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...
View ArticleGruevski: 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...
View ArticleEU, 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...
View ArticleMacedonian 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...
View ArticleRussia 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...
View ArticleEU, 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...
View ArticleKosovo’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...
View ArticleMacedonia: 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...
View ArticleMacedonia: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...
View ArticleMacedonian 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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