On Thursday, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski held a meeting with Jillian Stirk, Head of the ODIHR election observation mission (EOM). At the meeting, where he was accompanied by party Vice President Timco Mucunski, Mickoski said he expected a fair and democratic election atmosphere. As his party said in the press-release, Mickoski also briefed OSCE/ODIHR representatives on suspicions concerning potential abuse ...

Despite the reactions from VMRO-DPMNE, the head of the Political Research Institute, Vladimir Bozinovski, and the public broadcaster, SDSM has maintained its stand on the alleged fake news plan. “VMRO-DPMNE has used the same forms of action and abuse of state resources, as well as propaganda, from the most glorious days of Nikola Gruevski. That means a system of abuse ...

In an interview with TV21, US Ambassador Angela Aggeler, asked about the possibility of constitutional changes being made before the formation of the government, says she believes it is feasible. “I believe that there have been precedents, not for decades, I think, but there have been precedents when amendments were passed during technical governments. And so, one of the things ...

The Council of the EU’s presidency and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on setting up a Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans. The Facility is the centrepiece of the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans presented by the Commission in November 2023. The Facility will cover the period from 2024 to 2027 and is expected ...

The presidential election campaign is starting. On Thursday, VMRO-DPMNE candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, will hold a rally in Skopje. “It’s high time to end all these heavy defeats, inconsistencies, and humiliation of our citizens’ intelligence,” party Vice President Timco Mucunski said, urging as many citizens as possible to attend Siljanovska Davkova’s rally. ZNAM leader Maksim Dimitrievski will start his campaign ...

Wednesday’s TV duel between SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski saw the two party leaders voice stands and trade criticism and accusations over many topics. Asked what type of President North Macedonia needed, SDSM leader Kovacevski said he was convinced that the candidate endorsed by his coalition, current President Stevo Pendarovski, would be re-elected. According to Kovacevski, ...

VMRO-DPMNE has fiercely rejected SDSM’s accusations over, according to the ruling party, the plan for a scheme to place fake news about ratings and parties. If SDSM doesn’t apologise, Hristijan Mickoski’s party will file a defamation lawsuit. “We most fiercely and explicitly deny the information initially reported by a medium and the lies later on supplemented by SDS[M]. There is ...

At a press-conference on Wednesday, Ziadin Sela said the Tetovo Basic Court’s decision, according to which he has the Alliance for Albanians’ seal, which means he is the party leader, was very important. Commenting on the statements by representatives from the party’s wing headed by Arben Taravari that they would appeal it, Sela stated that everybody had a right to ...

The Constitutional Court has decided against taking action upon the initiatives challenging the constitutionality of the legal changes enabling construction workers to choose to work up to 12 hours a day when it comes to strategic projects for the country, such as the Bechtel and ENKA Corridors. Though the decision was not made unanimously, it was said on Wednesday that ...

The Skopje Court of Appeals has abolished the ruling in the International Alliance case and ordered a retrial. The acquittal of ex-MP Frosina Tasevska-Remenski has been confirmed, while the appeals by Bojan Jovanovski, initially sentenced to nine years in prison, and two other defendants, J.E. and H.B., have been accepted, the Court said on Wednesday. The case concerns an alleged ...