Tag: sdsm
Macedonia 28.11.24 | 00:47

SDSM appoints new Secretary General and vice-presidents of the party

SDSM leader Venko Filipce today presented the new leadership of the party. Aleksandar Dimitrijevic was named Secretary General of the party, and he will be assisted by Ljupco Parmakovski and Martin Kostovski. Former Environment Minister Kaja Shukova, law professor Ana Cupeska, Metodija Ilievski and Kristina...
Macedonia 24.11.24 | 20:04

SDSM elects head of the Soros foundation in Macedonia as deputy leader

After months of delays and disputes, the opposition SDSM party held a meeting of its Central Board, and began the process of electing new offcials. The first major decision that the troubled party announced is the appointment of Fani Karanfilovska Panovska as deputy leader of the party – a position...
Macedonia 21.10.24 | 19:40

VMRO: SDSM are the ones who politicized the security services

It was SDSM who politicized the security services, said VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Brane Petrusevski during a press conference today. SDSM is protesting the appointment of Bojan Hristovski as new head of the ANB security service, claiming that his former local position in VMRO means that Hristovski...
Macedonia 17.10.24 | 11:23

SDSM falls below 10 percent in latest poll

If elections were held today, SDSM would not win even 10 percent of the votes, shows the latest poll conducted by IPIS. According to the poll, VMRO-DPMNE would dominate the elections with 27.2 percent of the vote, while only 9.6 percent would go to SDSM. Additionally, more than a half of those polled...
Macedonia 16.10.24 | 19:07

Poll: VMRO dominates the political scene, leads SDSM 3:1

A poll conducted by IPIS finds that VMRO-DPMNE dominates the political scene, having the support of 27.2 percent of the voters, followed by SDSM with 9.6 percent. Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski is the most popular politician in the country, with 27.8 percent of the citizens declaring for him, while...
Economy 09.10.24 | 19:34

ESM: SDSM has no right to blame others for the problems of the energy sector

REK Bitola, Macedonia’s largest coal plant, closed down yesterday with all three of its generators put offline. The opposition SDSM party issued a statement condemning the recently appointed new management of the plant, prompting a scathing response from ESM/ELEM, the company that manages state...
Macedonia 29.09.24 | 14:58

VMRO: SDSM is rejoicing that Albania opened its accession talks, leaving Macedonia behind

VMRO-DPMNE accused SDSM of gloating after the decision of the European Union to allow Albania to resume its EU accession talks, while leaving Macedonia behind. In a statement, SDSM insists that they were able to solve bilateral disputes with neighboring countries while VMRO-DPMNE now, as SDSM says, “takes...
Macedonia 29.09.24 | 10:50

Poll shows that VMRO has the support of nearly half of all citizens

A poll conducted by Market Vision for the MKD.mk news site shows that VMRO-DPMNE grows in popularity over its once chief rival SDSM, with whopping 45.2 percent against 11.2 percent. Ali Ahmeti’s DUI party has solidified its place as Macedonia’s second largest party with the support of 13.9...
Macedonia 31.08.24 | 16:48

Largest teachers’ union will not support protests initiated by SDSM

Following a call from SDSM to public school teachers to prepare for protests, the largest teachers’ union SONK renounced the call and said taht they will not participate. We are in the process of intensive negotiations to find solutions how to elevate the social status of the education workers....
Macedonia 21.07.24 | 18:47

VMRO: SDSM and DUI were using the official plane 25 days a month

The DUI – SDSM Government used the official plane 25 days in a week, says VMRO-DPMNE in a statement to the press, issued in response to SDSM’s comments that the current Government is wasting too much money for international travel to the NATO summit in Washington and the Blenheim summit in...
Macedonia 20.07.24 | 09:34

SDSM pollster profited from his relationship with the previous Government

VMRO-DPMNE accused SDSM linked pollster Nikola Spasov of abusing his relationship with the previous Government to land public contracts. Through his Rating agency, Nikola Spasov took a million EUR in contracts ad nwas given a license for a solar power plant. If these are the people who will “reform”...
Macedonia 02.07.24 | 19:10

ZNAM invites “all honest SDSM members” to join them

Nikola Memov, spokesman of the ZNAM party, invited all “honest members” of the SDSM party to join ZNAM. ZNAM began as a faction in SDSM, built around Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski, and after it joined the VMRO led Government, there have been numerous reports that SDSM members and official...
Macedonia 01.07.24 | 11:26

Slavjanka Petrovska: SDSM is a captured party

Former Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska, who bowed out of the SDSM leadership race, said that the party is held captured by its new leadership. Venko Filipce was elected new leader with a 4:1 margin over Jovan Despotovski, in a clear victory for the Zoran Zaev led wing of the party. This is a fiasco....
Macedonia 30.06.24 | 23:41

Zaev’s proxy candidate Venko Filipce named SDSM leader

Former Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce was elected as new leader of the opposition SDSM party, after Dimitar Kovacevski resigned following his major defeat in the general and the presidential elections. Filipce won about 8,500 votes while his chief opponent, Jovan Despotovski, won 2,300 votes of the...
Macedonia 28.06.24 | 18:00

SDSM leadership race hit by recriminations and corruption allegations

Dramatic developments in SDSM ahead of the party elections scheduled for June 30th, where the membership is supposed to elect a new leader. With former Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce the clear front-runner in the race, due to the open support he’s receiving from Zoran Zaev, other candidates...
Macedonia 27.06.24 | 12:02

Slavjanka Petrovska tells Zaev to stop interfering in the SDSM leadership race

SDSM leadership candiate Slavjanka Petrovska joined in the criticism of former leader Zoran zaev, who is clearly promoting former Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to be the next leader of the troubled party. Support of any of the former leaders for any of the current candidates will only make the process...
Macedonia 15.06.24 | 14:00

Despotovski: SDSM is at a historic low point

Jovan Despotovski, who is running for leader of the SDSM party following the resignation of Dimitar Kovacevski, acknowledges that the party is historically at its lowest point. Still, he believes that the next SDSM leader who will be elected at the end of the month, will become the Prime Minister in...
Macedonia 07.06.24 | 17:40

Several opposition members of Parliament are likely to vote in favor of reforming the Government

Members of Parliament from the SDSM led coalition have announced that they will support the proposal to reorganize the Government, put before Parliament by VMRO-DPMNE. This indicates that SDSM could lose some of its 18 votes in Parliament, as the party is being sent to the opposition after 7 years in...
Macedonia 06.06.24 | 11:17

Three candidates in competition to take over SDSM

Three current or former top party officials submitted their nominations for leader of the SDSM party yesterday, following the resignation of Dimitar Kovacevski. This includes outgoing Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska, former Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce and outgoing head of the industrial zones...
Macedonia 22.05.24 | 21:52

Kovacevski blames SDSM officials of sabotaging the party, calls on all key figures to resign with him

After weeks of relative silence from the party, following its crushing defeat in the general and presidential elections, SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski today reiterated his plan to step down, and called on all key SDSM officials to do the same. Kovacevski blamed officials within the party for sabotaging...
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