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 […]
91.03% voted For and 6.03% were Against in the name referendum, show initial data posted by the State Election Commission on its website coming from 20 per cent of processed polling stations. Voters in Macedonia on Sunday voted in a referendum whose question reads “Are you in favor of EU and NATO membership by accepting the […]
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.
Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev cast his referendum ballot at polling station No. 1730 in the “Nikola Vapcarov” Elementary School in Strumica. He was accompanied by wife Zorica and son Dushko. Immediately after voting, PM Zaev likened the day to a holiday for Macedonia. He said citizens were deciding the country’s fate, and […]
Polling stations across Macedonia closed at 7 p.m., where the citizens cast their ballots to vote Yes or No to the referendum question: “Are you in favor of EU and NATO membership by accepting the agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Greece?” 1,806,336 people registered in the Voter’s List were eligible […]
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%), […]
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 voting right in the referendum was used by 8.03% of voters by 11 am, after processing 92.06% of the received data, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced at the today’s second press conference. So far, seven complaints have been submitted to the SEC, three of which have been rejected, while four have been processed. […]
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 […]
Two people have remained dead and one has remained wounded in an armed clash occurred in Skopje. Police sources told IBNA that this incident had criminal motives. One of the victims who died at the scene is a 44 years old man from Skopje. His brother was gunned down two years ago for the similar […]
Macedonia is irreversibly moving towards EU full-fledged membership and there is no way back, said Vice Premier for European Affairs Bujar Osmani at a joint press conference with Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn in Brussels on Friday. Vice Premier Osmani is heading the Macedonian delegation that launched the explanatory screening process on […]
The Prespa agreement and the success of the referendum which will be held on September 30 is an opportunity to improve security in the region, security experts in Skopje say. Zoran Todorov of the Diplomatic Corpus, says that the Prespa Agreement aims at putting an end to a number of disputes and to improve regional […]
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 […]
President Gjorge Ivanov is scheduled to address the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York, on September 27. The theme this year is Making the United Nations relevant to all people: global leadership and shared responsibilities for peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies. Ivanov attended Tuesday the opening of the annual high level general debate […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that Greece has “turned the page” after eight years of austerity and economic depression during his speech at the annual Concordia Summit in New York. Referring to the Prespa agreement between Greece and Macedonia, he said that it would help make the Balkans “a region of peace and stability.” Tsipras […]
Macedonia in every sense of the word belongs in the family of European nations. I hope that the citizens will seize the historic opportunity and will make a mature, courageous and responsible decision for their future and for the future of coming generations, Dejan Zidan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia, said Tuesday after a […]
The State Election Commission (SEC) told Tuesday that 383 domestic and 286 foreign observers will monitor the September 30 referendum. As regards to domestic observers, Civil – Centre for Freedom has accredited 282 observers, followed by National Roma Centre Kumanovo – 46, NGO Inkluziva – 40, MOST Citizens Association – 12 and EDULSJ Association will […]
The money to fight fake news would be used in an educational campaign and raising awareness among the population that not everything on the Internet is true, to get an education and culture of reading news and distinguishing what is true and what is not. Igor Trajkovski, the owner of time.mk – the most famous […]
A decision the citizens of Macedonia will make in the upcoming referendum is crucial for the country’s future, US Ambassador Jess Baily told reporters Monday during his visit to Kumanovo. ‘I am glad to be here when Macedonia is at a crossroad. I hope that citizens will come out and voice their own opinion in the […]
Introduction of a transparent procedure to elect members of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) and establishment of criteria securing that the SCPC is separated from politics are some of the novelties included in a draft-law on prevention of corruption and conflict of interest. “One of the criteria to elect a member or […]
