It’s not all about census


Aleksandra M. Mitevska In January 2012, a referendum on EU accession took place in Croatia, which at one time walked alongside Macedonia on the Euro-Atlantic path – about half a year after the country completed negotiations with the European Union. 43.5 percent of registered voters came out and voted in the referendum, of which just …

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Zaev for Nezavisen Vesnik: The final decision will be made by those who will vote


The success of the referendum, according to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, will be a strong and clear signal for all political factors in the country. The successful referendum, he said, will also be crucial for the behavior of the MPs in the Assembly, who will face the will of the citizens when deciding on constitutional …

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To whom should Mickoski say ‘no’?


Aleksandra M. Mitevska Opposition’s leader Hristijan Mickoski’s stagnating, reconsidering and calculating about the (non) participation in the upcoming referendum is somewhat understandable. The choice between staying home on September 30th and choosing between “yes” or “no” on the referendum question is just a seemingly simple thing. Especially for the new leader of VMRO-DPMNE, who came …

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Referendum Thaler


The government in Spain fell early this summer. After more than six years of rule, the parliament in Madrid voted non-confidence of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for corruption scandals that shook his People’s Party. In less than ten days, after several former senior officials of the People’s Party were given draconian prison sentences for corruption …

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When VMRO-DPMNE judges the judiciary


According to the ‘said and done’ principle, the opposition really started this summer the way it announced some time ago – working. If judged according to announcements that are printed daily and massively in the ‘White palace’ and press conferences that are subsequently held, it can be said that the VMRO-DPMNE remains consistent with the …

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Fight against elections


When party leaders sit at a joint table to negotiate the finesses of the new Electoral Code, which is being prepared, it will not be bad if a ban on calling early parliamentary elections is inserted in it, without having any good reason. In an atmosphere of latent elections in the country for years, regardless …

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