Tag: elections
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...

Macedonia 16.03.24 | 09:21

Voters have three more days to check their registration in the electoral rolls

Citizens have three more days to check their status in the electoral rolls, and to initiate changes, if needed. The rolls are available online. If the citizen is missing from the rolls, or is listed in an old or invalid address, he or she can apply for changes before the State Electoral Commission. Macedonia...

Macedonia 15.03.24 | 12:01

Citizens with documents that were valid until 9 months before the elections will be able to vote

The State Electoral Commission notified the public that citizens will be able to vote with documents that have expired up to nine months before the holding of the elections. This proposal is put in place as a way to respond to the major crisis in the issuing of passports and identity cards, created by...

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 15.10.23 | 12:44

Mickoski: We are close to winning 61 seats in the next elections

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that his party is close to winning 61 seats in the coming elections – which would allow him to form a Government outright, and to choose a preferred Albanian coalition partner. VMRO is in an intense political fight with the Albanian DUI party, which...

Macedonia 04.10.23 | 22:48

Mickoski calls on Kovacevski to convene a meeting of party leaders to discuss the coming elections

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski to convene a meeting where the two would discuss the elections. In a Fokus interview Mickoski, who calls for early elections, notes that the regular elections are six months away, and the two main parties still haven’t...

Macedonia 23.08.23 | 12:59

The Ombudsman: The citizens have no obligation whatsoever to pay for the new personal documents

The citizens are collateral damage of the government’s u reasonable decisions because of which now they have to pay for new personal documents, despite that the old ones are still valid, Ombudsman Naser Ziberi told Alfa TV. Ziberi added that the citizens whose personal documents are still valid...

Macedonia 20.08.23 | 18:13

BESA joins call for early elections

The BESA party joined in the push for early general elections, initiated by VMRO-DPMNE and seconded by the Alternative party and the Democratic Movement – two other opposition Albanian parties. The initiative comes after the ruling DUI – SDSM – AA coalition failed to reach its target...

Macedonia 20.08.23 | 17:25

VMRO: After Friday, the only way forward is to hold early elections

Following the defeat of the DUI – SDSM coalition in Parliament this week, VMRO-DPMNE repeated its position that the only way out is for Macedonia to hold early general elections. For over a year Kovacevski claimed that VMRO-DPMNE accepted the changes to the Constitution. But on Friday, all of his...

Macedonia 16.08.23 | 21:03

Grubi insists that failure to adopt the Bulgarian amendments will not lead to early elections

First Deputy Prime Minister Albin Kurti insisted that the, if the DUI – SDSM coalition fails to adopt the constitutional amendments, the country still won’t hold early elections. No, elections are absolutely not the solution. The only solution that is good for you, for us, for all the citizens...

Macedonia 09.08.23 | 22:42

Stojanoski: Elections are the only way out

The only way to put an end to all this is to hold elections, said VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Bojan Stojanoski in an Alfa TV interview. According to Stojanoski, the next elections will be a make or break moment for the future of the country. In those 12 hours we will determine the direction of the...

Macedonia 28.07.23 | 17:59

Xhaferi: If the opposition wants early elections, it should submit a request to the Parliament

The Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said on Friday that if the opposition wants early elections, it should submit a request to the Parliament, and he would convene a session immediately. “I won’t stand in the way should ass the parliamentary procedure”, Xhaferi said. of the MPs will,...

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