Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 25.10.20 | 20:47

Zaev sees no need for a new treaty with Bulgaria, is open to a clarifying statement or declaration

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he sees no need for a new treaty with Bulgaria, but that he is open to a statement or declaration that would go in more detail on issues Bulgaria wants clarified. His comment comes after the speculations that Bulgaria wants a new treaty, one which will include constitutional...
Macedonia 25.10.20 | 10:37

SDSM holds a Zoom party congress

The ruling SDSM party is holding an online party congress today. The party announced its delegates will log on through Zoom for the 25th congress in its history since Macedonian independence. A portion of the congress will be open to the public, and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will give a press conference...
Macedonia 20.10.20 | 14:44

Serbian bishop blasts Zaev for turning to Patriarch Bartholomew in his latest church recognition attempt

Zoran Vraniskovski, former bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) who has sided with the Serbian church, accosted Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for trying to secure the recognition of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Zaev and President Pendarovski sent letters to Bartholomew asking him to recognize...
Macedonia 20.10.20 | 13:39

Zaev says no need for a new treaty with Bulgaria, wants a solution that will recognize the Macedonian language and people

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he expects any solution to historic disputes with Bulgaria to focus on the fact that Bulgaria recognizes the Macedonian language and the Macedonian people. As Bulgaria wants concessions on historic figures such as Goce Delcev, who their side considers a Bulgarian,...
Macedonia 19.10.20 | 12:05

“Zaev acts like a feudal lord, giving mining contracts to his brother and cousin”

Zoran Zaev treats Macedonia as a feudal fief, handing mining contracts to his relatives, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski, after the latest scandal in which the Government approved a mining contract to companies ran by Zaev’s brother Vice and cousin Trajce Zaev. The government grants...
Macedonia 19.10.20 | 11:34

Kathimerini reports on the growing dispute between Macedonia and Bulgaria

Greek daily Kathimerini believes that Zoran Zaev does not actually fear that Bulgaria will actually block Macedonia from opening the EU accession talks. The paper reports on the growing dispute, and how Bulgaria is now taking up the role Greece played in blocking Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration,...
Macedonia Economy 16.10.20 | 19:18

IMF predicts a 5.4 percent contraction, one percent greater than what Zaev estimated

A new report from the International Monetary Fund estimates that the Macedonian economy will decline by 5.4 percent in 2020. This flies in the face of the comments made by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, that the contraction will amount to 4.4 percent. In April, before the extent of the pandemic was fully...
Macedonia 15.10.20 | 20:30

Zaev Government ignores report on illegal construction in the Skopje old bazaar, which also claimed a club that was the hotbed of his Colored Revolution

A report from state construction inspectors submitted to the Government that details unlawful commercial builds in the old Skopje bazaar was ignored by the Government and today Prime Minister Zoran Zaev confirmed that it will not be acted upon. This comes after the Government dramatically demolished...
Macedonia 15.10.20 | 18:53

Zaev again offers to visit Bulgaria after the failed mission of his Foreign Minister Osmani

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev publicly offered to visit Bulgaria, even as the Bulgarian authorities appear unprepared to welcome him. Zaev said that he is in contact with the authorities in Sofia for his visit a month ago, and he dispatched his Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani there last week, only to be forced...
Macedonia 15.10.20 | 18:20

Hoxha denies reports that his Alternative party will join the Zaev Government

Afrim Gashi from the Alternative party denied that the party is considering joining the Zaev Government and bolstering its very thin majority. Zoran Zaev today said that he is in talks to enlarge the majority by between 3 and 6 members of Parliament, and his Agriculture Minister Arianit Hoxha added that...
Macedonia 15.10.20 | 17:49

Zaev insists that the census will be held in April, even without support from the opposition

After opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski said that his VMRO-DPMNE party will not support a census organized without its involvement, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev insisted that the census will take place in April 2021. We need to get this thing off our chest. The census needs to be held due to even development,...
Macedonia 14.10.20 | 18:32

Zaev again announces marijuana legalization move that would benefit his family businesses

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev attended the opening of a new cannabis plant near Skopje, an investment from the NYSK holding company, and announced that he will renew his push to allow companies to sell dried cannabis flowers. Zaev’s own family and close friends have moved strongly into the marijuana...
Macedonia 14.10.20 | 16:50

Anti-Corruption Commission wants to interrogate Zaev’s lieutenant Den Doncev

The state Anti-Corruption Commission called on the former head of the FZOM public healthcare fund Den Doncev to testify before them and explain his actions in several major corruption scandals that broke during his term in office. Doncev was accused of extorting money from a major dialysis provider,...
Macedonia 13.10.20 | 22:25

Mass VMRO protests against Zaev’s corruption and the economic hardship

Hundreds of cars joined the three drive – through protests call for by the VMRO-DPMNE party in Skopje, Prilep and Ohrid this afternoon. Protesters decked their cars with Macedonian and EU flags, as well as stickers and signs aimed at the high level corruption cases involving the Zaev Government....
Macedonia 12.10.20 | 15:25

Mafia fixer linked to Zaev set to begin serving out his prison sentence

Zoran Mileski – Zoki Kiceec, the mafia fixer who is a major part of the Racket scandal and of the growing Daka scandal, said that he will report to the Idrizovo prison today to begin serving out his three years sentence. Kiceec was asked by the press whether he really demanded that the serving...
Macedonia 11.10.20 | 20:29

Bulgarian member of the European Parliament threatens Zaev with veto over his celebration of October 11

Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev strongly denounced Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for celebrating October 11, the day of the World War Two uprising against Bulgarian occupation forces in Macedonia. Zaev posted a meek message for what is one of the main holidays in Macedonia...
Macedonia 11.10.20 | 16:38

Be prepared for a Bulgarian veto, Zaev tells the country

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev warned the country to be prepared for a bad outcome as Bulgaria threatens to block the opening of EU accession talks. Zaev sent his Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani to Sofia for a meeting with his counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva that was crashed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko...
Macedonia 09.10.20 | 14:38

Mickoski blasts Zaev for the on-going economic collapse

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski urged the citizens to show up for the protest taking place this evening. Protesters will march between the Justice Ministry and the Public Administration Ministry in protest against political revenge attacks and pressures and the mishandling of the coronavirus...
Macedonia 09.10.20 | 12:28

Zoran Zaev is behind the scandalous real-estate development in Tetovo worth 200 million EUR, Nikoloski says

Zoran Zaev and his confidant Dragi Raskovski are behind the major real-estate development in Tetovo that is pursued by a controversial Montenegrin businessman said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski. Nikoloski was the first to blow the whistle about the major development that was approved...
Macedonia 09.10.20 | 10:57

NATO will give 1.4 million EUR in coronavirus aid to Macedonia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg pledged 1.4 million EUR in support for Macedonia to combat the coronavirus epidemic. The gesture was announced during the visit by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to Brussels, on his first official trip in his second term. Zaev and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska...
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