Tag: protest
Macedonia 08.06.21 | 17:30

Mickoski: The public needs to know what Zaev is offering Bulgaria behind our backs

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mkickoski met with protesters who turned out in front of the Parliament today, to protest the announced further concessions Zoran Zaev is making to Bulgaria. Mickoski warned that Zaev is engaged in secret talks with Bulgaria and is planning to accept the Bulgarian position...

Macedonia 08.06.21 | 15:39

LIVE STREAM: VMRO-DPMNE starts blocking streets in Skopje and 10 cities in Macedonia

As a sign of warning, VMRO-DPMNE starts Tuesday with protests and blockades in Skopje and 10 other cities. According to party announcements, the blockades will take place from 3 pm to 5 pm, and will include key infrastructure points in three locations in Skopje, and in Ohrid, Bitola, Kicevo, Kavadarci,...

Macedonia 07.06.21 | 15:50

Mickoski: VMRO-DPMNE to block streets in Skopje and 10 cities in Macedonia

The topic of today’s statement is the activities that VMRO-DPMNE will undertake in the coming period, and refer to the secret negotiations that the Zaev – Buckovski duo are holding with official Sofia, and refer practically to the future of Macedonia and the European integration process of...

Macedonia 07.06.21 | 14:45

VMRO-DPMNE to stage a protest on Tuesday: Zaev to say what he is negotiating with Bulgaria!

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE announced a warning protest over the negotiations with Bulgaria. The protest will take place on Tuesday at three intersections in Skopje and in ten cities across the country. Mickoski says that the public must know what is being negotiated and that the Zaev-Bukovski duo are negotiating...

Macedonia 02.06.21 | 13:40

Musicians will protest the continued ban on live performances

An association of musicians announced a protest in front of the Government building in Skopje on Friday. Musicians are angry after the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions stopped short of allowing them to perform live. The only exception to the restriction are weddings – bands will be allowed...

Macedonia 30.05.21 | 18:48

Mickoski: We will go to the end

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the party is willing to “go to the end” to ensure fair trial for the political prisoners of the Zaev regime. Mickoski shared a video from the mass protest held in Skopje yesterday where thousands gathered to demand justice for the 16 prisoners...

Macedonia 29.05.21 | 22:10

“We can’t accept that terrorists from 2001 hold offices while patriots are in prison”

It’s not acceptable that terrorists from the 2001 war hold high offices while partriots from April 27th 2017 remain in prison, said actor Robert Veljanovski, who addressed the protesters during the large rally in front of the Government building today. Protesters demanded a fair trial for the defendants...

Macedonia 29.05.21 | 21:21

Thousands gathered to demand justice for the political prisoners

Thousands of citizens gathered in front of the Government building in downtown Skopje to demand a fair trial for the political prisoners of the Zaev regime. This is the second such protest, organized by diaspora groups and supported by the VMRO-DPMNE party in a month. The focus of the protest is the...

Macedonia 29.05.21 | 20:29

The people are losing their patience, Mickoski says at the protest gathering in front of the Government

Hristijan Mickoski and other top VMRO-DPMNE officials joined thousands of citizens of Skopje for a large rally in front of the Government building this afternoon. The main demand of the protest is a retrial for the 16 protesters and police officials who were sentenced in the April 27th trial. This is...

Macedonia 29.05.21 | 14:16

New protest for release of Zaev’s political prisoners

A large new protest is planned this afternoon for the release of the political prisoners of the Zaev regime. Protest organizers are calling the citizens of Skopje to gather in front of the Government building at 18:30. Like in the similar rally a month ago, the protest is focused on a demand for retrials...

Macedonia 28.05.21 | 10:50

New protest for the Defenders of the Constitution on Saturday

On Saturday (May 29), a fresh protest will be held in front of the Government building in order to send a message and demand justice for the Defenders of the Constitution. Brothers and sisters, on Saturday, May 29, starting at 6:30 pm, I invite you to gather again in front of the Government of the Republic...

Macedonia 15.05.21 | 13:27

High school students take to the streets to protest Minister Carovska

High school students and their parents began protests in downtown Skopje and in dozens of other towns and cities across Macedonia. They demand that Education Minister Mila Carovska drops her plans to remove printed textbooks from the education process, and to ensure in-person teaching from next year. Carovska’s...

Macedonia 26.04.21 | 15:02

Macedonia is alive: People rise against all injustices and humiliations of Zaev

Sunday’s large national protest showed in which direction Macedonia will move in the coming period. The large presence of the citizens at this rally, which was not organized by any party, proves that the revolt of the citizens is coming out and that the events with the prisoners from the events...

Macedonia 26.04.21 | 11:13

Van den Berg on Sunday’s protest: Pandora’s box has opened, Zaev’s House of Cards is now shaking on its foundations

Dutch expert on the Western Balkans, Hans van den Berg, commented on Sunday’s massive protest without party symbols for the freedom of the defenders of the Constitution and for democracy in Macedonia. MK Pandora’s box has opened: dissatisfied people expressing their voice, without party structures/symbols...

Macedonia 25.04.21 | 15:12

Protesters demand release of the imprisoned patriots and early elections in October

The organizers of the protests held in downtown Skopje today demanded the urgent release of all political prisoners and early general elections. It is not acceptable that the protesters of the movement for United Macedonia are tried as terrorists, while the actual terrorists from the 2001 war hold the...

Macedonia 25.04.21 | 12:15

Thousands protest in downtown Skopje

Thousands of people are streaming to the center of Skopje to support the large rally and demand release for the political prisoners of the Zaev regime. The protest is organized by Macedonian diaspora groups, and supported by VMRO-DPMNE and other opposition parties.

Macedonia 25.04.21 | 11:39

LIVE: Large rally for release of the political prisoners

Thousands of people are gathering in downtown Skopje, for the large protest to demand the release of political prisoners held by the Zaev regime. The protest began at the Government building, and the crowd is moving toward the Parliament. You can follow the rally live, here – The protest is organized...

Macedonia 25.04.21 | 08:35

This madness must end

Actor and activist Toni Mihajlovski announced the coming protest as a step toward ending the madness of the Zaev regime and its move to declare patriotic citizens as “terrorists”. April 27th was our last uprising, to preserve the Macedonian name, language, history, freedom, Constitution,...

Macedonia 25.04.21 | 08:23

Large rally for the release of political prisoners takes place in Skopje

The large rally organized to demand the release of political prisoners held by the Zaev regime begins today at 11h. It will be opened by opera singer and former political prisoner Igor Durlovski, who will perform the Macedonian anthem. Protesters will gather at 11h in front of the Government building...

Macedonia 25.04.21 | 08:19

Police has been putting pressure on football fans from Tetovo not to come to the protest

The Vojvodi fan group from Tetovo informed that its members are under police pressure not to attend the protest planned for Sunday in Skopje. Protestes are demanding the release of the political prisoners kept by the Zaev regime. All forms of pressure, warnings and interrogations by the police carried...

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