Tag: sdsm
Macedonia 17.05.21 | 14:35

New leaks from the SDSM party congress show delegates stand up for disciplined party officials

More audio tapes from the online SDSM party congress were leaked today. In one of them, a delegate from Kumanovo, Boris Stankovski, protests the removal of Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski from the party’s Central Committee. Dimitrievski loudly criticized the handling of the coronavirus crisis...

Macedonia 17.05.21 | 14:24

SDSM appointed mayors hid details about public procurement contracts

Several mayors from the SDSM party signed contracts worth 2.5 million EUR without publishing detailed overview of the contracts at the website of the Public Procurement Bureau. This includes Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov and the mayors of Karpos, Aerodrom and Centar – Stefan Bogoev, Zlatko Marin and...

Macedonia 17.05.21 | 13:48

Zaev did not use the congress to add “North” to the name of his SDSM party

Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party finished its congress on Sunday without changing its name. After he imposed the name change on the Republic of Macedonia in 2019, Zaev said that eventually he will have the party renamed – SDSM stands for Social-Democratic Union of Macedonia, and Zaev’s Prespa...

Macedonia 17.05.21 | 10:44

VMRO: The “new” SDSM party officials are already discredited

VMRO-DPMNE reacted to the appointment of new officials in the SDSM party by pointing out that they already have a track record of failure. Prime Minister Zaev led the party congress yesterday in which Radmila Sekerinska withdrew from the position of deputy leader, and was replaced by Sanja Lukarevska,...

Macedonia 17.05.21 | 09:13

SDSM completes its online congress by re-appointing Ljupco Nikolovski as Secretary General

The ruling SDSM party completed its congress and the selection of its new leadership by retaining Zaev loyalist Ljupco Nikolovski as the party’s Secretary General. Nikolovski is also Deputy Prime Minister in charge of fighting corruption. The main change in the online congress that took place yesterday...

Macedonia 16.05.21 | 22:53

Zaev removes Sekerinska from the top of the SDSM party and promotes loyalists to key positions

The delegates at the SDSM party congress voted today to appoint new Vice Presidents of the party, after previously electing Sonja Lukarevska as the new deputy leader of the social-democratic party. Lukarevska assumes the position held by Radmila Sekerinska, who co-led the party alongside Zoran Zaev for...

Macedonia 16.05.21 | 17:49

Sekerinska’s replacement: SDSM delegates vote to appoint Sanja Lukarevska as new deputy leader

SDSM party delegates voted to appoint Sanja Lukarevska, the current head of the UJP tax authority, as the new party deputy leader. Lukarevska is replacing Radmila Sekerinska, who was Zoran Zaev’s co-leader since 2013, but refused to see another term. Lukarevska got 682 delegate votes, and only...

Macedonia 16.05.21 | 15:05

SDSM congress: Zaev thanked his “comrade Radmila”, blamed Gruevski and VMRO for everything that is wrong and announced major personnel changes within the party

Zoran Zaev began the online congress of his SDSM party typically, claiming that Macedonia was devastated by the previous, VMRO-DPMNE led Government, and that he is trying to lift it up. He cited the increase in salaries and retirement incomes, and especially the welfare payments, while also claiming...

Macedonia 06.05.21 | 12:20

Branko Crvenkovski begins his political comeback through Facebook?

A new sign that former Prime Minister and President Branko Crvenkovski is ending his political inactivity comes as a Facebook page was created to promote him. The page carries statements and speeches from before 2013, when he ended his political career, but it’s still not clear whether it is authorized...

Macedonia 27.04.21 | 20:30

Gruevski: SDSM provoked the April 27th incident

Former Prime Minister and VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski responded to the renewed allegations from the SDSM party over the April 27th 2017 incident in the Parliament. The issue of the incident when hundreds of protesters stormed the Parliament as SDSM and its Albanian coalition partners were staging an...

Macedonia 22.04.21 | 15:09

Zaev directs journalists to ask Sekerinska about their split at the top of the SDSM party

Zoran Zaev refused to answer directly when asked today if his number two, Radmila Sekerinska, is distancing herself from the SDSM party. Sekerinska announced that she will not run for Vice President of the party at the coming congress, after providing Zaev with legitimacy in the eyes of the party’s...

Macedonia 21.04.21 | 22:50

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev made SDSM a guardian of the mafia

VMRO-DPMNE issued a reaction to Zoran Zaev’s speech at the celebration of the 30th birthday of SDSM. Zaev made SDSM a guardian of the mafia, the honest members do not recognize the party that is occupied by criminals. Zaev did not say anything about Racket 1 and 2, about the bag with extorted money...

Macedonia 20.04.21 | 15:51

VMRO submits charges against Speaker Xhaferi and the two infected members of Parliament who broke their isolation orders

VMRO-DPMNE formally submitted a proposal for criminal charges against Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and two members of Parliament from the SDSM led coalition, who came to vote while infected with the coronavirus. Bisera Kostadinova – Stojcevska from SDSM and Miroslav Bogdanovski from affiliated...

Macedonia 20.04.21 | 15:41

Amid growing drug trafficking scandals, the youth wing of Zaev’s party calls for marijuana legalization

SDMM, the youth wing of the ruling SDSM party, called for the legalization of marijuana on April 20th, a day endorsed by cannabis users and legalization activists as their holiday. Despite the numerous scientific reports that show the positive and healing effects of cannabis use, legalization proceeds...

Macedonia 20.04.21 | 15:16

Former SDSM official Kunovska: The party lives the most inglorious days of its 30 years history

SDSM party official Sofija Kunovska painted a dire picture of the party on its 30th anniversary which is celebrated today. Kunovska has been sidelined from the party as Zoran Zaev took control over it. The true social-democrats who still believe in the ideological principles of this party, which founded...

Macedonia 18.04.21 | 13:42

Circus or Parliament: SDSM MPs to attend Parliament sessions wearing isolation clothing

SDSM MPs are determined to make a circus out of the Parliament. Several MPs positive for the virus or who have been in contact with infected people will be attending Sunday’s Parliament session wearing isolation clothing just like in the “Outbreak” movie starring Dustin Hoffman. We...

Macedonia 13.04.21 | 16:19

Arsovski: SDSM with fake news defocuses the public from the “Mafia”, “the Zaev drug cartel”, “Secret freelancers” affairs…

Fake news cooked in the kitchen of SDSM, says the spokesperson of VMRO-DPMNE Dimce Arsovski about the accusations from SDSM that the MP and official from VMRO-DPMNE Aleksandar Nikoloski was part of an international scandal in relation to the elections in Azerbaijan, more precisely was part of the observers. The...

Macedonia 05.04.21 | 14:15

Poll: VMRO leads SDSM with 15 to 10.9 percent

A poll commissioned by VMRO-DPMNE shows the party with a solid, 4.1 percent lead ahead of SDSM. According to the poll conducted in the second half of March, VMRO would win 15 percent of all votes, followed by SDSM with 10.9. The poll also shows a surprising jump in support of the Alliance of Albanians...

Macedonia 22.03.21 | 11:26

SDSM used the public schools for its partisan elections

Education Minister Mila Carovska and municipal officials allowed the ruling SDSM party to use schools for its elections yesterday. The brazen politization was not restricted to schools – SDSM used cultural centers and even municipal offices for its stunt elections in which party leader Zoran Zaev...

Macedonia 21.03.21 | 17:52

SDSM is conducting elections and a census, while today the country records 25 deaths and 642 new Covid-19 cases

Out of 2,730 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 642  new cases were registered, 524 patients recovered and 25 died, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Macedonia has registered 119,378 confirmed coronavirus cases, while 100,774 people have...

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