Thursday, September 21, 2023
Zoran Zaev is filling the budget he emptied for criminal tenders from the pockets of the citizens and the economy. The raised excise tax of Zaev and Angelovska hit the citizens, as well as the economy. The damages will go up to 178 million euros annually only due to...
Elections must be held in a democratic society, but at a time when the citizens’ health will be the least threatened, said former SDSM mayor of Karpos, general secretary of the party and former president of ZELS Andrej Petrov on the TV show "Sto ne e jasno". When asked...
The issue of efficiency and rapidity of the criminal proceedings is the main problem identified in the third and final report on the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) cases, presented online by OSCE Mission to Skopje on Wednesday. “The trials appear to be long primarily for two reasons: because there...
VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janushev at a press conference came up with a different interpretation of the election deadlines, as well as the view that the Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi should bring a new solution for the election date. He believes that the 60-day deadline for elections from the dissolution...
There’s room for talks with the opposition over a date for early parliamentary election before the state of emergency is declared over, in the coming week or so, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said Tuesday. “But, if no solution is found until then, we will have to respect the constitutional provisions...
The EU and the Western Balkans will hold the Economic and Financial Dialogue on Tuesday, which is to focus primarily on the socio-economic consequences from the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The draft-conclusions of the Council of the EU regarding North Macedonia note that structural weaknesses have been...
Even after the second leadership meeting within a few days, the largest Macedonian parties, the ruling SDSM and the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, came out with opposing views on the date when the early parliamentary elections should be held, continuing mutual accusations. According to the ruling SDSM, Hristijan Mickoski is afraid of...
The trial for the "Spanish Steps" case, in which former Minister of Transport and Communications Mile Janakieski, of the now opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, and a dozen other officials, including notaries and businessmen, have been charged in a five-year-old case, has begun at the Skopje Criminal Court for construction interventions in the central town...
Party leaders are holding Tuesday a meeting at the presidential residence, where for over two hours they have been discussing possible dates for the 2020 early parliamentary elections. It’s uncertain whether an election date is going to be set. SDSM leader Zoran Zaev believes elections should be held as soon as the...
Three more deaths from the novel coronavirus have been reported in the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 104, according to the Ministry of Health. Three coronavirus patients, aged 60, 59 and 51, have passed away. The first was from Kumanovo and was admitted for hospital treatment at...