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Macedonia 31.03.24 | 10:41

Mickoski and VMRO dominate latest poll, SDSM and Kovacevski seen slipping behind the ZNAM party

A new poll conducted by MKD.mk and Market Vision shows VMRO-DPMNE and its leader Hristijan Mickoski confidently ahead, while SDSM and its leader Dimitar Kovacevski are actually slipping to 3rd, 4th place or even worse. The poll shows resurgence from Maksim Dimitrievski, whose ZNAM party is made of SDSM...

Macedonia 23.12.23 | 14:46

Poll shows growing chasm between VMRO and SDSM

A new poll conducted by Market Vision for the MKD.mk news site shows the highest yet VMRO lead over SDSM in the recent polling by this agency. VMRO-DPMNE enjoys the support of 26.7 percent of the voters, against just 9.2 percent for SDSM. In terms of party leaders, VMRO’s Hristijan Mickoski has...

Macedonia 27.02.23 | 10:15

Poll: Macedonians have given up hope on joining the EU, don’t expect the economy to improve under SDSM

The latest poll conducted by Market Vision for MKD.mk shows that only 10 percent of the citizens believe that the country is moving in the right direction. Whopping 62.3 percent believe that Macedonia is moving in a wrong direction, and 24 percent said that it is stuck in place. Two thirds of the 1,200...

Macedonia 15.03.22 | 13:06

DUI is blocking the appointment of new prosecutors as it insists that its controversial pick must be included

The DUI party is blocking the appointment of new organized crime prosecutors, as it insists that one of its loyalists is promoted to this position, the MKD news site reports. According to the site, the key issue is the prosecutor Arsim Ademi, who gained notoriety with his mishandling of the case against...

Macedonia 02.07.21 | 11:24

Poll: 72 percent of the public says the economic situation is bad, only 20 percent believe that Macedonia is headed in the right direction

The recently published MKD.mk – Market Vision poll showed that VMRO-DPMNE is expanding its lead over SDSM, but also contains other damning data points for the Zaev Government. The expanded poll, published now, shows that under 20 percent of the citizens believe that Macedonia is headed in the right...

Macedonia 01.07.21 | 11:51

Macedonians line up behind VMRO-DPMNE

The latest poll conducted by MKD.mk and Market Vision has ethnic Macedonians come out strongly in support of VMRO-DPMNE, which adds to the overall losing margin by Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party. The opposition party has the support of 14.7 percent, compared to 10.9 percent for SDSM. SDSM used to count...

Macedonia 01.07.21 | 11:47

Poll shows VMRO ahead of SDSM as Zaev’s party loses ground

A poll conducted by MKD.mk and Market Vision shows a growing VMRO-DPMNE lead over SDSM. The conservative party is now projected at 1.7 percent ahead of its socialist rival, with 15.2 percent opposed to 13.5 percent. The poll is a recent one, conducted in the second half of June. When asked who they voted...

Macedonia 14.06.21 | 22:32

Maricic: Use of MKD and MK codes in line with Prespa Agreement

The Prespa Agreement is clear and unambiguous, our constitutional name is the Republic of Macedonia, but with the agreement we have the unequivocal right to use the MKD and MK codes. We are fully committed and stand for consistent implementation of the agreement, said Justice Minister Bojan Maricic. Commenting...

Macedonia 24.02.21 | 14:00

MKD: Mijalkov made it to Belgrade while negotiating a deal with Zaev, an embassy got involved

The MKD.mk news site reports that Saso Mijalkov actually fled Macedonia on Sunday and made it to Belgrade, while negotiating his return with Zoran Zaev. The scandalous escape of the former security chief ended on Tuesday, when Mijalkov walked into the office of state prosecutors in Skopje, ending the...

Macedonia 02.07.20 | 15:23

Dimitrov says he will work with Greece to make sure they accept the abbreviation MKD

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov insisted that Macedonia will fight with Greece to ensure that the abbreviation MKD is used, after Greece refused to sign off on the program for military cooperation in 2020 because of this issue. Greece insists that Macedonia used “RNM”, short for “Republic...

Macedonia 01.07.20 | 20:47

Greece refuses to use abbreviation “MKD”

  Greece refuses to sign the 2020 Program for Military Cooperation with Macedonia under the country’s abbreviation “MKD”, reported Telma. According to confidential documents released by Greek media, the Greek Army General Staff does not want to sign the Program with the label established...

Macedonia 10.05.20 | 13:24

Poll: VMRO leads ahead of SDSM

A poll conducted by Market Vision and the MKD.mk news site shows that the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party leads ahead of SDSM with 14,6 percent of votes against 13 percent. Among ethnic Macedonian voters the difference is even greater, with 21,5 percent opting for VMRO and just 14,2 percent supporting SDSM....

Macedonia 16.07.19 | 20:52

Katica Janeva called a former diplomat and threatened to release wiretaps to avoid arrest, MKD reports

The MKD.mk news site reports that the police had a warrant for the arrest of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva on Monday evening, but that she was able to call in supporters from abroad to stave off the arrest by threatening to release incriminating wiretaps. According to the news site, the police was...