Tag: sdsm
Macedonia 08.08.23 | 11:08

Is something cooking in Ohrid: Ex-President Branko Tsrvenkovski published a photo with one of the SDSM most prominent members

A photo of the ex-president of the country and the first leader of SDSM, Branko Tsrvenkovski, with his cousin Jovan Mircheski, one of the most prominent SDSM members, initiating rumors that something new is coking in the Ohrid branch of SDSM. There is no confirmation from any source if this was a simple...

Macedonia 05.08.23 | 09:20

Stoilkovski: DUI ministers’ conditional resignations are a marketing trick

In an interview with Alfa TV, the VMRO-DPMNE spokesperson Naum Stoilkovski said that DUI ministers’ conditional resignations are a mere marketing trick and an attempt to defocus the public from DUI and SDS crimes and corruption. He said that in the meantime the crime and corruption within the Government...

Macedonia 01.08.23 | 12:02

Mickoski: The DUI resignations should not be taken seriously

The DUI’s ministers’ resignations should not be taken seriously. Their move has no substance since our legal system doesn’t recognize conditional resignations, the leader of VMRO=DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski told Alfa TV on Monday. Mickoski pointed out that PM Kovachevski was offered two...

Macedonia 31.07.23 | 08:52

SDSM welcomes the stunt by their partner DUI

Following the political stunt from the DUI party, whose ministers submitted their resignations but conditioned them on VMRO-DPMNE accepting the Bulgarian demands and the proposed constitutional amendments, DUI’s partner SDSM welcoemd this move (which was already rejected by VMRO-DPMNE). According...

Macedonia 28.07.23 | 18:24

Copycats: SDSM submitted an Ilinden Declaration to the Macedonian Parliament, just like Petkov’s party did in Bulgaria

The ruling SDSM submitted on Friday a Declaration on Ilinden, the biggest Macedonian national holiday. On Monday, the party of the former Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, submitted an identical declaration to the Bulgarian Parliament, only their declaration speaks about a Bulgarian uprising and...

Macedonia 26.07.23 | 08:15

Mickoski: The last poll reveals more than double lead of VMRO-DPMNE over SDSM

VMRO-DPMNE conducts monthly public opinion polls, one face-to-face, and one by phone. The last poll we did for the first time showed more than double the lead over SDSM. The last numbers, referring to June,  show 24% support for VMRO-DPMNE, as opposed to 11% for SDSM. That is a huge trust from the citizens...

Macedonia 16.07.23 | 13:25

VMRO-DPMNE: If Kovachevski dares to oppose Ahmeti, he should immediately fire Bekteshi

If the statement given by several SDSM ministers in the Government that they were manipulated by the DUI Minister for Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi is true, PM Kovachevski should immediately fire Bektshi – of course, if he dares to oppose Ali Ahmeti and DUI, VMRO-DPMNE reacts in a statement on Sunday. “If...

Economy 15.07.23 | 18:12

Trenchevska: The Government will review the decision on merger of the two Ilovitsa-Shtuka mine concessions

The Government will review the decision on merging the two concessions for the Ilovitsa – Shtuka mine, and will require additional information from the  competent ministry, Minister  of Labor and Welfare Yovanka Trenchovska said on Saturday, adding that her party’s (SDSM) position is identical...

Macedonia 11.07.23 | 12:34

Instead of fighting crime, the Director of the Bureau for Public Security Sasho Tasevski focuses on business ventures

The Director of the Bureau for Public Security, Sasho Tasevski, an SDSM cadre, joined his party and coalition colleagues in promoting crime and corruption, VMRO-DPMNE claims. “Sasho tasevski should answer why didn’t he report his son’s IT firm, registered at his home address on October...

News Macedonia 11.07.23 | 12:12

IRI poll: VMRO-DPMNE with almost a double lead over SDSM

The latest public opinion poll conducted by the International Republican Institute (IRI) reveals that if elections were next week, 19% of the voters would vote for VMRO-dpmne. The poll was conducted from April 8 until May 2023, on a sample of 1208 respondents. Asked the same question, 11% of voters...

Macedonia 09.07.23 | 08:40

Companies close to the ruling parties are devastating the Macedonian forests

A company close to SDSM is devastating the forests around the Eastern Macedonian city of Delchevo, Cvetan Tripunovski from VMRO-DPMNE warned on Saturday. “The company got the concession for mere MKD300 (€5) per square meter of wood, but only for the dead or unusable wood. The company, instead,...

Macedonia 08.07.23 | 18:42

Mitko Trajchulovski is the new SDSM Organizational Secretary

Mitko Trajchulovski is the SDSM Organizational Secretary. He is replacing Vangel Andreski, who became manager of a newly established public enterprise in Center Municipality. Trajchulovski is currently a State Secretary in the  Ministry of Transport and Communications, and former member of Radmila Shekjerinska...

News 08.07.23 | 13:55

Milososki: No need for a direct communication with the MPs – what we need are early elections

We are witnessing serious divisions within the ruling parties. DUI factions are fighting each other on a daily basis. The Judicial Council revealed the divisions within SDS, where one faction is pushing their candidates, while the other is insisting on theirs, Antonijo Milososki, VMRO-DPMNE MP, said...

Macedonia 29.06.23 | 12:16

The Government’s exaltation was short-lived: Scholz said that there “shouldn’t be” any more blockades, not that there won’t be

Nothing nice ever lasts. The Government’s and its media exaltation about the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz statement about the Bulgarian blockades, given during PM Kovachevski’s visit to Berlin on Wednesday, also didn’t last for long. The Scholz’ statement was translated in the...

Macedonia 29.06.23 | 08:22

Mickoski: There will be no constitutional amendments under Bulgarian diktat, all 44 MPs are like one

All 44 MPs are like one. We wont accept constitutional amendments under the Bulgarian diktat and there is no dilemma there, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hritijan Mickoski said on Wednesday in his address on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the revolutionary Gyorche Petrov’s death. He said that the...

Macedonia 27.06.23 | 11:44

SDSM lives in a parallel reality: They decided to continue the talks with VMRO-DPMNE, despite the opposition ending the debate last week

The SDSM Executive Board made decision at the Monday evening session to continue the dialogue o the constitutional amendments with the opposition VMRO-DPMNE in order to achieve, as they state, a social consensus. “We are giving DPMNE a chance to get involved in the process. SDSM with his coalition...

Macedonia 25.06.23 | 11:16

For the first time in the Macedonian democratic history, an opposition leader has the same rating as his direct opponents combined

Besides revealing the catastrophic unpopularity of the ruling parties, the latest poll of the public opinion also revealed several precedents on the Macedonian political scene. The phone poll conducted from June 5 to June 16, 2023, showed that, for the first time in the Macedonia’s 30+ years of...

Macedonia 24.06.23 | 11:51

Poll: Hristijan Mickoski and VMRO-DPMNE in a virtually double lead over Kovachevski and SDSM

VMRO – DPMNE leads the ruling SDSM decisively with a double advantage, 22% to 11,5%. DUI is still the favorite party for the ethnic Albanians, with 9.2% of the voters. Left has the support of 5%, Alliance for the Albanians 3.5%, reveal the results of the recent public opinion poll conducted by Market...

Macedonia 21.06.23 | 12:59

VMRO-DPMNE: The US blacklisting of Merko and his family is a slap in the face for DUI and SDS

The Mayor of Struga from DUI, Ramiz Merko, is on the US State Department blacklist because he interfered in court proceedings and abused funds. DUI’s high official in charge of Struga is declared as persona-non-grata by the USA. His entire family is blacklisted, VMRO-DPMNE reacts on Tuesday State...

Macedonia 21.06.23 | 08:10

Ruling parties’ MPs won’t vote for the constitutional amendments, that is why the PM begs the opposition leader for support

The authorities avoid confirming the number of MPs from the parliamentarian majority that will vote for the introduction of the Bulgarians in the Constitution.. While the PM Kovachevski labors to convince the VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski to support the constitutional amendments, and the MoFA...

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