Macedonia

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s party is on course for victory in the municipal vote that was held after a political crisis, although the opposition has alleged foul play.Preliminary data released on Monday by Macedonia’s State Election Commission, DIK, showed that Gruevski’s main ruling VMRO DPMNE party had won the most …

Macedonia, an EU candidacy country since 2005, has boosted its chance of accession after a peaceful election. The interior minister Gordan Jankuloska said, “We’ve probably had the best and cleanest elections so far.

The European Parliament rapporteur, Richard Howitt, says Macedonia can expect a positive resolution from the Parliament, now the recent political crisis has been defused.Howitt said the European Parliament will vote on April 8 on a resolution that he compiled, and the country can expect another recommendation to the European Council …

Politicians are routinely misusing public resources and offering electoral sweeteners to voters ahead of the March 24 polls, leading NGOs say.In its preliminary report on the campaign for the March 24 local election, Civil, a Skopje-based NGO, highlighted numerous violations of the campaign rules. Alleged abuses range from promises of …

Leader of Macedonian oppositional party Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), Branko Crvenkovski, will ask for calling snap parliamentary elections in Macedonia no matter what the results of the March 24 local elections. “If we are united, if we stay firm and if we are decided

With the message that ‘It can be forgiven, but not forgotten,’ Macedonia on Monday marked the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the Jewish community to Nazi death camps.Representatives of the Community of the Jews in Macedonia, the Holocaust Fund of Macedonian Jews, the President, the government and other organizations …

The seat of the Macedonian government will get its promised Baroque façade shortly after the March 24 local elections, officials have said.After several delays, the Macedonian government’s Procurements Bureau said it was about to choose from among four domestic construction firms that have offered to carry out the revamp. “We …

The European Commission will present its report on Macedonia on April 16. It depends on the report whether the country will get a starting date for accession negotiations with the European Union. The report will be announced a day after the second round of local elections in the country. The …

The deal that ended Macedonia’s political crisis foresees possible early elections – but only if the parties agree on it by autumn, the European Parliament Rapporteur on Macedonia.Richard Howitt told Balkan Insight that early general elections are up to parliament – after government and opposition came out with contradictory readings …

Macedonia will soon file an extradition request to neighbouring Kosovo for two recently-arrested ethnic Albanians wanted for trial over high-profile killings near Skopje.The justice ministry said it expected to file a request to Kosovo in two or three days for the extradition of the two ethnic Albanians wanted for involvement …