Tag: prime minister
Macedonia 25.11.23 | 12:48

VMRO will give up its seats in the technical Government just to prevent “criminal” DUI party from appointing the next Prime Minister

VMRO-DPMNE issued a statement reiterating the position of the party’s leader Hristijan Mickoski, that they are ready to give up on the idea of a technical Government. The technical Government would include several VMRO officials at key positions, but also a new Prime Minister, who as part of an...

World 05.11.23 | 13:04

Protesters demand that Netanyahu step down in front of his residence

During a protest in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Sunday, hundreds of people demanded that he quit. The Times of Israel reported this. Three people were taken into custody after police and demonstrators fought during the Saturday night event, according...

World 16.10.23 | 11:30

Netanyahu convened the inaugural meeting of the expanded emergency government, emphasizing Israel’s determination to bring about the downfall of Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presided over the inaugural session of an extended emergency government, highlighting the demonstration of national unity and the clear message sent domestically and internationally. The government’s primary focus is on taking action to “bring down...

News Macedonia 25.05.23 | 14:11

Fake patriotism: The Prime Minister forgot that he signed off “this piece of land” to the Bulgarians

The viceroy PM Dimitar Kovachevski – Tache just doesn’t have luck with “patriotism”. Not only did his Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani humiliate him in front of the Bulgarian Foreign Minister, by denying what he said in Reykjavik (that Bulgaria treats Macedia in the same...

Macedonia 17.12.21 | 16:03

Gashi says he will remain loyal to SDSM and DUI even after a proposal to be named interim Prime Minister

Political alliances in Macedonia were briefly thrown into a spin after VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski raised the possibility of appointing Alternative party leader Afrim Gashi as the leader of the interim Government ahead of the next elections. Gashi is oscillating between the SDSM – DUI...

Macedonia 05.11.21 | 11:09

Justice Minister Maricic refuses to answer whether he wants to replace Zaev as Prime Minister

Justice Minister Bojan Maricic, who is being mentioned as a possible heir to Zoran Zaev as Prime Minister, told the press that the current priority is to preserve the narrow SDSM led majority in Parliament as Zaev is expected to resign as Prime Minister and SDSM leader. The will of all coalition partners...

Macedonia 04.11.21 | 14:46

Zaev refuses to answer whether he’ll keep his promise to inaugurate an ethnic Albanian as Prime Minister

Zoran Zaev today refused to discuss what his announced resignation will mean for a key promise he made to his coalition partner DUI – that an ethnic Albanian will be named Prime Minister in the last 100 days of the Government. Zaev announced his resignation following the serious defeat in the local...

Macedonia 03.09.20 | 22:08

Government carves out a powerful new role for Artan Grubi as Zaev’s First Deputy

The Government adopted a new protocol for coordination among the various departments which places the First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi in a powerful new role. Grubi holds a department that was traditionally low key and mainly in charge of hiring ethnic Albanians with unspecified roles in the public...

Macedonia 24.06.20 | 14:50

Naser Ziberi is DUI’s candidate for Prime Minister of Macedonia

Naser Ziberi is DUI’s candidate for Prime Minister of Macedonia, DUI announced Wednesday at its convention in Prespa. It is about a politician who already has three parliamentary terms behind him. His political career has been mainly linked to the PDP party, and he currently works as a notary...

Macedonia 22.06.20 | 21:48

Taravari: Ahmeti should explain his math when he demands an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister

Gostivar Mayor Arben Taravari, who is deputy leader of the Alliance of Albanians, said that he agrees in principle with the call that an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister is appointed after the elections, but said that it is not a realistic proposal. The demand comes from the DUI party and its leader Ali...

Macedonia 22.06.20 | 17:33

Nikoloski rejects DUI demand that the next Prime Minister is an ethnic Albanian

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski dismissed the demand from the DUI party that the next Prime Minister of Macedonia will have to be an ethnic Albanian. A day after VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski dismissed the request saying that Macedonians won’t be made second class citizens, Nikoloski...

Macedonia 21.06.20 | 17:09

Mickoski to DUI: Macedonians are sick of being treated as second class citizens

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski dismissed the blackmail from the DUI party that it will demand that the next Prime Minister of Macedonia is an ethnic Albanian. DUI also said that it will condition its participation in the next Government with the request that its Macedonian partner accepts the...

Macedonia 06.06.20 | 19:02

Ahmeti calls on all Albanians to unite over his proposal for Prime Minister “like they were united during the 2001 war”

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti doubled down on his push that an ethnic Albanian is made Prime Minister of Macedonia after the next elections, calling on all Albanian voters to unite around this issue – like they were united during the 2001 civil war. We were united in the UCK during the war and we...

Macedonia 06.06.20 | 13:35

SDSM and DUI try to distract from the epidemic crisis, ignite a dispute over the ethnicity of the next Prime Minister

While the public in Macedonia is alarmed by the spiking coronavirus deaths and infections, the two ruling parties, SDSM and DUI, opened a dispute over whether an ethnic Albanian will be appointed as next Prime Minister. The issue was raised by DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti, who said that it is the next...

Macedonia 05.06.20 | 15:22

Zaev says he will not allow DUI in the next Government if Ahmeti insists on an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev dismissed the statement from his coalition partner Ali Ahmeti, that his DUI party will focus on appointing an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister after the next elections. DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti sets his new goal: ethnic Albanian Prime Minister of Macedonia It is true that...

Macedonia 05.06.20 | 14:21

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti sets his new goal: ethnic Albanian Prime Minister of Macedonia

The leader of the DUI party Ali Ahmeti announced that the next goal is electing an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister of Macedonia after the next elections. DUI, the party born out of Ahmeti’s 2001 terrorist movement, was celebrating its 18th anniversary when Ahmeti made the announcement. Let’s...

Macedonia 23.10.19 | 17:41

Zaev: The party needs to decide but I will be its candidate for Prime Minister

Zoran Zaev insists that he will lead the SDSM campaign in the early elections planned for April 12th 2020 and that he will run for a new mandate as Prime MInister. Zaev is set to resign on January 3rd, under the 100 days rule. I will lead the campaign, and I will be the candidate for Prime Minister....

Life 09.01.19 | 15:55

Scott Morrison shoe Photoshop fail gives Australian prime minister two left feet

Australia’s prime minister laughed off a clumsy attempt by aides to Photoshop him wearing snazzier, and markedly cleaner, footwear on Wednesday, saying he was perfectly happy with his battered old kicks. A snap of Scott Morrison with his family – which featured as the banner heading on the...