Tag: local elections
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 12:45

Angelov: Zaev made a mistake to stake his office on the local elections

Stojance Angelov, whose populist Dignity party is a minor member of Zaev’s coalition, said that he is surprised by Zaev’s resignation and how the Prime Minister made the local elections all about himself. Zaev resigned as SDSM leader and is expected to resign as Prime Minister after losing...
Macedonia 01.11.21 | 20:13

Final results: VMRO-DPMNE wins in 42 municipalities and the city of Skopje

The State Electoral Commission released the final results from the local elections. They show that VMRO-DPMNE won mayoral races in 42 municipalities and the city of Skopje. This includes key cities such as Bitola, Prilep, Veles, Stip, Kavadarci, Ohrid and Kocani, as well as nearly all major urban centers...
Macedonia 18.09.21 | 10:48

Final deadline to confirm the candidates for the coming local elections

The deadline for the local electoral bodies to confirm the candidacies of political parties and independent candidates expires today. After today, the electoral committees will finalize the list of candidates for the October 17th local elections. On September 23rd, a draw will take place to determine...
Macedonia 30.08.21 | 18:25

Mickoski: We will delegitimize the ruling coalition at the local elections, and will lead a new coalition in Parliament

The ruling, SDSM led coalition, has serious difficulty in selecting its mayoral candidates and is evidently divided, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski during his Sitel TV interview. The initiative, Mickoski said, is with VMRO-DPMNE, which is now expanding its coalition with parties that represent...
Macedonia 29.08.21 | 18:45

Skopje deserves change, Skopje will fight for change, Skopje deserves a strong woman for mayor

Skopje must become a city of all people. We had in mind that it is necessary to find a solution that can unite beyond party professionals and competent people. That is why the EC, and then the Central Committee made a decision VMRO-DPMNE to support the future mayor of the City of Skopje, which is Danela...
Macedonia 25.08.21 | 20:23

Stoilkovski: The candidates presented by SDSM are old, worn out staff, there is no progress with such people

The candidates presented by SDSM are old, worn-out staff, regardless of whether as mayors or officials in other positions. Where SDSM wants to show new people, it appoints old staff known for changing a dozen positions, VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski said on Wednesday. For example, Goran Sugareski...
Macedonia 25.08.21 | 10:24

Independent candidates are collecting signatures to run in the local elections

The State Electoral Commission informed that a dozen independent candidates and lists of candidates are collecting signatures for the coming local elections. In Skopje, environmental activist Ana Petrovska alerady has over a 1,000 signatures backing her mayoral candidacy, as does the city council list...
Macedonia 24.08.21 | 17:25

Confidential voting materials to get police escort for first time at local elections

The transport of confidential voting materials, including fingerprint scanners, will for the first time at the upcoming local elections take place with police escort. The State Election Commission (SEC) at a session on Tuesday adopted a rulebook for police activities at the elections, which it drafted...
Macedonia 23.08.21 | 12:26

No more insider access to real-estate developers – Mickoski present the principles of the mayors elected through VMRO-DPMNE

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski presented the 10 principles that other mayoral candidates from VMRO will follow after assuming their office. Mickoski was speaking in Stip yesterday, at an event with the local mayoral candidate Ivan Jordanov. The candidates will end the practice of hiring people...
Macedonia 21.07.21 | 15:20

Zaev will need a two thirds majority to postpone the local elections

As Zoran Zaev is trying to postpone the municipal election by several weeks, to the very last day of October, it is unclear whether he can even do it without the approval of the opposition parties. This would require amending the electoral code, which is done with a two thirds majority. The main opposition...
Macedonia 20.07.21 | 12:57

Parties presented with proposal on local elections taking place on October 31

It has been proposed that local elections should be held on October 31 so as to avoid coinciding with the census campaign. All political parties are expected to say what they think and if they agree, it’ll be included in the Electoral Code, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Tuesday. According to him,...
Macedonia 27.06.21 | 21:51

SDSM: No reason to postpone the census due to the local elections

There is no need to postpone either the census or the local elections, these are two processes that run in parallel, says Stefan Vasev from SDSM, answering a reporter’s question whether it is possible to abuse the census for elections by any party. According to him, the census is a statistical...
Macedonia 03.06.21 | 09:35

Will the candidate for Skopje mayor be DUI’s big surprise?

The ruling party DUI started the procedure for selection of candidates for mayors, but also for councilors in the local elections, and the leader Ali Ahmeti announced a name that will be a “big surprise” on June 5. Speculations go so far that on Saturday, on DUI’s birthday, an Albanian...
Macedonia 28.05.21 | 23:38

VMRO will be open to forming a coalition for the October elections with all parties who share the same goals

At the coming municipal elections in October, VMRO-DPMNE will be open to various coalitions, including with the Levica party, said VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski. The small left wing Levica party was part of the SDSM led Colored Revolution, but broke ranks with Zaev over the imposed name change. It has...
Macedonia 23.05.21 | 21:15

Mickoski: Albanian parties will receive VMRO-DPMNE support in the local elections only if they respect the Macedonians

In at least 10 of the 13 municipalities where mayoral candidates from the Albanian community will win, if they want the support of VMRO-DPMNE and its coalition partners, they will have to respect the dignity of Macedonians and that of the smaller ethnic communities, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski...
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 17:28

Mickoski: I expect VMRO-DPMNE to defeat SDSM in the upcoming local elections

VMRO DPMNE is currently conducting polls and measures the rating of candidates for mayors at the state level, and the president of the party, Hristijan Mickovski, said that the public should be patient and, as he says, they are still inquiring about certain candidates. He noted that as a party they have...
Macedonia 29.04.21 | 15:16

Zaev says coalitions for local elections will be defined in September, calls for cooperation

Regarding a possible coalition for the October local elections, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said the party will announce it in September, after the census, and has called for cooperation from now on. Answering a reporter’s question whether SDSM will run in the elections with any of the parties from...
Macedonia 28.04.21 | 11:04

Ohrid is first: People close to Crvenkovski form independent lists for local elections

An Initiative Board has been formed Wednesday in the Municipality of Ohrid for preparation and submission of a list of independent candidates for members of the Municipal Council for the upcoming local elections, “Pressing TV” has learned. The main goal of the Initiative Board, as stated...
Macedonia 03.04.21 | 09:40

Census postponed for September, local elections for second half of October, fingerprint devices to be used for voting

The Macedonian Parliament voted Friday to postpone the census from April to September, and also to postpone the local elections for the second half of October which will include fingerprint devices. The proposals were accepted with 95 votes in favor and 12 against. The Zaev regime was determined to hold...
Macedonia 18.03.21 | 12:00

Pre-election employments in Ohrid

Only a few months before the local elections, the party employments and taking SDSM members in. Recently, JP Gradski Pazar Ohrid issued a job advertisement for the archivist position. Now, the Municipality of Ohrid is looking for an associate for monitoring the local economic development. The salary...
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