Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 01.06.21 | 09:23

Zaev says loss of EU perspective is to blame for the growing talk of partition

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev blamed the stalled EU perspective for the latest round of talk aimed at partitioning Macedonia and redrawing Balkan borders. A group of Albanian nationalist politicians from Macedonia announced yesterday that they are forming a party that will advocate forming a federal Albanian...
Macedonia 31.05.21 | 14:31

Zaev did not mention the name of the army during an event in Krivolak

Zoran Zaev used broad terms such as “our army” during his remarks today linked to the large NATO led military exercise that takes place in the region. The maneuvers include troops from the United States, Greece and Bulgaria – who Zaev referred to as our friends, despite the on-going...
Macedonia 31.05.21 | 13:08

Sedat Peker, who was welcomed by the Zaev regime in Macedonia, reveals that he was smuggling weapons to Islamist groups in Syria

Turkish mobster Sedat Peker, who is engaged in a PR campaign against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, declared that he was smuggling weapons to Islamist groups in Syria that were supported by Turkey. Peker became a household name in Macedonia due to his much publicized stay in the country in late 2020...
Macedonia 30.05.21 | 18:23

Nikoloski: VMRO received the report about Vice Zaev’s racketeering from a top SDSM official

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said that a top SDSM party official shared with the opposition the report showing how Vice Zaev, the brother of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, was extorting a coal mining company. The report showed that the Interior Ministry falsified the statement of the mining...
Macedonia Economy Balkans 30.05.21 | 11:18

Zaev promises billions in investments – again

Few betrayed promise Zoran Zaev made compare to the promised date to begin EU accession talks – the promise of enforcing the rule of law equally comes to mind, or the one about fighting corruption. But this week, it was his grand press conference in which he announced eight billion EUR in investments...
Macedonia 29.05.21 | 10:54

Zaev and half his cabinet went to visit a park with plastic dinosaur statues

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and half his cabinet gathered at the Skopje ZOO for the opening of a dinosaur themed animatronics park. Plastic figures of various dinosaurs are placed in an attempt to recreate a prehistoric world. Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov said that the exhibit costs about 350,000 EUR and...
Macedonia 28.05.21 | 19:08

Mickoski stands by his allegations against Vice Zaev, says that his party will continue to reveal the crimes of the “ruling family”

I was being ironic, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski about his statement yesterday, when he discussed Zoran Zaev’s brother, Vice Zaev, over the latest scandal implicating the “ruling family”. Mickoski personally revealed details of the scandal to journalists on Wednesday...
Macedonia 28.05.21 | 18:57

Mickoski warns Zaev and Pendarovski not to make any additional concessions to Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski warned the Zaev regime not to make additional concessions to Bulgaria on Macedonia’s national identity and history. During a Konrad Adenauer Foundation event in Ohrid, Mickoski said that VMRO will not accept any additional treaty Zaev and Pendarovski may...
Macedonia 28.05.21 | 18:34

As calls for investigation into the marijuana business grow, Zaev admits that his family owns “only one farm”

Asked by the press, Zoran Zaev admitted that one of the six dozen marijuana growing licenses is given to a relative of his – a cousin which he did not name. It is likely Trajce Zaev, who was named in connection with the massive seizure of 200 kilograms of marijuana that was being smuggled with...
Macedonia 27.05.21 | 22:05

Zaev accused of trying to influence the court with his public statements on the case against his right hand man Dragi Raskovski

Zoran Zaev was asked in the Parliament today about his comments in which he was defending his former chief of staff Dragi Raskovski. Raskovski is currently detained over scandalous procurement of software he ordered from a company he is linked with. He diverted hundreds of thousands of euros in his own...
Macedonia 26.05.21 | 23:37

Racket judge did not have the courage to admit evidence that is pointing at directly at Zoran Zaev’s involvement in the scandal

A widely anticipated hearing of the Skopje court finally came today and, predictably, judge Sofce Gavrilovska ruled that she won’t allow a key piece of evidence to be submitted in the new Racket trial. A forensics report of the phone owned by the chief Racket suspect Bojan Jovanovski – Boki...
Macedonia 26.05.21 | 22:27

German official Michael Roth comes to Skopje to encourage Zaev and Dimitrov, insists that a deal with Bulgaria is possible in June

German State Minister Michael Roth – an outspoken supporter of the Zaev regime – is in Skopje today for meetings with Zoran Zaev and Nikola Dimitrov, during which he said that he fully supports the efforts of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Council to open accession talks with Macedonia...
Macedonia 26.05.21 | 18:24

Zaev meets US Ambassador Byrnes to discuss the EU blockade, claims that she praised his fight against crime and corruption

US Ambassador Kate Byrnes met with Zoran Zaev today and sent out a message of encouragement as Macedonia remains stuck in its EU accession bid, held back by a Bulgarian blockade. At a meeting with Zoran Zaev I emphasized that we value our bilateral partnership with North Macedonia and want to see EU...
Macedonia 26.05.21 | 17:22

Censored report shows how Zaev’s brother Vice Zaev was extorting a coal mining company

The scandalous police report presented by opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski today reveals the manner in which Zoran Zaev’s brother Vice Zaev threatened businessmen whose public contracts he was after. You left a very bad impression. You claim you’re unavailable, off the grid, and you are...
Macedonia 24.05.21 | 18:29

Zaev calls on Bulgaria to recognize the Macedonian identity and language

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who is currently trying to present a tough position on Macedonian national identity isseus as Bulgaria persists in its blockade of Macedonia’s EU accession talks, called on Bulgaria to recognize the Macedonian language and national identity today. Zaev was speaking on the...
Macedonia 21.05.21 | 14:07

Zaev made a gaffe about the role Kiro Gligorov played during the Second World War

Zoran Zaev attempts to make historic analogies often derail, and this week he already made a comment that easily ranks among his “greatest hits”, when discussing the origin of the Macedonians and Bulgarians he traced it either to Adam and Eve or to the humanoid apes. Zaev says he went Biblical...
Macedonia 21.05.21 | 12:56

Dismissed SDSM official expects to be kicked out of the party, blames Zaev of privatizing it

Former SDSM party official Stojko Paunovski gave his first interview after being dismissed by party leader Zoran Zaev for his refusal to hire unqualified ethnic Albanians in the product safety inspection service. Speaking with TV24, Paunovski said that he is happy that he received support from the public...
Macedonia 21.05.21 | 10:55

Mickoski calls on the EU to focus its efforts on Bulgaria, says that Macedonia won’t accept any more humiliations

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski expects that the European Union will focus its efforts in resolving the dispute with Bulgaria on the Bulgarian side. “If they focus on the Macedonian politicians, they will not succeed. We will not allow concessions in the Parliament and we will resist any changes...
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 15:18

Mickoski calls on Zaev’s partners to abandon the coalition after a major promise to them was broken

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on the smaller parties that support the Zaev coalition to step out of it, after Zaev broke a major promise to them to support changes in the electoral model that will be beneficial to small parties. Zaev denies key demand from his smaller coalition partners...
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 15:14

Zaev denies key demand from his smaller coalition partners to change the electoral model

The Zaev Government came out against the demands from a number of smaller parties, many of them Zaev’s coalition partners, to have the next elections conducted in a single electoral district. This would undercut the numbers of seats won by the larger parties like SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, and especially...
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