Almost 41% of the citizens in the referendum will vote “for” to the question regarding the name agreement and the membership in the EU and NATO. This was shown by the latest poll by the Institute for Democracy and M Prospect. Asked how they will answer the referendum question, 40,9 percent of the respondents said […]
Minister of Internal Affairs Oliver Spasovski on today’s visit to Veles said that all necessary preparations are being made to create a peaceful atmosphere in order for the citizens to make their own decision on the upcoming referendum. – We are now in an extremely important, historical period for the Republic of Macedonia before the […]
The State Election Commission will hold a public session today at 2 pm to review the forms for conducting the upcoming referendum. The SEC members will also review the Rulebook on the manner and procedure for resolving complaints, the Manual for education of the election bodies and the requests for non-acceptance of the duty to […]
Leaders of foreign countries and heads of international organisations are expected to visit Skopje in the following period to express their support for the Prespa Agreement in the run-up to the crucial referendum in Macedonia on September 30. The most resonant visitor to Skopje for this purpose is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will be in Skopje […]
I am convinced that the referendum will succeed, because whenever we have a major historical crossroads we choose wisely and I think that it will be so in this case, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov at the roundtable ” Euro-Atlantic future for Macedonia? “. The referendum, as he pointed out, is a political […]
The Government has transferred 80 million denars to the Parliament for the campaign for the referendum, but the funds allocated for 41% of the deputies will be unused and cannot be re-allocated, informs the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia. The announcement states that upon the request of the Parliament for approval of the funds […]
Under the name “United FOR European Macedonia,” the ruling parties, parties outside of parliament, and non-governmental organizations have come together to call on citizens to vote in the upcoming referendum and contribute towards securing Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic future. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, promoting the pro-referendum campaign titled “Come out FOR European Macedonia,” said it had brought […]
Following Wednesday evening’s meeting of parties who support the name agreement with Greece and the referendum, Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said he expects more supporters to join the ‘United for European Macedonia’ coalition. “The point of this coalition,” MP Zaev said on Thursday, “is to create a movement in support of the […]
President Gjorge Ivanov will not be in the country on the day when a referendum has been scheduled on a proposed change of the constitutional name of the Republic of Macedonia, several Macedonian media outlets report on Thursday. Representatives of Ivanov’s office are yet to issue an official position on whether the President will be […]
About 30 political parties have rallied around the call to the citizens for a positive outcome of the referendum and the Euro-Atlantic future of Macedonia by endorsing several joint principles. The political parties have agreed to call on the citizens to come out on September 30 and vote Yes in the upcoming name referendum, it […]
A majority of Macedonians favor resolving the name dispute with Greece and support Macedonia becoming a member of the European Union and NATO, shows a poll of the International Republican Institute (IRI) ahead of the name referendum on September 30. A combined 57 percent “completely support” (37 percent) or “somewhat support” (20 percent) the proposal for […]
The campaign for the referendum will cost no more than 400,000 euros, and the results will guarantee that a necessary two-thirds majority will be provided later in parliament to ratify the agreement with Greece, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has estimated. He reiterated that campaign budget money will not be given to lawmakers, but will be […]
The majority of members of the Academy of Science and Arts in Macedonia have issued signals in favour of the referendum on the name. Its chairman, Taki Fiti said in a meeting in Ohrid that the deal reached in Prespa between Skopje and Athens, opens up many positive opportunities for the country. “Let us hope that […]
SDSM so far has no projection of how much money it will spend on the referendum campaign, but all the money that will be spent from the budget on this purpose will be solely and exclusively for lease of media space, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said today in Kriva Palanka, where he attended the celebration […]
It will be revealed, most likely, how much money each of the caucuses in Parliament will get to run the referendum campaign this Wednesday. Funding for the campaign does not involve cash payments to parliamentary groups and lawmakers, the Parliament’s press service says. The campaign will be realized by purchasing commercial space in the media […]
Around seventy MPs are likely to take part in the public campaign leading up to the referendum on Sept. 30. The campaign, Parliament said, would be run through paid advertising, TV debates, as well as editorials in the press and in online media. So far, only MPs from SDSM and their coalition partners have confirmed […]
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has denied allegations that the police were monitoring people boycotting the referendum after boycott organizers recently made these claims in their response to an interview given by Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski for MIA. Denying the allegations issued by the Macedonia Boycotting headquarters, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has dismissed them […]
VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said on Saturday he would suggest to his group of MPs to have their referendum campaign funds donated to the Kiril Pejcinovikj High School in Tetovo. If there was a legal obstacle to this donation, Mickoski said on his Facebook profile, VMRO-DPMNE would give up its share of the funds, publicly […]
A small number of migrant workers who live abroad have registered their name in order to vote in the September 30th referendum regarding the issue of the country’s name. Yesterday, the country’s State Election Commission received 2437 demands from migrant workers who live abroad. This shows that their number is very small and that the diaspora […]
Ahead of the referendum, the situation in the country is stable, the institutions are functioning even though there are forces that see a chance, by disrupting security, to meet their own goals of sorts in order to hinder our accession into NATO and the European Union, said Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski . However, he adds, […]
