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Macedonia 21.01.24 | 09:49

Trajanov: VMRO should nominate candidates, but the ruling majority is responsible for electing the interim Government

DS party leader Pavle Trajanov will join VMRO-DPMNE in not voting for the interim Government that is supposed to organize the elections, but agrees with the key opposition party that VMRO should have its representatives in the Government. VMRO will nominate candidates next week, but refuses to vote for...
Macedonia 07.03.23 | 19:32

Pavle Trajanov calls on all parties to support his proposal for a new organized crime fighting unit

DS party leader Pavle Trajanov called on the other parties in Parliament to support his draft law for rooting out organized crime. According to the former Interior Minister and police official, Macedonia is a “criminalized country and this endangers the fundamental values, the rights of the citizens...
Macedonia 13.02.23 | 22:18

SDSM and DUI lose another coalition partner – Pavle Trajanov withdraws his support, will not vote for the new Government

The Democratic Alliance (DS) party led by former Interior Minister Pavle Trajanov announced today that it is leaving the ruling coalition and will move to the opposition. DS has only one seat in Parliament – held by Trajanov, and the post of Deputy Minister for Local Administration, as well as...
Macedonia 13.05.22 | 10:32

Pavle Trajanov again warns the Government that its smaller coalition partners could bring it down

DS party leader Pavle Trajanov again warned his larger coalition partners – SDSM and DUI – that he could bring down the Government if a key demands of the smaller coalition partners is not met. DS, DOM, LDP and other parties insist that the election model is changed and Macedonia has only...
Macedonia 09.05.22 | 10:19

SDSM’s smaller coalition partners threaten to bring down the Government

Pavle Trajanov, the famously turncoat leader of the small DS party which is currently part of the SDSM led coalition, threatened to bring down the Kovacevski Government unless his key request is met. Along with several other smaller coalition members, Trajanov demands that the electoral model is amended...
Macedonia 30.03.22 | 18:17

SDSM’s coalition partner DS denounces the way in which the census was conducted

The Democratic Alliance (DS) party led by Pavle Trajanov, which is part of the ruling SDSM led coalition, strongly denounced the outcome of the census that was announced today despite the significant boycott the process faced. It’s believed that the boycott reduced the share of ethnic Macedonians,...
Macedonia 06.02.22 | 10:47

Trajanov predicts that VMRO and SDSM would lose a dozen seats each in a single district electoral model

DS party leader Pavle Trajanov predicts that the large parties like VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM will lose about a dozen MPs if the proposal to form a single electoral district is accepted. The current division of the electorate in six districts harms smaller parties like DS, who are forced to join VMRO or SDSM...
Macedonia 13.12.21 | 12:55

More demands from SDSM’s coalition partners: Trajanov wants changes to the electoral model

Pavle Trajanov, the former police official who has made his small DS party a segment of all governments for almost a decade, announced that he will also have political demands from SDSM if he is to continue to support them. Trajanov demands changes to the electoral model and the creation of a single...
Macedonia 06.12.21 | 17:28

After Zaev’s deal with Gashi, Macedonia could get a Government where ethnic Macedonians are in the minority

The deal Zoran Zaev reached with Afrim Gashi from the Alternative party to get their support for the fledging SDSM led coalition raised eyebrows in Macedonia for the scale of the concessions Zaev made, especially among Zaev’s other, older partners. Pavle Trajanov, leader of the DS party and one...
Macedonia 14.11.21 | 13:16

Zaev’s coalition partner Pavle Trajanov rejects Bulgarian demands without reciprocity for the rights of Macedonians in Bulgaria

Pavle Trajanov, leader of the DS party which is part of Zaev’s coalition, told the Bulgarian “Dnevnik” daily that changes in the Macedonian Constitution will only happen if Bulgaria also amends its Constitution. Bulgaria wants Macedonia to amend its constitutional preamble and to cite...
Macedonia 02.11.21 | 13:37

Trajanov thinks that Zaev is serious about his resignation

Pavle Trajanov, leader of the DS party which is part of the SDSM led coalition – but is notorious for switching sides – said that after the coalition’s meeting with Zoran Zaev yesterday he believes that Zaev will eventually resign. Zaev announced his resignation both as Prime Minister...
Macedonia 22.10.21 | 18:57

Trajanov: SDSM must sort out issues in party ranks and relations in the coalition

The polls completely failed with the assessments, but the voting is a realistic reflection of the determination of the citizens, Pavle Trajanov from the Democratic Union said. I think that the reasons for the failure of the coalition and SDSM are primarily a result of the internal disunity in the party....
Macedonia 23.04.21 | 14:33

Members of Parliament were given Sputnik instead of Pfizer vaccines in the last minute – some lash out at Minister Filipce

As many members of Parliament came to take their coronavirus vaccine in a sports hall in Skopje, some grumbled because at the last minute they were given Sputnik instead of Pfizer vaccines. Pavle Trajanov from the ruling coalition said that he came expecting to get the American shot, and was surprised...
Macedonia 08.04.21 | 12:20

Former Interior Minister Trajanov warns that Islamists may have been given Macedonian passports

Former Interior Minister Pavle Trajanov called on the Interior Ministry to reveal the names of all 215 people who are estimated to have been illegally given Macedonian travel documents over the past years in what is becoming a growing scandal for the Zaev regime. Trajnov warned that some of them may...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 13:44

Pavle Trajanov’s party rejects the idea of a grand coalition

Pavle Trajanov and his Democratic Alliance (DS) party have rejected the idea to invite VMRO-DPMNE to the SDSM led coalition. Trajanov, who recently left SDSM’s group in Parliament but continued to vote to support Zoran Zaev’s Government, said that Zaev’s proposal to add VMRO to the...
Macedonia 25.02.21 | 13:23

Trajanov also announces he is out of the SDSM led group in Parliament

Former Interior Minister Pavle Trajanov, who is the lone DS party member of Parliament, announced that he too will also officially leave the SDSM led group in the Parliament. His decision comes after the similar announcement from the Liberal Democratic Party, which has two seats. This does not mean yet...
Macedonia 22.02.21 | 14:56

Pavle Trajanov welcomes LDP move to leave the SDSM led group in Parliament

Member of Parliament Pavle Trajanov welcomed the move of the LDP party to have its two representatives leave the SDSM led group in Parliament. Trajanov, who is the lone member of Parliament from his DS party, is still in the SDSM led coalition but said that he also prefers to act independently and express...
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 11:15

Zaev’s coalition partner Pavle Trajanov warns about the high levels of crime and corruption

Pavle Trajanov, former Interior Minister and leader of the small DS party which is currently allied with Zoran Zaev, strongly criticized the levels of corruption in Macedonia. Crime is accepted as a value trait, and not an evil we need to deal with. Crime devastates the entire system in the country and...
Macedonia 15.12.20 | 14:16

Draft law proposed by the Albanian opposition parties would grant citizenship to as many as 70,000 residents

Member of Parliament Pavle Trajanov, currently allied with SDSM, alleged that a proposal from the two opposition ethnic Albanian parties, AA and Alternative, would cause the issuing of 70,000 citizenships to ethnic Albanians.  The two parties made the proposal that would allow residents of Macedonia...
Macedonia 09.12.20 | 21:25

Potentially crucial coalition partner criticizes Zaev and Buckovski on Bulgaria

Pavle Trajanov, leader of the small DS party which is allied with SDSM, criticized Zoran Zaev’s claim that Macedonia and Bulgaria have a shared history. The former top police official under Communism and Interior Minister during his alliance with VMRO-DPMNE contributed to the fall of the Gruevski Government...
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