MOST CIVIC ASSOCIATION REGISTERS MINOR IRREGULARITIES
admin1 – July 5, 2006 – 11:44am

The Most civic association informed at its first press conference today that minor irregularities had been registered at a few polling stations. They informed that a few individuals obstructed the voting at two polling stations in Kondovo and that some individuals were caught lobbying and influencing voters at two polling stations in Kicevo. Proxy voting was registered in Oslomej.

 
VOTER TURNOUT BY 10:00 REPORTED AT 10.21 PERCENT
admin1 – July 5, 2006 – 10:00am

A total of 10.21 percent of the total number of voters came out to vote at the polling stations in the six constituencies by 10:00, DIK Spokesman Zoran Tanevski informed at the first press conference related to the progress of the elections in Macedonia.

 
POLLING STATIONS OPEN, INCIDENT IN SKOPJE
admin1 – July 5, 2006 – 9:25am

All polling stations, in which citizens will be able to vote for the fifth parliamentary structure of the Macedonian Assembly, were opened this morning.

 
MACEDONIA VOTING TODAY
admin1 – July 5, 2006 – 8:39am
Elections 2006

The citizens of the Republic of Macedonia will decide today which party or coalition they should entrust with the task of leading the country over the next four years. A total of 2,976 polling stations will open at 07:00 and a total of 1,741,449 voters will be able to exercise their right to vote in six constituencies. This year there are 77,153 voters more than the number of voters registered for the parliamentary elections four years ago.

According to the State Election Commission, there will be a total of 33 election lists at these elections with a total of 2,620 candidates who will compete for 120 seats in the Parliament.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – July 4, 2006 – 10:48am

•Election silence begins at 00:00 Tuesday, prior to 5th parliamentary elections in Macedonia.

 
PRESIDENT CRVENKOVSKI CALLS FOR FAIR ELECTIONS IN MACEDONIA
admin1 – July 3, 2006 – 2:17pm
President Branko Crvenkovski

President Branko Crvenkovski asked today that election day be a holiday of democracy. In his address to the nation, the Macedonian president asked the parties and citizens to show that Macedonia has democratic capacity for fair and democratic elections. With this, the process for integration into the EU and NATO will continue, he said.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – July 3, 2006 – 8:52am

•Election campaign ends at midnight; 1,741,439 citizens have the right to vote.

•President Crvenkovski appoints Kire Naumov as director of Intelligence Agency.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 30, 2006 – 9:09am

•Group of Macedonian independent intellectuals appeal for fair and democratic elections without incidents.

 
CRVENKOVSKI AND TADIC ASSESS EURO ATLANTIC INTEGRATION COMMON PRIORITY OF BOTH STATES
admin1 – June 29, 2006 – 12:33pm

Possible independence of Kosovo could threaten the stability of this region, Serbian President Boris Tadic said yesterday following his meeting with Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 29, 2006 – 8:36am
  • CRVENKOVSKI AND TADIC ASSESS EURO ATLANTIC INTEGRATION COMMON PRIORITY OF BOTH STATES

  • NUMBER OF UNDECIDED VOTERS INCREASES

 
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN MAY INCREASES 10.1% FROM 2003 AVERAGE
admin1 – June 28, 2006 – 1:09pm
State Statistical Office

Industrial production in the Republic of Macedonia in May 2006 increased by 10.1% from the 2003 average, which is due to the increased production in the main industrial groups: intermediate goods industries, except energy, by 35.2%, and non-durable consumer goods industries by 4.3%, official statistics shows.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 28, 2006 – 9:58am

•Serbian President Boris Tadic pays one-day visit to Macedonia at the invitation of his Macedonian counterpart Branko Crvenkovski.

 
DELTA OF SERBIA TO INVEST EUR 113 MN
admin1 – June 27, 2006 – 1:20pm
Delta Holding logo.

Delta of Serbia is going to invest 113 million euros in Macedonia over the next two years in building a chain of supermarkets, a buyout and distributive center and a facility for bottling water. It has already provided itself with a location in Skopje, another six or seven locations will be defined over the next few months, while the construction of the factory in Bitola has already gone underway.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 27, 2006 – 9:15am

•Official Tirana calls on parties of Macedonian Albanians to end election violence.

•US Ambassador Milovanovic appeals once again for holding fair and democratic elections.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 26, 2006 – 9:11am

•Serbian company Delta Holding presents plans for investment in Macedonia.

 
REGIONAL WASTE TREATMENT PROJECT OF $3.3 MN
admin1 – June 23, 2006 – 12:00pm

Business connections in the waste treatment sector is the new project of the International Financial Corporation supported by the Austrian Government to be implemented in Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 23, 2006 – 8:45am

•BDI leader Ali Ahmeti appeals for end to election violence following recent incidents.

•Interior Ministry and UNDP office in Macedonia promote campaign against misuse of weapons and raising of public awareness.

 
JOHN BITOVE TO PROMOTE MACEDONIAN ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
admin1 – June 22, 2006 – 12:27pm

The Canadian businessman of Macedonian origin, John Bitove, received support from the Government on Wednesday for the project, within whose framework the development of a feasibility study on Macedonia's potentials, the progress the country has made as a favorable business destination and the ongoing reforms has begun.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 22, 2006 – 8:37am

•Mayors of Skopje, Nis, and Sofia discuss experiences in regional projects in Sofia.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 21, 2006 – 8:59am

•Interior Minister Ljubomir Mihajlovski denies involvement of police in election incidents.

•Police file four criminal charges against perpetrators of election incidents.

•Macedonian platoon Rangers in Iraq replaced with platoon Wolves.

•Interior Ministry presents new passports and identity cards, which will start to be issued by end of year.

 
WORLD BANK AND GEF APPROVE GRANT OF $5.8 MN
admin1 – June 20, 2006 – 11:11am

World Bank logo The World Bank and the Global Ecological Fund (GEF) approved a grant of 5.8 million dollars for the realization of the sustainable energy program that should increase Macedonia's power efficiency and contribute to better use of the country's renewable energy resources.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 20, 2006 – 9:08am

•US Ambassador Milovanovic talks with leaders of Albanian parties about election incidents.

•Controversial businessman Metodija Smilenski, charged with embezzling $30 million, arrested in Serbia.

•Government announces official start of CARDS twinning project Fight Against Drugs.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 19, 2006 – 9:01am

•Tension in State Election Commission defused with compromise on equal space for all parties on ballot papers in fourth constituency.

•Macedonia participates as mediator in constitutive session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

•Government discusses disputable auction for sites in center of Skopje.

 
MACEDONIA AND SIEMENS SIGN FRAMEWORK COOPERATION DEAL
admin1 – June 16, 2006 – 12:00pm

The German concern Siemens is considering three projects for modernization of the health sector and six infrastructure projects in the filed of transport in Macedonia. The company will fund a few of them picked as priorities. This has been defined in the framework agreement that Economy Minister Fatmir Besimi and the member of the Board of Directors of Siemens, Johannes Feldmayer, signed on Thursday.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 16, 2006 – 8:55am

•Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski meets with German Minister for Economy and Technology Michael Glos.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 15, 2006 – 8:56am

•Election campaign for 5 July parliamentary elections starts, to last 20 days.

 
MOBIMAK STARTS RE-BRANDING AS T-MOBILE
admin1 – June 14, 2006 – 12:01pm
T-Mobile logo.
 

Mobimak officially announced on Tuesday the start of its re-branding process into T-Mobile. The amount of more than 5 million euros needed to this end will be provided by T-Mobile.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 14, 2006 – 8:50am

•National legislation and fight against organized crime discussed at seminar held in Struga under organization of OSCE and other international organizations.

•Anticorruption Commission uncovers organized crime in tax evasion in Bacilo case.

 
HeadLine
admin1 – June 13, 2006 – 10:52am

•Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski and President Branko Crvenkovski in Skopje.

•36 political parties sign codex for fair and democratic elections.

 
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL SCHEFFER: ELECTIONS ARE MOST IMPORTANT TEST FOR EURO ATLANTIC PROSPECTS OF MACEDONIA
admin1 – June 12, 2006 – 1:46pm
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Photo by NATO.

The forthcoming parliamentary elections will be the most important test for the Republic of Macedonia and its Euro Atlantic prospects, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said today following his meeting with Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski.

"On 5 July you will have to make the most important progress. The most important test will be the holding of 110 percent free, peaceful, and fair elections. I am convinced that you will succeed and that you will show that this is possible", De Hoop Scheffer said at today's press conference in Skopje.