Tag: nikoloski
Macedonia 30.01.21 | 16:05

Nikoloski: High level corruption is the reason why Macedonia is not allowed to open EU accession talks

Macedonia is not allowed to open EU accession talks because of the high level of crime and corruption, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski in an interview with the Macedonian Radio. The issue of corruption is coming again to the fore after the Transparency International report found that...
Macedonia 20.01.21 | 20:29

Mickoski and Nikoloski meet with Jansa to discuss Macedonia’s stalled EU integration

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski and his deputy Aleksandar Nikoloski met with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa in Slovenia, on the second leg of their tour in which they also visited Budapest. Mickoski and Jansa discussed Macedonia’s blocked EU accession prospect, currently vetoed by...
Macedonia 19.01.21 | 17:09

Mickoski and Nikoloski meet with top Fidesz officials in Budapest to discuss Macedonia’s stalled EU integration

During their visit to Budapest, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski and Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski met with Fidesz officials Zsolt Nemeth and Gabor Domos. It’s the second day of their visit to Budapest during which Mickoski and Nikoloski met with Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Foreign...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 11:12

“The Government will fall during the year”

I’m convinced that the Zaev Government will collapse during the year, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski, citing the large level corruption and economic decline as main reasons. There is huge discontent among the people, but the only way to change the government is for people to...
Macedonia 13.01.21 | 12:02

Nikoloski meets with the Polish Ambassador Tycinski

Following his appointment as head of the National Euro-Integration Council, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski met with Polish Ambassador Wojciech Tycinski. During the meeting I informed the Ambassador of Poland about the creation and the tasks of the new National Council, its mandate and...
Macedonia 12.01.21 | 15:19

Aleksandar Nikoloski appointed head of the National Euro-Integration Council

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski was named as chairman of the National Euro-Integration Council. The Council is led by a candidate of the main opposition party, and includes political and non-political members who meet to advance Macedonia’s EU accession. We declare our clear dedication...
Macedonia Economy 04.01.21 | 21:39

Company confirms that the Ilovica copper mine is being developed through a company with ties to Bulgaria

The management of Euromax Resourced LTD, which is operating the large proposed Ilovica copper and gold mine, confirmed that the company is being taken over by a Bulgarian company that operates from the Cayman islands. Euromax insisted that this company called Galena is part of the Singaporean Trafigura...
Macedonia 24.12.20 | 22:11

Nikoloski: Zaev’s Government spends on dubious procurement contracts while undercutting education

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski accused the Zaev Government of badly underinvesting in education, while at the same time using 20 percent of the budget on unproductive and luxury spending. The most dubious item of the budget, goods and services procured by the Government, is at a historically...
Macedonia 23.12.20 | 16:26

Nikoloski: Zaev wants me to resign because I keep predicting his falures

Zoran Zaev wants me out of the way because I keep predicting his failures, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski, after Zaev called on him to resign. That is his wish ever since I beat him in 12 of the 19 municipalities in his home turf in the 4th electoral district. I revealed that Macedonia...
Macedonia Economy 22.12.20 | 22:37

Tobacco farmers say they will all join the ranks of people living below the poverty line if current prices remain

Tobacco farmers across Macedonia continue to face exceptionally low prices, with 2.5 EUR offered on average per a kilogram of this year’s harvest. Compared to last year, this is a disastrous price. We are all angry. We can’t support a family on 5,000 EUR per year. Nobody in my family works,...
Macedonia Economy 20.12.20 | 23:16

Nikoloski on the 2021 budget: Record spending on administrative salaries, while infrastructure spending is set to the side

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski strongly criticized the proposed 2021 budget for what he said are its unrealistic projections and the meager investment in infrastructure. Nikoloski pointed to the fact that the budget provides tax revenue of 1,91 billion EUR, a little above the 2019 collection. What...
Macedonia 20.12.20 | 14:52

Nikoloski: The fact that no Macedonians sought Bulgarian passports before it joined the EU proves this is an economic, not ethnic issue

Responding to comments from Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva about the tens of thousands of Macedonians who sought Bulgarian citizenship, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said that this only happened after Bulgaria gained EU membership. This made the Bulgarian passport highly...
Macedonia 19.12.20 | 19:13

“Zaev is restarting the Ilovica mine project after it was taken over by a Cayman Islands company with ties to Bulgaria”

The company operating the Ilovica copper mine project was sold in 2019 to a shell company registered in the Cayman Islands, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski, who warns that this is an attempt to take over the mine and revive the project by Bulgarian business interests close to the...
Macedonia 19.12.20 | 14:49

Nikoloski: VMRO-DPMNE worked with our V4 friends to prevent having historic interpretation added as a new condition of EU membership

VMRO-DPMNE worked hard with the Visegrad 4 countries to get their help and prevent adding historic issues as criteria of our EU membership, the party’s Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said in a radio interview. Slovakia and the Czech Republic vetoed a demand by Bulgaria that Macedonia’s integration...
Macedonia 15.12.20 | 11:35

A mine, a bank, a TV station: Zaev promised Borisov free reign to take over Macedonian companies

In an interview, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski alleged that Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev promised his Bulgarian counterpart the right to take over five major businesses in Macedonia. Nikoloski named only one of the businesses in question – the huge Ilovica copper and gold...
Macedonia 15.12.20 | 08:13

Nikoloski: Zaev plans to replace the historians on the Macedonian – Bulgarian committee with more obedient ones

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski warned that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will try to replace some of the members of the joint committee of historians with Bulgaria, after they refused to accept his orders. Bulgaria demands major concessions and the right to rewrite Macedonian history, but...
Macedonia 14.12.20 | 11:40

Nikoloski: We are in talks with several members of Parliament who are eager to turn their backs on Zaev

In an interview with Republika, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski announced that members of Parliament who are part of the SDSM led majority are in talks with VMRO to bring down the Zaev Government and support a VMRO led one. SDSM has only a two majority in Parliament, and faces a major...
Macedonia 14.12.20 | 10:39

Nikoloski: Macedonia will not begin EU accession talks under Zaev

As long as Zaev and SDSM are in office, Macedonia will not be allowed to begin EU accession talks, because it fails to implement basic reforms and because the Government is involved in major corruption scandals such as Racket, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski in an interview with Republika.  I...
Macedonia 07.12.20 | 23:58

VMRO is initiating a vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government

VMRO-DPMNE is preparing to initiate a vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government and that a Government of national unity is formed, said the deputy leader of the opposition party Aleksandar Nikoloski in a TV interview. Zaev refuses to resign even after suffering defeats in all his initiatives, in the...
Macedonia 07.12.20 | 21:31

Nikoloski: The protests prevented Zaev from capitulating to Bulgaria as early as last week

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said that the 20 days of non-stop protests against the Zaev regime have already had an effect, noting that Zaev, in his scandalos BGNES interview, announced that he will accept all Bulgarian demands, but hasn’t done so. Be proud of yourselves. A small...
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