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Macedonia 23.01.22 | 12:30

Tetovo Mayor Kasami joined his workers to help clean up the snow from the city streets

Bilal Kasami, the new Mayor of the notoriously mismanaged city of Tetovo, took to the streets yesterday to help clean up the snow. Kasami joined city workers, shovel in hand, calling the workers heroes. Heavy snow fell on Macedonia two days ago, and local authorities across the country sprung to action...
Macedonia 24.11.21 | 17:10

Mayor Kasami: Tetovo owes 24 million EUR

Newly elected Mayor of Tetovo Bilal Kasami said that the city is 24 million EUR in the red. The huge debt is outstanding toward private companies, public institutions, individuals, as well as, what he said are “suspiciously arranged contracts”. Kasami, who leads the BESA party, took over...
Macedonia 19.11.21 | 14:18

Financial Police raids Tetovo City Hall in an apparent pressure tactic against the newly elected Mayor Kasami

Agents of the Financial Police department – which is often used as a cudgel by the Zaev regime against his political opponents – today raided the Tetovo City Hall. The raid comes only days after an opposition official – BESA party leader Bilal Kasami – assumed the office of Mayor...
Macedonia 16.11.21 | 20:43

BESA leader Bilal Kasami denies Zaev’s claim that his party is still part of the ruling coalition

The BESA party denied claims from Zoran Zaev that they are still part of his coalition. BESA announced that it is leaving the Government, and its officials in the Government, including Agriculture Minister Arijanit Hoxha, submitted their resignation, and one of their three members of Parliament –...
Macedonia 12.11.21 | 19:03

Kastriot Rexhepi has been removed from the BESA party

BESA party leader Bilal Kasami said that he has removed member of Parliament Kastriot Rexhepi from the party. Rexhepi’s disappearance yesterday sabotaged the vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government, and while it is not clear whether Rexhepi acted willingly, was bribed or was forced not to...
Macedonia 11.11.21 | 20:36

“Rexhepi’s statement is recorded under pressure, he is not allowed to vote freely”, BESA party leader Kasami says

BESA party leader Bilal Kasami believes that the video of his member of Parliament Kastriot Rexhepi was filmed under duress. Rexhepi went missing today as the Parliament was preparing to hold a vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government, and his absence is derailing the vote. Missing MP, deadlocked...
Macedonia 11.11.21 | 17:19

BESA party leader Kasami reported Rexhepi’s disappearance to the police

Bilal Kasami, leader of the BESA party, reported in the police that one of the members of Parliament from the party, Kastriot Rexhepi, has gone missing. Rexhepi was expected in the Parliament this morning, for the crucial vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government, but did not show up and was not found...
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 09:41

Six new candidates will enter Parliament – BESA will lose one seat to SDSM

Four new members of Parliament will be sworn in today – they will take the place of the representatives who were elected mayors in the local elections. Given the local elections outcome, most of these are from VMRO-DPMNE, which had four of its representatives elected mayors. Toni Mucunski (elected...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 09:16

Kasami says that Zaev didn’t consult him about his resignation

In his first interview after winning the important mayoral race in Tetovo, BESA leader Bilal Kasami said that he was not consulted by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev about his resignation. Kasami said that he will meet with Zaev and discuss the political crisis, as he wants tosee the Government remain in place...
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 20:48

Teuta Arifi admits defeat, Bilal Kasami is the new Mayor of Tetovo

Teuta Arifi from DUI, who was Mayor of Tetovo since 2013, acknowledged defeat against the BESA party leader Bilal Kasami. Tetovo will be led by our opposing candidate. I congratulate Bilal Kasami on his victory, Arifi said, as Kasami’s supproters began celebrating. Arifi’s candidacy was...
Macedonia 29.10.21 | 21:09

Kasami asks for support from the voters to finally relegate DUI to opposition party

Bilal Kasami, leader of the BESA movement and its mayoral candidate in Tetovo, called on his supporters to help him defeat the DUI party candidate in Tetovo Teuta Arifi, as the first step toward removing DUI from the central Government where it has held power for almost two decades. I believe that the...
Macedonia 18.10.21 | 00:47

BESA’s Kasami says he is in the lead in the race in Tetovo, as he heads to a run-off against Teuta Arifi

The BESA party is celebrating the reported lead its leader Bilal Kasami has over the incumbent Tetovo Mayor Teuta Arifi. Kasami and Arifi will head to a run-off that will likely complicate relations in Zaev’s coalition, where they are both crucial members. Kasami’s claim that he is in the...
Macedonia 05.09.21 | 10:01

BESA nominates its leader Bilal Kasami for Mayor of Tetovo, adding to the tensions in Zaev’s coalition

The BESA party nominated its leader Bilal Kasami for Mayor of Tetovo. This expected move increases the tension in the ruling coalition where DUI is supporting the incumbent Mayor Teuta Arifi. The two parties called on the coalition leader Zoran Zaev to at least remain neutral in the election, if he won’t...
Macedonia 23.02.21 | 08:57

Zaev’s key coalition partner Kasami turns on him – puts pressure on the Interior Minister, won’t help SDSM during the municipal elections

Bilal Kasami, leader of the BESA party which is crucial to Zoran Zaev’s majority in Parliament, said that he calls for accountability from the Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski for the escape of former state security chief Saso Mijalkov. Spasovski, a top Zaev loyalist, avoided the public all day...
Macedonia 22.09.20 | 10:32

Kasami wants to force private companies to use the Albanian language so they would hire more Albanians

BESA party leader Bilal Kasami joined the calls for a program of subsidies to private companies that will hire ethnic Albanians, and added the demand to make private companies bilingual. The idea also has the backing of the DUI coalition partner under the guise of “diversity in the workplace”....
News 19.08.20 | 21:02

Zaev’s coalition partner BESA gets only one seat in the Government

The BESA party, which helped SDSM narrowly win the chaotic July 15 elections, will get only one seat in the new Government. Bilal Kasami’s party will get to propose a candidate for the Agriculture Ministry, as well as share in the spoils at lower levels of the Government. This is an important role...
Macedonia 11.08.20 | 15:48

Kasami refused Ahmeti’s invitation

BESA party leader Bilal Kasami rejected the invitation from DUI leader Ali Ahmeti to attend a joint celebration of the 2001 Ohrid peace treaty. Ahmeti’s initiative is a repainted version of his push for a pan-Albanian platform that would’ve put his DUI party at the center. The INA news agency...
Macedonia 02.08.20 | 19:45

Zaev’s coalition partner Kasami is the only party leader not to send out an Ilinden message

While most political parties and their leaders sent out at least courtesy statements congratulating Ilinden, even if not being affiliated with the push for Macedonian national statehood, a notable omission was the BESA party. SDSM’s coalition partner did not send out a statement congratulating...
Macedonia 29.07.20 | 10:39

Ahmeti meets with Kasami to discuss his plan for a new Albanian platform

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti met with the leader of BESA Bilal Kasami to promote his plan for an all-Albanian political platform. The proposal, under which Ahmeti wants primacy among all Albanian parties, given that he won the most seats in the next Parliament (15), was already rejected by the close runner...
Macedonia 15.07.20 | 21:56

Klekovski: BESA voters likely fled to the other Albanian parties, deserting their shared list with SDSM

Political analyst Saso Klekovski warned about a curious phenomenon, where the SDSM coalition with BESA may not deliver the desired Albanian votes. SDSM is hoping that it will come out as the biggest Albanian party, even as it is likely to lose the ethnic Macedonian vote to VMRO. SDSM leader Zoran Zaev...
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