Tag: pendarovski
Macedonia 31.01.22 | 17:46

Pendarovski plans to convene the National security council tomorrow

President Pendarovski is convening the National security council to meet tomorrow.  The President’s office said that the participants will review the security situation in Macedonia and the wider region. It will be the first such meeting for newly appointed Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, and for...
Macedonia 27.01.22 | 13:36

Pendarovski: Macedonia risks approaching the Turkish record of years spent waiting to open its EU accession talks

President Stevo Pendarovski warned that Macedonia risks approaching the Turkish record for most years spent fruitlessly waiting to open its EU accession talks. In a diplomatic round table, Pendarovski pointed out that Macedonia has been waiting to open its EU accession talks for 17 years, since it became...
Macedonia 13.01.22 | 15:29

President Pendarovski still intends to meet with a delegation of ethnic Macedonians from Bulgaria

The Office of President Stevo Pendarovski insists that he didn’t postpone a meeting with representatives of organizations of ethnic Macedonians from Bulgaria because no firm date was set yet. Sources in the office insist that Pendarovski will meet the representatives at a later date. The meeting...
Macedonia 13.01.22 | 13:01

President Pendarovski called off his meeting with representatives of ethnic Macedonians from Bulgaria

President Stevo Pendarovski called off the meeting with representatives of Macedonian organizations from Bulgaria that he was scheduling for the coming days. Pendarovski announced the meeting after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev met with representatives of ethnic Bulgarians in Macedonia. But Bulgaria...
Macedonia 29.12.21 | 13:45

Pendarovski gives Kovacevski the mandate to form the next Government

President Stevo Pendarovski awarded the mandate to form the next Government to the newly appointed SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski. In his brief remarks, Kovacevski said that he begins the forming of the next Government, a process which he is bound to complete in 20 days. The times call for stable...
Macedonia 29.12.21 | 08:46

President Pendarovski will give the mandate to Dimitar Kovacevski

President Stevo Pendarovski is expected to award the mandate to form the next Government to the new SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski today at 13h. With this, Kovacevski will have a period of 20 days to put together a Government and a program and submit it to Parliament for approval. In a Sitel TV...
Macedonia 27.12.21 | 10:12

Almost half of the deadline for Pendarovski to give the mandate has passed

The ten day deadline for President Stevo Pendarovski to give the mandate to a candidate who would form the next Government is ticking on. It started on Thursday, when Zoran Zaev resigned as Prime Minister following his major defeat in the local elections. It is widely expected that Pendarovski will give...
Macedonia 23.12.21 | 23:35

“By blindly agreeing to give the mandate to SDSM, Pendarovski shows that he can’t stand up to Zoran Zaev”

According to the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, President Stevo Pendarovski showed that he is unable to resist Zoran Zaev and the SDSM party on any issue – this after Pendarovski indicated that he will give the mandate to form the next Government to the new SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski. In an interview,...
Macedonia 23.12.21 | 21:35

Pendarovski: Now is not the time to add the Bulgarian community to the Constitution

President Pendarovski rejected the Bulgarian demand for quick changes to the Macedonian Constitution in order the name the Bulgarian community among the constituent nations. Pendarovski said that if this is the only issue after which Bulgaria would lift its veto it would be worth considering, but it...
Macedonia 23.12.21 | 21:15

Pendarovski says that Dimitar Kovacevski is a “major unknown” but indicates he will give him the PM mandate anyway

President Stevo Pendarovski said that the new SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski is little known in the public, but indicated that he will give him the mandate to form the next Government anyway. After Zoran Zaev’s resignation, in the wake of his major defeat in the October local elections, he elevated...
Macedonia 23.12.21 | 17:05

After Zaev’s resignation, Pendarovski begins a ten days “search” for a new Prime Minister

President Stevo Pendarovski’s office informed the public that they have been formally notified by the Parliament that Zoran Zaev has resigned as Prime Minister. This now initiates the procedure in which Pendarovski needs to give the mandate to form a new Government to the candidate of a coalition...
Macedonia 21.12.21 | 19:20

VMRO-DPMNE will attend Pendarovski’s address in Parliament tomorrow

Members of Parliament from vMRO-DPMNE will attend the annual address that President Stevo Pendarovski will give before the Parliament on Wednesday. In the past, especially with the years long political crisis in Macedonia, opposition representatives would often avoid going to the annual address. This...
Macedonia 17.12.21 | 11:08

Pendarovski expects to name an Ambassador to Russia early next year

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will likely appoint an Ambassador to Russia in spring. Macedonia has numerous open diplomatic posts in key countries, and Russia is just one of them. In an interview with Telma, Pendarovski said that the delays were due to the local elections and the ongoing political...
Macedonia 16.12.21 | 14:02

Pendarovski will address the Parliament on Wednesday; it’s possible that Zaev will resign on the same day

The office of President Stevo Pendarovski announced that he will have his annual address to Parliament on Wednesday. Some media outlets have indicated that Zoran Zaev may time his resignation as Prime Minister on the same day. Zaev hopes that Pendarovski will give the mandate for the creation of the...
Macedonia 15.12.21 | 13:01

Macedonia – Bulgaria: Pendarovski agrees with Kirl Petkov’s approach to discuss different issues besides history

President Stevo Pendarovski said that the position of newly appointed Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov is acceptable to him. Petkov yesterday said that he would like to see six months of negotiations between Macedonia and Bulgaria on various issues such as culture, economy and infrastructure, besides...
Macedonia 15.12.21 | 12:04

Zaev plans to resign after Pendarovski’s annual address

The Macedonian office of Deutsche Welle cites sources close to the SDSM party who say that Zoran Zaev will resign near the end of the year, shortly after the annual address by President Pendarovski. Pendarovski normally addresses Parliament in the middle of December, although previously, President Ivanov...
Macedonia 09.12.21 | 22:12

Pendarovski spoke at the Summit for Democracy

President Stevo Pendarovski spoke at the online Summit for Democracy, convened by US President Joe Biden. In his remarks, Pendarovski spoke against the “rise of populism and authoritarian tendencies that are making democracy vulnerable”. There is no alternative and we should not waste a minute:...
Macedonia 13.11.21 | 21:57

Pendarovski acknowledges that Zaev currently does not have majority in Parliament

President Stevo Pendarovski, who was elected on the joint SDSM – DUI ticket, acknowledged that this coalition no longer has majority in Parliament. In his first remarks after the scandalous events in the Parliament on Thursday, where an opposition representative was apparently held hostage and...
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 23:24

“Zaev will leave politics in a matter of months”

President Stevo Pendarovski predicts that, regardless of the outcome of the vote of no confidence tomorrow, Zoran Zaev will be out of politics in a matter of months. Zaev announced that he will resign as both Prime Minister and SDSM party leader after he lost the local elections, but is now backing off...
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 21:41

If a new majority emerges tomorrow, Pendarovski says that he will give it mandate to form a new Government

President Stevo Pendarovski said that, if the Zaev Government is toppled tomorrow and a clear new majority emerges in Parliament, he will give the mandate to a nominated new Prime Minister in ten days, as provided in the Constitution. Pendarovski said that he may convene the leaders of the political...
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