Rally organizers block the city


FROSINA FAKOVA-SERAFINOVIC Guests could not get to the birthday party organized in the children’s amusement venue at the Skopje Kale, tickets for the “Realists” play were sold out, but the audience was nowhere to be found, and some of the parents could not arrive on time to watch their children who took part in the […]

Dimitrov misses Pendarovski’s campaign


Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov wrote on Friday that the Ministerial meeting within the Berlin Process in Warsaw was over, and that his next stop was – home. Since the start of the campaign for the forthcoming presidential elections, the head of diplomacy, who was competing with Stevo Pendarovski for getting the status of a candidate […]

Presidential candidates hold rallies in Kriva Palanka, Valandovo and Bitola


 VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova addressed late Monday a rally in Valandovo, highlighting the importance of justice and rule of law in the country. “People are leaving the country. Unfortunately, the politics of the incumbent authorities leads to this. They have done nothing to keep people here but seem to chase them away. This […]

Presidential election campaign in North Macedonia enters its final week


The presidential election campaign has entered its final week. The campaign will end on April 19, while the election will take place on 21 April. There are three candidates who are running in the presidential race: Stevo Pendarovski nominated by the SDSM led governing coalition, Gordana Siljanovska nominated by VMRO-DPMNE and Blerim Reka who has […]

Pendarovski: There’s only one way to progress – through the EU and NATO


Ever since we declared independence, there has been only one way that leads to progress, and that is through the EU and NATO, SDSM’s presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski said speaking at the main rally of his campaign, held in front of the EU Info Center in Skopje. We, he said, have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as […]

Siljanovska: I will be President for only one term


Parliament will vote on the entire prime minister’s team, not just ministers one by one. The Parliament and the government will come and go together, in the second round of presidential elections there will be no turnout census, the public offices remain open for (in) direct contact with the citizens, reporters will be invited to […]

Hahn: I have been reassured by Mickoski that they will not boycott the elections


Once our partners fulfill the clear criteria we have set, the EU also needs to live up to its commitment and take the accession process of North Macedonia to the next stage. Credit where credit is due! That is a matter of EU credibility, said EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn in an interview with MIA […]

Presidential candidate Pendarovski leads opinion polls in North Macedonia


Skopje based Institute for Political Studies has published an opinion poll ahead of presidential elections in North Macedonia. The survey has been conducted from 23 to 27 of March this year, while the number of respondents in the poll was 1110. According to the survey in question, the government backed presidential nominee, Stevo Pendarovski leads […]

Opinion polls in North Macedonia show mixed results


Two opinion polls have been carried out in North Macedonia ahead of the presidential elections scheduled to take place on April 21. An opinion poll carried out by Prospekt-M and TV Telma suggests that if elections were to be held tomorrow, over 25% of people would vote in favour of the governing coalition candidate, Stevo […]

Forward Together – Ruling coalition begins presidential campaign


Stevo Pendarovski, the ruling coalition’s presidential candidate will begin his presidential campaign under the slogan Forward Together. This slogan was decided on a working meeting held by the central campaign headquarters of SDSM and its coalition. The meeting was attended by all ministers, city mayors, and high officials who are party members. They chose the […]

Pendarovski and Siljanovska-Davkova submit presidential candidacies


Representatives of the main political parties SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE submitted the presidential candidacies of their candidates Stevo Pendarovski and Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova to the State Election Commission today. Aleksandar Kiracovski, head of the SDSM election HQ, submitted the presidential candidacy of Stevo Pendarovski. “I assure you that the campaign will be peaceful and civil, reflecting our […]

The road to Vodno begins and ends in Ohrid


According to certain hints, Ohrid will be at the center of the forthcoming election campaign for president of the country, which is expected, given the overlap with the extraordinary elections for mayor of this municipality, which is considered one of the most attractive in the country, and there were frequent oscillations in the political mood […]

The diaspora doesn’t care who will be the next president


A record low turnout of the diaspora is observed in this election campaign, so that the final number of Macedonian citizens who can vote in the diplomatic-consular representation country has reduced to 1,782 voters. According to the information, these are people who are registered in the Voter’s list and will now be placed in a […]

VMRO-DPMNE presents Siljanovska in Brussels


VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski and the party’s presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova held a meeting in Brussels yesterday with Eduard Kukan, MEP and European Parliament Rapporteur, and MEP Marijana Petir. At the meeting, Mickoski pointed out that the law-abiding state and the rule of law in North Macedonia is under threat, and that the country is […]

Deadline for submitting presidential nominations expires Thursday at midnight


Candidates for the upcoming presidential elections in North Macedonia should submit their nominations to the State Election Commission (SEC) by midnight Thursday at the latest. To have an official presidential nomination, the candidates are required to submit 10.000 signatures from the citizens or 30 MP signatures. Alliance for Albanians/Besa candidate Blerim Reka submitted his presidential […]

Zaev says that the country will head to general elections if presidential elections are lost


Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev declared today that the country may hold a general election if the governing coalition candidate for the presidential elections, Stevo Pendarovski loses against the opposition’s candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. “If the Social Democrat candidate, Stevo Pendarovski is defeated, then the country will head to general elections”, Zaev said. According […]

Quarrels will end when the campaign starts


While North Macedonia’s Members of Parliament are preparing for a break during the presidential election campaign, outgoing President Gjorge Ivanov keeps them busy and creates doubts on how to solve the issue of laws he sends back to Parliament without his signature. One of the options is that those laws should be put back for […]

Quarrels will end when the campaign starts


While North Macedonia’s Members of Parliament are preparing for a break during the presidential election campaign, outgoing President Gjorge Ivanov keeps them busy and creates doubts on how to solve the issue of laws he sends back to Parliament without his signature. One of the options is that those laws should be put back for […]

IBNA interview with presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski


University professor and government coordinator for relations with NATO, Stevo Pendarovski is the candidate of the governing coalition for the presidential elections that will take place on April 21. In this interview for IBNA, Pendarovski comments his nomination for the presidential elections and his platform. “In my opinion, without domestic social cohesion and without good […]