Tag: kovacevski
Macedonia 17.12.21 | 15:01

Sekerinska says she will not be part of the next Government

Former SDSM party leader Radmila Sekerinska, who resigned as Zoran Zaev’s deputy party leader early this year but kept her position of Defense Minister, announced that she will not be part of the next Government. She blamed the party of “not learning the lessons”, after a candidate...

Macedonia 17.12.21 | 11:22

VMRO-DPMNE: Kovacevski lied about his Harvard education

The new SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski lied about being “Harvard educated” in his CV, when in fact he only attended a course organized by Harvard, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party in a press release. Kovacevski was silent while his side was spreading this lie in the press and hoped...

Macedonia 14.12.21 | 13:27

Kovacevski will meet with SDSM’s smaller coalition partners

New SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski will meet with the coalition partners today. Kovacevski will be accompanied by Zoran Zaev, who elevated him from obscurity to the top position in the party, and is planning to appoint Kovacevski Prime Minister. The coalition partners are restless after Zaev made...

Macedonia 13.12.21 | 10:50

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev installed a pawn to lead SDSM

The leadership election in SDSM was a farce in which Zoran Zaev appointed a pawn to lead the party, which is still a private business of the Zaev family, VMRO-DPMNE said in a statement following the election of Dimitar Kovacevski as new SDSM party leader. Zaev resigned as leader after losing the October...

Macedonia 13.12.21 | 10:12

Zaev congratulates Dimitar Kovacevski on taking over the SDSM party

After congratulating Dimitar Kovacevski in person, Zoran Zaev also sent out a Facebook message to praise the new leader of his SDSM party. Zaev left SDSM after his major defeat in the local elections in October, and helped install the little known Deputy Finance Minister as party leader, and now is also...

Macedonia 12.12.21 | 23:13

SDSM members elect Dimitar Kovacevski to replace Zoran Zaev as party leader

SDSM party members elected Dimitar Kovacevski to be the next party leader, replacing Zoran Zaev. A total of 44,406 party members voted in the elections today – which is about two thirds of the votes cast for Zaev in the elections in March. Kovacevski won 37,649 votes, owing to the endorsement from...

Macedonia 12.12.21 | 21:00

Kovacevski overwhelmingly in the lead in SDSM leadership election

Zoran ZAev’s handpicked successor as SDSM party leader, Dimitar Kovacevski, is dominating in today’s election, as was predicted. But his two opponents, Jovan Despotovski and Frosina Remenski, are getting more than just symbolic numbers of votes. According to early reports, with a little less...

Macedonia 12.12.21 | 14:36

Low turnout as SDSM party members choose who will replace Zoran Zaev

Key figures in SDSM voted in today’s election for a new party leader, amid low turnout and drop in interest. SDSM had the number of registered voters drop by more than 17,000, down to about 51,000, from the election in March, when Zaev was named party leader. Turnout by 11h today was just 12 percent,...

Macedonia 06.12.21 | 22:43

Interior Minister Spasovski endorses Dimitar Kovacevski as new SDSM party leader

Dimitar Kovacevski, the candidate handpicked by Zoran Zaev to lead his SDSM party, met with supporters today in his hometown of Kumanovo, where his father was Mayor. Kovacevski came supported by Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, who earlier this year fought a bitter fight with Kumanovo Mayor Maksim...

Economy 06.12.21 | 18:10

Energy crisis: ELEM will power all households in 2022, but only after the Government proposes a new price

After several failed attempts by EVN Macedonia to get an offer to supply households from the state owned ELEM energy producer, ELEM director Vasko Kovacevski said that the company will finally make an offer to supply all households, but only after the Government makes a proposal for a new price. Macedonia...

Macedonia 02.12.21 | 10:31

SDSM: A third candidate could enter the race to succeed Zoran Zaev

The SDSM party could get a third candidate for party leader, after former intelligence chief Mile Zecevic said that he is considering entering the race. Zoran Zaev, who is leaving the helm of the party in mid December, already endorsed little known Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovacevski as his successor....

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 12:48

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev’s people, like Dimitar Kovacevski, can’t be part of the solution to the crises they created

The SDSM and DUI parties and the new SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski will bring nothing good to Macedonia, said the VMRO-DPMNE party. According to the opposition party, Kovacevski will be a mere pawn of Zoran Zaev, and will not bring a change to his failed policies. We saw the effects from his work...

Macedonia 28.11.21 | 15:45

Kovacevski heaps praise on Zaev as he tries to take over the SDSM party and the Government

SDSM official Dimitar Kovacevski, who is running to take over the party after Zoran Zaev’s resignation, heaped praise on Zaev in his first major interview, with the state owned MIA agency. President Zoran Zaev achieved extraordinary results in his term. Thanks to his policies of openness and bravery...

Macedonia 28.11.21 | 10:51

VMRO-DPMNE: Kovacevski will be Zaev’s pawn

Dimitar Kovacevski will be a simple pawn of Zoran Zaev’s as leader of SDSM, says the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, as Zaev is trying to elevate the little known Deputy Finance Minister as his successor. Zaev is nominating as his heir the son of an SDSM official from the murky 1990ies period, an...

Macedonia 27.11.21 | 20:24

Kovacevski confirmed he will run for SDSM party leader, expects to get support from Sekerinska and from Crvenkovski’s faction

Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovacevski confirmed that he will run for leader of the SDSM party, after Zoran Zaev, who is on his way out, endorsed the little known former telecom executive. The party is now accepting candidacies, and anyone who has been an SDSM member for more than five years, and...

Macedonia 27.11.21 | 16:29

Kumanovo Mayor Dimitrievski angry as SDSM did not invite him to the meeting to formalize Zaev’s resignation

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski protested the fact that the SDSM party did not invite him to the meeting of its Central Board yesterday evening. Dimitrievski considers himself as still a member of the party, despite his confrontation with Zoran Zaev and his Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski during...

Macedonia 27.11.21 | 12:37

VMRO: Zaev is trying to appoint a new SDSM leader who will cover up his crimes and corruption

Zoran Zaev is trying to appoint an heir who will cover up for his crimes and corruption, said VMRO-DPMNE official Dragan Kovacki in the first reaction following Zaev’s resignation. Zaev endorsed little known Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovacevski as the next SDSM leader and will try to have...

Macedonia 27.11.21 | 11:45

Zaev is trying to appoint Kovacevski as the next Prime Minister

With his resignation formally activated yesterday, Zoran Zaev is now trying to appoint Dimitar Kovacevski as the next party leader and possibly future Prime Minister. Zaev is hoping that once Kovacevski is elected party leader, he will be asked to form a new Government by President Stevo Pendarovski....

Macedonia 26.11.21 | 23:11

Zaev endorsed Dimitar Kovacevski as new party leader

Zoran Zaev promoted Dimitar Kovacevski as his successor in SDSM, media outlets are reporting. SDSM is holding a meeting of its Executive and Central Board, and the party is expected to prepare a party-wide vote of its members for a new leader in two weeks time. There was no reaction from the delegates...

Macedonia 15.11.21 | 14:59

Fokus: SDSM is considering little known Dimitar Kovacevski for new party leader  

The Fokus magazine reports that the SDSM party is considering Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovacevski as its new leader. The name of the little known son of a former Kumanovo Mayor, has been dropped in the past weeks, following the major defeat in the local elections and the announced resignation...

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