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Macedonia 05.07.20 | 12:02

While the Macedonian healthcare system cracks under the coronavirus epidemic, Minister Filipce prioritises helping the SDSM election campaign

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party called out Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce for intensifying his campaign events in support of the ruling SDSM party, while Macedonian healthcare is falling off the cliff, pushed to the brink by the Second Wave of the coronavirus epidemic. This past week Macedonia experienced...
Macedonia 05.07.20 | 11:11

VMRO-DPMNE campaigns in Prilep, Zaev – in Strumica

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party will hold its central campaign event of the day in Prilep, where party leader Hristijan Mickoski will be joined with VP Aleksandar Nikoloski – who leads the party list in the Strumica – Prilep region. Mickoski will also visit Krusevo and Krivogastani, while...
Macedonia 03.07.20 | 10:34

Surreal campaign video from SDSM – the party brags with its handling of the coronavirus on the day Macedonia suffered its worst toll

A surreal campaign video from SDSM was revealed yesterday, on the day when Macedonia suffered its by far worst death toll of the coronavirus epidemic. Fifteen patients were reported dead from the virus, and less than an hour after the grim news broke, SDSM posted its video in which top party officials...
Macedonia 29.06.20 | 12:42

No comment from Zaev after leaks show he was linked with a businessman suspected of funding Russian interests in Montenegro

The SDSM party has remained silent on the shocking audio leak that shows its leader Zoran Zaev being involved with a controversial Montenegrin businessman who was suspected of funding Russian interests in this country. The leak shows a local criminal with close links to Zaev, Zoran Mileski – Zoki...
Macedonia 29.06.20 | 11:12

VMRO calls on Zaev to denounce hateful comments against a young opposition activist

SDSM activists have shown their misogynic side with the attacks aimed at a young conservative activist who was featured in a VMRO-DPMNE video, said Blagica Lasovska, the head of the association of women in VMRO-DPMNE. The activist, Tamara Mihajlovska, was featured in a video in which she plays the role...
Macedonia 25.06.20 | 20:16

Despite wealth of evidence, no action against SDSM for starting the campaign early

The State Electoral Commission (SEC) decided today that the ruling SDSM party did not violate electoral rules with the early start to its campaign. SDSM has been holding campaign events and even overt bribery of voters in poor districts across Macedonia, for months, but the SEC did not accept the complaints...
Macedonia 25.06.20 | 17:19

Mickoski: SDSM uses our slogan and negative images from past SDSM administrations

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski responded to claims from the ruling SDSM party that they have already implemented 90 percent of their previous pre-election program. If this were true, the average wage should’ve been 500 EUR by now, and we would’ve had 500 kilometers of new highways....
Macedonia 24.06.20 | 15:19

BIPS Institute poll: VMRO DPMNE has three-percent lead over SDSM, VMRO-DPMNE holds lead in five electoral districts

VMRO-DPMNE enjoys the greatest trust among Macedonian citizens, according to a poll conducted by the BIPS Institute, which deals with research and analysis in the field of security and democratization of human rights and freedoms. The poll was conducted by telephone in the period from 16.06.2020 –...
Macedonia 23.06.20 | 21:02

Media watchdog says he was pressured by SDSM and the Government to break the law

The AVMU Media Agency accused the Government of abusing its position to alter the rules for media representation ahead of the elections. AVMU, which is an independent watchdog, divided the equal representation time between the parties, but the Government took it upon itself to reduce the media time allocated...
Macedonia 21.06.20 | 21:48

VMRO reports a major tax fraud operation involving a businessmen linked to the Zaev family

During a press conference, VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski presented details about several little known companies from Strumica, the stronghold of SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev, who have collected astronomical sums in tax rebate. In the first five months of the year, these companies have received...
Macedonia 20.06.20 | 17:15

Police interrogates fellow officer and SDSM activist who filmed bribing Roma voters in Skopje

Skopje police officers interrogated one of their policemen who was filmed bribing voters in the majority Roma municipality of Shuto Orizari. The poor part of the city is targeted by the ruling SDSM party that is trying to buy votes there ahead of the elections on July 17. SDSM activists filmed bribing...
Macedonia 17.06.20 | 12:19

Polls show VMRO ahead of SDSM-BESA by about 70.000 votes

Latest poll published by the Habeaus Corpus Institute and MKD.mk/Market Vision give VMRO-DPMNE a 70.000 votes advantage over the SDSM-BESA coalition. The polls show VMRO leading with 22,5 percent of the vote ahead of SDSM-BESA with 20 percent (Habeas Corpus) or with 14,6 percent against 13 percent (MKD.mk). Projected...
Macedonia 17.06.20 | 10:50

Grubi: DUI made Zaev Prime Minister to rename Macedonia

We made Zoran Zaev Prime Minister in order to change the Constitution, the name of Macedonia and to introduce bilingualism, said DUI party official Artan Grubi. DUI helped Zaev grab power in 2017 then they gave him the votes needed to form a Government, in violation to the principle DUI itself favored...
Macedonia 15.06.20 | 15:48

SDSM and VMRO reach agreement to hold elections on July 15

VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM reached agreement to hold the early elections on July 15, said SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev. That was the first possible date put forward by the opposition party, on the condition that healthcare protocols are put in place to protect voters and that an OSCE/ODIHR mission is deployed...
Macedonia 15.06.20 | 14:07

VMRO and SDSM close to agreement on July 15 as the election date

VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM have reached agreement to schedule the postponed early elections for July 15, reports the TV21 television. The parties are bitterly disputing the election date, with SDSM demanding that elections take place on July 5, clsoe to the current Second Wave of the coronavirus epidemic, while...
Macedonia 12.06.20 | 19:57

SDSM activists filmed bribing voters in a village near Tetovo

A video shows SDSM party activists delivering packages with food stamped with the party logo in the village of Sarakino near Tetovo. The campaign is clearly part of widespread bribery of voters the ruling party is conducting across the country, in violation of both electoral rules and coronavirus restrictions. Село...
Macedonia 12.06.20 | 08:50

Zaev says SDSM will win with six to 10 MPs, expects 900 thousand people to vote

SDSM will win the elections, said the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev in an interview with TV 21 on Thursday. A year ago, I said we would defeat VMRO DPMNE by 60,000 to 120,000 votes. If we lead four percent, as VMRO DPMNE says, then it is 72,000. Although we lead with six percent. We expect to have an advantage...
Macedonia 11.06.20 | 12:31

Zaev is pushing Macedonia toward a political crisis and illegitimate elections

After briefly dropping under a 100 on Tuesday (87), the number of newly diagnosed coronavirus patients again rose over 100 on Wednesday (125). This dispelled hopes that the Second Wave of the epidemic may be on the wane. There was only one day with more than 100 diagnosed patients in April and none in...
Economy 11.06.20 | 12:13

VMRO: SDSM is trying to buy votes with its “corona voucher cards”

The ruling SDSM party is trying to buy votes by issuing voucher cards to more than 320.000 citizens in the run up to the elections, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. The SDSM led Government used its emergency powers to order that 28 million EUR are distributed in vouchers to lower income citizens,...
Macedonia 11.06.20 | 09:37

After Commissioner Varhelyi’s plea for inclusive elections, SDSM first response is to double down on their plan for “corona elections” in July

Following a phone conversation between European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi with the leaders of the two main parties in Macedonia, in which he urged for an inclusive discussion to prepare the next elections, the first public response from the ruling SDSM party was to reject the initiative. SDSM demands...
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