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Macedonia 26.10.24 | 14:40

Centar Mayor Gerasimovski will not follow his Strumica colleague Kostadinov in the boycott of ZELS

Goran Gerasimovski, the Mayor of Skopje’s Centar district, announced that he will not follow his fellow SDSM party Mayor Kostadin Kostadinov from Strumica in leaving the ZELS association of municipalities. Kostadinov and Skopje’s Karpos Mayor Stevco Jakimovski announced the move earlier this...
Macedonia 24.10.24 | 16:56

Mayors of Strumica and Karpos withdraw from the ZELS association of municipalities

The Mayors of Strumica and Karpos, Kostadin Kostadinov and Stevco Jakimovski, announced that they are withdrawing from the association of municipalities ZELS. These are the two largest municipalities led by mayors from the opposition, along with the capital Skopje whose Mayor Danela Arsovska is fluid...
Balkans 03.04.23 | 12:03

Bulgarian nationalist party wins third place in the elections

The elections in Bulgaria propelled the nationalist Rebirth party to third place. Kostadin Kostadinov’s pro-Russian outfit went ahead of the Turkish DPS party, and placed itself behind only the leading GERB party and the PP-DB coalition. This could mean trouble for Macedonia, if any of the leading...
Macedonia 26.11.22 | 21:50

New Bulgarian nationalist leader advocates the unification with Macedonia into a “greater Bulgarian state”

Bulgarian politician Kostadin Kostadinov, who is now at the forefront of the dispute with Macedonia, is not only focused against our country. His frequent targets include the Roma and the illegal migrants crossing through Bulgaria. Kostadinov became notorious in Macedonia with his statements declaring...
Macedonia 02.11.22 | 22:17

Nationalist leader declares that “Macedonia is Bulgarian land”

Bulgarian nationalist member of Parliament Kostadin Kostadinov, who leads the recently formed Vazrazhdane party, declared Macedonia to be a “Bulgarian land”. Kostadinov, whose party has a position that Macedonia needs to be integrated into Bulgaria, made the statement in response to the opening...
Macedonia 25.03.22 | 10:38

Kostadin Kostadinov – one of the SDSM politicians who got rich in office

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski raised questions about the property of one of Zoran Zaev’s top lieutenants, the current Mayor of Strumica Kostadin Kostadinov. We’ve seen Kostadinov with a Garmin watch priced at over a 1,000 EUR which he did not report in his property list. He drives...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 23:56

SDSM’s Kostadinov declares victory in Strumica

SDSM candidate Kostadin Kostadinov declared a victory in the first round of the mayoral elections in Strumica – the main power-base of SDSM and its leader Zoran Zaev. Kostadinov said that he won by 4,000 votes ahead of the VMRO-DPMNE candidate Zan Drvosanov in an otherwise brutal night for SDSM.
Macedonia 02.12.20 | 11:45

During an interview, retired Bulgarian colonel evokes the march of “Unified Bulgaria”

During a TV interview dedicated to the dispute between Bulgaria and Macedonia, retired Bulgarian colonel Jordan Kostadinov exclaimed that “the day will come when all Bulgarians will sing that there is only one nation living from Ohrid to the Black Sea, and from the Danube to the Aegean”. Kostadinov,...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 20:34

VMRO: Zaev needs to inform the public what kind of a deal he is preparing with Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE called on Zoran Zaev to explain to the public what is being discussed in his negotiations with Bulgaria. Yesterday VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski insisted that this weekend is the crucial time when Zaev intends to seal a deal on the issues Bulgaria raised with Macedonia – chief among...
Macedonia 05.10.20 | 10:55

SDSM spokesman Kostadinov purchased a Ducati motorcycle worth 20,000 EUR

SDSM party spokesman and member of Parliament Kostadin Kostadinov has purchased a new motorcycle worth 20,000 EUR which is not on his obligatory financial report. VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski said that only the baggage unit for the motorcycle costs 600 EUR. “Like his old Intruder motorcycle,...
Macedonia 11.06.20 | 09:37

After Commissioner Varhelyi’s plea for inclusive elections, SDSM first response is to double down on their plan for “corona elections” in July

Following a phone conversation between European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi with the leaders of the two main parties in Macedonia, in which he urged for an inclusive discussion to prepare the next elections, the first public response from the ruling SDSM party was to reject the initiative. SDSM demands...
Macedonia 02.06.20 | 18:27

Our way or the highway: SDSM now threatens they will cancel elections for the whole of 2020 if we don’t vote in July

SDSM spokesman Kostadin Kostadinov threatened that elections may be canceled altogether and not happen in 2020 at all, unless they take place in July 5, as the ruling party insists. The 2016 elections took place on December 11, but the parties agreed to hold early elections in April, that have now been...
Macedonia 21.05.20 | 21:58

SDSM spokesman refuses to say who will bear responsibility for the deaths that may occur if elections are held too soon

SDSM spokesman Kostadin Kostadinov, sent by the party to promote its position that early election should take place in June, even before the coronavirus is fully under control, refused to answer who will be held responsible if it leads to a flare up of the epidemic. SDSM wants elections as soon as possible,...
Macedonia 29.04.20 | 20:55

Mayor of Macedonia’s worst hit city is ostracized by his own SDSM party after criticizing its lack of support in the fight against the virus

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski appears on the verge of a complete break with his SDSM party. The Mayor of the hardest hit large city in Macedonia has criticized the Government’s response to the coronavirus crisis, and blamed the interim Prime Minister and his local party branch rival Oliver...
Macedonia 08.10.19 | 09:52

SDSM denies using public resources to organize its party rallies

Kostadin Kostadinov, spokesman for the ruling SDSM party, denied that its officials are abusing state resources, vehicles and staff, to organize the rallies held as part of their pre-election campaign. Both top parties, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, are conducting campaigns in preparation for the possible early...
Macedonia 24.09.19 | 16:45

SDSM struggles to defend the official narrative about the 2015 wiretapping scandal after its own security chief pokes a huge hole in it

Following the shocking testimony by former spy chief Zoran Verusevski, who acknowledged that the tapes the SDSM party used in its power grab that started in 2015 were tampered, the party spokesman insisted today that the so-called “bombs” were legitimate. Following the arrest of Special Prosecutor...
Macedonia 08.08.19 | 15:23

SDSM response to the latest Boki 13 scandal is all over the place: They blame the publisher of the tapes, Mickoski, Orban, Salvini…

Faced with the shocking video and audio evidence that the Special Prosecutor they built up for years as a paragon of virtue is very likely grossly corrupt, the ruling SDSM party and its supporters in the media were scrambling for ways to respond. SDSM spokesman Kostadin Kostadinov, himself a close associated...

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