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Today marks the 5th anniversary since the "Bloody Thursday", or the rampage in the Parliament of Macedonia (Now: North Macedonia) that occurred on the 27th of April 2017 when a group of people, including members of the security services, stormed the Parliament under the dictate of the then ruling party VMRO-DPMNE wanting to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. It...

The claim of VMRO-DPMNE that the Government did not provide low gas prices, unlike “all governments in the region and the world” is a spin. The price of imported natural gas depends very little on the government’s negotiating capabilities, writes Truthmeter.mk. We republish below Truthmeter's article under our syndication agreement: Author: Goran Lefkov   The political party VMRO-DPMNE in a statement published on...

The pro-Russian party "United Macedonia" says that that its bad results at the last local elections in North Macedonia, among other things, are due to their "self-sacrifice" and support of VMRO-DPMNE's candidates. As was announced by the party, the party resident Janko Bachev had a meeting with the 33 election lists leaders and had discussions about the election results and...

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 parliamentary elections are not...

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 parties have agreed upon. VMRO-DPMNE...

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 bus transit (RBT) in mid-November...

The several month-long disagreements between the current leadership by Hristijan Mickoski and the Initiative Board for Convening an Extraordinary Congress of VMRO-DPMNE, has resulted in two different dates and two different congresses. Afterthe Initiative board scheduled the party's congress on the 28th of March, yesterday evening VMRO-DPMNE's Central Committee rejected this initiative and decided for the party's regular congress...

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 new draft law that will...

The International Monetary Fund's Executive Director Anthony De Lannoy, member of the IMF's Executive Board for North Macedonia, remarked that the National Bank of North Macedonia (NBNM) has acted correctly regarding the revocation of Eurostandard Bank's banking licence and requesting bankruptcy procedure. He stressed that during the meeting with the teams of both the NBNM and the Finance Ministry...

The Basic Civil Skopje rejected the slander charges that Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed against Igor Janushev and Hristijan Mickoski i.e. against the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE. The request was rejected and the parties will receive a written verdict in a period of eight days,in which the decision will be detailed. Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed slander charges against the opposition party because...

During yesterday's protest organized by VMRO-DPMNE, journalist Milka Smilevska and cameramen Jorde Angelovik were attacked and were prevented from doing their work. While they were taking a statement from one of the protesters, the attacker firstly asked Smilevska whether she reports for Al Jazeera Balkans and then pushed her microphone. "The police have detained the perpetrator and will press charges....

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 catching COVID-19? These are...

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 confirmed. We are winning. The...

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 a stress on the...

The concern among the environmental activists who fight against the mines in the Southeastern part of North Macedonia increased when during its election campaign VMRO-DPMNE revealed its stances about the development of the country's mining capacities as was shown in their election program. The program reveals the opening of five mines as a priority: Lojane-Lipkovo, Kadiica- Pehcevo, Plavica, Tajmishte and...

A new audio recording was posted today on YouTube from a user name "Racket", in whichs the voices of VMRO-DPMNE's party leader Hristijan Mickoski and Zoran Mileski - Kicheec, who is one of the convicts in the Racket case, can be heard. The conversation lasts 23 seconds, and it seems that Mileski and Mickoski are discussing ways of paying the...

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 have to be saved...

Η ακαδημαϊκός Κάτιτσα Κιουλάβκοβα, μέλος της Μακεδονικής Ακαδημίας Επιστημών και Καλών Τεχνών (MANU) προκάλεσε μεγάλη δυσαρέσκεια στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα όταν δημοσίευσε tweet με το οποίο ανέφερε απόψεις οι οποίες εκτιμήθηκαν ως εθνικιστικές και σοβινιστικές. Η Κιουλάβκοβα στις 6 Ιουνίου 2020, στο προφίλ της στο Twitter δημοσιεύσε tweet με την φράση „Το κόστος της συμβίωσης το πληρώνουμε με ζωές“, άποψη της...

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. Since Zekiri participated in a talk...

Virus Covid-19 nije nov, niti je u pitanju karantinska bolest, a ljudi se “prelako” stavljaju na respiratore. Ovo su neke od tvrdnji koje je u jednoj emisiji na makedonskoj televiziji “Alfa” izneo makedonski infektolog, profesor Velo Markovski. Kako bismo proverili istinitost tvrdnji koje je izneo Markovski, obratili smo se epidemiologu Zoranu Radovanoviću. Ispostavilo se je profesor u svom izlaganju...