A joint breakfast for the candidates for president in Macedonia’s up coming elections that was supposed to add a positive tone to the campaign was somewhat undermined after one of the contestants verbally attacked his opponent. As three of the candidates were waiting for the other four to arrive, Georgi …
Read More »Ivanov Leads Elections Polls, Selmani Runner Up
Imer Selmani, the head of the freshly formed New Democracy party has a serious chance of becoming the first ethnic Albanian to ever enter the second round of Macedonia presidential election, the latest opinion poll shows. The presidential candidate of the main ruling VMRO DPMNE party, Georgi Ivanov leads the …
Read More »Macedonia Stages Most Complex Election Ever
The voting process in Macedonia’s presidential and local election to be held on March 22 – with a likely second round on April 5 – will be the most complex ever staged in Macedonia’s democratic history, the head of the State’s Election Commission said on Thursday. The situation will be …
Read More »As Elections Near, Euro-skepticism on the Rise in Macedonia
Two years after the European Union’s last enlargement brought Bulgaria and Romania into the European bloc in 2007, the EU’s appeal in the immediate neighbourhood seems to be on the wane. Applicant and potential applicant countries, always the most enthusiastic supporters of EU integration, are becoming less so as domestic …
Read More »Election is Graduation Exam For Macedonia
The approaching presidential and local elections in Macedonia will be a litmus test for the country on its way to EU, the current EU Presidency holder, the Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, said late Tuesday in Skopje. During his one day stay visit to Skopje, Topolanek met Macedonian President Branko …
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