Eurasia Press & News
Macedonia’s National Bank, NBM has raised its benchmark interest rate by two percent in order to preserve the stability of the local currency, the Denar. The NBM’s head Petar Gosev announced this at a press conference in Skopje on Thursday. He informed that at the next auction, the NBM’s bonds …
Read More »Macedonia Suspended Prison Guards ‘Framed’
Four prison guards from Skopje’s prison, recently suspended for brutality against convicts, claim they have been framed. The four allegedly tied several convicts to radiators and showers on March 16, beating them brutally. They were suspended and are now charged with use of undue force after several domestic and international …
Read More »Professor Takes Lead After Peaceful Macedonia Vote
The peaceful conduct of both the presidential and parallel local elections contrasted with the violence of last year`s parliamentary poll. Politics professor Gjorge Ivanov took a clear lead over his rivals on Monday in the first round of Macedonia’s election hailed by the European Union for its lack of violence. …
Read More »US Hails Macedonia ‘Peaceful’ Poll
The United States hailed Macedonia for holding violence-free elections but urged the country to keep up the effort for the run-off vote on April 5, local media report. Mary Ann Tyson, the Press Secretary at the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, told Voice of America’s Macedonian news …
Read More »No Hole in the Budget, Macedonia PM Claims
As a new bid for state bonds is launched on Tuesday, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski argues that they are not being issued to cover a budget crisis. The rumours that the state budget is so empty that there is no money for the wages for the state administration and for …
Read More »Ruling Party Candidate Leads in Macedonia Poll
George Ivanov from the main ruling VMRO DPMNE party maintains a lead according to early results from Macedonia’s Presidential election although he is likely to face a run-off vote in two weeks time. Out of 98 percent of the counted votes, Ivanov is the frontrunner with about 340,000 votes or …
Read More »OSCE: Macedonia Passes Election Test
The first round of Sunday’s presidential and mayoral election in Macedonia met most international standards, western monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe say. The poll was “well administered and free of the violent incidents that clouded last year’s parliamentary elections,” the OSCE said. Election day was …
Read More »Main Party Rivals Lead in Macedonia Election
George Ivanov from the main ruling VMRO DPMNE party and Ljubomir Frckoski from the main opposition the Social Democrats are set to go into the second round of Macedonia’s presidential election according to early results. Out of 37 percent of the counted votes, Ivanov is the frontrunner with about 81,000 …
Read More »Voting Ends in ‘Peaceful’ Macedonia Election
Voting has closed in Macedonia’s presidential and mayoral elections, with the country’s Election Commission announcing the poll went without major incident and met democratic norms. In what was widely seen as a curtail test for the country’s shaken democratic record only the heavy snow disrupted the election with ballot materials …
Read More »Heavy Snow Disrupts Macedonia Election
Only heavy snowfall has been causing problems so far as voting in Macedonia’s presidential and mayoral elections – seen as a key test for the country’s democracy – are underway. Polls opened at 0700 CET (0600 GMT) and will close at 1900 CET (1800 GMT). But 103 out of the …
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