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US Embassy: The new mayors to be transparent, available and responsible
"Strong local government lays the foundation for a vibrant democracy. We encourage the newly elected mayors and counselors to be open, responsive, and accountable to the citizens of their municipalities," said in this addressing the US Embassy about the local elections.
The embassy states that the cooperation with the municipalities, organizations and the citizens will continue in order...
EC: New mayors will get a clear mandate, all leaders must act responsibly
Local elections in Macedonia give a clear mandate to the new mayors and members of the municipals councils on how citizens would like their local government to be shaped in their municipalities, said European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijančič today.
According to her, the focus should now be on moving the EU reform agenda forward through an inclusive proces, in the...
US Embassy: Elections were held in a calm atmosphere, all irregularities to be investigated immediately
The US Embassy in Macedonia in a statement it gave to "Meta" agency remarked that the first round of the local elections yesterday has passed in a peaceful and calm manner.
They urge citizens if they have met any irregularities and misuse to report them immediately, and the officials to investigate them accordingly.
"The U.S. Embassy commends the citizens...
SEC: Voter turnout until 13:00h is at 27.11%
At its second press conference, The State Election Commission informed that until 13:00h, the voter turnout was at 27.11% on the level of the whole state.
The voter turnout in Skopje was 29.17 %.
In municipality of Aerodrom the voter turnout was 35.60, in Bitola 28,85 %, in Butel 28,44 %, in Veles 30,72 %, Gazi Baba 29,34 %,...
MOI: Seven reports of bribery while voting takes place without serious problems
Interior Ministry spokesman Toni Angelovski at a press conference today said that there have been seven reports of bribery and irregularties at several polling stations.
According to him, voting so far is generally taking place without serious problems and without disturbing the public order and peace.
Angelovski did not give more details about the bribery reports, he only informed that the...
“Most”: Delays at certain polling stations and in Struga, a voter photographed the ballots
Civil association "Most", at the start of the voting at the local elections have noticed delays in the opening of polling stations, cutting off ballots along with the books, non-functional UV lamps and photographing of ballots.
Four polling stations located in the primary school "Cyril and Methodius" in the village of Zletovo, municipality Probishtip were open with a 15-minute delay...
Poll: Trajanovski and Shilegov will most likely run in the second round of the mayoral elections
The mayoral elections in Skopje will be unpredictable shows the telephone poll that was conducted in the period between the 23rd of September and the 2nd of October and was carried out by "M Prospekt" on request by Telma TV and MCMS on a specimen of 1.560 examinees, with a statistical error of 2.5%.
According to the data,...
Civil organization “Most” condemns the violence in the local elections campaign
The civil organization Most has condemned today the violence of any kind and has called upon the participants in the elections to withhold themselves of misuse of these or similar events and the competent institutions to investigate the incidents thoroughly.
The association states that during the campaign they have noticed several isolated cases of misuse of public resources mostly...
Bogojeski: Gruevski defends the interests of a dozen people
Nikola Gruevski defends the interests of a dozen people, and the steps he takes reminds of Slobodan Milosevic's time, says Petar Bogojeski, about VMRO-DPMNE, from the Initiative for Reform and Democratization in an interview with the Bulgarian news agency BGNES.
“Nikola Gruevski's "New Era" in Macedonia is comparable to that of Milosevic, but in no case can talk about a...
Zaev in Prilep announces municipal debates and a friendly campaign
Today, in Prilep, the leader of SDSM and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced his party’s campaign - municipal debates. The first one opened today at noon in the town under Markovite Kuli (Marko’s Towers) and said that by doing this, the campaign of SDSM and the coalition receives "a new modern style and format".
“I am glad that today, we...
There is an open window for talks about the name dispute, said Kotzias after the meeting with Guterres
Macedonia and the name dispute were one of the subjects that last night in New York were discussed by the Head of the Greek Diplomacy, NikosKotzias and the UN's General Secretary, Antonio Guterres.
As the Greek MFA announced, regarding the name dispute and the talks with the mediation of the Matthew Niemtiz, Kotzias has said that "there is an...
Zaev – Žbogar: In Brussels there is a great optimism because Macedonia is going forward
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has met today with the EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar and during the meeting, Zaev has stated that the Government is determined to build a quality life for all of its citizens. The Eu Ambassador, informs the Government, has said that in Brussels there is a great optimism about Macedonia's future steps and that the country...
Taravari is running for mayor in Gostivar
The Minister of Health, Arben Taravari will be running for mayor for the Albanian Alliance in Gostivar, reported the web portal “SDK”.
According to sources from within Zijadin Sela’s party, after the unsuccessful negotiations with the Besa Movement for a joint appearance in the upcoming local elections, they decided to perform independently in Gostivar and they chose their candidate as...
SEC’s Timetable: Who, when and what needs to be done by the local elections
Today, the State Election Commission (SEC) adopted a timetable for the local elections, if elections are to be held on October the 15th, the second round will be on October the 29th, while political parties should submit their lists of candidates by September the 9th, the latest.
The voter list will be open to the public by August the 21st...
Xhaferi has called for local elections and has stated that all participants must obey the laws
The President of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, exactly on noon signed the decision for calling for local elections that will take place on the 15th of October.
Xhaferi appealed to all participants, before and during the elections, to behave in accordance with the Constitution and the legal enactments, and the institutions to contribute for the elections to happen in...
Tomorrow Xhaferi will announce the local elections at 12:00 pm in Parliament
Tomorrow, Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, will officially announce the local elections, which should be held on October the 5th, 2017, informed the Speaker’s cabinet.
“The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Talat Xhaferi, on August the 6th, on Sunday, at 12:00 pm, will sign a Resolution for the official announcement of the elections of members of the municipalities and the council of...
Constitutional court will discuss on Wednesday the extension of the mayors’ mandates
On the 10th of May, the Constitutional court of the Republic of Macedonia will discuss the initiatives for canceling two articles from the Law for local municipalities and the Election Code which in turn would allow the mayors and the councilors to remain in their functions until local elections are organized.
Apparently, the court announced today that with the...
Local elections, SPO and the wiretapping are not on the agenda for the Constitutional Court on May the 10th
On the daily agenda for the session, there are no key initiatives that interest the public, like those on the Law on the Special Public Prosecutor, local elections and the wiretapping through telecom operators.
The most recent of these are the two initiatives submitted by the Ministry of Local Self-Government and the World Macedonian Congress (WMC) requiring the abolition of...
Petition by the municipalities from Eastern Macedonia for rescheduling a new date for local elections
The Mayors of the municipalities from Eastern Macedonia with a petition are asking for the Association of the Units of Local Self-Government of RM (ZELS) to make changes in the Election code in order to change the local election date.
According to the mayors, the changes will allow a normal and legal functioning of the municipalities. In contrary, after 15th...
Dimitriev: New elections are the only solution for the crisis
The acting Prime Minister, Emil Dimitriev, on today’s visit to Delchevo, repeated VMRO-DPMNE’s position that early parliamentary elections should be organized alongside the local elections, and it is the only solution for the political crisis.
Dimitriev stressed that the post-electoral discussions, according to him, go deep into the constitutional order, and those weren’t part of the pre-election campaign or weren’t discussed...
