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Parliament Speaker Jovan Mitreski will schedule the session for the inauguration of Gordana Siljanovska Davkova as President once he gets the report from the State Election Commission (SEC) about the final results of the presidential election. The deadline for submission of the report expires on Friday, at 7 p.m. Once he gets the document, Mitreski will schedule the session for ...

The parliamentary and presidential elections were competitive, and fundamental freedoms were respected, although the process remains insufficiently regulated, it is said in the Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions, presented on Thursday by representatives of the joint observation mission from the OSCE/ODIHR, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and the European ...

On Thursday, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, commenting on the elections in North Macedonia, didn’t congratulate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova and VMRO-DPMNE. However, he added that it would very soon become clear whether the new President and VMRO-DPMNE would work for the European perspective or take another path. As Radev pointed out, he has always supported North Macedonia’s EU integration, but only ...

Greece is waiting to see the declarations of the new government of North Macedonia, once it is formed and sworn in. At a briefing on Thursday, Government Spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said Athens could obviously not comment on elections and results in other countries, stressing that the decision of citizens was respected. However, he added that one should wait and see ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on wet roads in some places. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass through gorges and cuts. JP Makedonijapat appeals for careful management of the vehicles, respect for the posted traffic signals, as well as adjustment of the speed ...

At a press-conference late on Wednesday night, the State Election Commission (SEC) presented the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections. As SEC President Aleksandar Dastevski said, VMRO-DPMNE’s coalition, Your Macedonia, has won 59 MP seats. With 96.07% of the votes counted, the DUI-led European Front coalition is second, with 19 MP seats, SDSM’s coalition is third, with 18 MPs, while ...

At around 11 pm yesterday, commenting on his party’s victory in the parliamentary elections, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said SDSM and DUI would be held to account for, as he pointed out, the crime and injustice. “Tonight, they’ve finally been defeated,” the VMRO-DPMNE leader stated. He added that it was time for Ali Ahmeti’s party and SDSM to become part ...

VMRO-DPMNE-endorsed Gordana Siljanovska Davkova will be the new President of North Macedonia. On Wednesday, she said she would do everything to defend state and national interests. Also, she criticised, as she stated, DUI’s “boycott” of the second round. She said the biggest reform was that the country’s President would be a woman. SDSM-endorsed Stevo Pendarovski conceded and congratulated her. “My ...

After the end of the vote at 7 pm on Wednesday, State Election Commission (SEC) President Aleksandar Dastevski said the double elections had been democratic and fair, successfully organised, and professionally carried out. VMRO-DPMNE Vice-President Timco Mucunski said that DUI’s “open call” to boycott the presidential election’s second round had failed. “Macedonia will have a new President. The threshold has ...

At a press-conference after the end of the vote, caretaker Interior Minister Pance Toskovski and the additional Deputy Minister, Mitko Bojmacaliev, said election day had been peaceful and without major violations of the election process. “I want to thank Macedonian police officers who worked the whole day in a committed manner, but also citizens, who have shown we deserve to ...