Democratic Union for Integration
Greater Albania Project: West Willing to See 'Blood in Streets of Macedonia'
The EU and NATO are putting pressure on Skopje to accept the demands of neighboring Tirana and change its constitution, which would have a destabilizing effect on the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
Protest Called Against SDSM-Led Macedonia Govt
A new body called the "Civic Initiative for United Macedonia", urged ethnic Macedonians to attend a rally at 5pm Monday in front of the parliament in Skopje, in defence of Macedonia's allegedly endangered national interests.
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Zaev to Claim PM's Mandate in Macedonia
Zoran Zaev, head of Macedonia's main opposition party, the Social Democratic Union, SDSM, was expected to obtain a mandate to form the country's new government on Monday after claiming the support of 67 of parliament's 120 MPs.
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NATO Urges Macedonia to Form Govt
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has issued a statement suggesting Macedonia should go on with the formation of a new government.
His message, published on NATO's website, comes as a coalition is yet to be forged two months after an early election, with the second-biggest party SDSM saying it has enough signatures to ask the President for a government mandate.
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Macedonia Opposition Nominates Zaev as PM Candidate
At a meeting which took place on Saturday afternoon, the party's central presidency formally nominated Zaev to run for prime minister. Zaev will go on to claim the mandate to form a new government from the head of state, President Gjorge Ivanov.
VMRO-DPMNE Predicts 'Tension' if Opposition Runs Macedonia
If Macedonia's main opposition Social Democratic Union, SDSM, forms a new government in alliance with the main ethnic Albanian party, the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, the result will be tension in Macedonia, VMRO DPMNE said in a press statement.
Macedonia Opposition Looks Closer to Forming Govt
After a meeting on Wednesday night, the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, confirmed that one key obstacle to backing a new opposition Social Democrat-led government - a new law extending the use of the Albanian language - had been removed.
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Macedonia Albanians Squabble Over Joint Platform
The ethnic Albanian parties involved in organizing a planned roundtable of Albanian leaders, which is designed to oversee fulfillment of the objectives of the parties' joint declaration, have traded blamed over its failure to take shape.
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Another Snap Poll Won't Solve Macedonia's Crisis: Survey
Amid the ongoing delay in forming a new government after the December 11 elections, an opinion poll published on Monday suggested that if the polls were repeated, the ruling VMRO DPMNE party and its bitter rival, the opposition Social Democrats, SDSM, would win almost equal support, as they did two months ago.
Secrecy Shrouds Coalition Talks in Macedonia
Teams led by the vice-presidents of the Social Democratic Union, SDSM, and the Democratic Union for integration, DUI, met on Monday in Skopje to resume talks on forming an opposition-led government in Macedonia.
After the talks with the SDSM, DUI vice-president Teuta Arifi briefly told media that they had been "constructive" and would continue.
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