Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 19.12.20 | 14:49

Nikoloski: VMRO-DPMNE worked with our V4 friends to prevent having historic interpretation added as a new condition of EU membership

VMRO-DPMNE worked hard with the Visegrad 4 countries to get their help and prevent adding historic issues as criteria of our EU membership, the party’s Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said in a radio interview. Slovakia and the Czech Republic vetoed a demand by Bulgaria that Macedonia’s integration...
Macedonia 18.12.20 | 13:44

Zaev goes to Albania to send a message to Bulgaria

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has maintained his currently defiant posture toward Bulgaria with a visit to Pustec, a majority Macedonian municipality in the south-eastern corner of Albania. Zaev was there to deliver textbooks for the children of this impoverished rural town and announced donations to build...
Macedonia 17.12.20 | 12:22

Proposal to remove history from the curriculum is part of Zaev’s new Bulgaria policy

The announcement from the Education Ministry that they will abolish history as a stand-alone class in elementary schools came suspiciously quick after Prime Minister Zoran Zaev agreed to accept much of the Bulgarian terms laid before Macedonia. The decision is being explained as a move to streamline...
Macedonia 17.12.20 | 10:02

In another defiant message, Zaev’s Government tells Bulgaria it will not negotiate on identity issues

Following the COREPER meeting in Brussels, the Macedonian Government again expressed its disappointment in the fact that Bulgaria continues to block the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. Unfortunately, the Bulgarian veto was confirmed. It does not allow our country to open EU accession talks,...
Macedonia 16.12.20 | 10:55

Nikola Dimitrov is siding with the SDSM faction against Zaev?

Reports that Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov was bragging that he prevented Zoran Zaev from signing another, even more harmful treaty with Bulgaria, have opened the prospect of Dimitrov’s siding with the faction in SDSM that calls for Zaev’s ouster. In his infamous BGNES interview, Zaev announced...
Macedonia Economy 16.12.20 | 10:17

Hospitality industry representatives demand a public meeting with Zoran Zaev

The independent association of the hospitality industry NUK demands a meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev that would be open to the public, where they will address the huge problems they are facing. Bars, restaurants and cafes are going to be ordered to close at 18h each day, bringing the closing...
Macedonia 16.12.20 | 10:05

Media organizations accuse Zaev of abandoning another of his Colored Revolution promises

Several associations of journalists condemned the announcement from Prime Minister Zoran Zaev that he will again allow the Government to procure services from media outlets. This is one of the few remaining planks of Zaev’s 2015 Colored Revolution that he hasn’t demolished yet. During the protests,...
Macedonia 15.12.20 | 15:28

Zaev says he will take the coronavirus vaccine as soon as it’s made available in Macedonia

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he will take the coronavirus vaccine to give a personal example to the public. During a press conference with Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce, Zaev said that a down-payment has been paid on the first batch of 833,000 vaccines. When they arrive, I will take one, Zaev...
Macedonia 15.12.20 | 14:05

Mickoski: Pendarovski doesn’t have credibility to organize a meeting of party leaders

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that President Stevo Pendarovski has lost all credibility to organize a meeting of party leaders. The President either has no opinion of his own or follows that of one political party. We need to hold a meeting of party leaders to discuss the dispute with...
Macedonia 15.12.20 | 11:35

A mine, a bank, a TV station: Zaev promised Borisov free reign to take over Macedonian companies

In an interview, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski alleged that Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev promised his Bulgarian counterpart the right to take over five major businesses in Macedonia. Nikoloski named only one of the businesses in question – the huge Ilovica copper and gold...
Macedonia 15.12.20 | 08:13

Nikoloski: Zaev plans to replace the historians on the Macedonian – Bulgarian committee with more obedient ones

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski warned that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will try to replace some of the members of the joint committee of historians with Bulgaria, after they refused to accept his orders. Bulgaria demands major concessions and the right to rewrite Macedonian history, but...
Macedonia 15.12.20 | 08:05

Bozinovski: Zaev and Dimitrov wanted all the glory for themselves and now own the failure of the EU negotiations

The Zaev Government bet it all on the issue of EU integration, refused to include the opposition in the process, and now suffered a complete failure, said pollster and commentator Vladimir Bozinovski in an interview with TV24. The veto from Bulgaria is a failure that Zaev and Dimitrov need to own up...
Macedonia 14.12.20 | 16:06

Zaev hopes to placate Bulgaria with a declaration

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he is willing to give a declaration, memorandum or some other type of document that Macedonia has no minority or territorial claims toward Bulgaria. He said that he hopes this will be enough to placate Bulgaria,which is blocking Macedonia’s EU accession We declare...
Macedonia 14.12.20 | 15:57

“Zaev is willing to allow foreign leaders to negotiate over Macedonia”

Zoran Zaev allowed the leader of a foreign country to negotiate on behalf of Macedonia, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski in his address today. This was confirmed by Zaev himself recently, when he said that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov was involved in negotiations with Alexis Tsipras...
Macedonia 14.12.20 | 15:33

Party leaders set to meet and discuss the crisis with Bulgaria before the end of the year

The main parties, VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM, are moving closer toward holding a meeting of party leaders on the crisis with Bulgaria. VMRO demanded such a meeting, where Prime Minister Zoran Zaev would explain what he is doing with regard to the growing crisis, but so far he refused. Today, Zaev said that...
Macedonia 11.12.20 | 18:24

Zaev inadvertently admits many in his family had the coronavirus, but he didn’t go into isolation

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev made an inadvertent confession that much of his family went through the coronavirus, even though he never reported this publicly and did not go into self-isolation. His comments came during the Telma TV interview, when Zaev was elaborating this theory as for how the virus is...
Macedonia 10.12.20 | 23:03

Oliver Spasovski denies thinking about challenging Zaev

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski insisted that he doesn’t see himself as successor to Zoran Zaev in the party. Spasovski, who recently voiced what was for him an unusually divergent tone from Zaev on the dispute with Bulgaria. But when asked by TV21 journalist during his interview, Spasovski claimed...
Macedonia 10.12.20 | 22:49

After his white flag interview aimed at Bulgaria, and his subsequent defiant statements, Zaev now turns melancholy

In his Telma TV interview today, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev swung back toward a more conciliatory mode toward Bulgaria. Zaev was on quite a journey, after accepting all Bulgarian demands, with vigor, in his now infamous BGNES interview three weeks ago, he then quickly morphed into a chest-thumping patriot...
Macedonia 10.12.20 | 22:13

Racket trial evidence proves Zaev intervened to keep a suspected criminal out of detention

Shocking evidence and testimony were presented during the Racket trial today, showing that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev intervened to ensure that a criminal suspect does not go to detention but is sent to house arrest instead. The trial is a continuation of the original Racket trial, during which it was...
Macedonia 09.12.20 | 21:25

Potentially crucial coalition partner criticizes Zaev and Buckovski on Bulgaria

Pavle Trajanov, leader of the small DS party which is allied with SDSM, criticized Zoran Zaev’s claim that Macedonia and Bulgaria have a shared history. The former top police official under Communism and Interior Minister during his alliance with VMRO-DPMNE contributed to the fall of the Gruevski Government...
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