Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expressed hope Thursday that consensus would be reached on a change of the electoral model from six to a single election district, saying big parties would eventually lose MP seats but the chance for authoritarian rule would be eliminated. “We promised to the citizens a single election district back in 2016. …
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DUI MP Artan Grubi said Wednesday the political parties have aligned changes to the Electoral Code that doesn’t foresee changes to the electoral model. On Tuesday, a round table was organized in Parliament by 15 MPs initiating changes to the electoral model to include a single electoral district, instead of six. Yesterday’s round table was …
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NATO and the EU, reforms, corruption, the economy will be the main topics of the April 12, 2020 early parliamentary elections campaign, according to political analysts in Skopje. Communications expert Zhaneta Trajkovska says the parties have not yet exhausted the European integration card, and that this will be the main topic of the campaign, in …
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Parliament of North Macedonia will dissolve on February 11 before Speaker Talat Xhaferi calls the early parliamentary elections, set to take place on April 12, 2020. In accordance with the Constitution, the elections should be held withing 60 days after the dissolution of Parliament, Xhaferi told a press briefing on Wednesday. If Parliament dissolves on …
Macedonia is out of luck when it comes to conducting a population census. It is either delayed or unsuccessful. On the other hand, the country is doing well when it comes to holding elections. It has them every single year. According to announcements, it will be so in 2020 as well, when the tenth parliamentary …
We will never find out whether, if Nikola Gruevski succeeded in forming a government after the last parliamentary elections, the pre-election promises to reduce the employment rate below 18% by the end of 2020 would create 70,000 new jobs, 4,000 euros in aid for each company that will hire a redundant worker and guarantee this …
EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar has said that postponement of the Census due to the early parliamentary elections is a logical decision in order to eliminate any political influence, in hope the statistical operation will take place by 2021 at the latest. “The census had to be postponed due to the decision on the early elections, …
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev thinks it is too early to talk about who will lead the technical government that will lead the country to early parliamentary elections. The technical government, as he announced, will probably be formed on January 3, 2020. The prime minister says the country is committed to implementing economic reforms, which, as …
North Macedonia will hold early parliamentary elections on April 12, 2020, ahead of the country’s April 19 Orthodox Easter and April 24 Ramadan holidays, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Sunday. According to PM Zaev, the interim government will be formed on January 3. The leaders’ meeting at the Villa Vodno was attended by SDSM …
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The leaders meeting to be hosted by President Stevo Pendarovski at 5 pm Sunday will focus on organizing the snap election announced after North Macedonia didn’t get a date to start EU talks. Attending the meeting will be SDSM president Zoran Zaev, VMRO-DPMNE president Hristijan Mickoski, DUI president Ali Ahmeti, Alliance for the Albanians president …
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev during his address on Saturday called for early parliamentary elections after the country did not receive a date for opening EU accession talks. North Macedonia didn’t get a date for talks with the EU because the union has its own issues to resolve, but “we did it all, and …
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev reiterated yet again that the upcoming parliamentary elections are likely to be held next October, or exactly one year from now. During a visit to the Markart factory in Veles, in response to a journalist’s question whether there would be early elections, Zaev replied affirmatively, stating that “early elections will take …
Early parliamentary elections will take place by the end of October 2020, namely 45 days prior to the regular elections, said North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. PM Zaev said the Government’s intention was to demonstrate the benefits and the impact of EU and NATO for the economy, growth and jobs. “The final decisions will …
Early parliamentary elections were held peacefully and democratically in Kosovo on Sunday. According to preliminary data, the Vetevendosje Movement won in this election, with a slight margin from the Democratic League of Kosovo. With 90 per cent of the vote counted by the State Election Commissions, the Vetevendosje Movement received about 26 per cent of …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, in comment on the opposition’s request for resignation and early parliamentary elections after the announcement of the “Racket” case, said he had no intention of thinking about such a thing. I have no intention of thinking about either resignations or early elections. After major political decisions, after all the reforms we …
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According to North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, adopting the Law on the Public Prosecution should not be conditioned on early elections. “We are against early elections”, Zaev told reporters on Monday. “A solution needs to be reached, but not through a snap election. We’ll give public reconciliation a chance so working groups can do …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev yet again called VMRO-DPMNE’s leader Hristijan Mickoski to attend the leaders’ meeting on Friday, saying it would take place regardless of the opposition leader’s decision. “I am prepared to talk on what Mickoski insists. We might not agree on all issues, but we need to talk first. We are …
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