Tag: vmro
Economy 25.05.19 | 19:15

VMRO says SDSM rejected a series of its proposals to help welfare recipients

VMRO-DPMNE called out the ruling SDSM party for failing to improve the plight of the half a million Macedonians who live below the poverty line. SDSM refused a series of welfare reform bills VMRO proposed in order to help reduce the poverty rate in Macedonia. SDSM refused our proposal to expand the 1.000...

Macedonia 22.05.19 | 11:12

VMRO-DPMNE says abuses by the Government have endangered Ohrid’s prized UNESCO status

Now that UNESCO is officially raising the alarm over lake Ohrid and how Macedonia cares for its natural and cultural treasures, VMRO-DPMNE called out on the Zaev led Government to stop the destruction of the region and preserve its status as one of the world heritage sites. Countries where the cultural...

Macedonia 12.05.19 | 19:52

VMRO: Zaev’s crimes and corruption are blame for the failure to open EU accession talks

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party warns that Macedonia will not receive a date to open European Union accession talks in June, and that the faults for this lies exclusively with Zoran Zaev and his “failure to reform the judiciary, embrace of organized crime and high levels of corruption and numerous...

Macedonia 11.05.19 | 10:40

VMRO office in Dracevo smashed into

The windows of the main VMRO-DPMNE party office in the area of Dracevo, east of Skopje, were smashed overnight. The opposition party, which has faced a campaign of political persecution by the Zaev regime, has reported the incident to the police. It’s still being looked into whether the attackers...

Macedonia 19.04.19 | 20:55

VMRO asks the Anti-Corruption Commission to act in additional cases of abuse of public resources for election purposes

VMRO-DPMNE asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate several additional instances of abuse of the public funds and the decision making process to favor the ruling SDSM party in the run up to the presidential elections. According to the opposition party, the SDSM led municipal council in Skopje’s...

Macedonia 01.04.19 | 21:41

Participants at the VMRO rally say police is stopping their buses

Many of the VMRO-DPMNE supporters travelling to Ohrid for the first large rally of the presidential campaign are reporting that their buses are being stopped by the police in an attempt to stop them from arriving to the city in time. The police has the right to order a mechanical check on buses, but...

Macedonia 24.03.19 | 22:42

VMRO insists on respect for international standards in the dispute with SDSM over the Special Prosecutor

VMRO-DPMNE insists that it will not allow that international standards in law are violated as SDSM insists on a new law on state prosecutors which is meant to turn the Special Prosecutor’s Office into a permanent institution. VMRO representative Antonio Milososki, who met with counterparts from...

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 15.03.19 | 11:36

VMRO-DPMNE sees today’s sentencing as part of the on-going political persecution

VMRO-DPMNE announced that it expects today’s sentencing in the April 2017 Parliament incident case to be a political process, given the lack of judicial independence. The arrest of Mitko Cavkov, based on a fake police report and made up charges, two days ahead of the sentencing, is a precedent...

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 01.03.19 | 16:49

Mickoski informed members of the European Parliament of the persecution of the opposition in Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski met with the visiting groups of members of the European Parliament to inform them about the deteriorating political situation in Macedonia and the systemic persecution of the opposition in the country. Mickoski joined a lunch with MEPs Eduard Kukan, Knut Fleckenstein,...

Macedonia 28.02.19 | 10:20

Mickoski: VMRO won’t boycott the presidential elections, we are going to win

In a TV interview on Wednesday evening, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski rejected the possibility that the opposition party will boycott the presidential elections in an attempt to have them declared invalid and spark early general elections. Mickoski expressed his confidence that the VMRO nominee...

Macedonia 27.02.19 | 16:17

Mass arrests of VMRO youth activists in Aerodrom

A group of young VMRO activists were arrested this morning in their homes in the Skopje area of Aerodrom, and were taken to a police station. There is still no official word about the reason for the mass arrest of the opposition party’s youth organization in this urban district. One of those detained...

Macedonia 24.02.19 | 11:12

EPP youth organization condemns attack on VMRO political prisoners

The youth organization of the European People’s Party strongly condemned the attack on political prisoners Mile Janakieski and Spiro Ristovski, who were assaulted by members of an Albanian terrorist organization in the Shutka prison in Skopje on Thursday. The two former Government Ministers were...

Macedonia 15.02.19 | 15:28

Nikoloski calls on opposition supporters to unite for the presidential elections – VMRO will win

VMRO-DPMNE deputy leader Aleksandar Nikoloski called opposition supporters to unite behind the VMRO presidential candidate, and not to fall for any initiative to boycott the presidential elections. Calls to boycott the vote appeared after the SDSM led ruling coalition refused to accept holding early...

Macedonia 15.02.19 | 11:05

A day ahead of the VMRO convention, Gjorcev expresses full support in party leader Mickoski

A day ahead of the VMRO-DPMNE convention to elect the opposition party’s presidential nominee, Vladimir Gjorcev expressed his full support in party leader Hristijan Mickoski and vowed that, if elected President, he will work with Mickoski to bring down the Zaev Government. Hristijan Mickoski has...

Macedonia 10.02.19 | 16:13

VMRO leader Mickoski warns that only early elections can save Macedonia from economic disaster

In a video address, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski warned that only holding early elections can prevent an economic disaster in Macedonia. Infrastructure investments are not even at half of projections. They can’t work, they don’t invest, the economy faces collapse. No new factories...

Macedonia 31.01.19 | 19:36

Filip Petrovski also announces presidential run

Right wing activist Filip Petrovski also announced a bid for the presidency, and called on the VMRO-DPMNE to support him. Petrovski, who was most recently head of National Archives, but has distanced from the current VMRO officials after his failed leadership bid, was organizing protests against the...

Economy 24.01.19 | 17:36

VMRO-DPMNE supports striking market sellers

VMRO-DPMNE members of Parliament met with protesters from the Green Market in Skopje, who demand that the new fees and regulations imposed on them are scrapped. We in VMRO-DPMNE and in our coalition persist in our demand that the new law on farmers markets is nullified, the party informed following the...

Economy 17.12.18 | 11:44

Mickoski: VMRO-DPMNE will support the doctor’s protests

VMRO-DPMNE expressed its support for the doctors from the Skopje Mother Teresa Clinic, who are protesting poor working conditions and the hike in their parking fees. – This Government promised doctors it will increase their salaries to 100.000 denars. Not only they lied about this promise, but...