Tag: elections
Macedonia 14.07.20 | 12:46

State prosecutors say they will prioritize cases of election violations

State prosecutors said that they are in coordination with the State Electoral Commission and will fire charges in any instanced of voter intimidation or other irregularities. Crimes linked with the elections receive priority treatment and will be forwarded to the appropriate local prosecutors. The State...
Macedonia 14.07.20 | 10:06

Early voting continues, with thousands eligible to vote at home and in prisons

Voting continues today in the early general elections in Macedonia, with elderly people who asked for the option to vote at home and with voting in the prisons. A little under 9.000 people asked for the first option, and there are also 1.657 prisoners eligible to vote, who have the option to do so today....
Macedonia 13.07.20 | 22:18

SEC: 723 COVID-19 patients and people in self-isolation exercise voting right

The State Election Commission (SEC) has said that 723 COVID-19 patients and people in self-isolation exercised their voting right at the early parliamentary elections on Monday. Let me thank the media for the message transmitted to the citizens that SEC and the state have administered a fully safe voting...
Macedonia 13.07.20 | 21:37

Marijana Petir: I wish Macedonia elects politicians who will take care of the sovereignty and identity of the people

Macedonia is our friendly country where parliamentary elections will be held soon, the former MEP from Croatia and a great friend of Macedonia, Marijana Petir said on Monday. I wish the citizens of Macedonia to choose those politicians who will take care of the protection of the sovereignty of the state...
Macedonia 13.07.20 | 14:47

Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto sent a pre-election message to Macedonia

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijarto sent out a message to Macedonian voters ahead of the elections. The liberal international has tried everything, but the central-European right leads 3:0. Serbia. Croatia. Poland. Let’s go “North” Macedonia. Congratulations Andrzej Duda. Come...
World 13.07.20 | 11:29

V4: Andrzej Duda wins presidential elections in Poland

After counting almost all votes, the election committee announced that incumbent President Andrzej Duda has won the presidential elections in Poland, the V4 news agency reported. With 99.97 per cent of the votes counted, the election committee announced on Monday morning that Andrzej Duda, the candidate...
Macedonia 13.07.20 | 11:25

Early voting begins in the general elections in Macedonia

Voting begins today, with several hundred coronavirus patients who registered to vote eligible, in a procedure that will include special safety precautions in their homes. Voting continues on Tuesday, when elderly and frail voters who also opted to vote at home, as well as prisoners, will cast their...
Macedonia 12.07.20 | 14:47

Election quarantine in Sveti Nikole – clothing factory spread coronavirus around the city, voters stay at home

Many residents of Sveti Nikole are placed into quarantine, after the number of coronavirus cases increased significantly. According to statistics, 24 new coronavirus cases were registered yesterday. Thus, until yesterday at noon, the number of Covid-19 infections in the city rose to 103 people. As a...
Macedonia 08.07.20 | 16:54

Only 137 patients with Covid-19 registered to vote, and a third of the medical staff asked to organize the vote backed out

Only 137 patients with Covid-19 registered to vote in the coming elections, it was reported today. Even though there are over 3.500 active patents, voting appears to be the last thing on their minds. According to the electoral regulations, patients who are diagnosed with Covid can ask to vote before...
Macedonia 05.07.20 | 11:11

VMRO-DPMNE campaigns in Prilep, Zaev – in Strumica

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party will hold its central campaign event of the day in Prilep, where party leader Hristijan Mickoski will be joined with VP Aleksandar Nikoloski – who leads the party list in the Strumica – Prilep region. Mickoski will also visit Krusevo and Krivogastani, while...
Macedonia 04.07.20 | 23:09

From the hotbed of the Colored Revolution, Mickoski asks what happened with Zaev’s promises to fight corruption?

Speaking in Skopje’s downtown Centar district, which was the ground zero for the 2015 SDSM led Colored Revolution, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski reminded the gathered citizens how Zoran Zaev betrayed the promises he made about ensuring the rule of law and a fight against corruption. When...
Macedonia 03.07.20 | 15:33

Interior Minister Culev: We will severely punish any election violations

Interior Minister Nake Culev warned that all election violation will be punished severely by the police, no matter which party is responsible. Our main goal is having peaceful, safe, fair and democratic elections, Culev said, after a visit to Veles and Kavadarci, where he met with the local police chiefs. He...
Macedonia 03.07.20 | 11:16

Mickoski promises that VMRO will bring the unemployment rate below 10 percent

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski addressed the unemployed citizens, promising that under a VMRO-DPMNE Government, 4 billion EUR in investments will pour in, creating many jobs. We pledge to the victims of the bad economic policies pursued by the Government that we will bring in domestic and foreign...
Macedonia 02.07.20 | 10:59

Spasovski insists there is no need for an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister because Zaev is supported by all ethnic groups

Speaking to an Albanian language TV station, interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski insisted that there is no need for an ethnic Albanian candidate for Prime Minister, because SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev has the support of all ethnic communities. Zaev and SDSM and in a tight spot after the DUI party...
Macedonia 30.06.20 | 14:51

European Parliament urges for fair elections, says they will be crucial test of democratic maturity

In a statement, the European Parliament said that the coming elections in Macedonia will a crucial test of democratic maturity. The members of the Parliament linked with Macedonia urged for “transparent, credible and objective campaign, free from disinformation and intimidation”. The statement...
Macedonia 30.06.20 | 10:26

Levica says it prevented the Kapitol mall security from removing its stand

The small leftist party Levica said that it has secured the location of its stand in front of the busy Kapitol mall in Skopje’s Aerodrom district. Levica said that Kapitol security has been trying to get them to remove the small booth, where they distribute promotional material, for days. Ultimately,...
Macedonia 29.06.20 | 14:50

Ziberi demands a new anthem and mandatory learning of the Albanian language in schools

Naser Ziberi, the DUI party candidate for Prime Minister, said that his program includes mandatory learning of the Albanian language for all students and changes to the Macedonian national anthem, to make it acceptable to Albanians as well. Ziberi held a rally in front of the Government building, and...
Macedonia 25.06.20 | 22:42

Stojanoska: All citizens of Gostivar, regardless of their ethnic background, are angry at Zaev

Dafina Stojanoska, who leads the VMRO-DPMNE list in the 6th, north-western district, met with supporters in Gostivar today, where she said that citizens of all ethnic groups and religions can’t wait to be rid of the corrupt Zoran Zaev regime. The citizens of Gostivar are angry at Zaev for his humiliation...
Macedonia 25.06.20 | 20:00

Mickoski: All SDSM accomplished over the past three years was to erode our dignity

SDSM had a chance to do a lot of things, but over the past three years, the only thing they did was erode our dignity and bend the spine of the Macedonians, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski during an election event in Vevcani. Mickoski’s comments were a response to the newly promoted SDSM...
Macedonia 24.06.20 | 16:50

SDSM activists filmed bribing voters in Gostivar with food parcels

SDSM party activists were filmed distributing packages with food to poor, mainly Roma voters in a part of the city of Gostivar. With the election campaign officially beginning today, footage such as this makes it clear that SDSM will continue to buy votes in the poorest areas in Macedonia, using food...
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