Tag: resignation
Macedonia 27.05.19 | 12:08

Silegov: You can’t fire me, I quit

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov tried to clarify today that he was not dismissed as Vice – President of the ruling SDSM party, but that he resigned. Silegov is one of the six deputy leaders of Zoran Zaev’s party who were removed yesterday, as part of his purge of corrupt and incompetent officials. Let’s...

Macedonia 30.04.19 | 20:27

Zaev threatened Merkel and Macron he will resign if Macedonia doesn’t open EU accession talks?

Kosovan media who covered the Berlin summit are reporting that Zoran Zaev threatened to resign as Prime Minister if Macedonia is not given a date to open accession talks. Zaev met with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron in Berlin, and the Balkan summit was followed by clear indications from France that...

Culture 03.04.19 | 13:23

Ademi on the verge of resignation after he cut public funding for many of Zaev’s supporters

Culture Minister Asaf Ademi, who faced extensive criticism after cutting Macedonian cultural programs from the budget in favor of promoting Albanian culture, is on the verge of resignation. According to the pro-Government Nezavisen daily, the resignation will be presented as caused by “health reasons”. The...

Macedonia 25.02.19 | 20:22

Director of Shutka prison has not resigned even though he said he would do it

The director of the Shutka investigative prison, Gjoko Kotevski, has not submitted his resignation, as he said, Sitel reports. He said that he was going to leave the director’s office today, at the same time publish the report on the incident in which former Ministers Janakieski and Ristovski...

Macedonia 22.02.19 | 12:30

Kotevski: The Prime Minister’s request for my resignation will be realized

The Prime Minister’s request is final and it will be realized, the director of the Shutka prison, Gjoko Kotevski told Plusinfo, after Prime Minister Zoran Zaev demanded his resignation following the incident in the prison where the ex-ministers Mile Janakieski and Spiro Ristovski were attacked.

World 21.12.18 | 10:43

Mattis resigning as Pentagon chief after clashes with Trump

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday after clashing with President Donald Trump over the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and after two years of deep disagreements over America’s role in the world, AP reports. Mattis, perhaps the most respected foreign policy official in Trump’s...