Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 13:42

Zaev says he went Biblical on Borisov when discussing the origin of the Macedonians

Bulgaria is pressuring Macedonia and conditioning Macedonia’s EU accession talks in a push to claim the medieval history of the region. But in his most recent comments on the dispute, Zoran Zaev went a little further back in history. In an attempt to paint the dispute in an irrational light, he...
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 13:07

Zaev tries to ignore latest evidence linking him to the Racket scandal

The office of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev remains silent a day after the defense attorney of his former friend Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 announced it will produce audio tapes and screenshots of their conversations implicating Zaev in the Racket scandal. In a week the court will decide whether it...
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 10:20

As the EU accession date remains distant, Zaev remains defiant, announces a new push from Portugal aimed at Bulgaria

Following his second visit to Brussels in a matter of days, Zoran Zaev again reiterated his newly found “red lines” on the Macedonian national issues against Bulgaria, which is vetoing Macedonia’s EU accession prospects. He said that he still hopes that the Portuguese Presidency of...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 18:54

In a week the court will decide whether it will hear evidence linking Zaev to the Racket scandal

Saso Dukoski, the attorney representing showman Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, informed the press that the evidence he is offering to the court includes both recorded audio and screen-shots of his conversations with Zoran Zaev. Dukoski revealed that Zaev was offering Boki 13 to invest 100 million...
Macedonia Economy 17.05.21 | 15:11

Mickoski: The Zaev years are a period of major economic downturn for Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski blamed Zoran Zaev for the economic backsliding and the exploding debt in Macedonia. Mickoski especially pointed to the steep increase in debt compared to GDP growth in the relatively short time Zaev has been in power. If we compare the years of the past VMRO-DPMNE...
Macedonia 17.05.21 | 13:48

Zaev did not use the congress to add “North” to the name of his SDSM party

Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party finished its congress on Sunday without changing its name. After he imposed the name change on the Republic of Macedonia in 2019, Zaev said that eventually he will have the party renamed – SDSM stands for Social-Democratic Union of Macedonia, and Zaev’s Prespa...
Macedonia 16.05.21 | 22:53

Zaev removes Sekerinska from the top of the SDSM party and promotes loyalists to key positions

The delegates at the SDSM party congress voted today to appoint new Vice Presidents of the party, after previously electing Sonja Lukarevska as the new deputy leader of the social-democratic party. Lukarevska assumes the position held by Radmila Sekerinska, who co-led the party alongside Zoran Zaev for...
Macedonia 16.05.21 | 21:05

“The public will be shocked when it finds out about the type of criminals Zaev is meeting with”

The public will be shocked when they realize the level of crimials Zoran Zaev was meeting with, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski during his meeting with supporters in Skopje’s Karpos district today. VMRO helped reveal several major scandals involving Zaev in the past weeks, including...
Macedonia 16.05.21 | 15:14

Nikoloski: International criminals flock to Macedonia where Zaev provides them with logistical support

You can hardly find a criminal in the region, and even in European and global frames, who has not met with Zoran Zaev or is somehow linked with him, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski. Earlier this week Zaev’s cabinet was busy denying comments from Turkish mobster Sedat Peker that...
Macedonia 16.05.21 | 15:05

SDSM congress: Zaev thanked his “comrade Radmila”, blamed Gruevski and VMRO for everything that is wrong and announced major personnel changes within the party

Zoran Zaev began the online congress of his SDSM party typically, claiming that Macedonia was devastated by the previous, VMRO-DPMNE led Government, and that he is trying to lift it up. He cited the increase in salaries and retirement incomes, and especially the welfare payments, while also claiming...
Macedonia 16.05.21 | 10:29

The SDSM party holds an online congress to prepare for its post-Sekerinska future

The ruling SDSM party will hold an online congress today to elect a new deputy leader, after Radmila Sekerinska announced she will not seek another term. Sekerinska and Zoran Zaev led the party together since 2013, and the Defense Minister did not give a sound explanation for her decision to withdraw. Zaev...
Macedonia 15.05.21 | 21:26

Zaev warns that failure of the legalization law means 50,000 homes need to be demolished

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev called on the Parliament to adopt again the law for legalization of unlawful construction, warning that otherwise he will be forced to order the demolition of 50,000 homes across the country. The law was adopted by broad cross-partisan support, but was vetoed by President Pendarovski,...
Macedonia 15.05.21 | 17:42

Zaev hopes that Mitsotakis’ “creative ideas” could be used to turn the tables on Bulgaria

Following his visit to Brussels, where he began to sound off a defiant, “patriotic” note on the dispute with Bulgaria, Zoran Zaev said that Macedonia has nothing more to offer and will wait on the EU to open the accession talks.  Macedonia has nothing more to offer. It is up to the Union to find...
Macedonia 14.05.21 | 20:03

Faktor: Zaev has picked Radmila Sekerinska’s replacement

Zaev intends to promote the tax authority director Sonja Lukarevska to the position of SDSM party deputy leader currently held by Radmila Sekerinska. Sekerinska unexpectedly announced that she is not in the running for another term on the position that ensured the so-called “urban wing” of the party,...
Macedonia 14.05.21 | 19:43

Zaev takes his newly invented patriotic image to Instagram

Zoran Zaev took his new “patriotic” campaign to Instagram. After his visit to Brussels, where he untypically began to push a message that he is done making concessions to neighboring countries, he now insists that “The Macedonian identity is a fact and a matter of pride” in his new Instagram...
Macedonia 14.05.21 | 17:58

Mickoski: We will not let Zaev spend half a billion EUR for his corrupt clinical center project

During his visit to Bitola, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that he will not support Zoran Zaev’s proposal for a new clinical center worth half a billion EUR in Skopje. Mickoski said that the project is corrupt, untransparent and written on just three pages. In its place, VMRO will support...
Macedonia 13.05.21 | 20:34

Zaev promised Tusk that he will fight corruption and work with the opposition

A day after EPP party leader Donald Tusk issued a warning to the Zaev regime, Zaev met with him in Athens. Tusk yesterday spoke on the phone with VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski and afterwards said that the Macedonian Government needs to fight corruption, keep its hands off from the judiciary, work...
Macedonia 13.05.21 | 19:02

Zaev tells a Greek audience that his dispute with Bulgaria is ridiculous and made-up

During a panel in Athens, Zoran Zaev insisted that the dispute he is having with Bulgaria is ridiculous and made-up. Bulgaria is blocking Macedonia from opening EU accession talks as it demands significant concessions on issues of national identity and history. Zaev told the amused Greek audience that...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 21:20

Gruevski: Zaev is torturing people to force them to give false testimonies against me

Former Prime Minister and VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski said that the Zaev regime is pressuring businessmen and both people he knows and doesn’t know to testify against him in new staged criminal trials. Gruevski, who received political asylum in Hungary because of the persecution he faced in Macedonia,...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 20:23

It’s Zaev’s word vs that of a Turkish mafia boss

Days after Turkish mobster Sedat Peker, from his exile in Montenegro, revealed that he was meeting with Zoran Zaev during his stay in Macedonia, Zaev’s cabinet formally denied the claim. But, the citizens are at a loss who to believe. Peker resided in Macedonia for months in late 2020 and early 2021,...
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