Zaev: I have no intention of resigning, no early elections


Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, in comment on the opposition’s request for resignation and early parliamentary elections after the announcement of the “Racket” case, said he had no intention of thinking about such a thing. I have no intention of thinking about either resignations or early elections. After major political decisions, after all the reforms we […]

SPO head Katica Janeva resigns


The head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office Katica Janeva announced her resignation on Monday, saying it would be activated once political parties reach agreement over the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and elect her successor. “When all political parties in Parliament elected me Special Prosecutor, I promised to myself and the citizens of North […]

Education DM Atanasov announces his resignation


Deputy Minister of Education and Science Petar Atanasov announced his resignation from the post, saying his position is unattainable and ineffective, while changes in the sector have not materialized. “It was with great pleasure and faith that I took the post, which I have held for the past 10 months. I entered a system that not […]

The former prime minister is no longer a Member of Parliament


Yesterday’s parliamentary session began with the confirmation of two MP resignations, and then a pause of several hours. The first resignation was the one of the former prime minister, now a fugitive and asylum seeker in Budapest, Nikola Gruevski, who had absolute power over the country for over a decade, as he was at the […]

Gruevski is entitled to MP salary for another year


Nikola Gruevski,  the country’s former Prime Minister who fled justice and received political asylum in Hungary and whose resignation as an MP was accepted by the Parliament on Tuesday, is entitled to salary even after the termination of the mandate for a period of up to a year, in accordance with the Law on MPs. […]

Pavle Bogoevski resigns as Member of Parliament


Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory and Immunity Issues chairman Pavle Bogoevski has handed in his resignation as Member of Parliament today. Bogoevski announced his resignation during a session of the Committee, saying it would become effective following the plenary session of Parliament during which Nikola Gruevski is to be stripped of his post […]

MP Pavle Bogoevski announces his resignation


Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory and Immunity Issues chairman Pavle Bogoevski has announced his resignation as Member of Parliament. Taking the stand at Thursday’s session of the Committee, Bogoevski said his resignation would become effective following the plenary session of Parliament during which Nikola Gruevski is to be stripped of his post as […]

Dimitrov wishes success to Kotzias and promises to finalize the Prespa Agreement


Macedonia’s FM Nikola Dimitrov wished success to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who resigned on Wednesday and promised commitment in the process of finalizing the Prespa Agreement. “Under the leadership of Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev, together with Foreign Minister Kotzias, we shared months of intensive communications, during which we became true friends. In […]

Greek FM Nikos Kotzias submits resignation


Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias submitted his resignation Wednesday, a day after a tense cabinet meeting during which he clashed with Defence Minister Panos Kammenos over the Prespa Agreement. According to sources, Kotzias was disgruntled over the fact that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras failed to support him against attacks from Kammenos, who is also junior […]

SEC head Cicakovski steps down from post after public outcry


Aleksandar Cicakovski, President of the State Election Commission (SEC), has tendered resignation terminating his function as head of the electoral body. The resignation is an act of personal responsibility, Cicakovski tells MIA. He steps down after it was revealed that members of the SEC had awarded themselves considerable sums as compensation for their activities in […]

PM Zaev: Strong opposition makes the government more responsible


Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Sunday refused to comment on the announcement of VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski that he would step down as party president, but said that ‘a strong opposition would force the government to be more accountable.’ “It is a matter of the internal processes of the party and the VMRO-DPMNE members and […]

Gruevski says he will resign as opposition VMRO-DPMNE leader


Opposition VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski said Friday that he would render his resignation before the party’s bodies, hoping that his move ‘will contribute to resolving the current political situation.’ After the completion of the first round of local poll I said that the party leader bore gratest responsible for the election results, Gruevski said in an interview […]