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 ...

At an online press briefing on Wednesday, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Gabriel Escobar, who’s also the US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, said he was confident and hopeful that regardless of the elections in North Macedonia, the EU path would continue. Escobar will be departing the job this month. “One of ...

At around 10 pm on Tuesday, the State Election Commission (SEC) presented information about the voting process in the frames of the double elections regarding diaspora members, sick and frail persons, and other categories of citizens. As of 7 pm, turnout when it comes diaspora members, who are voting in the second round of the presidential election, turnout has been ...

On Monday, upon previously received operational data of photos taken of a voter registry and ballot papers for the first round of the presidential election, police searched the home and auxiliary premises of two persons from Ohrid, 51-year-old M.M. and 44-year-old T.C.T., election board members nominated by a political party. “During the search, two mobile phones were found on which ...

On Tuesday, it was reported to the Bit Pazar Police Station that three male persons had tried to open the front door and gate of the Cair Municipality’s facility where election material was kept. However, after they had been spotted by a police officer securing the material, they left the scene. The Interior Ministry said neither the material nor the ...

At a press-conference on Tuesday, European Commission Spokesperson Ana Pisonero said the hope was that North Macedonia and Albania would be able to open negotiations on the Fundamental Rights cluster as soon as possible. As she added, the decision on when the next intergovernmental conferences (ICGs) would be convened is now in the hands of EU members. Regarding the double ...