Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 22:37

Zaev’s interview divides some of his staunchest supporters, even within a same family

Zoran Zaev’s comments on Bulgaria caused a rift in an outspoken family of his die-hard supporters. Tanja Milevska, the Macedonian Information Agency correspondent in Brussels, who is normally a staunch supporter of Zaev, criticized the Prime Minister for his comments in which he downplayed the...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 22:27

Pendarovski has no comment on Zaev’s shocking BGNES interview

President Stevo Pendarovski declined questions from the press to comment on the shocking interview Zoran Zaev gave for the Bulgarian BGNES news site. On top of his claims that Bulgaria was not an occupier but merely an administrator in World War Two, and the blurring of lines between the two nations,...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 20:03

Who killed the Macedonian partisans?, Mickoski asks Zaev

Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski, who was first to denounce Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for his shocking interview with BGNES, followed up with a social media post calling on Zaev to explain who killed the Macedonian partisan fighters in World War Two. Mickoski reacts to Zaev’s shocking interview:...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 19:48

Descendant of Mirka Ginova lashes out at Zaev: This fool is harming our country

A descendant of Mirka Ginova, famous socialist fighter during World War Two who was brutally murdered by Greek monarchist forces in 1946, angrily dismissed the comments Zoran Zaev made to the BGNES news site today. Somebody please reel in this fool. He is so illiterate, he shouldn’t be allowed...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 19:38

Ex top SDSM party official blames Zaev of “hate speech against his own people and country”

Zoran Jovanovski, a former top official of the SDSM party and a candidate for party leadership, strongly condemned current leader Zoran Zaev over his shocking BGNES interview, in which he readily agreed to all Bulgarian positions toward Macedonia. One of the statements Zaev made was that private individuals...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 17:54

Some of Zaev’s supporters rush to denounce his comments on Bulgaria

Prominent supporters of Zoran Zaev’s 2015 Colored Revolution are flocking to their social media to express their disgust after in a BGNES interview, Zaev accepted practically all demands from Bulgaria. In the interview, Zaev also absolved Bulgaria of the occupation of Macedonia in World War Two,...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 17:17

Zaev throws Pendarovski under the bus, tells Bulgarian media he misspoke about Todor Zivkov

One of the many politically ground-shaking elements in the interview Zoran Zaev gave to the Bulgarian BGNES agency is his qualification that President Stevo Pendarovski is inexperienced and doesn’t know what he’s talking about. The comment comes as the journalist pressed on a statement from...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 16:59

Mickoski reacts to Zaev’s shocking interview: I warn the Government not to violate the Macedonian national identity

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski addressed the public after the publication of an interview Zoran Zaev gave with the Bulgarian BGNES news agency, in which he gave away a number of strategic positions of national identity and on historic issues. In the interview, Zaev praised Bulgaria for liberating...
Macedonia 24.11.20 | 19:11

Zaev names Muhamed Zekiri as Secretary General of the Government

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will appoint Muhamed Zekiri, the leader of the Albanian wing in his SDSM party, as Secretary General of the Government. Zekiri will replace Dragi Raskovski, who faced numerous corruption allegations during Zaev’s first term. Zekiri has become one of Zaev’s most trusted...
Macedonia Economy 24.11.20 | 18:50

Zaev wants to triple property taxes on second homes, unused land

The Zaev Government announced it will triple property taxes on second homes and unused business space and farmland. Facing an unprecedented 2020 deficit and public debt pushing on 60 percent of GDP, Zaev insisted that this will spur more economic dynamism. The tax will triple for second, third properties,...
Macedonia 23.11.20 | 20:13

Zaev claims that he is close to a deal with Bulgaria

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev insisted that he is “not far” from a deal with Bulgaria, which is blocking the opening of EU accession talks for Macedonia. He insisted that Bulgaria is a great friend of Macedonia, and also implied that it recognizes the Macedonian nation and language – something...
Macedonia 22.11.20 | 16:47

Nikoloski: The blockade from Bulgaria is the result of three years of backsliding under Zaev

The actual reason why Macedonia is not being allowed to open EU accession talks are the numerous and credible corruption allegations about the Zaev regime, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski, who has for years maintained that the accession talks will be delayed for as long as Zaev is...
Macedonia 21.11.20 | 16:52

As Zaev pushes to legalize his marijuana family businesses, experts see few public benefits

As the Zaev regime is again pushing strongly to decriminilize marijuana for recreational use, experts are warning that the country is not prepared for it. Psychiatrist Stavre Gramov says that he may recommend marijuana use to patients suffering from actual illnesses, but that in healthy individuals there...
Macedonia 21.11.20 | 15:50

Bulgarian veto caused a lot of bitterness among us, Zaev tells AFP

In an interview with AFP, Zoran Zaev said that the Bulgarian veto of Macedonia’s EU accession talks caused “lot of bitterness among us” and called the Bulgarian move an “unpleasant surprise”. Zaev dismissed Bulgarian demands that Macedonia acknowledges that the Macedonian...
Macedonia 20.11.20 | 07:54

Zaev removed nine SDSM party local chiefs in possible attempt to preempt corruption allegations

A news site is reporting that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev dismissed nine heads of local branches of his SDSM party. The IPortal did not name the officials, but is reporting that this was done on the initiative of Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski, whose official duty is to “fight corruption”. According...
News 19.11.20 | 15:28

Government will declare a crisis situation for 30 days and will begin to manage privately owned hospitals

President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced that a crisis situation will be declared in Macedonia tomorrow, for a period of 30 days. The two met with the national security council today, convened by Pendarovski, to discuss the spiking number of coronavirus cases in the country. This...
Macedonia 16.11.20 | 12:31

Zaev is off to Berlin for a last minute push on the Bulgarian veto

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is off to Berlin where he will receive an award from the left wing Friedrich Ebert foundation. The purpose of the visit seems to be to make another lobbying attempt to get Germany, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, to pressure Bulgaria into allowing...
Macedonia Economy 16.11.20 | 09:53

Zaev wants to sell the Popova Sapka ski resort

In an interview, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev added the Popova Sapka ski resort to the growing list of public companies he intends to sell off. After the Macedonian Post Office, much of the Macedonian Railways, and the Eurokompozit, OHIS and TEC Negotino announcements, Zaev now claims that he has bidders...
Macedonia Economy 12.11.20 | 19:11

Zaev defends his plan to sell the Macedonian Post Office and other key public companies

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev supported the highly controversial plan to sell off a number of publicly owned companies, including the Macedonian Post Office and much of the Macedonian Railways. His Governemnt is badly strapped for cash, and its mismanagement, and apparent criminal activities, deteriorated...
Macedonia 12.11.20 | 16:53

Zaev insists he won’t come to the Parliament to discuss the dispute with Bulgaria

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev justified his refusal and the refusal of his top diplomats to attend a session of Parliament and discuss the latest developments in the dispute with Bulgaria by saying that he doesn’t want to allow the opposition to score political points. Zaev is facing a Bulgarian veto...
Повеќе
Next Page »

Macedonia News

.