Tag: mayor
Macedonia 01.04.24 | 20:39

Tensions ahead of the elections: Mayor of a restless town near Skopje narrowly escapes a Kalasnikov attack

Skopje police informed the public that today’s machine gun attack on the Mayor of Aracinovo Ridvan Ibrahimi left two people from his entourage injured. Ibrahimi was attacked at 13:25, at the entrance to the lawless majority Albanian village north-east of Skopje, known as a center of drug trafficking...
Macedonia 07.08.23 | 21:47

Kocani police prepares charges against Mayor Papazov

The Interior Ministry is preparing charges against Kocani Mayor Ljupco Papazov, for appointing a new director of a high school – which according to the politicized Ministry is a criminal offense. According to the charges, Papazov appointed a new director to the “Goso Vikentiev” school...
Macedonia 18.06.23 | 09:37

40 kilometers of new paved roads in Kisela Voda

Kisela Voda Mayor Orce Gjorgjievski said that his administration was able to pave 40 kilometers of roads in the large Skopje district – something that the central Government has been unable to do with much greater resources in seven years. VMRO-DPMNE is a party that is key to the statehood of the...
Macedonia 22.02.22 | 15:46

Mayor Arsovska: There are serious issues with the Universal Hall reconstruction

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska informed the public that there are serious issues with the reconstruction of the Universal Hall center, and the way the previous mayoral administration was pursuing it. She said that changes will have to be made in the project if it is to go forward. The previous administration...
Macedonia 16.10.21 | 22:40

Opposition candidate for Mayor was interrogated by the police

An opposition candidate for Mayor of one municipality was summoned to a police station today for interrogation. Because of the strict limits on reporting on the day ahead of the elections, Republika is unable to name the person involved and the municipality where this apparent incident of police intimidation...
Macedonia 02.09.21 | 22:10

Arsovska says she will work to turn Skopje into a modern European metropolis

In an interview with Kanal 5, the mayoral candidate for Skopje Danela Arsovska pledged to turn the capital city into a modern European metropolis. Arsovska said that she will base her work on her experience as head of one of the main chambers of commerce in Macedonia, and her long work with international...
Macedonia 25.08.21 | 13:42

Danela Arsovska will run as an independent candidate for Mayor of Skopje

Danela Arsovska, head of the SSK chamber of commerce, announced her nomination as Mayor of Skopje. Arsovska said that she is running as an independent candidate, but it’s widely expected that she will seek support from VMRO-DPMNE. It’s time we put an end to the partisanship and the false...
Macedonia 25.08.21 | 10:15

Former rock musician will run for Mayor of Skopje with the backing of the Levica party

Petar Georgievski will run for Mayor of Skopje as an independent candidate supported by the populist Levica party. Known under the nickname Kamikaze, Georgievski was bass player for Memorija, a rock group popular in the 1980ies and the 1990ies. Polls show that in all areas with majority Macedonian population,...
Macedonia 20.08.21 | 13:31

Dr Aleksandar Stojkoski to run for Gjorce Petrov mayor – poor planning and urban chaos the biggest problem in the municipality

Doctor Aleksandar Stojkoski is VMRO-DPMNE’s candidate for mayor of the Municipality of Gjorce Petrov in the local elections scheduled for October 17. Stojkoski is a radiologist at the Institute of Radiology within the Clinical Center. He is a longtime member of the Municipal Committee of the party...
Macedonia 20.08.21 | 12:18

VMRO-DPMNE presents another 19 candidates for mayors

VMRO-DPMNE presented Friday another 19 candidates for mayors in the October 17 local elections, with one of the confirmed candidates being actor Toni Mihajlovski for Kumanovo. Presenting the new candidates, Vladimir Misajlovski, the vice president of VMRO-DPMNE, said that Mihajlovski is a successful...
Macedonia 20.07.21 | 16:35

SDSM faces another faction in the mayoral race in Aerodrom

SDSM is facing a third candidacy for Mayor in Skopje’s Aerodrom district, which is further dividing the ruling party in this key urban area. After the incumbent Zlatko Marin and member of Parliament Aleksandar Filipovski, now the head of the Foreign Investment Agency Dejan Pavleski said that he...
Macedonia 16.07.21 | 17:18

Various women’s organizations request parties to nominate more women for mayor

The Macedonian Women’s Lobby, the National Council for Gender Equality, and various other women’s organizations have publicly requested parliamentary political parties nominate more women for mayor. “It is time women were given a chance to compete for the opportunity to be elected ‘mothers’...
Macedonia 14.07.21 | 21:20

Kiril Pecakov is officially VMRO-DPMNE’s candidate for mayor of Ohrid

Kiril Pecakov is officially VMRO-DPMNE’s candidate for mayor of Ohrid, revealed Antonio Milososki in an interview with TV Sitel. Our favorite for the municipality of Ohrid will be the current MP Kiril Pecakov, who was also a councilor in the municipality of Ohrid, well known to the citizens, conscientiously...
Macedonia 17.12.20 | 14:20

Krusevo Mayor Tome Hristovski attacked an opposition activist

Krusevo Mayor Tome Hristovski, who is from the ruling SDSM party, assaulted an activist of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. The local VMRO branch reported that Hristovski yesterday attacked their member Valentino Despotoski. The Mayor, known for his hatred toward the opposition, approached Despotoski...
Macedonia 03.12.20 | 13:54

Ohrid media outlets allege that political links are behind a bizarre unlawful build

The Mayor of Ohrid Konstantin Georgievski ignores questions from the media about bizarre unlawful addition to a small residential building in the city. Media outlets in Ohrid have asked the Mayor if it’s true that the case is linked to officials from his ruling majority in the city council. The...
Macedonia 08.11.20 | 10:44

With the opposition boycotting the elections, only SDSM and minor parties nominated candidates for Mayor of Stip

With the opposition parties boycotting the mayoral elections in Stip, only five candidates, from the ruling SDSM party and satellite parties, submitted their candidacies. VMRO-DPMNE said that it will boycott the election because of the huge spike in coronavirus cases, and called it unnecessary, given...
Macedonia 30.09.20 | 18:54

Zaev’s regime will face an electoral test in the mayoral race in Stip in December

A new Mayor of Stip will be elected in December, after Mayor Blagoja Bocvarski was appointed as Transportation Minister in the new Zaev led Government. The election will be the first test for Zaev after he barely reformed his coalition with DUI in the aftermath of the chaotic and low turnout July 15...
Macedonia 14.07.20 | 13:29

Mayor charged with buying votes, police has received an arrest order and is searching for him

Police are searching for the Mayor of a rural municipality in the south-east of Macedonia who is suspected of bribing voters in the run up to the elections. Because of the electoral silence rules, Republika is not publishing the name of the Mayor and his party affiliation. State prosecutors have already...
Macedonia 08.11.19 | 21:23

Butel Mayor denies any involvement in the attack on a municipal employee

The Mayor of Skopje’s Butel district Velimir Smilevski denies the reports that his bodyguard attacked a municipal employee earlier this week. A bodyguard of the SDSM Mayor of Butel beat a municipal employee and left him unconscious The Mayor of Butel categorically denies and rejects the article,...
Balkans 27.06.19 | 11:08

Temelko in the race for mayor of Pustec for the fourth time

The candidate for mayor of the municipality of Pustec from the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration (MAEI), Edmond Temelko, as part of the election campaign, is holding meetings with the residents of Leska, Zrnosko, Globocani, Dolna and Gorna Gorica and other settlements. In the local elections...
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