Tag: Zaev
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....
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 16:01

Zaev still hasn’t resigned, SDSM informs that once he does, it will apply to the whole party leadership

Day five since the announced resignation of Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev he still hasn’t deposited the resignation to the Parliament, where VMRO-DPMNE is reportedly launching proceedings for a vote of no confidence. Zaev has also avoided public appearances. In the meantime, his SDSM...
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 11:45

Mickoski vs Zaev: The tables have turned

Even if SDSM manages to somehow remain on top of its narrow majority in Parliament, the crisis the party is in shows how remarkably the balance of power has changed in Macedonia. As recently as half a year ago, SDSM rejoiced in causing trouble within VMRO-DPMNE and was trying to stir factions and remove...
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 11:09

Justice Minister Maricic refuses to answer whether he wants to replace Zaev as Prime Minister

Justice Minister Bojan Maricic, who is being mentioned as a possible heir to Zoran Zaev as Prime Minister, told the press that the current priority is to preserve the narrow SDSM led majority in Parliament as Zaev is expected to resign as Prime Minister and SDSM leader. The will of all coalition partners...
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 08:55

Zaev resignation watch: Day five

Five days after Zoran Zaev announced his resignation as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader, he still hasn’t submitted it to the Parliament. Zaev made the announcement on Sunday, after his SDSM party badly lost in the local elections. His resignation would mean that the entire Government has resigned. Still,...
Macedonia 04.11.21 | 15:55

Ahmeti determined to have an Albanian appointed Prime Minister at the end of the Government’s term, is still trying to change Zaev’s mind about resigning

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti told “Sloboden Pecat” that he expects Zoran Zaev to keep his word and ensure that an ethnic Albanian candidate is made Prime Minister for the last 100 days of the Government. Zaev intends to resign in the coming days after losing the local elections, and this has...
Macedonia 04.11.21 | 14:46

Zaev refuses to answer whether he’ll keep his promise to inaugurate an ethnic Albanian as Prime Minister

Zoran Zaev today refused to discuss what his announced resignation will mean for a key promise he made to his coalition partner DUI – that an ethnic Albanian will be named Prime Minister in the last 100 days of the Government. Zaev announced his resignation following the serious defeat in the local...
Macedonia 04.11.21 | 13:34

Kovacki: Zaev and SDSM created the crisis, they can’t lead the country out of it

Macedonia is stuck in a healthcare, economic and energy crisis under Zoran Zaev, and he and his Government can’t provide the solutions out of the systemic crises, said VMRO-DPMNE official Dragan Kovacki, as the two main parties are disputing whether to hold early elections or whether Zaev’s...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 15:55

Foreign Minister Osmani says there should be no early elections

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani reiterated the DUI party position that the Zaev Government should remain in place. Osmani spoke after VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski called for early elections, in light of the collapse of Zoran Zaev’s political career. All the coalition partners said that they...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 13:37

After Zaev’s political collapse, Mickoski demands that early elections are held without delay

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called for early general elections to be held quickly, so that Macedonia will have a fully legitimate Government. The call comes after VMRO won a great victory over SDSM in the local elections and Zoran Zaev announced that he will resign as Prime Minister and SDSM...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 12:53

“Crvenkovski and Sekerinska brought down Zaev”

According to Pande Kolemisevski, the long serving head of the once powerful state run “Nova Makedonija” printing house, the political collapse of Zoran Zaev is due mostly to his infamous BGNES interview a year ago, in which he agreed to the main Bulgarian demands. The interview was a wake-up...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 12:12

Selmani: Zaev overpromised and underdelivered to the people, fumbled the talks with Bulgaria

Journalist Naser Selmani attributed the dramatic drop in support for the SDSM party and its leader Zoran Zaev to the betrayed promises he made and the misplaced expectation that the US or the EU will pressure Bulgaria into allowing Macedonia to open its EU accession talks Zaev promised too much and delivered...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 09:42

“Zaev gave away everything and got nothing from the West”

Zoran Zaev gave away everything he was asked to give, and in the end did not get the desired opening of EU accession talks, notes Serbian professor Leon Cohen, after Zaev’s defeat in the local elections in Macedonia and announced resignation as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader. Zaev played...
Macedonia 02.11.21 | 15:03

Bulgaria condemns Zaev for his brutal election campaign attacks

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry condemned the brutal pre-election campaign that Zoran Zaev and his SDSM party directed against the newly elected Mayor of Skopje Danela Arsovska. Faced with defeat in the local elections, Zaev announced that he will resign as Prime Minister if Arsovska beats his candidate...
Macedonia 02.11.21 | 15:00

DUI wants Zaev to remain Prime Minister because nobody else would accept the Bulgarian demands

A comment made by Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi yesterday, as he urged against the resignation of Zoran Zaev, indicated the main motive behind the push to keep Zaev in office even after his major defeat in the local elections. Grubi said that “only this Government can resolve the dispute with...
Macedonia 02.11.21 | 14:50

“Zaev’s resignation is fake, just like Filipce’s resignation”

Zoran Zaev’s resignation appears similar to the resignation offered by Venko Filipce after the Tetovo hospital fire, said VMRO-DPMNE official Dragan Kovacki. Under public pressure, Filipce offered his resignation for his moral responsibility for the death of 14 patients and their family members,...
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