Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 17.02.21 | 20:24

Dispute over identity cards threatens Zaev’s coalition

The coalition between SDSM and BESA is strained by the dispute over the identity cards, said VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski. In an interview with the Macedonian Radio, Mickoski said that SDSM promised BESA that it will allow the introduction of ethnic identity qualifiers in the identity cards carried...
Macedonia 16.02.21 | 17:07

Zaev uses a crude sexual pun to describe the growing dispute over the identity cards

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev used a very crude pun while commenting on the issue of the future identity cards. Major parties are agreed that the documents should contain the ethnic identity of the citizens – Macedonian, Albanian, Roma… But the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party demands that they do...
Macedonia 15.02.21 | 21:11

Zaev rejects Zaharieva’s claim that parties in Macedonia are spreading hatred toward Bulgaria

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev dismissed claims from Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva that politics in Macedonia is based on spreading hatred toward Bulgaria and that is what elections are won on. Zaev insisted that his SDSM party does not spread hatred toward Bulgaria. I expect our neighbors...
Macedonia 15.02.21 | 19:29

Zaev welcomes the proposal to include ethnicity in identity cards

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev came out in support of the proposal that identity cards begin registering the ethnicity of the citizen. Ethnic Albanian parties have requested this option, and more recently Macedonian parties, such as VMRO-DPMNE, have supported the idea, insisting that it will help shore up...
Macedonia 14.02.21 | 20:47

Albanian opposition parties accuse Zaev of allowing the spread of Serbian influence in Macedonia

The Alliance of Albanians and Alternative parties accused the Zaev Government of paving the way for partnership with Serbia, and against Macedonia’s national interest. According to the two opposition ethnic Albanian parties, Serbia is buying influence in Macedonia on the cheap, with the delivery...
Macedonia 12.02.21 | 15:56

Zaev again endorses the actions of Mijalkov’s group

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev again endorsed the attempts of the Saso Mijalkov faction to cause divisions in VMRO-DPMNE. After a court date today, Zaev said that spring will be a good time to hold congresses in the major parties and elect new leadership. “It is time for greater democratization of the parties”,...
Macedonia 12.02.21 | 13:52

Zaev finds Boki 13’s challenge for SDSM party leader to be “satire”

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the nomination of showman Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 as leader of his SDSM party is “satire” and announced that Boki will not be allowed to challenge him. SDSM members are supposed to vote for a leader in open elections in late March. Boki 13 was...
Macedonia 12.02.21 | 13:12

Nikoloski confronts Zaev with racketeering allegations in the Skopje court

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski are confronted before the Skopje court today, in a hearing in the slander trial Zaev initiated against Nikoloski. Nikoloski has been vocal in revealing Zaev’s criminal links, especially with the major Racket scandal, and...
Macedonia 11.02.21 | 16:49

Zaev endorses Mijalkov’s latest attempt to stir divisions in VMRO

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev endorsed an attempt by a faction led by former security chief Saso Mijalkov to try and cause divisions in the opposition VMRO-DPMNE. This move reinforced the impression that has a de-facto coalition deal with Mijalkov, who he vilified during the 2015 Colored Revolution and accused...
Macedonia 11.02.21 | 12:28

Boki 13 confirms he’s running for leader of SDSM

Showman and convicted racketeer Bojan Jovnaovski – Boki 13 confirmed that he is running for leader of SDSM. The ruling party of Boki 13’s onetime close friend and associate Zoran Zaev plans to hold an open election for its new leader. Boki 13 was sentenced to seven years in prison in the...
Macedonia 11.02.21 | 09:48

VMRO-DPMNE calls on Filipce to resign after his failure to organize the transport of donated vaccines from Serbia

Filipce need to resign for his epic failures and incompetence, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release after it was announced that the donation of coronavirus vaccines that Serbia offered won’t be sent today because of technical issues. The Zaev regime and his Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce failed...
Macedonia 11.02.21 | 09:35

Zaev trolled for his English language skills

Somebody took the time to register a website under www.vaksajns.mk, and direct its visitors to the official, Macedonian Healthcare Ministry www.vakcinacija.mk website, where citizens are asked to register for the coronavirus vaccine (if and when it eventually becomes available in Macedonia). The vaksajns...
Macedonia 10.02.21 | 15:13

Boki 13 plans to challenge Zaev for the leadership of the SDSM party

Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, the showman and confidant of Zoran Zaev and Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva who was sentenced to nine years in prison over the major Racket scandal, is planning to run for President of Zaev’s SDSM party. This was reported by the Plusinfo news site today –...
Macedonia 10.02.21 | 13:26

Vucic blames key Zaev adviser of working against him

In a comment for N1 TV, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that one of Zaev’s top confidants, businessman Zoran Basanovic, “now owns half of Macedonia and Greece” and “works to bring me down”. Basanovic was once close to Vucic, operating as a music manager and later...
Macedonia 10.02.21 | 13:06

Zaharieva fires back after Zaev’s criticism, accuses him of “educating entire generations to hate Bulgaria”

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterian Zaharieva shot back at Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, after Zaev condemned the Bulgarian veto as an “unprincipled move” in an online conference with the Atlantic Council, and said that Bulgaria is acting contrary to international law. Is it principled to educate...
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 16:02

Zaev’s least reliable coalition partners

With just 62 votes – barely enough to hold a session of the Parliament, let alone advance meaningful legislation – Prime Minister Zoran Zaev faced difficult six months and his job is not about to get easier. His coalition was reduced by seven votes when it came to protecting his Deputy Prime...
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 14:43

Mickoski: Early elections are coming, we need a new Government

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on the Government to put aside its rose tainted glasses and start resolving the problems of the struggling shop-keepers, hit by the economic crisis. Mickoski visited the Zelen pazar – one of Skopje’s main farmers’ markets. What we can see...
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 11:15

Zaev’s coalition partner Pavle Trajanov warns about the high levels of crime and corruption

Pavle Trajanov, former Interior Minister and leader of the small DS party which is currently allied with Zoran Zaev, strongly criticized the levels of corruption in Macedonia. Crime is accepted as a value trait, and not an evil we need to deal with. Crime devastates the entire system in the country and...
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 10:12

Zaev attempted to speak English again – it didn’t go well

Ever since his 2015 Colored Revolution, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev main audience is the English speaking one, and he frequently attempts to address them in English. And, even more frequently, the attempt backfires. The one thing everybody will remember from his almost hour long address to the Atlantic...
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 09:04

EU drama replicates on the vaccine front – date TBD

One of the most repeated phrases in Macedonian politics over the past few years is “no date”. It refers to the approval in principle by the European Union member states to allow Macedonia to open EU accession talks, but the failure to approve a date when these talks will actually begin. The...
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