1 November 2021
Zoran Zaev, the incumbent prime minister of North Macedonia yesterday in a late night press conference resigned from his prime ministerial post and also from the post of the president of the SDSM political party, after the defeat of his party in the second round of the local elections. However, he remains adamant that early […]
22 April 2021
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister and SDSM’s President Zoran Zaev said today that the current SDSM’s Vice president Radmila Shekerinska didn’t resign from the party posts, but that she has no intention to run for a third mandate as the party’s Vice president. “I respect her decision, she has merits for our country’s accession into NATO, […]
30 March 2021
During the Leaders’ meeting yesterday between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the opposition party’s leader Hristijan Mickoski, it was agreed that the census in North Macedonia will be postponed from April to September, i.e between the 5th and 30th of September this year. This is the key issue that the leaders of the biggest political […]
16 March 2021
After four months in “the parliamentary labyrinths”, Government’s draft law for taking a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for construction of two Bus Rapid Transit lines in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, yesterday finally passed through the Financing and Budget Committee’s filters. The Government finalized the draft-law for rapid […]
13 January 2021
Opposition party VMRO-DPMNE announced it will not recognize the results from the census in North Macedonia if it is implemented according to the draft law for the census that entered the parliament today. Party’s president Hristijan Mickoski announced during a press conference that the party will start with collecting signatures for the adoption of a […]
20 August 2020
A day after it was announced that a coalition agreement was reached between SDSM and DUI regarding the new government, the political parties have announced the names of the officials that will take over the ministerial positions. As was announced by Zaev, he will be the Prime Minister in the next four years, while Artan […]
18 July 2020
There was a low voter turnout in Skopje in the parliamentary elections in North Macedonia that took place on the 15th of July, but also a narrow election race between the two main competitors – the SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE-led coalitions. Is it because of the dissatisfaction with the political parties’ work or the fear of […]
16 July 2020
According to unofficial results by the State Election Commission (SEC), in the early parliamentary elections that took place yesterday, the “Mozheme” (We Can) coalition, led by SDSM and Besa won 46 MP seats in the parliament of North Macedonia and is followed by the opposition coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE, which won 44 MP seats. DUI […]
16 July 2020
SDSM, a ruling political party, called North Macedonia’s Election Commission (SEC) go correct its errors and present truthful electoral results to the public. “According to the results from the Electoral computer center of SDSM, the advantage of the coalition “Mozheme” (We Can) is at least three MP seats, while the data presented by SEC contains […]
16 July 2020
At around 2 a.m, SDSM’s President Zoran Zaev, held a press conference and announced that the “Mozheme” (We Can) coalition has a “convincing and stable advantage of more than three seats over VMRO-DPMNE”. He said there is a possibility for that difference to increase either by one or two seats more. “The people’s will was […]
10 July 2020
The two biggest political parties in North Macedonia give similar promises concerning the development of the infrastructure in the next four years if they are given the mandate by the citizens to form the new government. The coalitions “Mozheme” (We Can), led by SDSM and “Obnova za Makedonija” (Renewal for Macedonia) led by VMRO-DPMNE put […]
7 July 2020
The media and the self-regulation, the threats and lawsuits that the journalists face, the fake news, media literacy, and the financial support for the media are all present in the electoral manifestos of two of the biggest political parties that will be participating in North Macedonia’s parliamentary elections on the 15th of July. In VMRO-DPMNE’s […]
15 June 2020
The leaders of the two biggest political parties in North Macedonia, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, Zoran Zaev and Hristijan Mickoski, have finally managed to reach an agreement regarding the date of the parliamentary elections. The voting will take place on the 15th of July. In a press conference Zaev said that the state and the people […]
1 June 2020
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mila Carovska, Minister for Information Society and Administration, Damjan Manchevski, and the National Coordinator for Strategic Communications Marjan Zabrchanec are in self-isolation after contact with SDSM’s Vice President Muhamed Zekiri. Even though all protocols were observed during the meetings, according to recommendations provided by epidemiologists, they will self-isolate themselves. […]
6 February 2020
Η αβεβαιότητα σχετικά με την ανακοίνωση των εκλογών την προηγούμενη βδομάδα, αναζωπύρωσε και πάλι το κλίμα της μακεδονικής πολιτικής σκηνής. Ο πρώην πρωθυπουργός και ηγέτης του SDSM, Ζόραν Ζάεβ, πρόσφατα (03.02.2020) ανακοίνωσε ότι υπάρχει η πιθανότητα αναβολής των πρόωρων κοινοβουλευτικών εκλογών που είχαν ανακοινωθεί για τις 12 Απριλίου, ενώ το μεγαλύτερο πολιτικό κόμμα της αντιπολίτευσης […]
23 August 2019
Prime Minister and president of SDSM, Zoran Zaev confirmed that he will nominate Nina Angelovska , co-owner and director of ,,Grouper” for Finance Minister. “Nina Angleovska is one of the founders of “Grouper.mk”, winner of the “Forbes” award, who at 30 years has a PhD from Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje (UKIM). I […]
22 August 2019
Today at the headquarters of SDSM in Skopje, the eleventh session of the Central Board of the party will be held, inform from SDSM. “We remind that the sessions of the SDSM Central Board are working sessions. On the conclusions and decision of the Central Board, the media will be additionally informed”, say from SDSM. […]
3 June 2019
Before the vote in Parliament to strip fugitive and former prime minister Nikola Gruevski of his parliamentary mandate for more than 6 months unjustified leave, he announced via his Facebook page that he would resign from his parliamentary function. Gruevski was sentenced to two years in prison in a case against him led by the […]
27 May 2019
SDSM President and Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev last night reported changes that were made in the party during a meeting of the Central Committee. The new general secretary of the party is Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Ljupco Nikolovski, who will no longer perform this function. “Gratitude to the three SDSM secretaries, Secretary […]
22 May 2019
Prime Minister and SDSM leader, Zoran Zaev met with DUI leader, Ali Ahmeti yesterday where they agreed to start the process of “strengthening the staffing capacities of government institutions for better economic results”. The government’s announcement reveals that yesterday they were already talking about certain weaknesses among some officials from the executive branch. The two leaders […]
