Tag: Zaev
Macedonia 16.11.21 | 20:34

“We failed by one vote”

During his Happy TV interview in Belgrade, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski conceded defeat in the attempt to bring down the Zaev Government last week. It happens to the best of us. Unfortunately we failed even though we had 61 votes. One of those who signed the motion later changed his mind....
Macedonia 16.11.21 | 17:11

Gashi’s Alternative Party will meet next week to decide whether to join the Zaev coalition

Afrim Gashi’s Alternative Party will hold a meeting of its central board on Tuesday to discuss whether to join the Zaev Government. The party has four seats in Parliament and is formally part of the opposition bloc – it supported the vote of no confidence in Zaev last week. But after that...
Macedonia 15.11.21 | 15:07

Rexhepi confirms that he was in contact with Zaev

Member of Parliament Kastriot Rexhepi, who went missing last week ahead of the crucial vote of no-confidence in the Zaev Government, tried to avoid responding whether he was in touch with Zoran Zaev during the ordeal. When asked about this during the press conference in the Parliament today, Rexhepi...
Macedonia 15.11.21 | 10:20

With Borisov on the way out, Macedonia will have to negotiate with new leaders in Bulgaria

A newly formed protest party named PP narrowly won the elections in Bulgaria, ahead of the right wing GERB party. This means that after three elections, Boyko Borisov, the politician who signed the Friendship Treaty with Zaev in 2017 only to veto Macedonia’s EU accession talks in 2020, is very...
Macedonia 14.11.21 | 14:26

SDSM official says that Zaev still intends to resign, but can’t say when

SDSM member of Parliament Slavjanka Petrovska – a Zaev loyalist – said today that Zaev will definitely resign as he promised after losing the local elections. Petrovska did not specify when will this happen, as Zaev resorted to thug tactics last week to prevent a vote of no confidence in...
Macedonia 13.11.21 | 11:36

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev’s Government lost all its legitimacy

The Zaev Government kidnapped a member of Parliament to allow him remain in power and continue to rob our country. Zaev lost the local elections by more than 100,000 votes and lost 40 municipalities, meaning that his future reign will be short lived, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release. Zaev survived...
Macedonia 12.11.21 | 18:59

Zaev’s expression made it look like it is he who is held against his will

One of the most commented developments from the crisis situation yesterday, when an opposition member of Parliament was apparently kidnapped or otherwise prevented from casting a vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government was his face when he finally entered the Parliament late in the evening. Zaev...
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 23:24

“Zaev will leave politics in a matter of months”

President Stevo Pendarovski predicts that, regardless of the outcome of the vote of no confidence tomorrow, Zoran Zaev will be out of politics in a matter of months. Zaev announced that he will resign as both Prime Minister and SDSM party leader after he lost the local elections, but is now backing off...
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 21:48

PM Rutte says that the Netherlands will work with any future Macedonian Government

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that he is not in Macedonia to intervene in the fast developing political crisis, and that the Netherlands will work with any future Macedonian Government, if the Zaev Government collapses tomorrow. Rutte is on a pre-planned tour of the region and his visit to Macedonia...
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 19:58

Pendarovski discussed Zaev’s offer of resignation with Merkel, Stoltenberg

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he discussed Zaev’s planned resignation with European leaders while he was at the climate conference in Glasgow. According to Pendarovski, also outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked him repeatedly why Zaev made the decision and whether it is a good...
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 19:53

Zaev meets with his remaining allies and DUI as the vote of no confidence is expected tomorrow

Zaev is holding a meeting with some of his coalition partners and DUI party representatives this evening, DUI officials told TV24. The meeting comes as a vote of no confidence is scheduled to take place tomorrow at 11h, and the opposition parties seem united and appear to have the necessary 61 votes....
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 19:19

Nikoloski: The Zaev Government will fall tomorrow

The opposition will have the necessary votes to bring down the Zaev Government tomorrow, said Aleksandar Nikoloski, Vice President of the VMRO-DPMNE party, which initiated the creation of a large opposition bloc that grew to a majority in Parliament. We submitted a revised list of representatives who...
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 16:52

Dutch PM Rutte arrives in Macedonia

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte landed in Skopje, as part of his tour of the region. Rutte was welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov at the airport, and then by outgoing (?) Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in front of the Government building. Rutte’s visit coincides with the vote of no confidence...
Macedonia 09.11.21 | 23:39

SDSM party delegates “asked” Zaev to postpone his resignation

Zoran Zaev convened party delegates this evening to give him coverage to postpone his announced resignations as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader. The SDSM Central Board good unanimously to ask Zaev to postpone his resignation, said SDSM official Pero Kostadinov. Given how reluctant Zaev was to make...
Macedonia 09.11.21 | 22:54

Zaev told SDSM party officials he has no intention to resign, will try to survive the vote of no confidence

A number of news outlets close to SDSM are reporting that Zoran Zaev told the Central Board of his party that he will not resign. Zaev announced his resignations as SDSM party leader and Prime Minister after badly losing in the local elections, but then began to delay his move – especially the...
Macedonia 09.11.21 | 21:54

Zaev’s representatives in Parliament may try to postpone the vote of no confidence on Thursday

SDSM members of Parliament and their coalition allies will likely walk out of the building on Thursday, if it looks that the opposition parties have the necessary 61 votes to bring down the Zaev Government. This could help SDSM delay the session, if the opposition representatives are not fully assembled...
Macedonia 08.11.21 | 22:09

SDSM leaders will meet tomorrow as the political crisis deepens

The SDSM Central Board will meet tomorrow evening, to discuss the fast developing political crisis. The party needs to process the resignation Zoran Zaev submitted as party leader, which means that the entire party leadership has also resigned, but it’s not clear how fast they will move on this...
Macedonia 08.11.21 | 22:06

Dutch PM Rutte will visit Macedonia a day before the vote of no confidence in Zoran Zaev

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will visit Macedonia on Wednesday. The unusual announcement comes a day before the scheduled vote of no confidence in Zoran Zaev. Zaev’s officials and supporters in the media were publicly calling on international officials to come to his aid in the growing political...
Macedonia 08.11.21 | 18:50

After days in hiding, Zaev arrives in the Parliament for a meeting with Ahmeti and Xhaferi

After missing from the public’s eye for a week, Zoran Zaev is today reportedly in the Parliament, for a meeting with DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti. This comes as the opposition parties initiated a vote of no confidence in Zaev’s Government and even DUI, which stood by Zaev until now, empowered...
Macedonia 08.11.21 | 17:13

Vote of no confidence in Zaev set at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi scheduled a vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government for November 11th, precisely at 11h. The vote comes after the joint opposition, led by VMRO-DPMNE, submitted 61 signatures supporting their demand, and as Zoran Zaev apparently plans to retract his announced resignation....
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