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Macedonia 07.11.24 | 21:40

Tetovo Mayor Kasami leaves Macedonian flag out during a meeting with EU Ambassador

During a meeting with European Union ambassador to Macedonia, the Mayor of Tetovo Bilal Kasami did not display the Macedonian flag. As is often typical of Albanian politicians, Kasami did have the flags of Albania, EU, NATO and the United States, as well as a picture of Albanian guerrilla commander in...
Macedonia 24.04.24 | 23:02

Kasami: DUI did not win the Albanian vote

Tetovo Mayor Bilal Kasami said that, despite their victory in the Albanian camp, DUI did not win the Albanian vote in the first round of the elections. DUI candidate Bujar Osmani defeated the candidate of the VLEN opposition Albanian bloc Arben Taravari. According to latest results, Osmani won just over...
Macedonia 11.11.23 | 15:11

Kasami wants the anthem changed to include the Albanians

BESA party leader and Tetovo Mayor Bilal Kasami, who is one of the leaders of the newly formed Albanian opposition coalition with the Alternative and the Democratic Movement, called for changes to the national anthem, to include the Albanians. So long as the anthem evokes the Macedonians as an ethnic...
Macedonia 26.08.23 | 11:17

Milososki: Will ask all parties and coalition partners to pledge to support Macedonia’s territorial integrity

VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Antonio Milososki said that VMRO wants to cooperate with other opposition parties, including of the ethnic Albanians, but will require them to sign a pledge to support the territorial integrity of Macedonia after winning power. The comment comes after Tetovo Mayor Bilal...
Macedonia 25.08.23 | 20:35

Greater Albania maps again flown at a political event in Tetovo

Citizens of Tetovo again waved maps of Greater Albania, during an event involving Mayor Bilal Kasami. The move is in apparent protest against the misdemeanor charges filed against Kasami, over the welcoming ceremony for Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti. The ceremony did not include Macedonian state...
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 16.08.23 | 19:25

Tetovo Mayor Kasami calls the Government to punish those responsible for the hospital disaster

Tetovo Mayor Bilal Kasami called on the Governnment to seriously address the issue of the botched investigation into the 2021 hospital disaster, when fire in an improvised Covid ward in Tetovo killed 14 patients and family members. Protests were held in the city today after an investigative report showed...
Macedonia 15.08.23 | 18:16

Mayors Kasami and Ganiu will be charged with violating the law on the Macedonian flag and anthem

The Interior Ministry announced that it is initiating misdemeanor charges against the mayors of Cair and Tetovo, Visar Ganiu and Bilal Kasami. The reason is the visit of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who was met by large crowds of ethnic Albanians, some waving flags of Greater Albania, and with...
Macedonia 24.07.23 | 22:17

The ethnic Albanian opposition started the process of enlarging in order to remove DUI from power

The opposition parties of the ethnic Albanian political block began the process of enlarging the opposition block. Gashi of Alternative, Kasami of Besa, and Mexhiti from the DUI fraction will start reviewing the possibilities for cooperation, the leader of Alternative confirmed on Monday. The details...
Macedonia 21.07.23 | 22:30

Kasami calls on Taravari to leave the Government as soon as possible

BESA leader Bilal Kasami called on the leader of the Alliance of Albanians Arben Taravari to leave the Government and join the opposition front. Kasami said that this is the only way for the smaller Albanian aprties to beat DUI at the coming general elections. The sooner Taravari realizes that this is...
Macedonia 05.07.23 | 00:41

Ahmeti’s nephew threatens to sue Bilal Kasami over the Soravia scandal allegations

Drin Ahmeti, Ali Ahmeti’s nephew who recently entered into a deal to purchase a third of the large Soravia business center in Skopje with no money down, is threatening to sue the opposition BESA party and its leader Bilal Kasami. Kasami, who is one of the key rivals that Ahmeti’s DUI party...
Macedonia 04.07.23 | 21:19

Kasami calls on Ahmeti to resign and allow a full investigation into the corruption of his DUI party

BESA party leader Bilal Kasami called on DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti to resign along with the Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko, to allow the judiciary to do its work. Merko was placed on a US black list, which caused a stir in the key Albanian party, which has never faced Western scrutiny before. Ahmeti said...
Macedonia 16.04.23 | 11:40

Tetovo Mayor Kasami again refers to Tetovo as the Albanian capital of Macedonia

Tetovo Mayor Bilal Kasami again referred to his city as the “main Albanian center in Macedonia”. Kasami did this during a meeting with Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti, despite the fact that he was loudly criticized by Macedonians after he used the term during an earlier event.
Macedonia 11.04.23 | 18:43

Kasami: Ahmeti is in a crisis, he’s desperate to get BESA to join the coalition

Bilal Kasami from the BESA party acknowledged that the ruling DUI party is in a critical condition and is trying to get BESA to return to the Government. DUI engineered the entry of the Alliance of Albanians party to shore up the Government, whose weak ruling majority is further reduced with defections...
Macedonia 25.12.22 | 19:58

Government suffers major setback in its push to amend the Constitution as BESA conditions its vote with holding early elections

Bilal Kasami, leader of the growing Albanian opposition party BESA and Mayor of Tetovo, conditioned his support for the proposed changes to the Constitution with new elections. The SDSM – DUI coalition is having serious difficulties finding the 81 votes it needs to add the Bulgarian nation in the...
Macedonia 04.05.22 | 13:32

BESA will join the Parliament blockade

The BESA party will join in the VMRO-DPMNE initiative to block the non-essential work of the Parliament. BESA leader Bilal Kasami accused the ruling SDSM – DUI coalition of being illegitimate, after it pressured a BESA member of Parliament to skip a vote of no confidence late last year, sabotaging...
Macedonia 05.03.22 | 20:39

Bilal Kasami re-elected as leader of the BESA party

The BESA party re-elected Bilal Kasami as its leader, and appointed its Secretary Arianit Hoxha as Kasami’s Vice President. The party did well in the local elections, winning the biggest majority Albanian city in Macedonia – Tetovo – where Kasami beat incumbent Mayor Teuta Arifi. It...
Macedonia 18.02.22 | 14:38

Mickoski – Kasami: This Government needs to go as soon as possible

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with Tetovo Mayor Bilal Kasami, whose BESA party is in the opposition coalition. After the meeting Mickoski said that they agreed the SDSM – DUI led coalition needs to be removed from power if Macedonia is to prosper. We discussed current political topics...
Macedonia 16.02.22 | 18:18

Tetovo Mayor Kasami hired advisers for a token salary of 10 denars a month

After publishing the full list of part time employees in the city of Tetovo, newly elected Mayor Bilal Kasami also revealed his own hires – and said that they worked in October for a fee of just 10 denars. Kasami is trying to shame former Mayor Teuta Arifi who hired over 540 people, which he says...
Macedonia 01.02.22 | 17:45

Tetovo Mayor Kasami in isolation after testing positive

Tetovo Mayor Bilal Kasami informed the public that he tested positive to the coronavirus.  Kasami said that he will self-isolate and conduct his duties from home. The news case hours after he met with the Swiss Ambassador to Macedonia. The country is undergoing a major new wave of the illness, caused...
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