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Macedonia Opposition Nominates its leader Zaev as PM Candidate

SKOPJE, 25. FEB. 2017 – Macedonia’s main opposition party, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) formally nominated its leader, Zoran Zaev, as a prime ministerial candidate, after securing...

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Gruevski: Drop “Tirana Platform” and I’ll back Macedonian minority govt

SKOPJE, 27. FEB. 2017 – Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has offered to support a minority government led by the opposition SDSM party if its leader gave up on implementing the...

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EU, NATO urge Macedonian leader to allow new government

SKOPJE, 27. FEB. 2017 – The European Commission and NATO urged the president of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, to abide by the country’s constitution and allow the formation...

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Macedonian president accused of fomenting ‘coup’

SKOPJE, 02. MARCH 2017 – Macedonia’s political crisis deepened as opposition leader Zoran Zaev accused President Gjorge Ivanov of fomenting a “coup d’état” by refusing to give him the mandate to form a...

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Russia accuses NATO, EU and Albania of meddling in Macedonia

MOSCOW, 02. MARCH 2017 – Russia accused Albania, NATO and the European Union of trying to impose a pro-Albanian government on Macedonia, which is gripped by political crisis. A day earlier Macedonia’s...

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EU, NATO and Russia step into Macedonia crisis

BRUSSELS, 03. MAR. 2017 – Macedonia has become the latest theatre in a tug-of-war between the West and Russia over the future of the Western Balkans, Euobserver reports. With street protests in Skopje...

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Kosovo’s Thaci:”Albanians in Macedonia should take their rights into their...

PRISTINA, 04. March 2017 – Kosovo president Hashim Thaci thinks that Macedonia “loses its meaning as a state” unless Albanians in that country enjoy equality. Thaci stated that “political developments...

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Macedonia: Alleged genocide not topic of new SDSM government’s program

SKOPJE, 11. MARCH 2017- Leader of Macedonia’s opposition SDSM party Zoran Zaev in Skopje presented “the program of the new government” which, he said, will soon be formed. Zaev said that he would...

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Macedonia:Protests continue against the platform of Albanian parties

14. MARCH 2017 – Protests have taken place in Skopje and several other cities of FYR of Macedonia against the government between SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic Union) and Albanian parties and...

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Macedonian opposition chief:”It’s a lie we intend to sue Serbia for genocide”

SKOPJE, 27. MARCH 2017 – Macedonian main opposition party SDSM leader Zoran Zaev told the Belgrade based daily Danas in an interview that these “lies were made up in order to cause a quarrel with the...

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