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Kathimerini
April 26, 2018
On the other hand, FYROM's official position has oscillated between a hard-line stance and a more moderate one; the former attempts to monopolize the use of the word “Macedonia” and was predominant during Nikola Gruevski's 10-year rule of the country. The latter is willing to accept a compound name,ÃÂ ...
Arab News
April 21, 2018
UN mediated talks to settle the row have resumed since Zaev's Social Democrats won elections last year, ousting the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE party of Nikola Gruevski after more than ten years in power. The negotiations have made progress after Macedonia agreed in February to change the name of theÃÂ ...
Balkan Insight
April 18, 2018
The new leader of the VMRO DPMNE says Macedonia's new government is the worst in post-independence history – but is reticent on the legacy of his predecessor, Nikola Gruevski. Katerina Blazevska BIRN Skopje. Conducting an interview at the grandiose new headquarters of Macedonia's former rulingÃÂ ...
Balkan Insight
April 11, 2018
Macedonia's change in the government and fall of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski brought the only improvement in the Balkans, according to the report. “Macedonia recorded its first score improvements since 2010, ending seven straight years of decline,” it said. Albania posted a very smallÃÂ ...
Balkan Insight
April 5, 2018
For the past two years, the EU has frozen its invitation for Macedonia to start membership talks due to an ongoing political crisis, which was only resolved last year with the fall of the VMRO DPMNE-led government of Nikola Gruevski. Despite his savage criticism of the government, Mickovski hinted that hisÃÂ ...
Balkan Insight
April 4, 2018
Mats Staffansson thought he had seen his share of drama in his long diplomatic career. He served in the Swedish Embassy in Warsaw when General Jaruzelski declared martial law in December 1981 and arrested 6,000 people overnight. He was one of the few Western ambassadors to stay in SerbiaÃÂ ...
Balkan Insight
April 1, 2018
Macedonia's President since 2009, Gjorge Ivanov, belongs to but does not lead the VMRO-DPMNE party of the recently-ousted Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. After his election defeat, Gruevski passed the party leadership to Hristijan Mickoski. The situation is different in Bosnia, which does not have oneÃÂ ...
New York Times
March 28, 2018
When the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski announced the project, he argued that it would create much-needed jobs and bolster national pride. And there are those who appreciate it, even for its sheer madness. Ultimately, it was all about more than aesthetics; it was an effort to stake a claim to aÃÂ ...
Kathimerini
March 27, 2018
The Office of the Special Public Prosecutor in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has opened an investigation into the selection of Greek construction company Aktor as the preferred bidder for the Demir Kapija-Smokvica highway project. Suspects include FYROM's ex-prime minister NikolaÃÂ ...
Balkan Insight
March 21, 2018
Macedonia's SJO on Wednesday said it suspects the leader of the largest ethnic Albanian party in Macedonia, the junior ruling Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, Ali Ahmeti, as well as former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, of spending 2.8 million euros on a census in 2011 which they later deliberatelyÃÂ ...
Kathimerini
March 17, 2018
Tensions ran high this week as FYROM's Parliament approved a law allowing for the wider use of the Albanian language, despite the efforts of opposition nationalists, spearheaded by former prime minister and ex-VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski. Gruevski, along with other lawmakers, pulled awayÃÂ ...
SeeNews
December 31, 1999
In Macedonia, former conservative prime minister Nikola Gruevski recently held power for nearly 10 consecutive years. Though only in power since 2014, Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic already appears to have established a stranglehold over the country's politics. In similar fashion to some of hisÃÂ ...
Exit
December 31, 1999
Last week, the Macedonian parliament passed a law allowing wider official use of the Albanian language. The voting process was peppered with verbal and physical threats, particularly toward Speaker Talat Xhaferi. Nikola Gruevski, former VMRO leader and former Prime Minister of Macedonia, attackedÃÂ ...
Greek Reporter
December 31, 1999
Essential for the revision of the constitution is the participation of lawmakers from the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, the party of Nikola Gruevski. Gruevski, the previous FYROM prime minister, has been blamed for fanning irredentist flames in forging the Balkan country's heritage and history. Greece's proposalÃÂ ...
EURACTIV
February 16, 2018
The opposition VMRO-DPMNE of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Skopje, possibly encouraged by Russia, is trying to hinder the resolution of a name dispute with Greece that has blocked the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) progress in joining NATO and the European Union.
Arizona State University
February 9, 2018
The former premier and nationalist party leader, Nikola Gruevski, for example, traces his descent to the Aegean part of Macedonia. Some of the hostility between the two sides is deeply personal, entwined in family tragedies and community trauma. Q: Why is this important to the rest of the world? A: Until theÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
February 5, 2018
However, after a period of protests by independent citizens and the opposition, joined by civil society organizations, as well as a number of deadly political mistakes on the part of the conservatives, the 11-year rule of Nikola Gruevski fell and the social democrats came to power. Immediately after the changeÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
February 5, 2018
Macedonia's new government, which formed in June after the collapse of former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's government in 2016, is seriously pursuing EU and NATO accession—an ambitious goal that could make Skopje more receptive to compromise. In Athens, the domestic situation isÃÂ ...
Independent Balkan News Agency
February 4, 2018
In fYROMacedonia, too, once the conservative VMRO party and Nikola Gruevski assumed power, tried to develop a new "ethno-Macedonism", in order to create (a national) identity and a common national conscience, in a country with profound national differences. Symbols of thousands of years were usedÃÂ ...
NPR
February 4, 2018
The previous government, led by ultranationalist Nikola Gruevski, who is being tried on graft and wiretapping charges, aggravated Greece by naming the airport and main highway "Alexander the Great" and filling the capital, Skopje, with what Macedonian architect Martin Panovski called "third-rate" statuesÃÂ ...
EUobserver
February 1, 2018
The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party of former leader Nikola Gruevski is still boycotting parliament over the arrest of six of its MPs for an incident last April, when a pro-Gruevski mob stormed the parliament building and beat up Zaev. But Boshnjakovski told EUobserver that "nearly nine months since theÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
January 24, 2018
In the Republic of Macedonia, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski made use of isolation from the West to strengthen his grip on power, dish out benefits to political and business cronies, and refashion Skopje's city centre as a nationalist theme park, featuring a humongous statue of Alexander mounted upon aÃÂ ...
EUobserver
January 24, 2018
Greece was consumed by a punishing economic crisis, and FYROM descended into political polarisation that eventually saw Nikola Gruevski's increasingly authoritarian right-wing government collapse after opposition demonstrations in 2016. Gruevski espoused an exclusivist nationalism that antagonisedÃÂ ...
Independent Balkan News Agency
January 19, 2018
On the other hand, fYROMacedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, who 'comes from' VMRO-DPMNE of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, in his speech, refused to accept the law on the wider use of the Albanian language in the country, stressing that, "it is unconstitutional and dangerous for integrity of theÃÂ ...
Morganton News Herald
January 19, 2018
Hopes of a breakthrough have been fueled by a change in government in Skopje after years of the nationalist government of conservative Nikola Gruevski. The country's new left-wing prime minister, Zoran Zaev, who has been at the helm for just seven months, has taken bold steps to improve relations withÃÂ ...
EURACTIV
January 19, 2018
The opposition VMRO-DPMNE of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Skopje, possibly encouraged by Russia, is trying to hinder the resolution of a name dispute with Greece that has blocked the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) progress in joining NATO and the European Union.
Deutsche Welle
January 18, 2018
The country's previous prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, was more of a nationalist, right-wing populist politician, while his Social Democratic successor, Zoran Zaev, has made it clear that he wants to rekindle the negotiations with Athens that came to a halt in 2014. But on the Greek side, rapprochement isn'tÃÂ ...
euronews
January 2, 2018
The world's most celebrated Macedonian, Alexander the Great, was aggressively claimed by the previous nationalist FYROM government, led by Nikola Gruevski. School textbooks were rewritten to play up links between the empire of antiquity and the modern Republic and statues erected in public placesÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 30, 2017
Zaev has also denounced a mammoth statue and building campaign that inflamed passions under his nationalist predecessor, Nikola Gruevski. The programme has named the nation's airport, highways and stadiums after the warrior king, fuelling accusations in Athens that the country is stealing symbolsÃÂ ...
Digital Journal
December 18, 2017
Macedonia's ex-prime minister Nikola Gruevski, whose powerful decade-long reign ended last year over a corruption and wiretapping scandal, went on trial Monday on corruption charges. "This is clearly a biased trial," Gruevski said as he left court. "The goal is to convict us as soon as possible".
IHS Jane's 360
December 13, 2017
On 10 December 2017, the resignation of Nikola Gruevski, the leader of the opposition nationalist Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE), was accepted by the central committee of the party in the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR)ÃÂ ...
TRT World
December 11, 2017
Macedonia's ex-prime minister Nikola Gruevski, whose powerful decade-long reign ended last year because of a corruption scandal, has quit his position as head of the conservative VMRO-DPMNE party. The 47-year-old leader presented his "irrevocable resignation" on Sunday evening, VMRO-DPMNEÃÂ ...
Digital Journal
December 11, 2017
Macedonia's ex-prime minister Nikola Gruevski, whose powerful decade-long reign ended last year because of a corruption scandal, has quit as conservative opposition leader, his party said Monday. The ousted leader, 47, presented his "irrevocable resignation" on Sunday evening, the VMRO-DPMNEÃÂ ...
Kathimerini
December 31, 1999
They believe that Nikola Gruevski's defeat has presented a rare opportunity for a solution but also predict that his more moderate successor, Zoran Zaev, will face a lot of opposition inside the country. The peculiarities of the Trump administration mean that America both is and isn't involved in this game.
Balkan Insight
December 31, 1999
Macedonia: Probing for Truth about Ethnic Violence Trials. The ousting of Nikola Gruevski's regime in 2017 brought new hope for those who felt they were unjustly tried for terrorism in several murky, high-profile court cases that troubled inter-ethnic relations in Macedonia. Sinisa Jakov Marusic BIRN SkopjeÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
December 10, 2017
The prosecution said on Friday that it is probing allegations made by Serbian opposition leader Vuk Jeremic, who last week alleged that people close to former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski have been intensively buying Serbian firms as part of a money-laundering scheme. “The OrganisedÃÂ ...
EUobserver
December 7, 2017
Hahn urged Zaev to "reach out to the opposition" of former PM Nikola Gruevski so that their vendetta did not harm the EU process. Zaev said he was focusing on reform of the judiciary, secret services, public administration, the independence of regulatory bodies and media. Asked by press whether RussiaÃÂ ...
Eurasia Review
December 2, 2017
The former Prime Minister and leader of the right-wing VMRO DPMNE party, Nikola Gruevski, said he plans to resign as its leader 'soon'. In an interview for Kurir news website, published on Friday, Nikola Gruevski said he plans to tender his resignation as leader of VMRO DPMNE soon, regardless of theÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 1, 2017
Nikola Gruevski, the leader of Macedonia's VMRO-DPMNE, says he plans to step down “soon” as the head of the country's conservative opposition party. His comments, made in an interview published on December 1 by Kurir News come just over a month after the ruling Social Democratic Union (SDSM)ÃÂ ...
Global Voices Online
November 18, 2017
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić of Serbia and former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski of Macedonia have several things in ...
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
November 8, 2017
This was the signal that, for the first time since 2006, the VMRO–DPMNE and Nikola Gruevski were going to lose the elections.
Global Voices Online
November 8, 2017
In a grand sweep to re-establish the rule of law in Macedonia after the demise of the populist regime of Nikola Gruevski (the head of right-wing ...
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
November 3, 2017
... Macedonian intelligence agents who helped topple the allegedly corrupt and authoritarian regime of the then-Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski ...
B92
November 1, 2017
Deus was appointed as Macedonia's honorary consul in Spain in 2012, with a decision of Nikola Gruevski's government, said Beta. Comments ...
EURACTIV
October 30, 2017
Following the second round, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE's leader Nikola Gruevski dismissed the results. [European People's Party].
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
October 29, 2017
VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski, who is also Macedonia's former prime minister, denounced an "undemocratic atmosphere” as well as ...
MINA
October 28, 2017
Nikola Gruevski was forced to remove himself from power during a wiretapping scandal and subsequent witch hunt created by the CIA with ...
MINA
October 27, 2017
Nikola Gruevski was forced to remove himself from power during a wiretapping scandal and subsequent witch hunt created by the CIA with ...
Xinhua
October 27, 2017
Meanwhile, the largest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE chaired by former PM Nikola Gruevski only won three communes while ethnic Albanian ...
Balkan Insight
October 26, 2017
... made by the main opposition VMRO DPMNE party and its leader Nikola Gruevski of wiretapping and election fraud place during the ongoing ...
