Tag: gashi
Macedonia 11.04.21 | 23:28

Zaev will meet Sela and Gashi to ask them to unblock the Parliament

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will meet with the leaders of the Albanian opposition parties Ziadin Sela and Afrim Gashi tomorrow. Zaev’s intent is to get them to remove their filibuster veto on a number of legislative proposals. Sela and Gashi demand that a law that will grant citizenship to what they...

Macedonia 29.03.21 | 22:30

Albanian opposition leaders denounce decision to postpone the census

The Albanian opposition coalition of the Alliance of Albanians and Alternative condemned the meeting between the leaders of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM Hristijan Mickoski and Zoran Zaev today. Zaev and Mickoski made several decisions, mainly agreeing on the VMRO demand to postpone the census for September. But...

Macedonia 23.02.21 | 12:08

Gashi: After Mijalkov’s escape, Zaev must go

Afrim Gashi from the Alternative party said that the escape of former security chief Saso Mijalkov means that it is high time for Zaev to go as Prime Minister. This is the clearest indication that finally it is time for Zaev to go, Gashi said. Gashi added that Mijalkov could not have fled from the police...

Macedonia 09.12.20 | 19:22

Albanian opposition leaders say only a broad Government can take on the dispute with Bulgaria

Alliance of Albanians leader Ziadin Sela and his colleague from the Alternative party Afrim Gashi rebuked the Zaev regime for keeping the opposition uninformed and out of the loop as the dispute with Bulgaria deepens and threatens Macedonia’s EU accession prospects. This is a Government of liars and...

Macedonia 01.12.20 | 11:43

Gashi: The opposition has 58 votes and can’t be ignored on the issue of Bulgaria

Afrim Gashi from the Alliance party said that the opposition can’t be left out from the discussion with Bulgaria. He insisted that ethnic Albanians in Macedonia are willing to help Macedonians protect their national identity, language and culture, but need to be involved. The Government didn’t...

Macedonia 05.11.20 | 11:22

Opposition leaders Mickoski, Sela and Gashi will meet tomorrow

The leaders of the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski will meet with the leaders of the Alliance of Albanians Ziadin Sela and Alternative Afrim Gashi tomorrow. The meeting will come at a conference organized by the German conservative Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, at the Skopje Hilton hotel....

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 18:06

Alternative: The start of the school year is a debacle and needs to be postponed

The Alternative party called for the school year to be postponed, given the messy start of online education. Some high school students, especially in majority ethnic Albanian districts, boycotted the start of the online teaching and demand in-person education. Over 40,000 students lack the necessary...

News 19.08.20 | 18:10

Sela and Gashi predict that the SDSM – DUI coalition will be short lived

Ziadin Sela and Afrim Gashi, leaders of the Alliance of Albanians and the Alternative party, predicted that the next Government – expected to be made by SDSM and DUI – will be short lived. The future Government that will include DUI will not have its key pillar which is legitimacy. This Government...

Macedonia 14.08.20 | 14:42

Sela and Gashi will give Ahmeti time to secure an ethnic Albanian PM, but demand that he goes in opposition if he fails

The Alliance of Albanians and Alternative informed the public that they will not engage in coalition talks until the DUI party manages to achieve its key pre-election promise – that it will appoint an ethnic Albanian as Prime Minister. This coalition, led by Ziadin Sela and Afrim Gashi, has 12...

Macedonia 12.08.20 | 13:51

Sela and Gashi agree to discuss a new pan-Albanian platform with Ahmeti, but on their terms

Ziadin Sela and Afrim Gashi, leaders of the coalition between the Alliance of Albanians and Alternative, who won 12 seats from ethnic Albanian voters, said that they will accept the invitation from DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti for a meeting, but on their terms. Ahmeti wanted to gather all Albanian leaders...

Macedonia 10.08.20 | 10:23

Minister Filipce blocked a cystic fibrosis patient who pleaded for his help

The doctor of a young cystic fibrosis patient says that Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce blocked the girl on Instagram after she pleaded for his help. The patient, Flora Gashi (20), says that she and two other patients are in bad condition and desperately need Ivacaftor, but the Ministry is not providing...

Macedonia 07.08.20 | 22:45

Gashi: DUI needs to stay true to its promise that they will secure an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister

Even as DUI and SDSM are briefing the press that they have an agreement on the principles under which a future Government would be led, Afrim Gashi from the Alternative party – which is in coalition with the Alliance of Albanians – predicted that he would be part of the next coalition, but...

Macedonia 21.02.20 | 21:22

Sela and Gashi form a pre-election coalition to fight Ahmeti

The Alliance of Albanians and the Alternative party formalized their pre-election coalition today. Party leaders Ziadin Sela and Afrim Gashi presented their election slogan, which is “One state for all”. Under the contract, Gashi will lead the joint list at the 2nd, north-eastern electoral...

Macedonia 17.05.19 | 17:17

Gashi raises the idea of replacing Ahmeti in the ruling coalition with Sela

The Alternativa party led by Afrim Gashi opened the idea to bring the Alliance of Albanians into Zaev’s coalition. Given the tense relations between Ziadin Sela’s AA and the currently largest Albanian party in the coalition, Ali Ahmeti’s DUI, Gashi’s statement is seen as a call...

Culture 12.02.19 | 14:03

Culture Ministry will give money to the “Zlatno Slavejce” festival, but not to the other events that were cut from its program

The Culture Ministry acknowledged its error in cutting public funding for the “Zlatno Slavejce” festival of children’s music, but remains in its decision to reject requests from the Skopje Jazz Festival, Off Fest, Avalon production concerts and the Pece Atanasovski festival of folk...