15 July 2020
During today’s snap parliamentary elections in North Macedonia, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has registered several voting irregularities and offenses throughout the country. The police have registered voters taking photographs of the ballots at polling stations No. 0537 in Debar, 0755 in the village of Osoj, municipality of Kichevo, and 2909 in Skopje. These people […]
8 February 2019
SDSM has not yet defined its position on whether to hold early elections, because the dilemma is whether to go for a new mandate or focus on EU integration and receive a date for accession talks with the EU, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said today. “The dilemma over whether to announce early parliamentary elections is […]
31 January 2019
The presidential elections are likely to be announced on February 8, and the first round will be held on April 21, and the second round on May 5, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said at today’s press briefing. “The Parliament is prepared for the elections and will work until the beginning of the election campaign, to hinder […]
28 December 2017
It is not serious to think that there will be new elections in 2018, because Macedonia is waiting for the processes for the Euro-Atlantic integration and reforms which need to be implemented, said Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi. He expressed hope, that MPs from VMRO-DPMNE will attend the session on January 9th, which will be the […]
30 October 2017
Last night, VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski said that his party did not recognize the local elections, where there had been numerous irregularities, attempts to make a “Bulgarian train”, physical intimidation on farmers, and the administrative sector. “VMRO-DPMNE does not recognize these elections and will never consider them as fair and democratic. In addition to not […]
17 October 2017
I’m not thinking about early parliamentary elections because the local elections are still happening, and our priority is for them to end completely in a regular and proper manner, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at today’s joint press conference with the President of the Councils of Ministers of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Denis Zvizdic. -The results […]
16 May 2017
Today, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski confirmed that political parties had agreed that local elections will be held on October the 15th, this year, and once again urged for new early parliamentary elections to be held together with the local elections. “I believe that things will evolve in the right direction, October the 15th […]
28 February 2017
This afternoon, the OSCE / ODIHR mission released their final report on the parliamentary elections held on December the 11th in Macedonia, which states that it is necessary to continue working on improving the legal framework, and also to take legal measures regarding the threats made against the ambassadors. “Although the parties were generally able […]
11 January 2017
According to the changes in the Electoral code from January 2014, the local elections in Macedonia, instead of the second half of March, will be held in the first half of May, but even this date may be a subject to change since the issues about the local elections are not clearly determined with the […]
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, […]
29 December 2016
Outgoing Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski has scheduled for Friday at 13:00 pm to chair the inaugural session of the new Parliament. “According to Article 63 of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia which stipulates that the newly elected Parliament must hold a constitutive session no later than 20 days after the election was held […]
27 December 2016
In the period of time after the new composition of Parliament, and after the deadline which expires on December 31, there will be a new reality for the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) and for the most important courts in the country – the Supreme Court, the Criminal and Constitutional Court, who left difficult issues to […]
26 December 2016
The re-vote at the polling station 2011 in Tearce was occurring in a peaceful ambiance, with a different dynamic in the voters’ turnout which decreased in the last hours before the ending of the voting, as was said in the preliminary report by the civic association “Most” that was monitoring the –re-vote with two monitors […]
23 December 2016
The Mayor of the municipality of Strumica and leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, at today’s session of the municipality’s council announced that he is resigning as Mayor because he is will be taking another position. Zaev did not announce which position he will be taking, and at the Council’s session, where the budget of the municipality […]
23 December 2016
The Democratic Party of the Albanians’ leader Menduh Tachi, later this afternoon on his official Facebook page announced that he has filed his resignation as president of the party. “Dear friends, I just submitted an irrevocable resignation as president of the party. Until the party’s extraordinary congress, DPA will be managed by the managing council, […]
21 December 2016
The United States Department of State expressed its concerns today, due to the tensions in Macedonia after the early parliamentary elections which were held on the 11th of December, and they called on the leaders of political parties’ to stop the negative rhetoric. “We are concerned about heightened political tensions in Macedonia following the December […]
20 December 2016
The Administrative court has unanimously, with five judges voting ”yes” has accepted VMRO-DPMNE’s appeal and has rejected BESA’s appeal as untidy regarding the voting at polling station 0396/1 in Gostivar that was accepted by SEC and it annulled the votes at this polling station. It’s about Besa’s complaint, according to which someone else has signed […]
19 December 2016
The European Commission today urged the public not to put pressure on the State Election Commission and the judiciary. “The Commission notes the preliminary results and the outcome of the complaints and awaits now the outcome of the appeal processes. The relevant national authorities, including the State Election Commission and the Courts, should be allowed […]
19 December 2016
Political parties SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, before the deadline expires (tonight at midnight), said they would file complaints to the Administrative Court over some of the decisions made by the SEC regarding the course of the voting process in the elections held on December 11. The Administrative Court, however, according to Article 150 of the Electoral […]
19 December 2016
Yesterday, VMRO-DPMNE announced that they are planning to file a lawsuit with the Administrative court because of the decision made by the SEC which approved the BESA Movement’s complaint and annulled the results of the vote in the municipality of Gostivar in Constituency 6. “This illegal decision made by the State Election Commission directly influences […]
