Tag: elections
Macedonia 29.07.21 | 09:00

Election code changes stuck in Parliament committee

The Parliament Committee on political systems will discuss its next steps today as it is discussing changes on the electoral system ahead of the municipal elections. A new attempt to introduce open lists is being made – this will allow voters to pick a party but also an individual member from that...
Macedonia 28.07.21 | 09:53

Municipal elections: Proposal to introduce open lists unlikely to be adopted

The main political parties agreed to hold the municipal elections on October 17th, but they are unlikely to change the electoral code further, to allow open lists. Voters now vote for a mayor and a list of councillors proposed by a party, which sets their order on the list. The proposal was to allow...
Macedonia 21.07.21 | 09:33

Opposition parties accuse Zaev of violating the Constitution with his attempt to delay the municipal elections

Opposition parties accused Zoran Zaev of violating the Constitution with his demand to push the municipal election date to October 31st. Zaev insists that this is needed to separate the elections from the planned census. This does not hold water, as the census can be conducted in November, which will...
Macedonia 19.07.21 | 20:46

Lefkov: We expect major change after the October municipal elections

VMRO-DPMNE expects to see changes in the town halls across the country at the coming municipal elections in October, said member of Parliament Mile Lefkov. The party is challenging SDSM, which currently holds nearly all significant mayoral positions in Macedonia. This will help the country heal, bring...
Macedonia 12.07.21 | 16:00

Bulgarian elections: Negligible number of votes were cast in Macedonia

A negligible number of votes were cast in Macedonia during the Bulgarian general elections yesterday.  Despite Bulgaria having over 100,000 passports issued to dual citizens in Macedonia, only a few hundred people voted in the polling stations opened in Macedonia. Nationalist politician Krasimir Karakacanov,...
Balkans 12.07.21 | 00:23

Borisov alleges fraud after another inconclusive election in Bulgaria

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov accused the caretaker Government of rigging the early elections held today, after his GERB party won, but with a very narrow margin over the protest ITN party led by showman Slavi Trifonov. The vote, second this year, was marred by exceptionally low turnout...
Macedonia 11.07.21 | 09:13

Zaev hopes for a stable Government in Bulgaria that will lift the veto

With Bulgaria holding early general elections today, Zoran Zaev expressed hope they will result with a stable Government able to allow the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. Bulgaria has been blocking Macedonia since late 2020, as it insists that Zaev is not implementing the 2017 treaty he...
Macedonia 17.05.21 | 19:20

Zaev: The next parliamentary elections will be held in 2024 and there will be no early elections

The narrow majority keeps the government awake. I think it is time to work to the end, so that the next parliamentary elections would be held in 2024, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. The next parliamentary elections will be held in 2024 and there will be no early elections, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev...
Macedonia 13.05.21 | 23:16

Nikoloski:Early elections are certain, whether in October or in early 2022  

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski insists that early general elections will take place either together with the municipal elections in October, or soon after, when the extent of the VMRO victory over Zaev’s SDSM party is clear. We are absolute favorites in the municipal elections. We see...
Macedonia 06.05.21 | 09:11

Bulgaria will hold early elections in July

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announced that the country will hold early general elections on July 11th, after none of the main parties were able to put together a majority in the Parliament. The establishment GERB and BSP parties lost significant share of their support to the upstart populists of...
Macedonia 25.04.21 | 23:16

Misajlovski: Early elections are a way out of the political deadlock

A way out of the political crisis is to hold early elections, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Vladimir Misajlovski, in an interview with RFE. Misajlovski said that it is now clear that the Zaev coalition does not have the necessary majority to lead the country. They don’t have the margin they like...
Balkans 01.04.21 | 10:52

Macedonians with Bulgarian passports removed from voter lists ahead of Bulgaria’s elections

Just a few days before the parliamentary elections, the municipality of Blagoevgrad started a procedure to remove 3,526 voters from the village of Rilci. They are Bulgarian citizens from Macedonia, reports Fakti.bg. The removal started a year and a half after the signals received from the locals that...
Macedonia 28.03.21 | 13:14

Liberal Democrats will run in the municipal elections independently from SDSM

The Liberal Democratic Party announced it will compete at the coming municipal elections alone, independently from its coalition partner SDSM. It is a new move to remove LDP from the SDSM orbit, after the party left the SDSM led group in Parliament. We leave the door open to other coalitions with other...
Macedonia 21.03.21 | 12:59

Elections in SDSM same as elections held in North Korea

VMRO-DPMNE says that with Sunday’s elections in SDSM, the North Korean democracy is penetrating more and more in Macedonia. No one in SDSM was allowed to oppose the only candidate in the elections, Zoran Zaev. That is why the 69 thousand voters of SDSM today have one name on the ballot that they...
Macedonia 17.03.21 | 09:51

Mickovski: There will be elections in the country and there is no election crime that will save you in the future

The vacation of the former Secretary General of the Government and current advisor to the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Dragi Raskovski, is still a fresh topic of disbelief. According to Ivor Mickovski, Raskovski’s departure and Zaev’s approval is the ultimate arrogance, irresponsibility and...
Macedonia 13.03.21 | 14:58

VMRO: SDSM is trying to rig the elections with its refusal to purchase fingerprint devices

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski accused the Zaev regime of attempting to violate the electoral code and ignore the obligation to use fingerprint devices as an added security feature during the coming local elections. SDSM has obfuscated through several rounds of talks with VMRO on the implementation...
Macedonia 13.03.21 | 11:04

Justice Minister Maricic says he is not sure the fingerprint devices will be in use in time for the local elections

Justice Minister Bojan Maricic announced that the Government will leave it until June to decide if the process of purchasing fingerprint devices for the October municipal elections is proceeding well. This casual approach seems to confirm the suspicions of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party that the ruling...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 14:52

Almost no interest among Macedonian dual citizens to vote in the Bulgarian election

Only a few hundred Bulgarian citizens registered to vote in the coming elections in Macedonia, which is raising questions in the Bulgarian press about the ambitious program to issue passports to Macedonian citizens. It’s estimated that around 100,000 Macedonians have acquired Bulgarian passports,...
Macedonia 15.02.21 | 16:49

Milososki: There are signs of splintering in the ruling coalition

VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki said that there is on-going reconfiguring in the Parliament, with members from the ruling majority declaring that they have been misled by Zaev. There are signals from groups in the Parliament, and from individuals who are not satisfied with the Government. Too much...
Macedonia 07.02.21 | 18:14

SDSM is updating the list of party members ahead of the leadership vote

The ruling SDSM party is engaged in a campaign to canvass its members ahead of the congress planned for this March where the members will hold a direct vote for a part leader. Top party officials, including Government members, are going door to door using the membership lists and so far over 36,000 people...
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