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Week in Review: Dangerous Rumours and Bilateral Tensions
War of Rumours
An old-Soviet tank keeps alive the memory of the Soviet Union in the breakaway region of Transnistria. Photo: courtesy of Cornelia Cozonac
North Macedonia’s Battle Over New Majority Unsettles Albanian Parties
As the political fight to form a new majority escalates ahead of a no-confidence vote, due on Thursday, each MP in North Macedonia's various ethnic Albanian parties feels a kingmaker.
North Macedonia’s Opposition Claims New Parliament Majority
Opposition leader Hirstijan Mickoski's right-wing VMRO DPMNE party, their Albanian coalition partners Alliance for Albanians and Alternative, alongside the small opposition Levica party, and the ethnic Albanian BESA party, who has just defected from the current government ranks, came together to form a new majority in North Macedonia's parliament.
North Macedonia: Zaev resigned, the opposition demands early parliamentary elections
On the other hand, the independent candidate for the mayor of Skopje, Danela Arsovska, declared victory, and the leading Macedonian opposition party VMRO-DPMNE calls for early parliamentary elections.
VMRO-DPMNE Wins Convincingly Local Elections in the Republic of North Macedonia
VMRO-DPMNE is the absolute winner of yesterday's local elections in the Republic of North Macedonia, according to the latest data announced tonight on the website of the State Election Commission, Macedonian media reported.
North Macedonia PM Rebuffs Calls to Close Modular Hospitals After Fire
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has rejected calls to temporarily shut all the other modular hospitals in North Macedonia as a precautionary measure, following a deadly fire in Tetovo hospital that killed 14 patients.
Zaev insisted that all 17 remaining modular facilities are working with boosted security and are invaluable in the fight against COVID infections.
North Macedonia Postpones April Polls Over Pandemic
The heads of North Macedonia's main political parties met at the presidential palace in Skopje on Tuesday and agreed to postpone the early elections, which were originally slated for April 12.
The modalities for the postponement and a new election date have yet to be determined, however.
North Macedonia Parties ‘Almost Level’ Before Election: Survey
An opinion poll published on Monday by the International Republican Institute, IRI, a US-based democracy development organisation, suggested that North Macedonia's main ruling Social Democrats enjoy a very slight popularity advantage over their bitter rivals, the right-wing opposition VMRO DPNNE party.
North Macedonia Expects Close Vote on Prosecution Law
North Macedonia's parliament was set to start a plenary session on the law on the prosecution later on Monday in a shortened procedure aimed at trying to pass the law by Sunday, when parliament is due to dissolve ahead of early general elections on April 12.
Polls Open in North Macedonia Presidential Elections
People casting ballots in North Macedonia. Photo: EPA/EFE GEORGI LICOVSKI