albanian Minister will be in charge of rewriting Macedonian history books

TV24 reports that SDSM and DUI plan to swap two departments in what they hope will be their new Government. DUI won the Agriculture Ministry as part of the major concessions given to the Alternative party, which was desperately needed to prop up the Government, and got three departments in exchange for...

Macedonia 20.12.21 | 23:37

SDSM intends to give the Defense Ministry to DUI

24 Info reports that SDSM will give away the Defense Ministry in the next Government to the DUI party. Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska announced that she is leaving the Government, along with several other key ministers, who do not intend to remain after Zaev resigns, likely before the end of the...

Macedonia 10.12.21 | 17:26

Alliance of Albanians blames the SDSM – DUI led Government of wasting another EU opportunity

The Alliance of Albanians accused the SDSM – DUI led Government of missing another opportunity for Macedonia to open its EU accession talks. Bulgaria is expected to block Macedonia again, at the coming European Council on December 14th, as it demands major concessions from Macedonia in the area...

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 02.12.21 | 13:56

Pajaziti: DUI could reject Kovacevski as next Prime Minister and opt for early elections

Journalist Naser Pajaziti, who reports mainly on the Albanian parties in Macedonia, believes that the DUI party could walk out of its coalition with SDSM, if Zoran Zaev persists in his plan to leave as Prime Minister. DUI frequently rebuked Zaev for his decision, but he remains intent to appoint Dimitar...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 13:25

DUI could use the divisions in the Albanian opposition to call for early elections

The splintering in the ethnic Albanian opposition could prompt the DUI party to call for early elections and solidify its position as king-maker in Parliament. DUI faced a collapse of its coalition with SDSM as the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party was joined by three ethnic Albanian opposition parties –...

Macedonia 27.11.21 | 16:37

DUI again calls on Zaev to remain as Prime Minister until he resolves the dispute with Bulgaria

Zaev’s First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi again reiterated that Zoran Zaev needs to remain as leader of the Government. DUI rejected Zaev’s resignation as soon as he announced it, and the party continues to point out that it has an arrangement with Zaev, either as a way to push him to...

Macedonia 24.11.21 | 10:03

Former ZNM director: Crime in Macedonia has one name

The former president of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (ZNM), Naser Selmani, after the tragedy in Bulgaria, accused Ali Ahmeti DUI of being the perpetrator of crime in the country. Crime has one name: DUI, Selmani wrote on Facebook. Earlier, Selmani wrote: The life of an Albanian it’s...

Macedonia 18.11.21 | 23:11

Nikoloski: VMRO-DPMNE does not have planes to bring voters as DUI has, that is why they won in Kicevo

The Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE, Aleksandar Nikoloski, commented on TV 21 on the election result in Kicevo. He said that the “planes of voters” made the difference in Kicevo and brought the victory of DUI. Nikoloski stressed that this is not the will of the citizens living in Kicevo, someone...

Macedonia 15.11.21 | 10:02

After an ugly campaign, DUI expected to win the mayoral race in Debar

The State Electoral Commission’s initial reports show that the DUI candidate Hekuran Duka overcame his first round defeat and will win the race for Mayor of Debar. Bekim Pocesta from the Alliance of Albanians (AA) is down 140 votes behind Duka – both won a little over 4,000 votes. AA said...

Macedonia 12.11.21 | 11:38

DUI triumphant after the outcome of the drama in the Parliament

Zoran Zaev avoided addressing the public after the chaotic scenes in the Parliament yesterday, when an opposition member of Parliament disappeared before the vote of no confidence, and was feared kidnapped. Zaev came to the Parliament before midnight and sat ashen faced while Speaker Talat Xhaferi can...

Macedonia 11.11.21 | 20:47

Media reports allege that the missing member of Parliament is kept in the DUI headquarters in Tetovo

A number of media outlets are reporting that the missing member of Parliament Kastriot Rexhepi is kept in the DUI party office near Tetovo, together with his family. Rexhepi went missing today, just as the Parliament was preparing to begin the vote of no confidence in the SDSM – DUI Government....

Macedonia 10.11.21 | 19:53

Zaev meets with his remaining allies and DUI as the vote of no confidence is expected tomorrow

Zaev is holding a meeting with some of his coalition partners and DUI party representatives this evening, DUI officials told TV24. The meeting comes as a vote of no confidence is scheduled to take place tomorrow at 11h, and the opposition parties seem united and appear to have the necessary 61 votes....

Macedonia 08.11.21 | 20:26

Alliance of Albanians sees the vote of no confidence as a chance to finally hold DUI officials accountable

Alliance of Albanians spokesman Arben Zeqiri said that this party is stronglyu determined to ensure the defeat of the current SDSM – DUI coalition and to ensure justice for the corruption on the part of its officials. AA is the largest of the three opposition ethnic Albanian parties, and together...

Macedonia 08.11.21 | 20:15

Administrative Court rules in favor of BESA in the mayoral race dispute that brought down the Zaev coalition

The Administrative Court decided today that there will be no revote in a polling station in the rural municipality of Zelino near Tetovo. The race, which was won by a candidate of the BESA party by 70 votes ahead of the DUI party candidate, was used as pretext for BESA to leave the SDSM led coalition. BESA...

Macedonia 07.11.21 | 22:22

Mickoski on the war threats: It turned out that they live in the past, SDSM didn’t condemn these statements

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, in an interview with Sitel TV, referring to the war threats made by a DUI member, said that this party lives in the past and instead of reformed green policies they use such rhetoric, while SDSM and Zaev did not even condemn such threats, and their party...

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