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Macedonia 20.11.20 | 07:54

Zaev removed nine SDSM party local chiefs in possible attempt to preempt corruption allegations

A news site is reporting that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev dismissed nine heads of local branches of his SDSM party. The IPortal did not name the officials, but is reporting that this was done on the initiative of Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski, whose official duty is to “fight corruption”. According...
Macedonia 06.11.20 | 10:07

SDSM dismisses opposition concerns, insisting on holding “corona elections” in Stip and Plasnica

SDSM official Ljupco Nikolovski dismissed concerns from all the opposition parties and insisted that mayoral elections in Stip and Plasnica will take place in December, despite the huge spike in coronavirus cases. SDSM has a huge lead in all the polls ahead of the municipal elections in Stip. VMRO-DPMNE...
Macedonia 27.10.20 | 19:02

Another gaffe: Zaev’s deputy Nikolovski says Macedonia has already joined the EU

Ten days after Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that Macedonia is now a member of both NATO and the European Union, his deputy Ljupco Nikolovski made the same claim. We are a country that’s shoulder to shoulder with the strongest. Now a member state of NATO and of the EU. Only SDSM can bring freedom,...
Macedonia 13.10.20 | 21:53

Financial police joins investigation against Lidija Dimova as her party allies turn their backs on her

The financial crimes police unit initiated an investigation into Lidija Dimova, head of the national agency managing European Union linked education and student mobility programs, Alsat-M TV reported.. Dimova was revealed to have paid 270,000 EUR to a company owned by her friend – which is registered...
Macedonia 08.10.20 | 11:18

Unqualified husband of a Zaev confidant was named adviser in the Agriculture Ministry

The Agriculture Ministry appointed Toni Nikolovski, a cameraman married to Zoran Zaev’s agriculture adviser Lence Nikolovska, as an adviser to the Minister. Nikolovski is completely unqualified, has only completed high-school education and his main work experience is as a news TV station cameraman....
Macedonia 25.08.20 | 14:22

VMRO: It’s absurd to have Zaev’s lieutenant Ljupco Nikolovski placed in charge of fighting corruption

The nomination of Zaev loyalist Ljupco Nikolovski as Deputy Prime Minister tasked with fighting corruption is absurd, said the conservative VMRO-DPMNE party. VMRO official Igor Zdravkovski reminded the public that Nikolovski, as Secretary General of SDSM, was deeply involved in organizing the chaotic...
Macedonia 15.07.20 | 23:18

SDSM claims it leads by three seats

SDSM Secretary General Ljupco Nikolovski told the MIA news agency that his party is leading by three seats in Parliament after counting 33 percent of the votes. Independently verified results are not available as the website of the State Electoral Commission crashed as soon as voting ended. Nikolovski...
Macedonia 15.07.20 | 21:24

SDSM Secretary General Nikolovski violated the election silence laws

SDSM Secretary General Ljupco Nikolovski, who lead the party list in the eastern 3rd district, violated the election silence law. Well before the voting ended, Nikolovski posted a Twitter call urging the voters to come out. Граѓаните бираат одговорна власт!Приклучете...
Macedonia 06.06.20 | 18:45

SDSM Secretary General teases locked-in Skopje citizens with pictures showing him enjoy nature

After spending weeks orchestrating a propaganda campaign against VMRO-DPMNE in an attempt to blame the opposition for the major spike in coronavirus cases – a campaign that included a police raid against opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski – official from the ruling SDSM party busy today...
Macedonia 12.03.20 | 22:10

Janusev: VMRO nominates fresh faces while SDSM has candidates with extensive corruption records

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party has electoral lists that are 95 percent made up of fresh faces, while the ruling SDSM party is offering candidates mired in corruption scandals over several decades, said VMRO Secretary General Igor Janusev during his debate with his counterpart from the left Ljupco Nikoloski...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 10:59

Mickoski: Nikolovski’s threat proves that Zaev is scared

The message from SDSM Secretary General Ljupco Nikolovski actually comes from Zoran Zaev, said VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski as the two ruling parties, SDSM and DUI, seemed on the verge of breaking up their coalition yesterday evening. Mickoski said that SDSM leader Zaev is clearly afraid of the...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 10:46

SDSM threatens DUI as the dissolution of Parliament grows more and more uncertain

The Parliament failed to hold a vote on any of the several laws that the ruling SDSM party is pushing as pre-condition before allowing it to dissolve and prepare the early general elections. A new session is expected to begin shortly today, as yesterday’s ended in acrimony and threats that SDSM...
News 17.01.20 | 23:29

SDSM Secretary General Nikolovski violates his own order, gets filmed at a drunken party

A video recording shows SDSM party Secretary General Ljupco Nikolovski violating the order he himself made – that party officials steer clear of bars and restaurants until election day in order not to damage the party image. SDSM bans its officials from posting selfies from bars and restaurants...
Macedonia 17.12.19 | 18:07

Suspected racketeer Remenski lashes at rival SDSM appointed police officials, calls out Zaev and Interior Minister Spasovski

Deputy Parliament Speaker Frosina Remenski, who stands accused of racketeering, accused “para-intelligence structures” of bringing her down. Remenski spoke to the press after inspecting the evidence state prosecutors have amassed against her and according to her, the main culprit is the former...
Macedonia 07.11.19 | 11:05

Zaev loyalist Nikolovski will lead the SDSM electoral campaign while Sekerinska will prepare the program

The ruling SDSM party appointed a Zaev loyalist – Ljupco Nikolovski – as head of its electoral staff. Meanwhile deputy party leader Radmila Sekerinska will be in charge of preparing the electoral program of the party. Nikolovski was appointed as SDSM party Secretary General from the Agriculture...
Macedonia 30.09.19 | 16:27

Zaev’s Government dismisses intelligence chief who allegedly helped Kamcev begin his push back against Janeva’s racketeering ring

The Government decided that Goran Nikolovski, head of the powerful and controversial UBK intelligence service, which is at the core of the on-going political crisis, is dismissed from his office. Nikolovski is removed because the UBK is being dismantled and transformed into a new intelligence agency...
Macedonia 18.07.19 | 22:51

SDSM meets to discuss the Katica Janeva scandal, press asked whether her suspected collaborators were present at the meeting

The SDSM party held a meeting of its Central Committee today to discuss the criminal scandal develpoing around outgoing Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and suspected high level SDSM officials. Party Secretary General Ljupco Nikolovski was asked after the meeting whether the two top party officials,...
Macedonia 13.05.19 | 13:23

Agriculture Minister Nikolovski brings Instagram “influencer” to his official trip to Slovakia

Farmers may be facing record low prices of many cash crops, like apples, but Agriculture Minister Ljupco Nikolovski has the best people on the case. He took social media personality and self styled influencer Ljupka Mitrova to the national agriculture fair in Brno, Slovakia. Despite her best instincts,...
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