Ivo Vajgl
Pirc Musar’s bid gets boost after Kos quits, poll shows
Ljubljana – Lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar has increased her lead in the presidential race after the ruling party’s candidate Marta Kos pulled out, a poll run by the newspaper Delo on Saturday suggests. Pirc Musar gained five percentage points in a fortnight to 31% as Anže Logar, the former foreign minister, stayed at 23%.
Pirc Musar, Logar in the lead in POP TV poll
Ljubljana – Lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar and Anže Logar, the former foreign minister, are in the lead in a presidential opinion poll released by commercial broadcaster POP TV, polling at 28.7% and 25.4%, respectively. Marta Kos, the former diplomat who will run for the ruling party Freedom Movement, polled at 11.4%.
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Pirc Musar tops latest Mediana poll, closely followed by Logar
Ljubljana – Lawyer and ex-Information Commissioner Nataša Pirc Musar tops the latest public opinion poll measuring support for the presidential election conducted by Mediana for the newspaper Delo. Pirc Musar has been picked by 26.1% of respondents, and is followed closely by former Foreign Minister Anže Logar.
Gynaecologist Senčar 11th to announce presidential bid
Ljubljana – Gynaecologist Sabina Senčar has joined ten hopefuls who have so far announced their presidential bids as the country will be electing a new president on 23 October. She intends to run with the support of Resni.ca, a non-parliamentary party founded amid the Covid epidemic to oppose restrictions.
SAB will be strong member of centre-left govt, leader says
Ljubljana – SAB leader Alenka Bratušek stressed on Wednesday that the party’s candidates are a responsible team who know what Slovenia needs and thus act accordingly, as she addressed the party’s last major event before the general election.
Macedonia Postpones Elections Amid Battle of Nerves
After a day of tense political talks, Macedonia's parliament voted on Tuesday night to postpone elections originally planned for April 24. The vote followed a joint EU-US assessment saying the country is not yet ready to hold a free and fair general election.
Euro MPs Check Implementation of Macedonia Crisis Deal
The three MEPs - Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Richard Howitt - are to arrive on Monday and have separate meetings with representatives of the four main political parties in Macedonia, aimed at ensuring that the crisis deal struck last summer is properly implemented.
EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn to Visit Macedonia Tuesday
EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn is to arrive in Macedonia on June 02 for an official visit.
Hahn's visit was confirmed by his Spokesperson, Maja Kocijan?i?, as cited by Macedonian news portal Plusinfo.
No End to Macedonia Crisis After Strasbourg Talks
Hours-long talks in Strasbourg between Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and opposition Socal Democrat leader Zoran Zaev ended at 3.30am Wednesday without resolution to Macedonia's political crisis.
The three MEPs that facilitated the dialogue said they heard frank discussions from both leaders and extracted a commitment to meet again, however.
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Pajtic attends PES Presidency session
BELGRADE - Leader of the Democratic Party (DS) Bojan Pajtic participated in the Party of European Socialists (PES) presidency session on Thursday and visited the European Parliament within his two-day stay in Brussels.
According to the DS release, during his Pajtic met with MEPs interested in the situation in Serbia and the country's progress on its EU path.
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