On Monday, Parliament, with 75 votes in favour, adopted Electoral Code changes according to which, if multiple types of elections are held simultaneously, a party or coalition will occupy the same position on the ballot in all types of election processes. The changes, proposed by MPs Nikola Micevski (VMRO-DPMNE), Martin Kostovski (SDSM), and Arber Ademi (DUI), will be in force ...

In a podcast on the Plusinfo portal, caretaker Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said regarding the personal documents issue that the Ministry’s Internal Control Department had found oversights by two assistants within the institution regarding bad planning and disastrous management of the process to procure and issue documents. “For one of them, disciplinary proceedings will be launched. Over the other, the ...

On Sunday, the SDSM-led coalition presented its election programme and MP candidates. SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski and LDP leader Monika Zajkova, co-carriers in Electoral District 1, said that though there was satisfaction with work done so far, much more was needed to improve the life of citizens as well as to make sure youth don’t emigrate. The other list carriers ...

On Friday, VMRO-DPMNE presented its pre-election coalition. Among the 24 opposition parties are Stojance Angelov’s Dignity, Pavle Trajanov’s Democratic Union, Solza Grceva’s Voice for Macedonia, Petar Bogojeski’s Macedonian Concept, and Ljube Boskoski’s United for Macedonia. The coalition’s representatives said they were focused on a positive campaign and urged mass turnout. VMRO-DPMNE’s new partners haven’t been given MP candidate positions. However, ...

On Saturday, VMRO-DPMNE presented its MP candidates. “This is the team that will bring changes, work in the interest of citizens, and implement over 1,000 projects,” party leader Hristijan Mickoski said. Once again, he described the parliamentary elections as historic. Among the priorities of VMRO-DPMNE are fighting crime and corruption and making DUI an opposition party. The VMRO-DPMNE leader described ...

EU integration by 2030, electing the President in Parliament, and a so-called framework economic agreement are among the priorities in the programme of DUI’s presidential candidate, Bujar Osmani. He presented the programme on Sunday in front of the leaders of parties that are part of the DUI-led bloc. Osmani is adamant that his promises are attainable. Regarding the constitutional changes ...

Since the elections were scheduled, 23 cases have been formed within the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC). The body’s head, Tatjana Dimitrovska, said in an interview with Telma on Friday three had been formed upon the SCPC’s own initiative. They concern the procurement of the helicopters by the Defence Ministry, the procedure concerning the Youth Cultural Centre free-lance ...

Former National Agency for European Educational Programmes and Mobility head Lidija Dimova has said that ex-PM Zoran Zaev and the current National Coordinator for Regional Cooperation and EU Integration, Nola Ismajloska-Starova wanted to cover up the case concerning the abuse of around 2.3 million euros for educational projects. As she explained for Sitel on Friday, after she’d rung the alarm ...

On Thursday, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said he didn’t expect SDSM and DUI to have a fair campaign. “Dark campaigns are a trait of this government,” he stated. However, Mickoski added that his party wouldn’t have such a campaign because citizens knew that the current ruling structure was the worst government in the country’s history. “VMRO-DPMNE will have a positive ...

On Thursday, the MP candidate lists of the VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition were confirmed. The names of 36 of the current 41 parliamentarians are once again on them. Hristijan Mickoski is the list carrier in Electoral District 1, where the second candidate is party Vice-President Gordana Dimitrieska Kocoska. In Electoral District 2, the list will be headed by party Vice-President Vlado Misajlovski, ...