Tag: silegov
Macedonia 25.10.24 | 23:30

Former top SDSM official announces spring push to oust party leader Venko Filipce

Former SDSM top official Petre Silegov lashed out at his party, accusing the new leadership of holding it captive. He also sent out a cryptic message hinting at possible movement against the newly elected leader Venko Filipce, in March. Let’s not kid ourselves. SDSM is a captive party since 2019....
Macedonia 09.07.24 | 23:36

Infighting in SDSM spills into the open

Confrontations in SDSM continue even after the election of Venko Filipce as new leader. Former Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov, seen as one of the main leaders of the Skopje wing of the party, publicly posted a screenshot showing that he was removed from one of the party’s chat groups by the Secretary...
Macedonia 09.03.22 | 12:52

Mafia attack against former Mayor Silegov – his Audi was torched

An Audi owned by former Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov was torched overnight. The mafia style attack happened at 3 in the morning, in front of Silegov’s home in Skopje. Three other vehicles that were parked nearby were damaged in the attack – all are owned by the same person. Silegov’s...
Culture 07.03.22 | 11:37

Arsovska: The entire Government is trying to cover up Silegov’s botched reconstruction of the Universal Hall

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska accused the ruling SDSM party of politicizing institutions and architect associations in an attempt to defend her predecessor Petre Silegov and his botched project to reconstruct the Universal concert hall. We can’t allow a facility where the safety of workers is not...
Macedonia 08.02.22 | 15:48

City of Skopje proposes criminal charges against former Mayor Silegov for the lavish parties he threw

The city of Skopje submitted evidence to state prosecutors that should lead to criminal charges against former Mayor Petre Silegov and the former Chairwoman of the City Council Ljubica Janceva. Silegov and Janceva abused their office by organizing lavish parties without signing a contract with the restaurants...
Macedonia 22.01.22 | 21:19

Mayor Danela Arsovska will give the money Mayor Silegov was spending on restaurants to feed the homeless

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska informed that she is ending the contract with three restaurants who received 32,000 EUR from previous Mayor Petre Silegov to entertain him and his guests. Instead of the lavish parties Silegov had, Mayor Arsovska said that the funds will be given to feed welfare recipients,...
Macedonia 11.01.22 | 12:52

Silegov broke with Kovacevski over the new cabinet

“Sloboden Pecat” reports that a the biggest public break with the proposed new cabinet came from former Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov, who was stood up for his desired post of Transportation Minister. During the meeting of the SDSM party boards yesterday, it was decided that current Minister Blagoj...
Macedonia 04.01.22 | 10:40

City of Skopje denies allegations from SDSM over the New Year celebration

The City of Skopje denied claims from SDSM that it hired a company owned by mayoral candidate Petar Georgievski – Kamikaza to provide equipment for the New Year concert. The city informed that the spending for the celebration was greatly reduced as a number of companies decided to donate both decorations...
Macedonia 27.12.21 | 10:34

VMRO: Silegov blames others for the air pollution problem in Skopje after doing nothing for four years to resolve it

VMRO-DPMNE called out the former Mayor of Skopje Petre Silegov for his criticism of the winter spike in air pollution. After several windy and relatively clear weeks, these past few days the wind stopped and Skopje, where most individual houses use wood and coal for heating, is again among the most polluted...
Macedonia 26.12.21 | 17:44

Two months after being voted out of office, Silegov attacks Mayor Arsovska over the air pollution problem in Skopje

Two months after losing badly in the Skopje mayoral race, former Mayor Petre Silegov tried to come back to the political arena with a comment aimed at Mayor Danela Arsovska. Yesterday evening Silegov shared the current air pollution level – typically high in a winter evening – with the comment...
Macedonia 20.12.21 | 23:12

“Under Mayor Silegov, the buses of Skopje were being sabotaged”

Stefan Andonovski from VMRO-DPMNE said that the party is taking over the running of the city of Skopje in a disastrous state, with a huge debt left over by the SDSM appointed former Mayor Petre Silegov. Andonovski said that the level of damage they encounter, including in the public buses, is not possible...
Macedonia 08.11.21 | 18:54

Danela Arsovska assumes office as Mayor of Skopje

Danela Arsovska today assumed the office of Mayor of Skopje – the first woman to ever hold this office, After a bruising campaign, in which she was the target of vicious attacks by Zoran Zaev and his mayoral candidate Petre Silegov, she scored a stunning victory supported by VMRO-DPMNE, the Albanian...
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 22:02

Will he keep his promise to resign? Zaev expected to address the public shortly

Zoran Zaev and his mayoral candidate in Skopje Petre Silegov announced a press conference shortly. Zaev waited until 1:30 to address the public after his defeat in the first round of the elections. Now that the string of losses is official, the conference comes much sooner, at the same time when VMRO-DPMNE...
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 19:47

Skopje: Silegov believes that the higher turnout will favor him

Incumbent Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov welcomed the increased turnout in the run-off vote in the capital and said that he expects it will favor him. Turnout is higher compared to the first round and I’m convinced that the people of Skopje, with their massive voting, will choose the city to continue...
Macedonia 29.10.21 | 17:18

Georgievski: Mayor Silegov overpaid for public events, directed all public contracts to one company

Petar Georgievski – Kamikaze, the Levica party candidate for Mayor of Skopje, accused the incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov (SDSM) of grossly overpaying for the New Year celebrations in 2020. Georgievski is in the public events business and said that Silegov overpaid a million EUR for the celebration. Key...
Macedonia 28.10.21 | 21:20

Zaev and Silegov threaten Macedonia with instability if they lose on Sunday

Zoran Zaev and his mayoral candidate in Skopje Petre Silegov held a sparsely attended rally in Skopje’s Karpos district, which unexpectedly became a key battleground in the local elections, even though it was supposed to be an easy SDSM hold. After the devastating loss in the first round, Zaev...
Macedonia 28.10.21 | 17:32

Mayor Silegov courts the Albanian BESA party as he faces the crucial run-off election on Sunday

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov (SDSM) met with Arjanit Hoxha, Secretary General of the BESA party, to discuss possible support from the party for the crucial second round of the elections. Silegov lost the first round against the VMRO-DPMNE backed candidate Danela Arsovska, and his party leader Zoran Zaev...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 22:27

Mickoski: SDSM is using thugs to bribe and intimidate voters as they try to re-elect Mayor Silegov

During the pre-election rally in Aerodrom, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski warned that the SDSM party is dispatching activists from Zoran Zaev’s stronghold of Strumica to coordinate bribery and intimidation campaigns in Skopje. SDSM faces a make-or-break race to re-elect Skopje Mayor Petre...
Macedonia 25.10.21 | 21:49

Danela Arsovska will not debate Mayor Silegov until he apologizes for Zaev’s insults aimed at her and for his dark campaign

Skopje mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska said that she will not debate the SDSM candidate and incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov until he apologizes for the ugly campaign he is running. Silegov was on the stage, sneering, when his leader Zoran Zaev made a rude hand gesture aimed at Arsovska. Danela Arsovska...
Macedonia 22.10.21 | 19:32

Shaqiri insists he won’t support his former friend, Skopje Mayor Silegov, in the second round

Musician and former stalwart SDSM party supporters Beni Shaqiri, said that he will not vote for SDSM mayoral candidate Petre Silegov. Shaqiri won just under 9,000 votes in the first round of the elections as candidate of the LDP/DOM coalition – votes Silegov desperately needs to fend off his...
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