Tag: elections
Macedonia 20.11.24 | 12:22

Mickoski: We are ready to call for early general elections if we lose the local elections in spring

Responding to calls from the opposition DUI party for early general elections, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that he’s prepared to do so if VMRO-DPMNE loses the local elections scheduled in spring. It’s not a problem to go to the polls. The results will be the same, maybe even worse...

World 06.11.24 | 08:46

Trump wins presidential race, pledged to make America great again

Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States for the second time, after comfortably winning over Kamala Harris. Trump addressed the public after the key state of Pennsylvania was called in his favor – while a number of states are still processing the votes in the chaotic electoral...

World 06.11.24 | 07:16

Trump leads Harris in the US presidential race

Election projections show former President Donald Trump is winning another term against Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump is outperforming his results from 2020 across the country and managed to secure two potentially vulnerable states – North Carolina and Georgia – while holding advantage...

World 05.11.24 | 19:46

Americans go to the polls after tense elections campaign

Polling stations opened across the United States, as the country heads to the crucial elections. Citizens vote for President, the Congress and a third of the Senate. The presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, which is most closely watched, is expected to be narrow and will be decided...

Macedonia 31.10.24 | 22:15

Mickoski calls Filipce out for SDSM’s corruption scandals, offers him early elections in spring

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski had his first exchange with new SDSM leader Venko Filipce during the Parliament question time today. In the course of the exchange, Mickoski even offered that early elections take place next year, along with the local elections scheduled in spring. The topic of discussion...

World 30.07.24 | 09:33

Venezuela claims hacking attack from Macedonia disrupted their election count

Venezuelan authorities have said that hackers from Macedonia intervened in the electronic counting of the results of the presidential elections. According to prosecutor Tarek William Saab, who is loyal to President Maduro, the counting of the votes was slowed down due to a hacking attack that originated...

World 22.07.24 | 00:35

Biden withdraws from the presidential race, endorses Harris

US President Joe Biden informed the public that he is withdrawing from the presidential race. Following a written statement, Biden issued a tweet in which he endorsed with Vice President Kamala Harris. The visibly ailing President announced that he will addressed the public in the coming days to explain...

Macedonia 10.06.24 | 17:42

Mickoski congratulates EPP on its victory in the European Parliament elections

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski congratulated to the European People’s Party, where VMRO is a member, on the victory in the European Parliament elections yesterday. On behalf of VMRO-DPMNE, I am delighted to extend the warmest congratulations to the European People’s Party on the...

Macedonia 09.05.24 | 20:20

Mickoski expects a coalition agreement by the end of the month

In his first interview following the major electoral victory on Wednesday, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that he expects to consolidate a ruling majority by the end of the month, and added that VMRO is open to all opposition parties. VMRO won 58 seats in Parliament, three short of an outright...

Macedonia 08.05.24 | 19:59

State Electoral Commission declares the presidential elections a success, the boycott attempt failed

With the polling stations closed in the dual presidential and general election, State Electoral Commission President Aleksandar Dastevski announced the turnout numbers. In the presidential vote, where turnout is important for its validity, Dastevski said that by 18:30h 46.34 percent of all eligible voters...

Macedonia 05.05.24 | 10:23

Mickoski warns that DUI is preparing for ballot stuffing in the contested Albanian municipalities

In a Sitel TV interview, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski warned that the DUI party is preparing massive election bribery in the May 8th general elections. Mickoski pointed to the fact that the State Electoral Commission already found intimidation and ballot stuffing during the first round voting...

Macedonia 24.04.24 | 23:42

Mickoski celebrates the grand victory, announces a red card for SDSM on May 8th

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski expressed gratitude to the voters for the huge victory they gave to the party’s presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova in the first round of the elections against Stevo Pendarovski. Mickoski announced that he already spoke with one of...

Macedonia 24.04.24 | 23:11

Pendarovski concedes defeat in the first round: the result is not what we expected

President Stevo Pendarovski conceded that he lost badly in the first round of the presidential elections and faces bleak outcome for the second round on May 8th. The margin will likely be around 130,000 votes. We expected it will be smaller. But tomorrow is a new day. I will continue my meetings with...

Macedonia 24.04.24 | 20:40

Interior Minister Toskovski: only minor incidents reported on election day

Interim Interior Minister Pance Toskovski informed the public that there were only minor incidents reported during the election day. In total, ne smoke bombIn attack was reported, 12 people were detained because they were photographing their ballots, there were two incidents in which ballots were ripped...

News Macedonia 24.04.24 | 20:32

SDSM won’t share their election results, they hope that voters chose “the European future”

SDSM party spokeswoman Bogdanka Kuzeska led the first press conference for her party of the election evening. She did not share projections for the result of the vote, while on the other hand, VMRO-DPMNE is constantly briefing the public with results, that show their candidate Gordana Siljanovska holding...

Macedonia 24.04.24 | 19:52

VMRO-DPMNE noted some irregularities, congratulates the citizens on their dedication to democracy

Shortly after the polls closed in the first round of the presidential elections, VMRO-DPMNE held the first press conference of the evening. Party Vice President Timco Mucunski said that there were some irregularities in the conduct of the election caused by the ruling parties, that will need to be investigated. There...

Macedonia 21.04.24 | 09:56

Elections: VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM and DUI plan rallies in Skopje

Presidential candidates will hold major rallies today, including several meetings in the capital Skopje. VMRO-DPMNE candidates will meet with voters in Saraj, Cair, Aerodrom and Gazi Baba – these events will include presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska and party leader Hristijan Mickoski. SDSM...

News 17.04.24 | 15:51

Prior to the May 8 parliamentary elections, the Code for Fair and Democratic Elections was signed

Representatives from various political parties and coalitions signed the Code for Fair and Democratic Elections on Wednesday in preparation for the 11th parliamentary elections scheduled for May 8. During a ceremony held in the Parliament, State Election Commission President Aleksandar Dashtevski emphasized...

Macedonia 18.03.24 | 17:29

Republika publishes its offer for paid political advertising in the coming elections

In accordance with the Electoral Code, and the timetable for performing of the activities related to the coming elections, “Republika” today published its offer for paid political advertising of the participants in the elections. The news sites republika.mk, english,repubika.mk and shqip.republika.mk...

Macedonia 16.03.24 | 10:16

Pre-election curbs on public sector spending and hiring will go into effect in April

With the official election campaign expected to begin on April 4th (for the presidential elections) and April 18th (for the general elections), a number of curbs on executive power go into effect. The Government, public officials and public utility companies are not allowed to hold events where they...

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