Monthly Archives: October 2021

Reactions to Election Results Continue

“The people have won. Macedonia has won. The changes in Macedonia are inevitable,” VMRO-DPMNE says regarding the election results. According to the party’s Vice-President, Vlado Misajlovski, VMRO-DPMNE’s lead over SDSM when it comes to votes for mayoral and councillor candidates is over 50,000. SDSM, too, is satisfied with Sunday’s results. “Serious struggle is ahead for us. SDSM and its coalition ...

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ODIHR Presents Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions

Candidates could campaign freely and fundamental freedoms were widely respected in North Macedonia’s local elections, but numerous gaps in the law and legislative changes close to election day undermined legal stability and the largest parliamentary parties enjoy systemic advantages in the distribution of public resources for campaigning, according to international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human ...

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Skopje Mayoral Race: Arsovska and Silegov Enter Second Round

The independent candidate for Skopje supported by VMRO-DPMNE, Danela Arsovska, and SDSM’s mayoral candidate, Petre Silegov, who is trying to secure a second term, have entered the second round, which will take place on 31 October. On Monday, both thanked voters and asked for support in 13 days. Arsovska said she was positively surprised by the citizens’ initiatives that would ...

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Citizens Vote in Local Elections

On Sunday, the country voted in the local elections. At several locations, polling stations closed later due to problems with the fingerprint machines. At a press-conference at 7 pm, State Election Commission (SEC) President Aleksandar Dastevski said the results would be entered directly from the polling stations for the first time in the country history and be available on the ...

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SDSM will in the End have More Mayors than VMRO-DPMNE, Says Zaev

SDSM President Zoran Zaev held a press-conference at 1 am on Monday, saying the government would ultimately win the local elections. According to him, the support in the first round is serious, while SDSM will have more mayors than VMRO-DPMNE. As Zaev added, the candidates of SDSM’s coalition partners took away a lot of votes in municipalities where VMRO-DPMNE is ...

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VMRO-DPMNE’s Mickoski Declares Victory of Opposition in Local Elections

Late on Sunday night, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski declared a victory of the opposition in the local elections. As he added, the result is a big step towards the final victory. “Despite the pressures, bribery, Spasovski’s police, Ruskovska’s Prosecutor’s Office, Zaev’s primitivism. This is a triumph of those that voted, but also of those that didn’t,” the opposition leader stressed, ...

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Ahmeti: DUI Won in First Round in Saraj, Plasnica and Lipkovo

On Sunday night, DUI President Ali Ahmeti declared a victory in the local elections, adding that his party had won in the first round in Saraj, Plasnica, and Lipkovo. He added that DUI had a significant lead in Tetovo, Cair, Struga, Zelino, Tearce, and Bogovinje. When it comes to the coalition of Alliance for Albanians and Alternative, it declared a ...

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Interior Minister: Peaceful and Democratic Atmosphere on Election Day

Election day was held in a peaceful and democratic atmosphere, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said after the end of the voting process on Sunday. According to him, more serious violations of the election process weren’t registered. As Spasovski added, compared to last year’s elections, the number of reported cases fell by 40%, from 151 to 91. There were 42 cases ...

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Road Conditions 18.10.2021

Dry road conditions are reported across the country, with moderate traffic outside urban areas. There are 30-minute – 45-munite delays at Bogorodica and Tabanovce border crossings to enter or exit the country. No delays are reporters on other border crossings. Landslides are possible along the routes of Katlanovo – Veles, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Vinica – Berovo and Kochani ...

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Zaev: Absolutely No One Asks or Discussing Change of History

“We have an Agreement on Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation with the Republic of Bulgaria, within the framework of which an expert historical and educational commission has been established, which has already found a solution for joint commemoration of five historical figures or three historical periods. These are Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Saint Naum and Clement of Ohrid and Tsar ...

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