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An incident between Macedonians and Albanians in Skopje, shots fired from firearms

A number of gunfire shots, a scuffle with stones and bottles hurled, as well as verbal and physical violence took place yesterday evening during the protest in the capital Skopje against the European proposal for the start of the negotiations for North Macedonia's EU membership. The opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski accused that there was a police set-up and an attempt...

Anti-EU protests in capital of North Macedonia, today new calls for violence

The anti-EU protest in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, that are openly supported by the opposition parties VMRO-DPMNE and Levica, will continue today, starting from the street in front of the Government and will continue across the Goce Delchev Bridge toward Mavrovka, then to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ministry and will end in front of the Parliament. The...

5 years since the Bloody Thursday rampage in North Macedonia: Instead of peaceful transfer of power – effort for imposing complete dictatorship!

Today marks the 5th anniversary since the "Bloody Thursday", or the rampage in the Parliament of Macedonia (Now: North Macedonia) that occurred on the 27th of April 2017 when a group of people, including members of the security services, stormed the Parliament under the dictate of the then ruling party VMRO-DPMNE wanting to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. It...

Counterspin: High gas import prices are not related to North Macedonia government”s negotiation capabilities

The claim of VMRO-DPMNE that the Government did not provide low gas prices, unlike “all governments in the region and the world” is a spin. The price of imported natural gas depends very little on the government’s negotiating capabilities, writes Truthmeter.mk. We republish below Truthmeter's article under our syndication agreement: Author: Goran Lefkov   The political party VMRO-DPMNE in a statement published on...

United Macedonia: Bad local elections results a result of our self-sacrifice for VMRO-DPMNE

The pro-Russian party "United Macedonia" says that that its bad results at the last local elections in North Macedonia, among other things, are due to their "self-sacrifice" and support of VMRO-DPMNE's candidates. As was announced by the party, the party resident Janko Bachev had a meeting with the 33 election lists leaders and had discussions about the election results and...

North Macedonia prime minister Zoran Zaev resigns after local elections defeat

Zoran Zaev, the incumbent prime minister of North Macedonia yesterday in a late night press conference resigned from his prime ministerial post and also from the post of the president of the SDSM political party, after the defeat of his party in the second round of the local elections. However, he remains adamant that early parliamentary elections are not...

The census in North Macedonia will be postponed to September

During the Leaders' meeting yesterday between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the opposition party's leader Hristijan Mickoski, it was agreed that the census in North Macedonia will be postponed from April to September, i.e between the 5th and 30th of September this year. This is the key issue that the leaders of the biggest political parties have agreed upon. VMRO-DPMNE...

The ruling party and the opposition in North Macedonia disagree on the proposed BRT for Skopje

After four months in "the parliamentary labyrinths", Government's draft law for taking a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for construction of two Bus Rapid Transit lines in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, yesterday finally passed through the Financing and Budget Committee's filters. The Government finalized the draft-law for rapid bus transit (RBT) in mid-November...

VMRO-DPMNE with two congresses, Mickoski in November and the Initiative for Changes in March

The several month-long disagreements between the current leadership by Hristijan Mickoski and the Initiative Board for Convening an Extraordinary Congress of VMRO-DPMNE, has resulted in two different dates and two different congresses. Afterthe Initiative board scheduled the party's congress on the 28th of March, yesterday evening VMRO-DPMNE's Central Committee rejected this initiative and decided for the party's regular congress...

Hristijan Mickoski will try to collect signatures to postpone the census, SDSM defiant

Opposition party VMRO-DPMNE announced it will not recognize the results from the census in North Macedonia if it is implemented according to the draft law for the census that entered the parliament today. Party's president Hristijan Mickoski announced during a press conference that the party will start with collecting signatures for the adoption of a new draft law that will...

IMF says National Bank of RNM acted accordingly with Eurostandard Bank, the opposition requests oversight hearing

The International Monetary Fund's Executive Director Anthony De Lannoy, member of the IMF's Executive Board for North Macedonia, remarked that the National Bank of North Macedonia (NBNM) has acted correctly regarding the revocation of Eurostandard Bank's banking licence and requesting bankruptcy procedure. He stressed that during the meeting with the teams of both the NBNM and the Finance Ministry...

Court rejects Public Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska’s lawsuit against VMRO-DPMNE

The Basic Civil Skopje rejected the slander charges that Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed against Igor Janushev and Hristijan Mickoski i.e. against the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE. The request was rejected and the parties will receive a written verdict in a period of eight days,in which the decision will be detailed. Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed slander charges against the opposition party because...

Al Jazeera Balkan’s crew attacked during VMRO-DPMNE’s protest in Skopje, one suspect detained by police

During yesterday's protest organized by VMRO-DPMNE, journalist Milka Smilevska and cameramen Jorde Angelovik were attacked and were prevented from doing their work. While they were taking a statement from one of the protesters, the attacker firstly asked Smilevska whether she reports for Al Jazeera Balkans and then pushed her microphone. "The police have detained the perpetrator and will press charges....

Skopje with biggest drop in voter turnout, VMRO-DPMNE’s coalition has 1.660 votes more than “Mozheme” coalition (Infographic)

There was a low voter turnout in Skopje in the parliamentary elections in North Macedonia that took place on the 15th of July, but also a narrow election race between the two main competitors - the SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE-led coalitions. Is it because of the dissatisfaction with the political parties' work or the fear of catching COVID-19? These are...

Zaev: We have a stable advantage of three seats over VMRO-DPMNE

At around 2 a.m, SDSM's President Zoran Zaev, held a press conference and announced that the "Mozheme" (We Can) coalition has a "convincing and stable advantage of more than three seats over VMRO-DPMNE". He said there is a possibility for that difference to increase either by one or two seats more. "The people's will was confirmed. We are winning. The...

Before the elections, the political parties give numerous promises about infrastructure projects

The two biggest political parties in North Macedonia give similar promises concerning the development of the infrastructure in the next four years if they are given the mandate by the citizens to form the new government. The coalitions "Mozheme" (We Can), led by SDSM and "Obnova za Makedonija" (Renewal for Macedonia) led by VMRO-DPMNE put a stress on the...

“This is madness”, cry the environmentalists against the new mines promissed in the electoral campaign

The concern among the environmental activists who fight against the mines in the Southeastern part of North Macedonia increased when during its election campaign VMRO-DPMNE revealed its stances about the development of the country's mining capacities as was shown in their election program. The program reveals the opening of five mines as a priority: Lojane-Lipkovo, Kadiica- Pehcevo, Plavica, Tajmishte and...

A newly leaked audio recording of Mickoski and Kicheec: Sasho provided 5.000 EUR twice for the buses for the rally on the 2nd of June

A new audio recording was posted today on YouTube from a user name "Racket", in whichs the voices of VMRO-DPMNE's party leader Hristijan Mickoski and Zoran Mileski - Kicheec, who is one of the convicts in the Racket case, can be heard. The conversation lasts 23 seconds, and it seems that Mileski and Mickoski are discussing ways of paying the...

Finally an agreement between party leaders Zaev and Mickoski: The elections will be held on July15

The leaders of the two biggest political parties in North Macedonia, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, Zoran Zaev and Hristijan Mickoski, have finally managed to reach an agreement regarding the date of the parliamentary elections. The voting will take place on the 15th of July. In a press conference Zaev said that the state and the people have to be saved...

Η ακαδημαϊκός Κιουλάβκοβα δημοσιεύσε tweet με ομιλία μίσους, το οποίο έσβησε λίγες ώρες αργότερα

Η ακαδημαϊκός Κάτιτσα Κιουλάβκοβα, μέλος της Μακεδονικής Ακαδημίας Επιστημών και Καλών Τεχνών (MANU) προκάλεσε μεγάλη δυσαρέσκεια στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα όταν δημοσίευσε tweet με το οποίο ανέφερε απόψεις οι οποίες εκτιμήθηκαν ως εθνικιστικές και σοβινιστικές. Η Κιουλάβκοβα στις 6 Ιουνίου 2020, στο προφίλ της στο Twitter δημοσιεύσε tweet με την φράση „Το κόστος της συμβίωσης το πληρώνουμε με ζωές“, άποψη της...