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Secretary General of BESA Arjanit Hoxha said that their party decided to support candidates of the Alliance for Albanians and Alternative (AA-AAA) for the sake of defeating the candidates of DUI. “This is local election, and we want to provide support so that DUI are finally defeated after ruling certain municipalities for almost 20 years. We need to focus now ...

The government adopted changes to the anti-COVID-19 restrictions at a session held on Tuesday. Organisation of events is now allowed in indoor capacities of conference and hospitality objects, but only up to 50% of the full indoor capacity. Also, till 15 November 2021, citizens will be able to enter objects like restaurants, bars, cafés, night clubs, hotels, concert halls, theatres, ...

In an interview with Sitel TV, PM and SDSM President Zoran Zaev says that he considers sitting at home and not voting to be support for his party’s opponent. “A lot of voters of ours stayed at home. We are not defeated by VMRO-DPMNE in the first round in Skopje and in the other municipalities,” he notes. According to Zaev, ...

“Institutions mustn’t be used for party pressures,” VMRO-DPMNE’s Dragan Kovacki said at a press-conference on Monday. The opposition party revealed, as it said, new messages from the Viber group that, during the election campaign is Prilep, was making blacklists of cars that should be stopped while driving, lists for voting, and also issuing orders to physically follow and issue made-up ...

Despite the positive Report of the European Commission, the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) considers that there should still be work on dealing with corruption in the country. Just 30% of its recommendations have been accepted by institutions. For months, the SCPC has been waiting for an answer from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, State Election Commission (SEC), and ...

The EU Delegation Head, Ambassador David Geer, officially handed over the Report of the European Commission on North Macedonia’s progress to Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Monday. “The Report was assessed as positive, objective and real regarding Parliament as a central institution at which the debate of political parties takes place,” the institution pointed out. Xhaferi also talked about the ...

On Saturday, the State Election Commission (SEC) presented the final results of the first round. SEC President Aleksandar Dastevski said he was optimistic that the problem with the biometric devices would not be present during the second round. On 31 October, there will be a second round in 44 municipalities. In the first round VMRO-DPMNE won 21 mayoral races, SDSM ...

At the sessions of the Executive and Central Committee in Ohrid, VMRO-DPMNE reaffirmed the support for the mayoral candidates of the coalition of Alliance for Albanians and Alternative (AA-A). In municipalities where it has no candidates in the second round of the elections, the party has announced support for opposition candidates, including for Kumanovo’s Maksim Dimitrievski.  When it comes to ...

At a rally in Bitola on Friday, SDSM President Zoran Zaev said the citizens should make a decision for the country to move forward instead of going back. “In the name of the successes, in the name of the strategic success and NATO entry, in the name of unification and uniting in our multi-ethnic society, in the name of increase ...

Friday’s working meeting in Skopje between Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid was used generally for issues related to the process of organisation and OSCE Chairmanship of Macedonia in 2023. “We expect a filled and constructive agenda, and successful Chairmanship in 2023. The Chairmanship of the Organisation will seriously contribute towards strengthened positioning of the ...