Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 17.03.21 | 19:26

Zaev continues to defend Raskovski but says he might call on his adviser to resign

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev again came out in defense of his embattled adviser Dragi Raskovski, but left open the possibility that Raskovski will be investigated. The former Secretary General of Zaev’s cabinet has faced numerous corruption allegations, and currently is accused of having the Interior...
Macedonia 16.03.21 | 21:27

Zaev confirms he ordered border guards to allow people into the country: “I spoke with a female officer with a lovely voice”

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev gave a typical rambling statement today when why he ordered border guards to allow several vehicles to enter into Macedonia from Bulgaria. The case was reported by the officers from the Deve Bair border crossing on Sunday, and the report was leaked to the press – including...
Macedonia 16.03.21 | 19:10

Zaev tried to avoid the question about whether his adviser Dragi Raskovski fled to Mexico after his latest corruption scandal

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today would not confirm or deny that his adviser Dragi Raskovski fled the country to Mexico. Raskovski is facing a long list of corruption scandals, and the latest, while among the smallest in financial terms, prompted rare criticism from media outlets who are close to Zaev...
Macedonia 16.03.21 | 18:00

Zaev condemns Bulgaria for its veto against Macedonia

Zoran Zaev condemned Bulgaria for its blockade of Macedonia’s EU accession talks. ‌In an interview with a paper in Luxembourg, where he is visiting, Zaev said that the Bulgarian approach is contrary to European values. With this behavior, EU would not have existed. Europeans looked toward the...
News 15.03.21 | 20:34

Mayor of the hard hit city of Kumanovo urges Prime Minister Zaev to focus on finding vaccines

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski urged the Government to use all its resources to procure vaccines. Dimitrievski is from the ruling SDSM party but frequently clashed with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, both on his appeasing Bulgaria policy, and over mishandling the coronavirus epidemic. We have some 100...
Macedonia 15.03.21 | 18:44

Leaked document shows that Zaev personally intervened to allow several groups of passengers through the Macedonian – Bulgarian border

A leaked border police report published by the Kurir web site shows that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev personally called the officers at the Deve Bair border crossing with Bulgaria to urge them to let several vehicles into the country. The report was made on the night between Saturday and Sunday. It states...
Macedonia 14.03.21 | 17:33

Nikoloski calls on Zaev to resign over the growing vaccine scandal

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski called on Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to resign over the growing scandal involving the failed purchase of coronavirus vaccines from China. The Government tried to use a shell company set up in American Samoa and Hong Kong for the purchase and was prepared...
Macedonia 12.03.21 | 15:27

More vaccine trouble: Pendarovski and Zaev give conflicting statements on the Pfizer talks

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called out President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for giving conflicting statements on the chaotic vaccine procurement process. The reaction comes after Pendarovski said that Macedonia could not purchase Pfizer vaccines because the company had...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 15:07

VMRO officials denounce the dual citizenship manipulation peddled by Karakacanov and SDSM

A number of VMRO-DPMNE officials who were called out by Bulgarian nationalist politician Krasimir Karakacanov for allegedly having dual citizenship, denied the claim. Karakacanov made the allegation in apparent coordination with his protege in Macedonia Zoran Zaev, as Zaev faced two major corruption...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 11:58

After a day of corruption scandals, Karakacanov leaps to Zaev’s defense

After an exceptionally bad news day for Zoran Zaev yesterday, when two major corruption scandals hit his Governmemt – one including his failed attempts to procure vaccines, Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakacanov lept to his defense. The nationalist Bulgarian politician today published...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 09:17

La Verita identifies the shell company Zaev and Filipce tried to use for the Chinese vaccine deal

The Italian La Verita paper today published the letters sent by Macedonian Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to the Chinese Sinopharm company, regarding the planned purchase of coronavirus vaccines. the letters show that Filipce wanted the purchase to be routed through a private company named Stabri...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 15:16

Zaev stands by his lieutenant Dragi Raskovski as he faces a new corruption scandal

Asked about the latest scandal involving his right hand man Dragi Raskovski, Zoran Zaev defended his adviser today. Raskovski, an IT expert, is accused of having the Interior Ministry purchase a software he has developed, for over 80,000 EUR. – There are legitimate reasons why this was done. There...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 15:03

VMRO: Zaev is damaging Macedonia’s credibility when he reveals his contacts with British intelligence

Zoran Zaev is undermining Macedonia’s credibility with his statement that he turned to British intelligence services to ask for coronavirus vaccines, said Aleksandar Nacev from VMRO-DPMNE in a press conference. Zaev shocked the public during an interview yesterday when he flippantly revealed that...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 12:31

Zaev confirms that he tried to use a private company to purchase Chinese vaccines, insists he did nothing illegal

Asked to comment on the latest bombshell report from La Verita, Zoran Zaev confirmed that the Government turned to a private company to facilitate the deal to purchase 200,000 Sinopharm vaccines. The Italian paper reports that the attempt to use a suspicious company in Hong Kong to purchase the vaccines...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 10:39

Is this person even aware what he is doing? – VMRO-DPMNE responds to Zaev’s statement about contacting the British secret service to ask for vaccines

Following Zoran Zaev’s shocking statement that he reached out to British intelligence services for help in providing vaccines to Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE asked whether this is another of Zaev’s verbal gaffe or if it is a lie. We have no vaccines coming, and Zaev is going on a TV interview to...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 09:18

Zaev and Dimitrov announce another of their EU integration plans

Faced with the loss of EU perspective, at least in the near term, Zoran Zaev and his Deputy Prime Minister charged with EU integration Nikola Dimitrov announced a new “agenda”. Like the “3-6-9 Agenda” (referring to tasks in the first 3, 6 and 9 months in office) he announced after...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 10:16

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev’s offer of a broad Government is the move of a desperate man

After Zoran Zaev’s surprising offer that some parts of VMRO-DPMNE join him in a broad Government, the opposition party today issued a statement saying that this is another of Zaev’s attempts to divide the opposition and prolong his rule and avoid accountability for his crimes. Zaev is operating...
News 05.03.21 | 21:14

Pendarovski and Zaev don’t see need to add the Bulgarian nation to the preamble of the Macedonian Constitution

President Stevo Pendarovski does not see need to amend the Macedonian Constitution so that the Bulgarian community is included in the preamble. The preamble currently lists the Albanian, Turk, Vlach, Serbian, Roma and Bosniak peoples, and “others”. Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani raised the...
Macedonia 04.03.21 | 17:47

The vote of confidence will not necessarily give Zaev’s Government a new 90 days lease of life

Zoran Zaev likely called the unusual vote of confidence in his own Government on Wednesday hoping that this will deflate the growing opposition push to fraction his coalition and attract some of the smaller parties who support him. According to the Constitution, after the Government survives a vote of...
Macedonia 03.03.21 | 15:58

Faced with rebellion in his coalition, Zaev calls for a vote of confidence in his Government

Zoran Zaev today submitted a request to the Parliament for a vote of confidence in his Government. The move seems designed to intercept attempts by several of his coalition partners to abandon the coalition. The Constitution provides that for 90 days after the vote of confidence took place, there can...
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