27 February 2018
On the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government is expected to dismiss Jason Miko from the position of Honorary Consul of Macedonia in Tucson, Arizona, USA, to which he was appointed in 2013, BIRN learns. His engagement with VMRO-DPMNE’s government included consulting services for which he was paid from the state budget. […]
12 October 2017
The media in Macedonia is dependent on political influences and are corrupted as well. This is the perception of the citizens that were questioned as part of the “Balcan barometer 2017” – a survey of public opinion in Southeastern Europe, that has been carried out by the Regional Council for Cooperation – an operative body […]
6 September 2017
The Gender Equality Platform calls on candidates for the local elections to commit to gender balance. They recall that in 1996 and 2009, no woman was elected mayor, and in the last local elections, in 2013, 19 mayors more were elected rather than female mayors (76 men versus four women). “Despite the declarative efforts, we […]
31 December 2016
We in Macedonia and the world went through a difficult and turbulent year, but despite the political crisis, it is good that we have preserved economic stability, says the president of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, in his New Year’s greeting to the public. “All of us and the economy need political stability. That kind of political […]
28 June 2016
The work of the Special Public Prosecution is a political calculation, said the former Prime Minister and leader of the VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski, in an interview with the Serbian newspaper “Politika”. “I am even being accused of wanting to leave the country. The SPO should be independent, but now they are fulfilling Zoran Zaev’s wishes […]
30 August 2015
The former President and Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha claims that federalization of Macedonia is the only chance of solving the inter-ethnic crisis. Berisha said for newspaper Gazeta 55 that for there to be stable peace in Macedonia there has to be guaranteed a high regional autonomy from the type seen in countries of […]
22 May 2015
Bombs, protests, arrests, police action in Kumanovo, resignations, gatherings, setting up camps, leadership meetings, negotiations in Brussels…The past few weeks have been full of political developments. Everything happened with great speed, but suddenly stopped. Opposition SDSM put the “bombs” on hold. Civil movement “I protest” doesn’t holds protests, but meetings at the shell in City […]
