Tag: sdsm
Macedonia 14.08.21 | 14:27

SDSM-led government’s corruption, failure to deal with the pandemic, the marijuana businesses boost people’s trust in VMRO-DPMNE

VMRO-DPMNE’s lead over SDSM is increasing due to corruption and incapacity to deal with the covid crisis, also the state in general. The latest poll conducted by the US National Democratic Institute close to the Republicans and President Joe Biden, shows that VMRO-DPMNE holds a convincing lead...

Macedonia 29.07.21 | 13:50

SDSM is using electronic cards to monitor the activities of its members

A text message, apparently sent to SDSM party supporters in Skopje’s Butel district, shows that the party is ordering members to show up and participate in canvassing campaigns. The message gives the time and place when the activists should appear, and they are warned that “participation...

Macedonia 24.07.21 | 08:50

SDSM security kicked out a woman from an event with Education Minister Carovska

A woman from Bitola was kicked out from a political event staged by the ruling SDSM party because she tried to ask Education Minister Mila Carovska some questions. Dragana Spasevska said that she was stopped by security who asked her to show her SDSM party card. Spasevska does not have one, and was ordered...

Macedonia 23.07.21 | 19:03

The small LDP party turns critical of its coalition partner SDSM as it tries to raise its profile before the mayoral race in Bitola

The LDP party issued stern criticism at the SDSM led Government for the treatment of the city of Bitola. Even though LDP leader Goran Milevski is Minister precisely in charge of working with municipalities in the Zaev Government, he is also hoping to have a good result in the independent run in Bitola...

Macedonia 23.07.21 | 18:58

BESA will wait for more details about the SDSM – DUI coalition before it announces its next steps

Arianit Hoxha, from the BESA party, said that they are still examining the announcement of their coalition partners SDSM and DUI that they are forming a coalition for the coming municipal elections. BESA wants to challenge DUI for the mayoral seat in the largest Albanian majority city in Macedonia –...

Macedonia 20.07.21 | 16:35

SDSM faces another faction in the mayoral race in Aerodrom

SDSM is facing a third candidacy for Mayor in Skopje’s Aerodrom district, which is further dividing the ruling party in this key urban area. After the incumbent Zlatko Marin and member of Parliament Aleksandar Filipovski, now the head of the Foreign Investment Agency Dejan Pavleski said that he...

Macedonia 14.07.21 | 10:26

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev is nominating corrupt and incompetent mayoral candidates

VMRO-DPMNE responded to the announcement of several dozen SDSM candidates for the coming municipal elections by stating that the ruling party is again nominating the same, corruption drenched candidates. Zoran Zaev is again nominating Petre Silegov as Mayor of Skopje, even after the revelations of his...

Macedonia 11.07.21 | 12:03

VMRO calls on SDSM and DUI to stop with their intrigues and support the joint resolution on Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE called on SDSM and DUI to support the joint resolution on the Bulgarian demands. After VMRO proposed the resolution, SDSM initially resisted, then declared its support, but remains evasive when it comes to ratification. DUI, on the other hand, rejected the resolution but its officials are...

Macedonia 10.07.21 | 14:56

“SDSM is looking for ways to avoid supporting the joint resolution on Bulgaria”

The SDSM party is looking for excuses to avoid supporting the resolution on Bulgaria, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press statement today. The opposition party proposed a resolution that, if approved, would be the consensus position of all Macedonian parties in the difficult and divisive negotiations with Bulgaria....

Macedonia 09.07.21 | 21:34

SDSM faces infighting in Prilep ahead of the municipal elections

Another local SDSM branch is facing a split in the run up to the municipal elections in October. Former Transportation Minister Goran Sugareski asked the citizens of Prilep to support him for Mayor, even though the incumbent Mayor Ilija Jovanoski, also from SDSM, is in full campaign mode. From my daily...

Macedonia 05.07.21 | 16:42

Split in a key Skopje district hurts SDSM chances at the coming municipal elections

SDSM member of Parliament Aleksandar Filipovski announced that he will run for Mayor of Skopje’s Aerodrom district. Moments later, incumbent Mayor Zlatko Marin, who has been actively campaigning over the past days, also declared that he is running. Aerodrom is one of Skopje’s most urban districts...

Macedonia 02.07.21 | 15:37

SDSM quickly rejects VMRO-DPMNE’s offer of forming a joint position on the negotiations with Bulgaria

The SDSM party promptly refused the proposed resolution presented today by VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski. In it, Mickoski laid out positions that would be adopted as Macedonia’s red lines in the negotiations with Bulgaria. Mickoski presents the resolution for safeguarding Macedonian...

Macedonia 27.06.21 | 21:51

SDSM: No reason to postpone the census due to the local elections

There is no need to postpone either the census or the local elections, these are two processes that run in parallel, says Stefan Vasev from SDSM, answering a reporter’s question whether it is possible to abuse the census for elections by any party. According to him, the census is a statistical...

Macedonia 24.06.21 | 19:01

SDSM party branch was caught deciding who gets hired by a school in Skopje

The Macedonian Education Ministry tapped political candidates for its list of mentors to students in the municipality of Karpos, then promptly deleted it when the political affiliation of the candidates became clear. The list was published, then hidden. There are several reasons for this, but the main...

Macedonia 07.06.21 | 22:31

Ahmeti is open to a municipal election coalition with SDSM

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that it is possible he will form a coalition with Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party for the October municipal elections. I don’t know, we need to see where our interests lie and where the interests of the citizens are. I think that our coalition with SDSM has been functioning...

Macedonia 02.06.21 | 17:06

Sekerinska, Kiracoski, Filipce and Bogoev went to Boki’s home as part of the SDSM “door to door” campaign

The Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in his testimony before the court in the slander trial he initiated against Aleksandar Nikolovski revealed several new things. Let’s start in order. Finally, Zaev acknowledged that he had meetings with Bojan Jovanovski as working meetings, but also as the owner of...

Macedonia 29.05.21 | 19:57

Secretly recorded comments from an SDSM delegate shows how the party is suppressing online criticism

A number of audio recordings were leaked after the online congress of the SDSM party over the past weeks – they contained comments from former deputy leader of the party Radmila Sekerinska who gave grim but unspecific warnings to the party delegates, as well as statements from delegates angry that...

Macedonia 27.05.21 | 15:53

SDSM uses social networks to “suppress” people’s dissatisfaction with the government

The ruling SDSM had formed a “sector” that monitors the reactions of users of social networks and through party bots tries to remove all negative reactions of the people to the activities of the government. A video that appeared on social networks proves that this is not just rumors. In the...

Macedonia 27.05.21 | 11:49

SDSM should condemn Vice Zaev for the racket, now it just looks like a private company of the Zaev family

The very fact that SDSM is a spokesperson for a character like Vice Zaev, shows that that party has been turned into a private company of the Zaev family. Instead of copying Vice Zaev’s statements, SDSM should distance itself from him. The crime committed in REK Bitola is obvious, reacts VMRO-DPMNE...

Macedonia 21.05.21 | 12:56

Dismissed SDSM official expects to be kicked out of the party, blames Zaev of privatizing it

Former SDSM party official Stojko Paunovski gave his first interview after being dismissed by party leader Zoran Zaev for his refusal to hire unqualified ethnic Albanians in the product safety inspection service. Speaking with TV24, Paunovski said that he is happy that he received support from the public...

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