After the consolidation and strengthening of the parliamentary majority, which is expected to happen soon, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will activate the resignations he announced – both the position of Prime Minister and the leadership of SDSM. Then will follow the election of a new leader of SDSM, and they will be the prime minister-designate for the composition of the ...

With the signing of the joint declaration by the Commander of the NATO Supreme Allied Command Transformation General Philippe Lavigne and the Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurcinovski officially completed the process of military integration of the Republic of Macedonia in the command structures and the Alliance. The ceremony for signing the joint declaration, in Villa Vodno, was ...

“It is encouraging that a possible new government in Bulgaria says we need a new approach. We will have the same spirit of good neighbourliness, openness and the same desire to find solutions and move forward. If there is half of that spirit on the Bulgarian side, as we see these days, it is possible to see a turnaround. Definitely ...

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy, Arjanit Hoxha, together with the two deputy ministers from the Besa movement, resigned Friday. The resignations, as Hoxha stated, are submitted as a moral act and respect for the organs of the Besa movement. “Due to the violation of democracy in the local elections by part of this Government led by the ...

After more than 10 hours in Parliament on Thursday and several attempts for a start of the session for the no-confidence vote, which wasn’t held because the opposition didn’t have a quorum, VMRO-DPMNE left at 9:30 pm. Aleksandar Nikoloski, MP and Vice-President of the party, stated that 11 November would go down as a dark day in the history of ...

VMRO-DPMNE Parliamentary Group Coordinator Nikola Micevski urged on Tuesday fellow MP Skender Rexhepi Zejd, who’s part of Alternative, not to give up on the deal for a new parliamentary majority to topple the government. As he said, Rexhepi Zejd should choose 19 MPs from VMRO-DPMNE’s Parliamentary Group that will submit, together with him, a new initiative to Parliament for a ...

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has scheduled the session for the no-confidence vote for Thursday at 11 PM. On Monday, the opposition submitted to Parliament the list of 61 MP signatures. VMRO-DPMNE expects the majority to support the initiative on Thursday and even increase. Aleksandar Nikoloski, MP from Hristijan Mickoski’s party, said intensive talks were underway with several parliamentarians more. “I ...

On Friday night, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said a new majority had been secured in Parliament. “A new future is coming, new time, and new hope,” he wrote on his official Facebook page. The new majority was signed by MPs from Mickoski’s party, BESA, Alliance for Albanians, and Levica. “We have a majority that will guarantee that this government led ...

At the meetings PM Zoran Zaev had with the Democratic Union and LDP, there was a discussion on his potential successors. Next week, SDSM’s most senior party bodies will be in session and need to voice a stand on the resignation issue. Zaev told them he wasn’t changing his mind and would resign as SDSM President, too. The expectations are ...

“A resignation right away, swift elections, and citizens saving themselves from the further sinking, crime, and corruption. That’s what we’re offering to this government,” VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski stated on Wednesday. In his view, only swift elections that will result in a firm and stable government will enable the serious challenges that lie ahead for the country to be faced. ...