Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 21.02.22 | 15:19

Kovacevski insults the opposition supporters as “hysteric”

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski dismissed the concerns of opposition voters and citizens who disagree with his policies as “histerics”. Speaking to the press, Kovacevski said that the opposition “VMRO-DPMNE party creates hysteria with regard to the on-going talks with Bulgaria”. It’s...

Macedonia 11.02.22 | 13:10

Racket trial: Boki 13 will not defend himself until the court gives him his phone back

At the beginning of today’s hearing in the Racket scandal, Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 said that he will not give his defense until the court gives him back his prone and allows him to use its contents as evidence. Boki 13 recently leaked some of the messages from the phone, implicating former...

Macedonia 11.02.22 | 09:45

Boki 13 expected to present new evidence against Zoran Zaev

Racket scandal defendant Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 is expected to testify today in the Skopje court, and to reveal additional evidence against former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Jovanovski recently published a cache of messages that Zaev exchanged with a telecom executive, indicating Zaev’s...

Macedonia 10.02.22 | 14:09

Kastriot Rexhepi confirms that he was kept in Zaev’s villa to sabotage the vote of no confidence

Kastriot Rexhepi, the member of Parliament who disappeared during the vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government in November, confirmed that he was kept in Zaev’s villa on Mt. Vodno. This comes after VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski called him out about his whereabouts when he sabotaged...

Macedonia 09.02.22 | 12:30

Boki 13 demands that the court summons Zoran and Vice Zaev to testify in the Racket scandal

Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, the key Racket scandal defendant, issued a new open letter in which he calls on the court to bring Zoran Zaev and his brother Vice Zaev to testify. The call comes after Boki 13 presented messages Zaev exchanged with a telecom businessman, implicating him in serious criminal...

Macedonia 28.01.22 | 15:10

Zaev went skiing in the Alps?

Zoran Zaev has disappeared from the public eye since he resigned as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader.  Recent rumors that he has gone skiing in the Alps with his former Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce are now supported by the Instagram feed of his daughter Aleksandra Zaeva. She posted pictures...

Macedonia 24.01.22 | 15:04

Zaev will get a car from the Government

The Kovacevski Government is going to give a public vehicle – a luxury Skoda car – to former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for the next four years. By law, Zaev has the right to claim a security detail and a vehicle from the Government. But this decision by him caused reaction in the public –...

Macedonia 12.01.22 | 14:18

Dimitrov: “International friends” wanted to see me replace Zaev as Prime Minister

During his bombshell press conference today, Nikola Dimitrov claimed that “many international friends” wanted to see him named as Prime Minister after Zaev resigned. “That is no secret, many international friends called me to support me in taking over the Government”, he said. Dimitrov...

Macedonia 12.01.22 | 14:17

Zaev responds to Dimitrov, denies that he has accepted the Bulgarian demands

The office of outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev responded to Dimitrov’s comments with a press release, in which Zaev insists that the Macedonian national identity and language are not a matter of discussion with Bulgaria – which is at the core of Dimitrov’s stated reasons for his distancing...

Macedonia 12.01.22 | 09:45

“Zaev composed the next Government and DUI will have a commanding influence over it”

The Government that is being proposed by new SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski was put together by Zoran Zaev and will be controlled by DUI, said VMRO-DPMNE in a statement. SDSM and DUI are preparing for a vote next week on a cabinet that includes many new faces on the SDSM side, including a new Prime...

Macedonia 08.01.22 | 14:31

Gjorcev: Under Zaev and Filipce, Macedonia has disastrous results in managing the coronavirus epidemic

Macedonia has a total coronavirus mortality of 8,000 people and the highest regional death rate which is a disastrous consequence of the healthcare system managed by Minister Venko Filipce and Zoran zaev, said VMRO-DPMNE official Vladimir Gjorcev during a press conference today. We lack beds, we lack...

Macedonia 29.12.21 | 08:50

VMRO calls on Kovacevski to apologize to the nation for Zaev’s crimes and racketeering

We call on Dimitar Kovacevski to apologize to the public for Zoran Zaev’s crimes and racketeering, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party in a press statement. Dimitar Kovacevski needs to apologize for the plundering of the country that Zaev carried out over the past five years. In this period, 60,000...

Macedonia 28.12.21 | 15:26

Sela: Kovacevski doesn’t have legitimacy to lead a Government

Alliance of Albanians leader Ziadin Sela said that with the resignation of Zoran Zaev as leader of SDSM and Prime Minister, the ruling coalition no longer has legitimacy. Zaev is trying to leave the coalition and the Government to his handpicked successor Dimitar Kovacevski. Kovacevski does not have...

Macedonia 27.12.21 | 15:02

The Zaev brothers remain silent over the allegations that they extorted money from the REK Bitola coal mine

VMRO-DPMNE called on the Zaev family to provide answers after the allegations that they engaged in racketeering of companies who won contracts to mine for coal in the REK Bitola energy complex. Macedonia is currently in a dire energy crisis because of mismanagement and corruption in its biggest power...

Macedonia 24.12.21 | 22:56

Zaev was working with Mijalkov, shocking letter reveals

Another shocking revelation in the open letter sent by Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 to Zoran Zaev is how the former Prime Minister developed a close working relationship with his once nemesis, state security chief Saso Mijalkov. Boki 13 reports that Zaev tasked him to get in touch with Mijalkov,...

Macedonia 23.12.21 | 23:29

The flight continues: Interior Minister Spasovski won’t be part of the next Government

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, who is one of Zoran Zaev’s top lieutenants, also announced that he will not be part of the next Government that the SDSM party is trying to put together under its new leader Dimitar Kovacevski. The new President needs to be given an opportunity to choose his...

Macedonia 23.12.21 | 17:05

After Zaev’s resignation, Pendarovski begins a ten days “search” for a new Prime Minister

President Stevo Pendarovski’s office informed the public that they have been formally notified by the Parliament that Zoran Zaev has resigned as Prime Minister. This now initiates the procedure in which Pendarovski needs to give the mandate to form a new Government to the candidate of a coalition...

Macedonia 22.12.21 | 19:56

Mickoski: Kovacevski is a blind acolyte of Zoran Zaev

Dimitar Kovacevski is a blind pawn to Zoran Zaev, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, as the ruling SDSM party is trying to execute a change at the top of Government. The first impression from Kovacevski is that he is a follower of Zaev and Zaev’s policies. If we have a blind acolyte...

Macedonia 22.12.21 | 17:15

Zaev resigns as Prime Minister

Zoran Zaev submitted his resignation as Prime Minister to the Parliament this afternoon. Zaev is resigning after the major defeat his SDSM party suffered in the local elections in October, and after the complete collapse of his signature foreign policy pledge – that by making concessions with its...

Macedonia 21.12.21 | 17:59

Zaev bids farewell to his Open Balkan partners

Zoran Zaev bid farewell to several local and European officials during his last Open Balkan summit as Prime Minister. Zaev went to Tirana accompanied by his successor as SDSM party leader – Dimitar Kovacevski – who Zaev wants to elevate to Prime Minister as well. We had measurable success....

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