Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 13.12.21 | 13:12

Bogoev: Zaev will remain an active player in the party even after his resignation

SDSM party official Stefan Bogoev said that he expects to see Zoran Zaaev continue to play an active role in the party, even after he left the leadership position in favor of Dimitar Kovacevski. Zoran Zaev was SDSM President since 2012. That is a very long period of time, especially considering everything...
Macedonia 13.12.21 | 10:50

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev installed a pawn to lead SDSM

The leadership election in SDSM was a farce in which Zoran Zaev appointed a pawn to lead the party, which is still a private business of the Zaev family, VMRO-DPMNE said in a statement following the election of Dimitar Kovacevski as new SDSM party leader. Zaev resigned as leader after losing the October...
Macedonia 13.12.21 | 10:12

Zaev congratulates Dimitar Kovacevski on taking over the SDSM party

After congratulating Dimitar Kovacevski in person, Zoran Zaev also sent out a Facebook message to praise the new leader of his SDSM party. Zaev left SDSM after his major defeat in the local elections in October, and helped install the little known Deputy Finance Minister as party leader, and now is also...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 14:36

Low turnout as SDSM party members choose who will replace Zoran Zaev

Key figures in SDSM voted in today’s election for a new party leader, amid low turnout and drop in interest. SDSM had the number of registered voters drop by more than 17,000, down to about 51,000, from the election in March, when Zaev was named party leader. Turnout by 11h today was just 12 percent,...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 12:31

SDSM leadership election: Turnout was 12 percent at 11h

SDSM official Viktorija Madic said that the party wide vote to elect a new leader, who will replace Zoran Zaev, is proceeding well today. All 194 polling stations across the country opened at 8 in the morning, Madic said, and until 11h turnout was 12 percent. About 51,000 party members registered to...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 11:50

Zaev’s term as SDSM party leader comes to an end

SDSM members are scheduled to hold a party wide vote today to elect a new leader. With this, the 12 years term of Zoran Zaev as leader of the party comes to an end. In his term, Zaev funded the party using his various businesses, and then organized the 2015 Colored Revolution, during which with significant...
Macedonia 11.12.21 | 21:46

Zaev’s term as SDSM party leader ends tomorrow

On Sunday, SDSM is scheduled to hold a party wide vote to elect a new leader. With this, the 12 years term of Zoran Zaev as leader of the party comes to an end. In his term, Zaev funded the party using his various businesses, and then organized the 2015 Colored Revolution, during which with significant...
Macedonia 11.12.21 | 14:36

In less than a year, SDSM “lost” 17,000 party members

In less than a year, the number of SDSM party members who registered to vote for a new leader dropped by 17,000. SDSM elected Zoran Zaev as leader in March, in its first even mass vote in which all party members were eligible. This election had 68,999 registered voters and about 62,000 of them voted. But...
Macedonia 10.12.21 | 22:56

Former SDSM official Ana Daneva condemns Zaev’s plan to expand the Government

Ana Pavlovska – Daneva, a former high level SDSM party official, criticized party leader Zoran Zaev for his announcement to greatly expand the size of the cabinet. Zaev is expected to create numerous new Government departments in an attempt to satisfy both the Alterantive party, whose votes he...
Macedonia 08.12.21 | 22:52

Nikoloski: Zaev’s coalition deal to open court cases proves his long practice of interference in the judiciary

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said that the new coalition agreement between Zoran Zaev and Afrim Gashi, which includes a provision that the Government will reopen a number of ethnically divisive criminal cases – one of which was adjudicated twice already – is proof that the...
Macedonia 08.12.21 | 19:52

Zaev congratulates Olaf Scholz on being named German Chancellor

Zoran Zaev congratulated to Olaf Scholz on being appointed Chancellor of Germany. In his message, Zaev noted the fact that Scholz comes from the German social-democratic SPD party, which is allied with SDSM. – Sincere congratulations to the new German Chancellor, the social-democrat Olaf Scholz....
Macedonia 07.12.21 | 17:30

Zaev’s Turkish partner also feels cheated after his deal with Gashi

After reservations expressed from Zaev’s smaller partners LDP, DOM, NSDP and DS over his new coalition agreement with the Alternative party, critical comments also came from his other ethnic coalition partners. Zaev’s coalition partners dissatisfied with his deal with Gashi, but are unlikely...
Macedonia 06.12.21 | 22:32

Zaev’s coalition partners dissatisfied with his deal with Gashi, but are unlikely to rock the boat

Following their meeting with Zoran Zaev, several of his smaller coalition partners expressed reservations about his plan to include Afrim Gashi’s Alternative party in the Government, for a high price of three Government departments. The move is about to put the number of ethnic Macedonians and...
Macedonia 06.12.21 | 17:28

After Zaev’s deal with Gashi, Macedonia could get a Government where ethnic Macedonians are in the minority

The deal Zoran Zaev reached with Afrim Gashi from the Alternative party to get their support for the fledging SDSM led coalition raised eyebrows in Macedonia for the scale of the concessions Zaev made, especially among Zaev’s other, older partners. Pavle Trajanov, leader of the DS party and one...
Macedonia 02.12.21 | 13:32

A year after the infamous BGNES interview, Zaev is on his way out

A little more than a year has gone by since the infamous BGNES interview, in which Zoran Zaev accepted the key demands made by Bulgaria against Macedonia. The interview caused a deep rift in the SDSM party, and hugely contributed to Zaev’s fall from power, which should be completed in a matter...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 15:19

Zaev and Gashi begin a new round of coalition negotiations

Zoran Zaev and Alternative party leader Afrim Gashi are holding their thid meeting in which they are negotiating expanding Zaev’s coalition, which currently does not have the 61 votes it needs to pass most legislation in Parliament. Zaev is again accompanied by Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovacevski...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 13:02

Zaev’s public frontman Ljupco Zikov calls on the Macedonian to rewrite their historic narrative as price for joining the EU

Ljupco Zikov, director in the failing state owned energy company MEPSO who is fast becoming one of the main public faces of the Zaev regime, came out with a call to Macedonians to thoroughly rewrite their history in exchange for getting Bulgaria to open our EU accession talks. In a TV interview Zikov,...
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 12:45

Angelov: Zaev made a mistake to stake his office on the local elections

Stojance Angelov, whose populist Dignity party is a minor member of Zaev’s coalition, said that he is surprised by Zaev’s resignation and how the Prime Minister made the local elections all about himself. Zaev resigned as SDSM leader and is expected to resign as Prime Minister after losing...
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 09:35

Zaev and Ahmeti got the judiciary to come up with another sentence against Nikola Gruevski

Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was sentenced to another prison term yesterday by the Skopje Appeals Court, over a (non) incident in 2013. Protesters gathered before the Centar municipal building in Skopje to decry plans by the SDSM led Council majority to end the construction of a church in downtown...
Macedonia 29.11.21 | 15:53

Gashi indicates he is ready to support Zaev’s coalition

Alternative party leader Afrim Gashi today strongly indicated that he is ready to join Zoran Zaev’s coalition. The two began their meeting at the Parliament club in Skopje. We would like to form a Government that will work until the end of the term of the Parliament, until 2024, and will open the...
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