Tag: DUI
Macedonia 05.04.23 | 10:56

Members of the DUI faction deny reports that they are planning to switch to the BESA party

Dissatisfied members of the Izet Mexhiti led faction in DUI are denying media reports that they plan to join the BESA party in large numbers. The faction caused the largest split in DUI so far, and party leader Ali Ahmeti has frantically tried to patch things up with their leaders, whose main demand...

Macedonia 01.04.23 | 21:07

Divisions in DUI: Ahmeti demands that Mexhiti’s faction returns to the fold

Following a meeting of DUI party leadership, leader Ali Ahmeti sent a message that he will not allow the existence of factions within the party. He announced that he will settle the matter with the rebellious faction led by Izet Mexhiti at a congress of the party. Our statute does not allow factions....

Macedonia 01.04.23 | 20:24

Mickoski: SDSM and DUI are joining forces with Levica at the local level

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski accused the Levica party of joining with SDSM and DUI to approve a development plan in Skopje’s Karpos district that will allow large residential developments. SDSM and DUI are particularly vocal against Levica on the national level, but are apparently coordinating...

Macedonia 19.03.23 | 10:56

VMRO-DPMNE: Kovacevski is a voiceless letter who only keeps the chair for the DUI staff until they remove him from office

Playstation politician Kovacevski is once included, once excluded from office. Minister Osmani’s statement showed that Kovacevski is only a custodian of the prime minister’s chair for the staff of DUI. As a temporary acting official, Kovacevski will just wait until the bosses tell him that...

Macedonia 16.03.23 | 11:04

Dissatisfied group in DUI to launch a petition for Grubi’s dismissal

The “dissatisfied group” in DUI announces a petition for the dismissal of the Deputy Prime Minister, Artan Grubi, and the ministers in the government from the ranks of the party. An online petition will be launched today, which will demand a dismissal. This faction of DUI also demands a TV...

Macedonia 14.03.23 | 15:18

What a humiliation for SDSM: DUI determines how much longer Kovacevski will be prime minister

After Bujar Osmani said yesterday that soon the Albanians in Macedonia will get their first prime minister, the predictions that there could soon be early parliamentary elections flared up. Although the deadline for them is June next year, it is very likely that they will happen earlier. The thin majority...

Macedonia 08.03.23 | 15:49

Mickoski: Macedonia is undergoing DUI-sation

Macedonia is undergoing a process of DUI-sation, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski during his meeting today with the Polish Ambassador Voyceh Tycinski, referring to the de-facto stronger of the two main ruling parties, Ali Ahmeti’s DUI or BDI. This means that corruption expands like...

Macedonia 08.03.23 | 11:29

In the midst of scandals and a power struggle, Grubi invites the loyal DUI party officials for a game of mini football

Beset by major corruption allegations, a mafia style killing of mobsters with ties to his party and ahead of the signing of a 1.3 billion EUR highway contract with Bechtel – First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi chose to entertain himself yesterday by playing mini football and basketball with...

Macedonia 01.03.23 | 20:56

Former top confidant warns Ali Ahmeti that his time is running out

Former Deputy Prime Minister and powerplayer in the DUI party Musa Xhaferi made a cryptic statement, that the “old boy is counting his last days”. The comment is seen as an open challenge to party leader Ali Ahmeti, who led the 2001 Albanian insurgency that killed hundreds in Macedonia and...

Macedonia 01.03.23 | 13:31

Large group of DUI supporters gathered to demand that Artan Grubi is ousted from the party

Thousands of DUI party members gathered yesterday in Skopje’s Cair to protest against the First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi. The rally was organized by the rebel faction in DUI led by former Cair Mayor Izet Mexhiti, who calls for Grubi’s ouster from his powerful position in the Government,...

Macedonia 27.02.23 | 10:02

Albanian parties call for a union of Albanian municipalities in Macedonia, redrawing of municipal borders

The DUI party came out against the proposal that a Community of Albanian Municipalities is created in Macedonia, similar to the proposal for an organization of Serbian municipalities in Kosovo. The proposal was put forward by the Alternative party, which was recently removed from the SDSM – DUI...

News 23.02.23 | 10:07

Media report indicates that opposition party leader Taravari was bribed by DUI to join their coalition

Fokus confirms reports that the house that Alliance of Albanians leader Arben Taravari bought in Skopje was previously owned by a powerful businessman close to the DUI party – strongly indicating that Taravari was bribed by DUI in order to change his party’s affiliation and support the SDSM...

Macedonia 18.02.23 | 14:38

VMRO: Artan Grubi used his office to benefit a company close to his brother

People close to the First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi are developing a lucrative business with the help of regulatory capture, warned the VMRO-DPMNE party. VMRO official Mile Lefkov held a press conference today to describe how a little known practice – safety inspections of gas stations...

Macedonia 18.02.23 | 09:47

Not just coalition partners but neighbors – Arben Taravari and his close associate bought houses next door to a powerful DUI businessman

Fokus reports on the curious property purchase made by Arben Taravari, leader of the Alliance of Albanians, which decided to join the ruling SDSM – DUI coalition and help prolong the life of Dimitar Kovacevski’s Government. Taravari was an outspoken critic of the Government, especially of...

Macedonia 17.02.23 | 12:18

VMRO: The ruling coalition overplayed its hand

The Government overplayed its hand in the attempt to expand the ruling coalition and lost two parties in exchange for gaining one, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, as the Government tries to maintain its slim majority in the Parliament. The SDSM – DUI coalition is about to bring the Alliance of...

Macedonia 12.02.23 | 10:24

The state is run by SDS and DUI criminals – 71% of citizens believe that corruption reigns in the state, only 6% trust the judiciary

VMRO-DPMNE says that the latest poll by “Eurotink” for 2022 and the results on corruption in Macedonia and trust in the judiciary have confirmed what they have been saying for several years – that the government led by SDS and DUI is the most corrupt, and the judiciary is under the...

Economy 18.01.23 | 09:45

Mexhiti: DUI brags about infrastructure all the time, and only two kilometers of the Skopje-Blace road have been built in five years

In a government where half of the ministers are Albanians and 80 percent of the economic departments are run by Albanians, should the capital investments in the Albanian areas be at two percent, Izet Mexhiti, leader of the dissatisfied group demanding changes in DUI, asked in an interview with TV Sitel. Leader...

Macedonia 17.01.23 | 20:38

Leader of the new DUI faction warns party leader Ahmeti that he is losing touch with reality

Izet Mexhiti, the former Mayor of Skopje’s Chair district who now leads the DUI party faction opposed to leader Ali Ahmeti, said that Ahmeti is on the verge of losing touch with reality. “Ali Ahmeti is our leader, and we supported him for 20 years. We are prepared to continue to support him....

Macedonia 17.01.23 | 16:11

DUI marks Skanderbeg’s 555th death anniversary, dissatisfied members and Mexhiti as the most deserving of the monument were not with leader Ahmeti

The Democratic Union for Integration organized an event on the occasion of the 555th anniversary of the death of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg at Skanderbeg Square, which was not attended by the dissatisfied members of the party close to Izet Mexhiti. DUI leader Ali Ahmeti accompanied by Parliament Speaker...

Macedonia 10.01.23 | 14:53

Besa: Grubi and Ahmeti don’t know which way to choose, so they ask Edi Rama for help

The line between being useful in a tight situation, on the one hand, and using such a situation to your advantage, on the other, is very thin, so be careful! Artan Grubi, but also Ali Ahmeti, whenever they find themselves at crossroads and do not know which way to choose, i.e. how to deal with the current...

Повеќе