Tag: pendarovski
Macedonia 12.05.19 | 11:03

Pendarovski is being inaugurated as President

Stevo Pendarovski is being inaugurated today as the fifth President of Macedonia since its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. The inauguration ceremony takes place in the Parliament, where Pendarovski will give his oath of office, before he moves to the villa Vodno residence where he will take over...

Macedonia 11.05.19 | 17:22

Pendarovski intends to visit Kosovo soon, dismisses the idea of ethnic border changes

Stevo Pendarovski intends to visit Kosovo as one of his first foreign trips. The new Macedonian President elect won the office owing to the near unanimous support of ethnic Albanian voters, who helped him overcome his losing margin among ethnic Macedonians, and the visit to majority Albanian Kosovo is...

Macedonia 11.05.19 | 13:17

Serbian President Vucic will attend Pendarovski’s inauguration

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will join the presidents of Albania, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Kosovo and will appear at the inauguration of Stevo Pendarovski as President of Macedonia. The inauguration takes place tomorrow in the Macedonian Parliament. Vucic also congratulated Pendarovski on his election...

Macedonia 10.05.19 | 18:28

Several regional leaders expected to attend Pendarovski’s inauguration on Sunday

A number of regional leaders are expected to come to the inauguration of Stevo Pendarovski as Macedonian President on Sunday. These include the presidents of Bulgaria, Albania and Kosovo, Rumen Radev, Ilir Meta and Hashim Thaci. Slovenian President Borut Pahor is also expected to attend. Invitations...

Macedonia 10.05.19 | 17:17

Inter-ethnic divisions become leading political issue after the presidential elections

Macedonia took a big step toward further inter-ethnic divisions with the presidential election this weekend. The results looked bad and divisive outright, and further reviews of the voting patterns only underline how deep the gap is. Stevo Pendarovski won the elections with 436.122 votes, against 377.713...

Macedonia 09.05.19 | 12:45

Pendarovski tells Albanians they are yet to become 100 percent equal in “this country”

Newly elected President Stevo Pendarovski addressed his key voting bloc in an interview with the Albanian RTSh TV station, and said that ethnic Albanians are still not 100 percent equal with Macedonians in Macedonia. Things have improved, which can be seen in the number of Albanian ministers in the Government....

Macedonia 06.05.19 | 15:24

Pendarovski will be inaugurated on May 12th, as President Ivanov leaves office

Stevo Pendarovski will e inaugurated as President of what he refers to as “North Macedonia” on May 12th, when the term of President Gjorge Ivanov expires. The inauguration takes place in the Parliament, with a swearing in ceremony after which he will assume his office at the Vodno residence.

News Macedonia 06.05.19 | 15:16

Albanian parties dispute turnout numbers, demand credit for Pendarovski’s win

While it is doubtless that Stevo Pendarovski owes his presidential election win to Albanian voters, various Albanian parties are now arguing over which one of them and to what extent contributed to his winning margin. Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani from the ruling DUI party, which endorsed Pendarovski,...

Macedonia 06.05.19 | 12:03

Final results confirm that unanimous voting by ethnic Albanians swung the elections

The State Electorl Commission published its final results on Sunday evening, after the second round of presidential elections. It shows that Stevo Pendarovski, the SDSM – DUI presidential candidate, won with 51.66 percent of the vote, or 436.212 votes, against 44.73 percent (377.713 votes) for...

Macedonia 06.05.19 | 10:09

Meta, Hahn, Kurz congratulate Pendarovski on his win

The SDSM – DUI candidate Stevo Pendarovski received his first congratulations on winning the presidential elections. The first message came from Albanian President Ilir Meta. Albanian voters made the difference for Pendarovski, who easily lost the Macedonian vote in the elections. Meta phoned Pendarovski...

Macedonia 05.05.19 | 22:35

Pendarovski declares victory, says it guarantees EU will allow Macedonia to open accession talks

Stevo Pendarovski declared victory in the presidential elections, as the official count went over 90 percent and he maintained a lead of about 60.000 votes against Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova. My people, I thank you. I thank you Macedonians, Albanians, Roma, Turks, Bosniaks, Vlachs and the others,...

Macedonia 05.05.19 | 21:34

SDSM declares Pendarovski the winner, party supporters wave the Albanian flag in celebration

SDSM declared a win for its presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski after, with over 80 percent of the votes counted, he maintained a lead of over 50.000 votes compared to the opposition candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova. A small group of party members took to celebrating in front of the...

Macedonia 05.05.19 | 20:50

Initial Pendarovski lead due to Cuban style, near – unanimous voting in Albanian districts

With a little over 55 percent of the votes counted, Stevo Pendarovski has a lead over Gordana Siljanovska by about 50.000 votes – 236.000 to 182.000. As the electoral map, updated constantly by the State Electoral Commission shows, Pendarovski’s margin is built up in the ethnic Albanian parts...

Macedonia 05.05.19 | 20:00

Electoral commissions begins uploading presidential elections results online

The State Electoral Commission began uploading results on its website – https://rezultati.sec.mk/mk-MK/1/r After the initial 3 percent of the votes counted, the ruling majority candidate Stevo Pendarovski has a lead of 65 to 31 percent for Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova. As more polling stations...

Macedonia 05.05.19 | 19:43

Pendarovski says he expects to win the presidency

SDSM – DUI presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski declared that he expects to win in the second round of presidential elections. Pendarovski won a very slim victory over Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova in the first round, in what is his second attempt to snatch the presidency, after a failed...

Macedonia 05.05.19 | 17:48

Tetovo town hall sends message calling on its employees to support Pendarovski

Tetovo municipal authorities sent a message to its employees tpdau urging them to vote, with an appeal clearly meant to favor the ruling SDSM – DUI coalition candidate Stevo Pendarovski. Dear colleagues, today is a holiday. We appeal to you to use your right to vote and come out in large numbers...

Macedonia 03.05.19 | 13:30

Pendarovski tries to placate angry Colored revolution activists

Stevo Pendarovski, the presidential candidate nominated by the SDSM – DUI coalition, had a difficult meeting with former Colored revolution supporters, where he tried to explain the conduct of the Government installed in 2017. Especially difficult for Pendarovski was the question why he agreed...

Macedonia 03.05.19 | 12:12

Last day of campaigning before the second round of elections

Today is the final day of the pre-election campaign ahead of the second round of presidential elections. At midnight the electoral silence is in force again, banning rallies, media ads and other campaigning, and it lasts until the close of polling stations on Sunday at 19h. Some 1.808 million citizens...

Macedonia 02.05.19 | 16:00

Pendarovski says the penalty for the group of Albanian nationalist involved in Ohrid flag stunt was excessive

In his quest to win ethnic Albanian votes for the crucial second round of elections, SDSM – DUI presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski today said that the 1.100 EUR fine the five years ban on entering Macedonia for the people who displayed a huge Albanian flag over Tsar Samoil’s fortress...

Macedonia 01.05.19 | 18:19

Albanian terrorist endorses Pendarovski

Muhamed Krasniqi, one of the commanders of the Albanian terrorist group which attacked the city of Kumanovo in May 2015 and killed eight Macedonian police officers, called on Albanian voters to support Stevo Pendarovski for President. VMRO was directly involved in orchestrating the disappearance of our...

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