(Video) Sekerinska and Osmani: Citizens give institutions legitimacy to move forward


Citizens who voted at yesterday’s referendum and supported Macedonia’s EU and NATO integration through the Agreement with Greece give full legitimacy to institutions to resume with the implementation of the obligations arising from the deal, Vice Premiers Radmila Sekerinska and Bujar Osmani told a joint press conference on Monday. “We had a consultative referendum as …

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 Zaev: Agreement with opposition or early elections to be known in coming days


It will be known in a few days if there is a climate to reach an agreement with the opposition for a two-third majority required for the Parliament to pass the constitutional changes required under the name agreement with Greece, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Monday. According to him, today is the day to digest …

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Mogherini and Hahn: Citizens said ‘Yes’, Parliament to proceed with next steps


High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, say Monday in a joint statement that an overwhelming majority of those who voted at yesterday’s referendum have supported the Prespa Agreement. “In a peaceful and democratic vote an overwhelming …

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Vanhoutte: Don’t waste time and money on early elections, engage in solving the many problems in your country


Peter Vanhoutte, former EU mediator in the Przino Agreement talks, has congratulated the majority of citizens who supported the Prespa Agreement at Sunday’s referendum. Vanhoutte calls on the Government not to resign, but to continue the work since “this is your damned duty!” “Don’t waste time and money on early elections again, but engage in …

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Zaev: Citizens clearly voted ‘FOR’ the agreement, for EU and NATO membership


Over 650,000 citizens voted in the referendum and over 90 percent of them voted ‘FOR’, sending a message that Macedonia should accept the (name) agreement with Greece and become a member of the European Union and NATO, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told a press conference late Sunday. “European Macedonia has secured more votes ‘FOR’ than …

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Zaev and Tsipras hold phone call


The prime ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, had a phone conversation after the name referendum ended, according to Greece’s ANA-MPA news agency. It says that Tsipras praised Zaev for his ‘determination and courage to continue to implement the deal,’ MIA reports from Athens. “According to government sources, during the conversation, …

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Mickoski: Those who didn’t come out to vote sent the loudest message saying ‘This is Macedonia’


The citizens who voted against a name change in the referendum and those who didn’t come out to vote sent the loudest message saying ‘This is Macedonia’, said the leader of the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. Addressing a news conference in the party’s headquarters, Mickoski said that Macedonia had expressed its opinion against …

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Former President and PM Crvenkovski missing in the Voters’ List


Former Macedonian President and Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski tried to vote with a passport at the polling station 2809, but he was not in the Voters’ list, according to the Civil – Center for Freedom observer. During a conversation with Civil observer, Crvenkovski said that he would appeal to the State Election Commission.

The SEC: 22.56% turnout by 15h


  The State Election Commission (SEC) says 22.56 percent of registered voters cast their ballots until 15:00h. “The voting process is uninterrupted and I would like to thank citizens for the democratic atmosphere,” said SEC president Oliver Derkoski. Largest turnout is registered in Saraj (36.57%) Centar (34.98 percent), Karpos (32.21%) Lipkovo (30.42%) Kriva Palanka (30.35%), …

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261,473 voters came out to vote in the referendum by 13h


According to the SEC President Oliver Denkovski, 261,473 voters or 16,00 percent of the total number of voters who voted in the Voters’ List came out to vote at today’s referendum. This is the result of the processed data of 90, 24 percent of polling stations in the Republic of Macedonia.

The SEC: 11.907 domestic and 493 foreign observers monitor the referendum


The official State Election Commission (SEC) data shows that 11.907 domestic and 493 foreign observers have been accredited to monitor the September 30 referendum. Additionally, 194 translators have been accredited to the SEC. Besides domestic, the referendum will be covered by foreign journalists. The SEC has also accredited 83 journalists from 32 media outlets, with …

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Aleksov: 1,500 MOST observers to monitor referendum voting


MOST will deploy nearly 1,500 observers to monitor referendum voting, who will cover approximately 33% of the polling stations in Macedonia as well as 33% of every municipality, says Darko Aleksov, executive director of the citizens’ organization. “Additionally, there will be mobile observers in every municipality to observe the atmosphere outside the polling stations,” said …

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