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SDSM is not against the Diaspora vote, but are fighting for their constitutional right and equality to vote, said the leader of the opposition, Zoran Zaev. “Our proposal is to have a census and to choose a MP with the same amount of votes as they would get in Macedonia. Or, the votes by the Diaspora , to have one...

The ruling party refused conditions for the Special Prosecutor to form his own team, reported 'Nova'. The portal says that at least ten prosecutors are needed in the special prosecutor's team because he is likely to require enquiries in foreign countries. Also, if  the prosecutor was to work alone, he would not be able to complete any job, and will...

The opposition SDSM were surprised by the Prime Minister's  statement yesterday regarding the appointing of a Special Prosecutor. They said that VMRO-DPMNE until now had insisted to choose just a special prosecutor, and maintained that the he wouldn't need associates, nor would he need organs or bodies to make sure his office would run independently. The Prime Minister's statement came...

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, accompanied by his party delegation celebrated Independence Day at Three Pears. In his speech he told citizens that he had visited Kiro Gligorov, at the first Macedonian President's grave and quoted from his speech he had given when Macedonia became Independent in 1991. Independence Day was celebrated with the citizens in the area of ​​Three Pears. Zaev...

The large political parties will lose if Macedonia becomes a single electoral unit, but in that case the citizens will benefit most, along with the system of parliamentary democracy. Realistically, the single unit model will prevent all-powerful figures like Gruevski from ruling Macedonia. This was said by Zoran Zaev, President of SDSM at his visit of Pehcevo. -This period must be...

Nikola Gruevski admitted publically today that the case “Putsch” has been mounted politically and he also admitted that he is afraid of the new special public prosecutor, is the statement that came from SDSM. “Gruevski’s party news outlet Kurir wrote: ‘Zaev needs a special public prosecutor to free him from Putsch.’ This means that Gruevski knows that there is not...

There are solutions that can be fast and may surprise the public, but they do not depend only from the opposition, said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev after the third leaders meeting in the Parliamentary Club. The next meeting is scheduled for early next week. Zaev said that today's meeting was spent in informing of DUI and DPA on the talks in...

VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM neither confirm nor deny whether the negotiating team from the European Union came out with "Non paper" on the meeting between Gruevski and Zoran Zaev in Strasbourg. VMRO-DPMNE claim that "they do not know anything about any non-paper". SDSM, for "Meta" stated that "they are not familiar with such a document". After a short break and after individual consultations...

No progress was made in the second part of the second leadership meeting, inform sources from SDSM. According to them, they propose two ways out of the political stalemate: first, an agreement for obligatory formation of a transitional government and second, guarantee for conditions that would be specified in the eventual agreement. We learned that VMRO-DPMNE, DUI and DPA have a...

"The decision to submit an indictment in the case "Puch", as in all other cases, has been adopted and is based only on the evidence collected during the investigative procedure, and the Public Prosecution perceives the statement of SDSM as pressure on the court" reads the written response of the Public Prosecution to the claims of the opposition that...

The Public Prosecutor's Office Skopje today afternoon with a statement informed that criminal charges for unauthorized wiretapping submitted by SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev, his deputy Radmila Shekerinska, Stevo Pendarovski, Oliver Spasovski, Tito Petkovski and Andrej Zhernovski, "were taken into consideration." "The applicants to the criminal charges are summoned, some of them are heard before the public prosecutor and taking...

According to SDSM, it is scandalous that the Communications Center of VMRO-DPMNE assesses whether criminal charges are founded or not, react the main opposition party, which today filed three criminal charges against Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, director of UBK Sasho Mijalkov, ministers Gordana Jankulovska and Mile Janakieski, as well as against Martin Protogjer and Mayor of Gazi Baba Toni...

Introduction of the so-called state exam and the controversial amendments to the Law on higher education, without taking into account the views of students, the academic community and the general public, is a classic social violence of the Government of Nikola Gruevski, announced SDSM in the reaction regarding adoption of the package of laws for primary and higher education...

The Government of Nikola Gruevski is scared of the loud “no” for the so-called state exam and therefore it decided to promote it on Sunday, wrapped in a bunch of hasty educational changes, for which, a new state exam will be needed within a month, reads the written response of SDSM on today’s press conference of the Minister of...