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Macedonia 05.02.21 | 09:47

SDSM: All citizens and political parties to contribute to the census

The Law on Census adopted by the parliamentary majority led by SDSM guarantees the implementation of this statistical operation in line with all international practices and standards by the State Statistical Office, which has the capacity and readiness to conduct a successful census after 19 years, said...
Macedonia 04.02.21 | 23:37

Former Economy Minister Ilija Filipovski died aged 79

Former Economy Minister and SDSM member of Parliament Ilija Filipovski has died, his family informed. Filipovski was 79. He was born in Rostuse and built a career in the state run chemical plant OHIS while pursing politics in the Socialist Party and, after independence, a private business. He was named...
Macedonia 31.01.21 | 10:33

Two paths forward: in-person or digital census

While the SDSM – DUI coalition is preparing for an in-person census in April, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party is about to begin gathering signatures from citizens to strike down the controversial move and to hold a digital census. Macedonia hasn’t had a census since 2002, in the aftermath...
Macedonia 29.01.21 | 09:21

State leadership meets to discuss ways how to go ahead with the controversial census

The Government is preparing a high level conference today with the head of the Statistics Bureau to discuss the controversial census planned for April. President Pendarovski, Prime Minister Zaev, Speaker Xhaferi and key Government ministers will meet with Bureau chief Apostol Simovski and mayors. The...
Macedonia 23.01.21 | 11:09

SDSM: Census to be conducted in the spring, VMRO-DPMNE will not prevent this statistical operation

After almost two decades, all normative conditions for conducting a census have been created in the country, according to all international standards and Eurostat regulations, after the majority in the SDSM-led Parliament passed the census law, the party said. With the census that will be held in the...
Macedonia 23.01.21 | 10:43

SDSM to conduct census with pre-agreed numbers

SDSM completely refused to use fingerprint terminals in the census, which will allow only those who are actually present, ie resident population to be counted, said VMRO-DPMNE, adding that if the government wants statistics, then there would be no problem to use fingerprint terminals. Zaev wants a census...
Macedonia 18.01.21 | 20:02

Their majority depleted due to the epidemic, SDSM and DUI are unable to convene the Parliament

The Parliament was unable to hold a session today as two members of the thin SDSM – DUI majority are being tested for coronavirus. Opposition representatives did not help the majority provide a quorum, in line with their position that they will only do so when the issue favors the country as a...
Macedonia 14.01.21 | 14:18

Ethnic politics condemn the planned 2021 census to failure

The ethnic break-down of the coming census seems to be already agreed between the ruling parties. Under the proposed law, the census will take place in April, using very lax security criteria and will include non-residents – citizens who have moved out of the country long ago. Eurostat criteria...
Macedonia 12.01.21 | 17:05

SDSM appoints 10 new presidents of municipal organizations

With the new way of operating, SDSM for the first time introduced a monitoring system on the work of municipal organizations and merit system, said the party, adding that after a systematic evaluation, SDSM President Zoran Zaev, in coordination with Secretary General Ljupco Nikolovski and party leadership,...
Macedonia 03.01.21 | 19:04

SDSM announces another push against critical media outlets

The ruling SDSM party announced it is launching another campaign to fight misinformation. In her remarks, SDSM spokeswoman Bogdanka Kuzeska immediately announced that the unspecified measures will again be aimed at critical media outlets, using the coronavirus crisis as an excuse. The plan for crisis...
Macedonia Economy 03.01.21 | 10:17

SDSM again calls for marijuana legalization, paints it as the main plank of its economic program

In a press release, the ruling SDSM party again pointed to its leader’s pet project – marijuana legalization – as the corner stone of its economic policy. In accordance with international and European standards that we implement at home we are advancing the production of medicinal cannabis...
Macedonia 28.12.20 | 22:56

Survey: VMRO-DPMNE with convincing lead over SDSM among Macedonians

The majority of Macedonians would vote for VMRO-DPMNE, shows a survey of the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation and Telma TV. 25% of Macedonians said they would vote for VMRO-DPMNE if elections were held tomorrow. The results of the survey show that 22.5 percent of Macedonians would vote...
Macedonia 28.12.20 | 11:59

VMRO calls on SDSM to come up with a unified position on its census proposal

VMRO-DPMNE called on the Zaev Government to come up with a single answer toward the opposition census proposal. VMRO is proposing that trust in the coming census is increased with the use of fingerprint stations, that would prevent having a same person counted multiple times. The initial response from...
Macedonia 14.12.20 | 15:24

“Who will be held responsible for the deaths caused by the violation of restrictions in Stip?”

Who will be held responsible for the coronavirus deaths in Stip that will be caused by the reckless mayoral election and the violation of restrictions that followed, asked VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski, as pictures of celebrations held by the SDSM party began to spread online. SDSM won the “election”...
Macedonia 14.12.20 | 11:40

Nikoloski: We are in talks with several members of Parliament who are eager to turn their backs on Zaev

In an interview with Republika, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski announced that members of Parliament who are part of the SDSM led majority are in talks with VMRO to bring down the Zaev Government and support a VMRO led one. SDSM has only a two majority in Parliament, and faces a major...
Macedonia 13.12.20 | 20:40

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev, Nikolov and SDSM are to blame for all deaths and infections in Stip after Sunday’s elections

Zaev today showed all his political madness. In the midst of an epidemic in Stip, even those infected with the coronavirus were brought to the polling stations because of power and position, which directly endangers the lives of hundreds of people involved in the election process, VMRO-DPMNE said in...
Macedonia 09.12.20 | 17:26

Transparency International index shows major corruption spikes under SDSM rule

On the international day of fighting corruption, Transparency International published its corruption perception index for Macedonia, which ranks the country in a very low, 106th place in the world. The index shows that the level of corruption in Macedonia visibly dips when the conservative VMRO-DPMNE...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 09:38

SDSM protests against the opposition filibuster through submitting thousands of amendments – a tactic SDSM invented

The ruling SDSM party complains that opposition parties are obstructing its attempt to unilaterally change the rules of the Parliament. SDSM, which opted for a very narrow coalition after the chaotic July 15 elections and now has only 62 seats in the 120 seat Parliament, is trying to introduce online...
Macedonia 01.12.20 | 17:40

SDSM official resigns from the party: You underestimate our intelligence!

Today, the SDSM official from Kicevo, Elena Mitrejceska, resigned from the party. She said via Facebook that her parents taught her honesty and morality, and that’s why she took this decision. Mitrejceska is visibly disappointed with the local SDSM activists and says that they abused their own...
Macedonia 30.11.20 | 14:29

VMRO: Zaev and SDSM are sending mixed signals about their talks with Bulgaria

SDSM is sending mixed signals about whether it is engaged in negotiations with Bulgaria, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said that there are on-going talks with Bulgaria, but at a lower level, through the foreign ministries, while SDSM spokesman Kostadin...
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