Tag: DUI
Macedonia 08.02.24 | 20:38

DUI and SDSM lost one vote in their fight against the Alliance of Albanians

The DUI-SDSM coalition lost one vote from its majority, as it tries to discipline the smaller Albanian partner – Alliance of Albanians. Menduh Thaci, leader of the once major DPA party, said that he will not attend the Parliament session or vote for the proposed new ministers. DUI is leading the...

Macedonia 03.02.24 | 22:03

VMRO is not under obligation to offer a post-election coalition to DUI

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Timco Mucunski said that the 2008 agreement with DUI is dead, and that VMRO is under no obligation to offer them a coalition agreement after the elections, even if DUI wins more votes than the opposition Albanian parties. In 2006, VMRO formed a coalition with the smaller, but...

Macedonia 28.01.24 | 19:17

Milososki: SDSM turned the Macedonian people into renters in their own country

Antonio Milososki was selected by VMRO-DPMNE to make the key response to the interim Government in which SDSM proposed that DUI official Talat Xhaferi is made Prime Minister. This is the first time an ethnic Albanian has held the top executive position in the country – albeit for a set period of...

Macedonia 26.01.24 | 22:05

Nikoloski: VMRO will win, we will prevent DUI from undermining the vote of the Albanian opposition

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski expects the party to win the coming elections with absolute majority in Parliament. Nikoloski touted improvements in the election process introduced since the 2021 local elections, which prevent ballot stuffing, as something that will help get a fair outcome. Critical...

Macedonia 14.01.24 | 21:57

DUI party officials are filling the air traffic control service with their relatives

Following the incident officials from the DUI party caused in the air traffic control M-NAV service, a TV station outlined all of the nepotistic hirinigs in this organization. According to Telma TV, First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi has an in-law hired in M-NAV, while Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani...

Macedonia 04.01.24 | 19:03

Shocking incident: DUI thugs entered the Skopje air traffic control building and attacked a “disobedient” controller

The dispute in the M-NAV air traffic control center at the Skopje airport led to a shocking incident today, when activists of the ruling DUI party attacked an air traffic controller. The incident follows days of tensions in M-NAV, where DUI appointed managers are trying to manipulate the hiring process...

Macedonia 08.12.23 | 19:03

DUI nominates Talat Xhaferi as interim Prime Minister

The DUI party, which is practically the dominant partner in the coalition with SDSM, announced that it will nominate Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi as interim Prime Minister. DUI expects the right to appoint a Prime Minister for the last 100 days of the Government – which is part of the deal...

Macedonia 26.11.23 | 13:22

DUI insists on its right to appoint an interim Prime Minister

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, who comes from the ruling DUI party, rebuffed calls from VMRO-DPMNE to abolish the principle of a technical Government that would be put in place before the elections. VMRO made this offer, which would leave them without the planned control of several important ministries...

Macedonia 22.11.23 | 21:40

SDSM is losing the argument, will accept holding the presidential and general elections on the same day

Justice Minister Krenar Loga revealed to the press that the ruling coalition is coming to a decision to combine the presidential and the general elections planned for 2024. Until recently, SDSM refused this common sense proposal from VMRO-DPMNE, who asked that the two elections, that should have taken...

Macedonia 11.11.23 | 19:32

“DUI is using nationalism to cover up its crimes”

In his Republika interview, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski accused the ruling DUI party of hiking the rhetoric on nationalist issues in order to divert attention from its constant corruption scandals. The remarks come days after DUI leader Ali Ahmeti attended the opening of an UCK museum near...

Macedonia 21.10.23 | 17:49

Company linked to Ahmeti got a large contact from the DUI led state Lottery

After the appointment of a DUI party official as head of the state Lottery, the company signed an extremely suspicious deal with a politically linked company, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. The Lottery is led by Perparim Bajrami, former chief of staff of powerful Deputy Prime Minister Artan...

Macedonia 17.09.23 | 17:26

VMRO: A company which donates million EUR to DUI every year is named main subcontractor in the Bechtel deal

Six and a half months ofter the grand and glamorous opening ceremony for the Bechtel highways, not a meter of new asphalt has been laid down, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party in a statement. All we got is statements and photo-ops, and after the ceremonies are over, there are no workers or machines...

Macedonia 16.09.23 | 21:14

Albanian opposition parties accuse DUI of using the US Ambassador to cover up their corruption scandals

Albanian opposition parties accused the ruling DUI party of corruption, citing a number of recent scandals. Among them is the hiring of the Eurovia company, owned by people close to DUI, for major public contracts, after the company donated large sums to the party. Eurovia was named a major subcontractor...

Macedonia 13.09.23 | 21:11

Mickoski dismayed by the appointment of a corrupt company linked to DUI as a key Bechtel subcontractor

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski expressed dismay that a company involved in a high profile alleged corruption scandal was named key subcontractor to the Bechtel highway deal. The Eurovia company is close to the ruling DUI party and was recently awarded a number of public contracts, at clearly...

Macedonia 12.09.23 | 22:25

Mexhiti: DUI is deeply involved in crime

Izet Mexhiti, leader of the newly formed Democratic Movement party that split from the ruling DUI party, said that it is high time for the currently ruling parties to go in the opposition and “help themselves by retiring many of their people”. DUI is deeply involved in crime, in the casino...

Macedonia 11.09.23 | 14:35

The Anticorruption Commission declared itself incompetent to proceed with the investigation of DUI illegal financing

The State Corruption Prevention Commission (SCPC) on Monday declared itself incompetent to review the financing of a political party, in his case DUI, despite ascertaining that the party conducted a financial violation. The Commission’s report reads that DUI received donations far above the legal...

Macedonia 11.09.23 | 14:20

Students still didn’t receive the textbooks after two weeks, this government destroyed entire generations

The students are without textbooks for a second week now. This government destroyed entire generations. Each year with SDS/DUI in power the students wait for their free and legally promised textbooks for several months. Instead of textbooks, each year they receive scripts, which they have to photocopy...

Macedonia 09.09.23 | 22:21

Screen Media sold DUI advertising space, then donated to the party

The owner of Screen Media is Elmedin Ademi, who also owns the construction company Eurovia, which won a €1.8 million tender to refurbish a sports hall. Screen Media rented its billboards to other parties, too, but only donated to DUI. The advertising firm Screen Media rented billboards to DUI...

News Macedonia 09.09.23 | 22:10

Ademi and his companies donated to DUI more than 160,000 euros

The advertising firm Screen Media rented billboards to DUI for the local elections in 2021, while at the same time, it was one of the larger sponsors of the party – it charged DUI €34,000 for the billboards and donated €12,000 to the same party, TV Telma investigated. The owner of Screen Media is...

Macedonia 02.09.23 | 12:22

Even DUI’s largest sponsor Ademi’s wife donated to the party

Even Arbe Ademi, the wife of Elmedin Ademi who won the €1.8 million MoFA tender for refurbishing a sports hall, is among DUI’s largest sponsors, TV Telma reports, citing the party’s annual report on donations. According to the report, the firm Viacom, owned by Arbe Ademi, last year donated...

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