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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
With divided evaluations about the success of the third plebiscite voting in the country, yesterday’s referendum day in Macedonia has ended. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev presented it as a successful vote in which nearly 35 percent of the registered voters participated, of whom the vast majority, over 90 percent, voted “for” on the question “Are […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said late Sunday that a peaceful and democratic referendum has been administered in Macedonia. “If a large majority of citizens voted ‘For’, then their will should be implemented in the Parliament. Otherwise, snap elections will be scheduled,” said PM Zaev in a statement after polling stations were closed at the referendum. […]
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.
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 […]
According to the SEC President Oliver Derkoski, 455,771 votes or 28.83 per cent of the registered voters cast their ballots in the referendum by 17h. These data comes from the processed information of 87.25% of the municipal election commissions.
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%), […]
The leader of the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE will not vote in the referendum on the name agreement. The party says that Mickoski believes that the question of the referendum is multifaceted and manipulative. “Its content consists of a question of membership in NATO and the EU, which also is a strategic goal of VMRO-DPMNE, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Security services have no indication of possible incidents during Sunday’s referendum. A peaceful referendum vote is expected, and just in case there are any kind of incidents, there will be numerous police forces on the field. If anything goes wrong, the special units of the Ministry of Interior will also be ready to take action. […]
