Tag: elections
Macedonia 18.05.22 | 11:16

Minister Tupancevski: It’s legitimate for the opposition to push for early elections, but it may obstruct changes to the election code

Justice Minister Nikola Tupancevski agreed that it is legitimate for the opposition to work to provoke early elections, and said that work will soon begin to prepare a new electoral code. The key demand here is to abolish the six electoral districts in favor of one single district. This will help small...
Macedonia 17.05.22 | 10:11

DUI considering early elections if Macedonia is not given green light to start its EU accession talks in June

Albanian language news site KD Politik reports that the DUI party could opt for early elections if Macedonia remains blocked by Bulgaria in the EU accession process after the European Council in June. The odds of Bulgaria lifting the veto next month appear slim at the moment. Between the opposition’s...
Macedonia 16.05.22 | 13:34

Mickoski: Kovacevski needs to muster courage and sit with me to determine the date for early elections

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski to gather courage for a meeting in which they will decide on the date for early general elections. I call on them (SDSM) to encourage Kovacevski to sit with me on the table and to determine the date for elections. That...
Macedonia 13.05.22 | 10:50

Haziri: Half of all ethnic Albanian voters in Macedonia no longer live in the country

Elmi Haziri from the Alliance of Albanians warned that half of the ethnic Albanian voters in Macedonia actually live abroad. Haziri, whose party is from the opposition, said that Albanians make the bulk of the masses of people who are emigrating from Macedonia. Macedonians are leaving too, but mostly...
Macedonia 13.05.22 | 10:32

Pavle Trajanov again warns the Government that its smaller coalition partners could bring it down

DS party leader Pavle Trajanov again warned his larger coalition partners – SDSM and DUI – that he could bring down the Government if a key demands of the smaller coalition partners is not met. DS, DOM, LDP and other parties insist that the election model is changed and Macedonia has only...
Macedonia 12.05.22 | 17:26

SDSM won’t support election reform because of pressure from DUI

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that he is prepared to put the proposal for a single electoral district to a vote, which is an important request of the smaller partners in the SDSM – DUI coalition. It’s a strange situation. SDSM is in coalition with DOM, LDP, VMRO-NP, DS. They...
Macedonia 11.05.22 | 21:41

Mickoski offers an immediate vote to amend the electoral model

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski offered to the SDSM – DUI coalition to stage a joint vote on amending the election model, and to abolish the six electoral districts in exchange for one, single district. Mickoski said that VMRO-DPMNE will not block this proposal and supports a group of small...
Macedonia 06.05.22 | 23:21

Nikoloski: VMRO-DPMNE must take steps to ensure that we have early elections

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski announced additional steps, beyond the blockade of Parliament that starts next week, if the SDSM – DUI led Government doesn’t agree to a date for early elections. Nikoloski said that Macedonia is in a disastrous state and that the Government...
Macedonia 05.05.22 | 14:55

“We are not afraid of elections”

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the plan to block the work of the Parliament, comes after the Government rejected many VMRO calls for unity and cooperation. We asked them to join us in dialogue, to discuss the problems we have, and to prepare for early general elections – and...
World 05.04.22 | 13:07

Orban expressed his gratitude to the Hungarians and sent a message to Brussels

After his large victory in the general elections, Viktor Orban expressd gratitude to the Hungarians, the voters and his supporters, and sent a message to Brussels. We won a great victory. So great, that it can be seen from the Moon, and certainly from Brussels, he said. EU officials have dogged Hungary...
World 03.04.22 | 18:50

Polls show Fidesz ahed in Hungarian general elections

As polling places close in the Hungarian general elections, polls showed that the conservative Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban stands to win solid majority over the coalition of left, right, far left and far right parties that challenged him. The Perspective agency poll showed that Fidesz...
World 03.04.22 | 11:10

Important elections in Hungary

Hungary today holds its general elections, with 8.3 million citizens eligible to vote. The conservative Fidesz party of Viktor Orban faces a coalition of opposition parties, ranging from the far left to the far right, which are supported by powerful international political and business circles. Fidesz...
World 02.04.22 | 16:58

V4: OSCE involved in Left’s electoral fraud in Hungary

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is not concerned about the coordinated hacker attack on Hungarian conservative news portals, and it has also turned a blind eye to the dubious database of the DatAdat phishing group, which is linked to a former leftist prime minister. The...
Macedonia 03.03.22 | 23:04

Nikoloski announces protests meant to secure early general elections

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski echoed the announcement from party leader Hristijan Mickoski, that a call will be made for street protests. Macedonia keeps wasting time with the DUI – SDSM Government. If we had elections on time, after the local elections, in the second half of December,...
Macedonia 21.02.22 | 15:12

Sooner or later, we will have early elections, Mickoski responds to Kovacevski

Sooner or later, we will have early elections, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski told Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, after Kovacevski said that he refuses to have a meeting of the two leaders if Mickoski insists that the only issue on the agenda are early elections. I don’t expect that...
Macedonia 07.02.22 | 17:01

Kovacevski rejects call for early elections

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski dismissed the opposition calls for early elections. Even though he was appointed without standing in elections, Kovacevski insists that his slim majority in Parliament is sufficient to carry the SDSM – DUI led coalition to the end of the term, in 2024. Elections...
Macedonia 06.02.22 | 10:47

Trajanov predicts that VMRO and SDSM would lose a dozen seats each in a single district electoral model

DS party leader Pavle Trajanov predicts that the large parties like VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM will lose about a dozen MPs if the proposal to form a single electoral district is accepted. The current division of the electorate in six districts harms smaller parties like DS, who are forced to join VMRO or SDSM...
Macedonia 02.02.22 | 17:31

Albanian parties oppose VMRO proposal for a single electoral district

Albanian political parties are opposed to the proposal from VMRO-DPMNE and a group of smaller parties, to abolish the six electoral districts and conduct general elections in one single district. The only majority ethnic Albanian district in Macedonia, the 6th, north-western district, is greatly reduced...
Macedonia 23.01.22 | 12:16

VMRO-DPMNE will submit a proposal for changes to the electoral code and for early elections to Parliament

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party will submit a proposal for early elections to the Parliament tomorrow.  The party is proposing changes to the electoral code, and abolishing the rule that the opposition needs to have its own officials assigned to several key Government departments 100 days ahead of elections....
Macedonia 21.01.22 | 21:40

VMRO-DPMNE will propose a law to end the technical Government rule and allow early elections in 45 to 60 days

On Monday, VMRO-DPMNE will propose a law to Parliament that will end the requirement to have a broad, technical Government in place before general elections, said party leader Hristijan Mickoski. During his Sitel TV interview, Mickoski said that this is part of a proposal to hold early general elections...
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