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The Commission for determining a presidential candidate for VMRO-DPMNE yesterday held a session to review the submitted applications for those declaring an interest for presidential candidate, who will participate in the upcoming convention on February 16 in Struga, reported the Vice-President of VMRO-DPMNE, Vlado Misajlovski today. He added that the Commission has confirmed 10 applications were submitted, one of which was submitted after the...

SDSM's Central Board will get together on Friday and a debate about a consensual candidate is underway, replied  Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today at the press conference regarding projects on the road infrastructure when asked about the name of the consensual presidential candidate. He also said that as a party and as a coalition that wants to win at the...

In the Republic of Macedonia, in April, this year, the sixth presidential elections are set to be held. The presidential election, as envisaged by the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, should be announced 60 days before the end of the mandate of the current head of state. The incumbent President Gjorge Ivanov’s second five-year term expires on May...

Until now we haven't talked about the name of the consensual president as we are waiting for the process at the parliament related to the constitutional changes to end and then we shall open a debate, replied Prime Minister Zoran Zaev when he was asked by a journalist whether he has spoken with DUI about potential names that are...

Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi’s office have reacted to the case regarding the President of the Foreign Policy Committee, Antonio Milososki, ie the violation of the Law on Classified Information by the MP, who is Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee. "The President of the Foreign Policy Committee has not received a security certificate for over a year, even though Parliament...

There is no response yet from the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Dr Gjorge Ivanov on the proposal of the Government to accept and fill in the Tool for Transparency, Accountability and Responsible Governance”, and,by neglecting that, he is refusing to inform the public about hisexpenditure, the Macedonian Government alleges. “In a letter sent on 26 May, the Minister...

Seven days after the Law on the Use of Languages was voted in Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, and President Gjorge Ivanov has refused to sign the Decree for its entry into force, and now it is still not clear what will happen further on. Such a situation has not been foreseen by the Constitution, which, although it says...

The Government is expected to prepare its official website in Albanian and English within two months. "According to the current dynamics and plan, we expect the government website to begin publishing content in Albanian and English in two months time," reported the government press service to Portalb.mk regarding why the website is only in the Macedonian language. The government says that...

The opposition party Besa is in a deep discord after two parallel meetings of the highest party organ, the Central Council - one in Skopje and another in Tetovo – where diametrical opposed decisions were made. Bilal Kasami was replaced at the rally in Skopje due to the "political decline of the party" and a congress was announced on...

In the 50-minute speech in Parliament among MPs and from the government and the main opposition party - VMRO-DPMNE, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, heads of state institutions, heads of religious organizations and foreign diplomats, President Gjorge Ivanov, called for a ceasefire. He said an and for political revanchism and especially highlighted hate speech and its participation in the political...

The former President of VMRO-DPMNE, Ljubčo Georgievski on his Facebook profile, gave his support for Hristijan Mickoski as the new party leader. Georgievski, who is the party's first president, considers that Mickoski should be given a chance. "Out of all names that were candidates for a president of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski is still someone non-compromised, his name wasn't dragged...

The European People's Party (EPP) on its official Twitter account, congratulated Hristijan Mickoski on his election as the new president of VMRO-DPMNE. https://twitter.com/EPP/status/944626700142497792 Yesterday, at the party's Congress in Valandovo, Mickovski was elected as a new leader of the biggest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE and took over the position of Nikola Gruevski who was at the party's helm since 2003. Out...

The decision to hold an urgent Congress by the Executive Committee of VMRO-DPMNE, December 22nd and 23rd in Valandovo, as well as the number of delegates, was adopted at the EC meeting on December 3rd unanimously, with no votes against, said the outgoing leader of VMRO- DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski on his Facebook page. Gruevski pointed out that no member of...

I did not authorize any of the candidates for president of VMRO-DPMNE to invoke my alleged and exclusive support, for collecting signatures for support or voting, stated Nikola Gruevski who just recently resigned as VMRO-DPMNE leader. On his official Facebook page, he sent eight messages to candidates and potential candidates of the party and delegates of the Congress which will...

With 11 votes "for" and two "against," the Judicial Council elected judge Ivan Džolev as President of the Basic Court Skopje 1. Previously, the resignation of the acting president of the Criminal Court, Stojanche Ribarev, was accepted, who, as was discussed during the session, has submitted his resignation due to health reasons i.e. after undergoing a surgical procedure. Džolev...

The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, has called upon the Government to reveal and explain the content within the Agreement for good neighborly relations with Bulgaria before it is signed. As the press release issued by the president's cabinet states, the lack of transparency has caused negative commentaries and worriedness among the general public that have...

The new government should revise how much the state owes and which institutions have debts in order to think whether we should enter into negotiations for cooperation with those institutions, said Nebi Hodza, the president of the Chamber of Commerce of North-West Macedonia on a weekly interview on Radio Free Europe. He said that the government’s debt or the state’s debt...

Today, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Bujar Osmani and Radmila Šekerinska, met with ambassadors of member states of the European Union in the government building, where he stressed that for a better future of the country and its citizens, the government will cooperate with the opposition, with the president and civil societies. The meeting was held...

At the 22nd Congress of SDSM, the leader of the party, Zoran Zaev was re-elected again as President of the party, while Radmila Šekerinska was re-elected as Vice President. From the 723 delegates, 643 voted at the Congress, and from that number 597 delegates gave their support to Zaev, who was the only candidate for party leader. At the Congress,...

After yesterday’s dinner in Brussels with Federica Mogherini and the Prime Minsters of the Western Balkans and the president of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, the day after tomorrow at the party’s congress, they are expecting the re-election of the president of the SDSM. Zaev is the only candidate for party president, who will be selected the day after tomorrow at the...