Tag: СДСМ

SDSM is committed to working, and stand behind its views on ensuring fair and democratic elections, said today the leader of the opposition Zoran Zaev, at a public debate with young people in Bitola. “I am preparing the party and our members for elections, and I hope we will animate a large number of undecided voters, who will then give...

US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily and EU Ambassador Aivo Orav joined negotiators from the working group for the media law at the MPs Clubhouse. The Diplomats will attempt to put pressure on political parties to resolve the issue faster. Before the meeting, the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte said he hoped a solution can be found, but was not optimistic. “We will...

Officials from VMRO-DPMNE who were mentioned in the "bombs" of SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, have no chance of finding themselves on parliamentary lists, say the people of Bitola who move in political circles. Zoran Ilioski who is currently a MP and member of the Executive Committee of VMRO-DPMNE, who was heard in one of the "bombs" about Bitola, denied that such choice...

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, tonight in-front of citizens in the Skopje neighbourhood of Kapistec, among other things, says that he has serious evidence that the events in Kumanovo, May 9-10 last year were staged by the "top people in power." "The events of Kumanovo have left serious evidence that top people within the Government staged those tragic events. Finally, do...

Neither Zaev, Gruevski, Ahmeti or Thaci, and not even Hahn himself can not tell how long it will take to cleanse and renew the voters' list. Such a statement can only come from the State Election Commission, said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, at a press conference. Zaev claims that on April 24 election will not be held because they can not...

If elections were held now, VMRO-DPMNE would win with 29.9 percent of the vote, while SDSM would receive 23.5 percent of the vote. 10.1 percent would vote for DUI and 4.3 percent for DPA, a telephone survey showed coordinated by the agency “Faktor Plus Adria” from Belgrade, which was carried out from January 15th - 24th on 1,250 respondents. According...

The opposition SDSM reacted to the speech of the President of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski, at the annual conference of the Union of Women. “Rape”, "kicking out", "fool", this is the vocabulary of a desperate Nikola Gruevski, who is afraid of the citizens punishing him and dealing with the responsibility for all the crimes he has committed in the past 10...

The leader of SDSM Zoran Zaev, today from Strumica stated again that without renewing the electoral roll and the media law, it is impossible to have regular elections. “Without regulations of the media and professional standards in the media, there can be no free and fair elections. Without a renewal or update of the electoral roll there can be no regular...

Today’s statement by Nikola Gruevski is a direct admission that because of him and his party, key parts of the Przhino Agreement have yet to be fulfilled and that he is the cause of the political crisis in Macedonia, said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev in today’s press statement in response to the Prime Minister speech, in which he announced...

Today, in a statement, EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, confirmed tomorrow's visit to Skopje. “Meeting with the representatives of the four main political parties who signed a political agreement last June/July, Commissioner Hahn will reiterate their responsibility to implement their agreement, including the need to ensure the conditions for credible elections, according to the deadlines which they had...

Through the activities of its Ministers in key Government departments and institutions, it is becoming more and more obvious that the SDSM are preparing the ground for the upcoming early parliamentary elections, which the party leader Zoran Zaev, does not miss every given opportunity to declare that the elections must be crystal clear. The Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski in December re-arranged the...

Maybe someone told Lidija Bogatinova to free the media, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev told “Meta”, regarding the question, who ordered him to go for an interview with the pro-government TV "Kanal 5", a dilemma that hinted at the editor-in-chief of the national media . In fact, at one point in the interview, while discussing the freedom of the media, the...

MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan today declined to give any statements or comments after their meeting with SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, saying that they will make a statement tomorrow once they have finished all meetings, with all leaders. The Brussels trio had a meeting at the SDSM headquarters and then headed to the Office of the European Commission...

SDSM wants to talk about has far the terms of the Przhino Agreement have been implemented and whether there is room for the elections to be postponed for some time, however he has no one to talk to, claim sources from the opposition party for "Meta". “We want to talk about what has been implemented so far from the Przhino...

MEPs Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl and Eduard Kukan today at noon will start meetings with representatives of the political parties who are signatories of the Przhino Agreement, announced the EU delegation in Skopje. During the visit, the MEP threesome, along with the EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, who brokered the Agreement, will also meet with the Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva...

The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) today through a statement have said the portal "Kurir" have remained silent for days over their 1.3 million euros in revenue, because behind them stands the former Director of the Security and Counter-Intelligence Agency (UBK) Saso Mijalkov, the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's cousin. The opposition party says that the company who owns the...

Macedonian Academic and Research Network (MARNET) reacted to yesterday's press conference by the Deputy Minister of Information Society, Alexander Kiracovski, where he accused the network of stealing the domain "zbogumnikola.mk" (FarewellNikola.mk) which was bought by the SDSM. MARNET says that for five years now, they have been operating as an independent public institution without any stains on their record and that...

The opposition SDSM again has called upon portals "Republika", "Kurir" and radio station "Slobodna Makedonija" to explain how they are funded. The party stated that the portal "Republika" earned an income of more than 1.1 million euros, while "Kurir" had an income of 1.3 million euros, and radio "Slobodna Makedonija" in 2013 with just one employee had an income 242,000...

While addressing the people of  Struga yesterday, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said Gruevski's manipulations which were created by pro-government media confirms his fear that he will be caught red handed in illegal procedures which is punishable by the law. “We see Nikola Gruevski how he manipulates, how he sets people up, because he has been caught red handed. The Ministry of Interior...

Tomorrow before arliament, at 18:00 there will be a protest where citizens will ask MPs to vote "for" the dismissal of Health Minister Nikola Todorov. "There must be accountability for a system that kills instead of cures! We want to tell the Minister "Death" and the time has come to take responsibility and to step down from this responsible position. At...