Tag: sdsm
Macedonia 15.04.19 | 14:13

Son of the SDSM appointed Mayor of Radovis beat up a disabled opposition activist

A disabled man from Radovis was allegedly beaten by the son of local Mayor Gerasim Konzulov. According to the Infomax news site, the victim is Zdravko Stoilov, a man with a physical disability. Stoilov was a supporter of the ruling SDSM party and its “Colored Revolution” protests, but recently...

Macedonia 03.04.19 | 23:47

Pendarovski: My principle as president will be the slogan of the Colored Revolution

I just want to say that we must not gamble with the future of the country and put at risk everything we managed to achieve. Let’s give legitimacy to the path we have been walking these two years, not to get carried away that someone can bring us into the EU and NATO if we revoke the Prespa Agreement...

Macedonia 03.04.19 | 21:03

SDSM is trying to redeem for the shame: Let’s sing the national anthem

SDSM presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski, at Wednesday’s convention at Boris Trajkovski sports center, invited the audience to sing Macedonia’s national anthem together with him and opera singer Vesna Ginovska Ilkova. Let’s show that it is not true that we have signed an agreement...

Macedonia 03.04.19 | 19:46

SDSM organizes buses to bring people to fill “Boris Trajkovski” sports center

Rows of buses around the Boris Trajkovski sports center. The ruling SDSM and its coalition partners have brought people for tonight’s convention. One of the traffic lanes is not operational due to the parked buses that brought people to fill the sports center that would gather around 6000 citizens....

Macedonia 22.03.19 | 21:34

SDSM and VMRO fail to reach agreement on the new law on state prosecutors

Officials from the ruling SDSM party and the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party failed to reach a solution today over the law on the public prosecutor’s service, which should include a section on the future of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO). Given the on-going political persecution of VMRO...

Macedonia 10.03.19 | 23:04

The SDSM party will rename itself, VMRO-DPMNE has no intention to do so

Asked whether the largest opposition party intends to change its name in accordance with the Prespa treaty, sources in VMRO-DPMNE say that the party does not accept the treaty and has no intention of renaming itself. VMRO is the historic acronym of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization whigch...

Macedonia 05.03.19 | 14:40

Iseni: Although I’ve been member of SDSM for long time, I will support the Albanian candidate in these elections

In SDSM there are doubts about the support for their presidential candidate. SDSM official Xhevat Iseni publicly expressed his support for the independent Albanian candidate for president, Blerim Reka, INA reported. Iseni does not follow the election of his party, who presented Stevo Pendarovski as its candidate,...

Macedonia 03.03.19 | 17:27

SDSM congress confirms Pendarovski’s nomination for presidential candidate

Out of 783 delegates attending the 23rd congress of SDSM, 712 unanimously voted and picked Stevo Pendarovski as the candidate for president of the Republic of North Macedonia. Pendarovski began his address with gratitude for the support, and as he wrote Saturday on Facebook, he said that it is an honor...

Macedonia 03.03.19 | 13:12

The 23rd Congress of SDSM kicks off

The 23rd Congress of the SDSM party has kicked off in Skopje, in which the party should confirm Stevo Pendarovski’s nomination for president in the upcoming elections. The congress opened with an address by Prime Minister and party leader Zoran Zaev. After the address, the congress will be closed...

Macedonia 01.03.19 | 20:59

SDSM nominates Stevo Pendarovski for President again

The ruling SDSM party announced this evening that it will nominate Stevo Pendarovski in another attempt to have him elected President. SDSM held its convention in the Hilton hotel in Skopje this evening and decided that Pendarovski will be its joint candidate, nominated with the support of the DUI party. Pendarovski...

Macedonia 01.03.19 | 15:54

SDSM and DUI to determine a joint presidential candidate tonight

SDSM, its coalition partners and other parties that provide support for a joint presidential candidate will hold Friday evening a meeting to determine the person who will enter the race for new president of the county in the upcoming sixth presidential election. The coordinator of the parliamentary group...

Macedonia 26.02.19 | 18:28

Government spokesmen insist everything is fine after tensions develop between SDSM and DUI

Government spokesmen Mile Bosnjakovski and Muhamet Hoxha, who come from the SDSM and DUI parties, insisted today that the Government is working normally and that the session today was productive. The comments come after the major spat which developed on Monday between SDSM and DUI members of Parliament,...

Macedonia 21.02.19 | 22:19

SDSM accused Gruevski and Mickoski of the Shutka prison incident

SDSM spokesman Kostadin Kostadinov said late Thursday that the organizers of the incidents in the Shutka prison are the former and the current president of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski and Hristijan Mickoski. Mickoski’s behavior in front of the hospital confirms this. Their goal is to draw the...

Macedonia 20.02.19 | 19:49

Not only will SDSM lose in the elections, but also it will end up as PASOK in Greece

The best proof of how much trust SDSM enjoys among the people is the fact that they have fled from early parliamentary elections. This was pointed out by VMRO-DPMNE vice-president, Aleksandar Nikoloski on TV Alfa show on Wednesday. A Government wants early parliamentary elections because it can win...

Macedonia 19.02.19 | 19:24

Revolving door: As some relatives of SDSM officials resign from their new public sector jobs, others get hired

After the mass hiring of relatives of SDSM and DUI officials in the public sector caused outcry, some of them followed Zoran Zaev’s order and resigned today. But, for each of those who resigned, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party revealed additional cases of nepotistic hirings. Fanija Kostadinova,...

Macedonia 13.02.19 | 00:12

Zaev and SDSM run away from early parliamentary elections!

At the session of the Executive Board of SDSM, which began around 9 pm tonight, the final decision was made: No early parliamentary elections, CIVIL MEDIA has learned from party leadership sources. The session was dominated by the assessment that reforms and integration are more important and that early...

Macedonia 12.02.19 | 22:48

Zaev: The decision on the elections will be in the interest of the state

Regarding early parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said late Tuesday that they have made analyzes, researches and consultations with the international community, but he also he did not want to influence the decision of the Executive Board. The decision on the elections will be in the...

Macedonia 11.02.19 | 15:02

Gjorgji Filipov submits presidential nomination to SDSM

Former Ambassador Gjorgji Filipov announced that he submitted a presidential nomination to SDSM. He thinks he will be a good consensual president, although he said that “consensual” is not yet a clearly defined term, which should mean support from 75 percent of the population. “I will...

Macedonia 06.02.19 | 11:13

Ahmeti lashes out after SDSM decided to have the main say when electing the presidential candidate

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti said that the party will wants to have a joint presidential candidate with its coalition partner SDSM, but that he will not accept the candidate to be elected by an SDSM party convention. They are now saying they will have a convention. I don’t go to other people’s weddings....

Macedonia 05.02.19 | 21:32

As SDSM slides in the polls, its leadership considers whether to cut their losses and accept the challenge of early general elections

Alfa TV reports that recent internal public opinion polls show that the ruling SDSM party is rapidly losing support, especially among ethnic Macedonians. According to the TV station, this has prompted SDSM officials to consider whether accepting the challenge from VMRO-DPMNE and having early general...

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