Tag: leaders
Macedonia 02.07.23 | 15:03

Mickoski’s rating increased after SDSM tried to use the meeting of party leaders for political gain

In an interview with Republika. VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski discussed the failed talks with PM Dimitar Kovacevski on the proposed constitutional amendments. SDSM entered the leadership meeting with a lot of dishonesty, distortions and lies. We offered two concepts on how to. protect...

Macedonia 02.11.22 | 15:21

Mickoski: VMRO-DPMNE won’t attend the meeting of party leaders if the main topic is amending the Constitution

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that he will accept to attend the meeting of party leaders on Monday, but only if it is focused on the most pressing issues in the country, and not on amending the Constitution in line with the Bulgarian demands. We face difficult living conditions, a difficult...

Macedonia 02.11.22 | 11:06

Kovacevski invites other party leaders to a meeting to help him amend the Constitution

The office of Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski will send out invitations to the leaders of parties represented in the Parliament for a meeting on Monday. Kovacevski wants the meeting to focus on “the European future of the country and the decisions that need to be made in the Parliament in the...

News 08.05.22 | 15:34

Kovacevski refuses to discuss holding early elections – I will not accept blackmail from VMRO-DPMNE

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said that he will not accept the opposition’s request for a meeting of party leaders who will discuss setting a date for early general elections. VMRO-DPMNE will begin blocking the work of the Parliament from Tuesday, unless this request is accepted. The demand of...

World 26.03.22 | 10:05

EU leaders urge Western Balkans to join joint purchasing of gas

European Union leaders backed the idea of member states joining forces to buy natural gas to address the challenge of reducing energy dependence on Russia while protecting Europeans from spiraling energy costs and said that the EU purchasing platform would be open to the Western Balkans as well. “The...

Macedonia 18.05.20 | 12:47

As party leaders meet, VMRO says it will oppose holding elections before it is safe to vote

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party announced that it will come to the meeting of party leaders that began today with a clear position that conditions are not met to hold elections, especially as the number of deaths from the coronavirus keeps growing. The meeting, in which the ruling SDSM party is pushing...

Macedonia 12.05.20 | 16:48

Party leaders fail to agree on a new election date

The meeting of top party leaders convened by President Stevo Pendarovski, concluded after several hours, with no agreement on when can early elections be held. During the meeting SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev insisted that the elections take place as soon as possible – the option mockingly called...

Macedonia 01.05.20 | 22:17

Pendarovski will convene the party leaders in 10 days

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will convene a meeting of top party leaders between May 10 and 12. VMRO-DPMNE has been calling for a meeting to resolve the political crisis that has developed as the country is left without a Parliament and is ran by executive decrees under a state of emergency...

Macedonia 18.10.19 | 12:35

Pendarovski calls for a meeting of party leaders on Sunday

President Stevo Pendarovski called for a meeting of party leaders on Sunday, following the debacle at the European Council. The invitation applies to both the Macedonian and Albanian parties.

Macedonia 10.09.19 | 16:46

Xhaferi says the Parliament will be ready to act on whatever agreement the leaders reach this evening

In anticipation of the late evening meeting between the leaders of the two largest parties – Hristijan Mickoski (VMRO-DPMNE) and Zoran Zaev (SDSM), Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that he will be prepared to put any solution before Parliament as early as tomorrow. Xhaferi said that it is possible the...

Macedonia 05.09.19 | 19:49

Party leaders will meet on Tuesday on the Special Prosecutor crisis

Next week it’s possible that the leaders of the main political parties will meet to discuss the law on state prosecutors, Republika has learnt. Talks between the ruling SDSM party and the opposition VMRO-DPMNE on the fate of the disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office have been stuck for months,...