10 January 2017
Yesterday, the VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski, received a fifth mandate from President Gjorge Ivanov, to form a government with parliamentary figure of 51 MPs in the home of legislature. This it not the first time a candidate party who won the elections with a larger number of seats receives the mandate to form a government, […]
13 December 2016
According to the preliminary results from Macedonia State Election Commission for yesterday’s early parliamentary elections,VMRO-DPMNE won two seats more than SDSM. The President of the SEC, Aleksandar Chichakovski, said that according to the preliminary results, VMRO-DPMNE won 51 seats, SDSM 49 seats, DUI 10 the Besa Movement 5, the Alliance of Albanians 3, and the […]
12 December 2016
The two leading political parties in the Macedonian bloc, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE tonight both declared victory in the early parliamentary elections and called for celebrations. “On behalf of the central headquarters of the SDSM, we urge you all to come out to the Government to celebrate this great victory”, said tonight Stefan Bogoev from the […]
2 December 2016
The State Election Commission has published the financial reports of the political parties from the beginning of the election campaign until the November 30th, that the parties, according to the deadline, submitted yesterday to the SEC, the State Auditor and the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (DKSK). From the parties’ reports, the most […]
26 November 2016
The difference between the main Macedonian political parties is 4.8%, according to a poll commissioned by “Telma” TV and conducted by the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis and MCMS. If the elections were held tomorrow, VMRO-DPMNE would have 23.7% of the vote, 18,9% would vote for SDSM, 6.2% for DUI, 3.3% for DPA, 1.2% for […]
31 August 2016
The leader of the VMRO-DPMNE party, Nikola Gruevski left today’s leaders’ meeting early at the MPs clubhouse where details are being discussed regarding the elections which are expected to be held in December. He said that his party had accepted all conditions the SDSM had proposed only so they will not have the opportunity of […]
12 July 2016
Today’s negotiations over the cleansing of the electoral roll and reforms to the media between the working groups of the political parties and Ambassadors Aivo Orav and Jess Baily came to an end without an agreement. US Ambassador, Jess Baily, said he was not disappointed because sometimes to reach an agreement, time is needed. “We […]
13 June 2016
Brussels is hoping that Macedonian political party leaders will show initiative and convene a leaders’ meeting where they can, hopefully, reach some kind of an agreement, whereby fair elections can be organized. The European Commission said that they are in constant contact with all the concerned parties and are closely monitoring any developments in Macedonia. […]
20 May 2016
My position is the same as the last statement by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. That means state interests should be placed above politics said the German special envoy Johannes Haindl after meeting with leaders from the DUI and DPA parties, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci in […]
13 May 2016
“We havn’t agreed to anything concrete, this is just the beginning of talks”, stated the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev after his meeting with the German special envoy Johannes Haindl. Straight after Zaev’s meting with Haindl, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti turned up with his Chief of Cabinet Artan Grubi and the Mayor of Tetovo, Teuta Arifi. […]
21 April 2016
Tomorrow’s scheduled meeting of Macedonian leaders in Vienna, where Commissioner Hahn and MEPs, Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Richard Howitt are meant to be in attendance, along with leaders of the four main Macedonian political parties, has been postponed “Meta” has learnt from diplomatic sources. Up to the present moment there has been no official […]
22 March 2016
There is no political climate for fair and democratic elections said the DPA leader Menduh Thaci after meeting with EU Ambassador Aivo Orav. He said his pessimism is based on the SEC’s confusion concerning the voters’ list and the lack of will among political leaders to ease the mutual rhetoric. Thachi announced that the DPA […]
24 January 2016
At the session of the Central Assembly of DPA, they confirmed their participation in the upcoming elections on April 24. “We will come and participate in these elections and will not boycott them, because those who prefer to boycott the elections, the dozen small parties who have been prepared, who are so called ‘Albanian’ parties, […]
11 January 2016
MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan today declined to give any statements or comments after their meeting with SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, saying that they will make a statement tomorrow once they have finished all meetings, with all leaders. The Brussels trio had a meeting at the SDSM headquarters and then headed to the […]
11 January 2016
MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan today at noon will start meetings with representatives of the political parties who are signatories of the Przhino Agreement, announced the EU delegation in Skopje. During the visit, the MEP threesome, along with the EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, who brokered the Agreement, will also meet with the […]
15 December 2015
The party leaders who have all signed the Przhino Agreement, in a joint written statement welcomed today’s agreement on the full composition of the SEC and called on Parliament to appoint Redzep Prekopuca, Atanas Urumov and Aleksander Chicakovski as independent experts in the SEC. “We invite Parliament to finalize the necessary procedures as quickly as […]
5 November 2015
In the MPs Clubhouse the meeting began of the Presidents of VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DPA and DUI, Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci. It is expected that party leaders signatories to the Przino Agreement to have the last word on the disputes on the Law on Government and the Privacy Act. The meeting […]
23 September 2015
“The new party has cost DUI five MP’s. The party had 19 MPs, now there are 14”, said Menduh Thaci, leader of the DPA. He says it is important for Albanians for DUI to leave the coalition and move into the opposition. “If DUI goes into the opposition, that does not mean that the DPA […]
10 September 2015
According to the current reforms of the DPA (Democratic Party for Albanians) the situation has become difficult for the Albanians in Macedonia after affair “Telekom”, and the evidence the court in New York has announced. People in DUI, such as Ali Ahmeti and Musa Xhaferi, the highest ranking within the Party have been mentioned. According […]
21 July 2015
DUI reacted to the allegations that came from the leader of DPA, Menduh Taci. The governing coalition partner DUI are considering Taci’s statements are aimed solely at generating political gains. DUI’s spokesperson Bujar Osmani said it was important for his party that Albanian topics are part of the agenda in all processes that are attended […]
