Tag: zoran zaev
Macedonia 29.11.21 | 18:47

Zaev-Gashi meeting ended with agreement for cooperation, consultations on government positions underway

Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, and Alternative leader, Afrim Gashi met Monday at the MPs’ Club in Skopje to discuss the prospect of Alternative joining the government and the parliamentary majority. At the meeting, an agreement was reached on the program part of the possible future cooperation expressed...

Macedonia 26.11.21 | 12:22

Gashi to assess at the meeting whether Zaev is lying or really wants to save Macedonia

In an interview with Serbian “Politika”, Alternative leader, Afrim Gashi, pointed out the principles that will play a decisive role in deciding whether to become part of the government, which will be decided today. Here is part of this interview: You have become a decisive factor in resolving...

Macedonia 26.11.21 | 10:10

SDSM membership does not agree that the new leader should be prime minister, much less that they should be Zaev’s choice

The SDSM Central Board is to hold a session on Friday to discuss the resignation of party leader Zoran Zaev. The session was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but was postponed after the Government declared three days of national mourning due to the fatal bus accident in Bulgaria. If the resignation...

Macedonia 24.11.21 | 13:34

Zaev-Donfried: Start of Macedonia’s EU accession talks is geostrategic interest of the US

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev had a phone call late on Tuesday with the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, who on behalf of the government and the people of the United States of America, extended deepest condolences to the Macedonian citizens over tragic bus...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 12:13

All meetings of SDSM party bodies that were supposed to consider Zaev’s resignation canceled

All meetings of the party bodies in SDSM that were supposed to discuss the resignation of the party president Zoran Zaev were canceled, “Sloboden pecat” reported. The meetings of the Central and the Executive Board were canceled due to the horrific bus accident in Bulgaria which claimed the...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 11:39

Zaev-Yanev: This tragedy will have a positive effect on the relations of our two countries

We are together in good times and in bad times, we are immediate neighbors, I consider them our brothers, and we should always be there for each other. This tragedy will have a positive effect on the relations of our two countries, because we help each other and the institutions work together. This...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 10:33

Zaev: Passengers are from Macedonia, one from Presevo, one Belgian national

Experts will determine the cause for the accident. The victims come from Skopje but also other places. They are all Macedonian nationals, along with one citizen of Serbia’s Presevo, who went to Istanbul together with his fiancée from Kumanovo. The list of passengers also includes a Belgian national,...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 08:59

Zaev: Horrific tragedy, victims are mostly young people probably on way back from excursion

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who left for Sofia overnight together with Health Minister Venko Filipce and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, told MIA that one of the survivors has said a loud explosion was heard prior to the accident that claimed at least 45 lives at a motorway in Bulgaria. I am in contact...

Macedonia 22.11.21 | 11:00

Zaev congratulates Albanian Alphabet Day: Let’s celebrate and honor the ethnic and linguistic diversity of our society as our advantage

Let’s celebrate and honor the ethnic and linguistic diversity of our society as our advantage, as our common treasure, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on the occasion of November 22 – the Albanian Alphabet Day. On this day in 1908, the Bitola Congress ended in Bitola, at which the Albanian...

Macedonia 20.11.21 | 17:32

61.8% of the citizens think that Zaev should resign

The Axios Institute in the period from November 10 to November 14 conducted field survey on the territory of the entire Republic of Macedonia. The survey was commissioned by the “Institute for Sociological Research, LOGOS initiative”. The survey was conducted on a sample of 1,123 respondents throughout...

Macedonia 20.11.21 | 15:18

AXIOS: Citizens trust Mickoski more than Zaev – The difference is drastic

The Axios Institute in the period from November 10 to November 14 conducted field survey on the territory of the entire Republic of Macedonia. The survey was commissioned by the “Institute for Sociological Research, LOGOS initiative”. According to the results of the surveyed citizens, we...

Macedonia 19.11.21 | 22:46

Zaev: Our invitation is Alternative to be part of the Government, discussions resume next week

Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said after Friday’s meeting with Alternative leader Afrim Gashi they discussed several aspects that would be contemplated by both parties over the weekend but also among partners in the Government coalition. Our invitation is for Alternative to be part of the...

Macedonia 19.11.21 | 20:03

Zaev: Resignation in the party on Tuesday, SDSM to elect a new leader

At Friday’s meeting with Gashi, Zaev said that he would ask the party to call a meeting on Tuesday, at which he will officially resign. Then the process for electing a new leader of SDSM, who according to Zaev is expected to be prime minister, will begin. Zaev did not answer whether Dimitar Kovacevski...

Macedonia 19.11.21 | 19:56

Gashi: We still do not have a concrete offer – we want to know what the role of Alternative will be

After the meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Alternative leader Afrim Gashi said that they have not received a concrete offer yet. We did not come to discuss specific offers. We got to talk about the concept of how to get out of this crisis and what is the political context of the country in terms...

Macedonia 19.11.21 | 19:40

Details of the tense meeting between Zoran Zaev and Afrim Gashi

Outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held Friday a meeting with the leader of Alternative, Afrim Gashi. The meeting took place to start talks on Alternative’s possible participation in the government , because it is already known that the ruling coalition and the opposition have 60 MPs each and neither...

Macedonia 19.11.21 | 16:49

Dimitar Kovacevski will be the new prime minister?

Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovacevski is the third person sitting at the table with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Alternative leader Afrim Gashi. Kovacevski’s presence at the meeting in the Club of MPs is important, especially after TV21 announced last night that there will be three chairs...

Macedonia 19.11.21 | 16:38

Zaev – Duda: Macedonia should immediately start negotiations with the EU to confirm that the European project is alive and attractive

The Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani, today hosted a working lunch organized in honor of the President of Poland Andrzej Duda, who is paying an official visit to Macedonia. Prime Minister Zaev thanked President Duda for the encouraging messages he...

Macedonia 18.11.21 | 17:51

Will Gashi and Alternative become like Zaev and show that their word is worthless

The speculations among the public are getting louder that Afrim Gashi’s Alternative might join the SDSM /DUI coalition and thus secure the majority of the government after BESA left the coalition. After the drama that took place last week, from which the ratio of MPs in the Parliament is 60:60,...

Macedonia 16.11.21 | 14:28

Zaev: Besa is still part of the Government

The resignations of the Besa movement officials have not been verified yet, which a priori means that they are still part of the Government, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told “Sloboden pecat”. Of course, Besa is part of the Government. The Parliament has not confirmed the resignation of Minister...

Macedonia 16.11.21 | 14:07

The Zaev family rules Macedonia, only they profit from the fact that we are doing worst in everything

It is not known what the future will be like when it comes to Zoran Zaev, but we have our own plans. VMRO-DPMNE is a pro-European and pro-NATO party. In 2000, the Prime Minister was Ljubco Georgievski, the first president of VMRO-DPMNE, he signed the Stabilization and Association Agreement. In 2008,...

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