North Macedonia’s ruling coalition leads in local elections

ISTANBUL/SKOPJE, North Macedonia North Macedonia’s ruling coalition is leading in 54 of 81 municipalities in local elections Sunday, according to preliminary results from the State Election Commission. With about 70% of votes counted, the Internal...

North Macedonia's Elections, Preliminary Results: VMRO-DPMNE with Biggest Number of Elected Mayors, Candidates in Runoffs

According to preliminary unofficial results from Sunday's local elections in the Republic of North Macedonia, based on 93.65% of ballots counted, VMRO-DPMNE is entering the second round of the mayoral elections or has already won the first round...

Ruling Alliance Emerges Strengthened From North Macedonia’s Local Elections

North Macedonia’s governing parties have a double reason to celebrate the results of Sunday’s first round of local elections. First, the main ruling centre-right VMRO DPMNE party of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski expectedly crushed its main...

North Macedonia votes in local polls

SKOPJE, Oct. 19 — About 1.8 million voters in North Macedonia are casting ballots Sunday to elect mayors and councillors in 80 municipalities and the city of Skopje. It is the country’s eighth local election since independence, with 309 candidates...

Nightmare in Skopje as Shelbourne suffer costly stoppage time meltdown

And then the meltdown happened, a costly combination of bad luck and terrible application that ensured Joey O’Brien’s side left North Macedonia with nothing. First, Shels were reduced to ten men, when Sean Boyd sustained an injury from an...

North Macedonia Votes in Local Elections Sunday

Voters in the Republic of North Macedonia are going to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and municipal councillors in the country's 80 municipalities and in the capital Skopje. A total of 1,832,415 voters are eligible to cast ballots, including...

North Macedonia Elections

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FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož 2025: Festival Winners

PORTOROŽ: Urška Djukić’s debut feature Little Trouble Girls won the Vesna Award for best film at the 28th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which ran 21 - 26 October 2025 in Portorož. The film also won awards for best actress (Jara Sofija...

FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož 2025: Fantasy

PORTOROŽ: Kukla’s feature film Fantasy screened in the competition of the 28th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz (21 - 26 October 2025), winning Vesna awards for music, production design, costume design, makeup, and special achievements. This...

Bulgaria Urges Hungary To Push North Macedonia on Constitutional Reforms

Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev urged Hungary to persuade North Macedonia to adopt constitutional changes as a prerequisite for EU membership. Speaking after a meeting with Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok, Radev emphasized that Bulgaria...

Michael Teh talks about his action film ‘Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace’

Michael Teh. Photo Credit: Bjoern Kommerell Actor Michael Teh (“Days of Our Lives”) chatted about his action film “Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace.” How was your experience in the movie ‘Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace’? Absolutely amazing and...

Mickoski’s Party Dominates First Round of Elections Across Key Municipalities in North Macedonia

The right-wing party VMRO-DPMNE, led by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, secured a decisive victory in the first round of local elections held on Sunday, October 19, across North Macedonia. Preliminary results released by the National Election...

North Macedonia, Amb. Palminteri at evening of culinary excellence

Meeting of gastronomic excellence in Strumica, North Macedonia, where Italian Ambassador Paolo Palminteri attended a gala evening at the Tsar Samuil hotel, accompanied by consular correspondent Dafina Pandeva. The event, passionately organized by...

McInroy's late winner seals dramatic win for Shelbourne in derby clash with Bohemians

SSE Airtricity Premier Division: Bohemians 2 (Tierney 17, Flores 22) Shelbourne 3 (Martin 35, Wood 87, McInroy 90+7) Kerr McInroy scored a late, late winner as Shelbourne came from two goals down to dramatically beat Bohemians in a pulsating...

Local Elections in North Macedonia: Minister Toshkovski Says 11 People Arrested

The Minister of Internal Affairs of North Macedonia, Pance Toshkovski, revealed details about violations recorded this Sunday during the local elections held in 80 municipalities. Toshkovski announced that 11 individuals have been arrested. He...

Turnout Reaches 46.65% Half an Hour before Close in North Macedonia’s Local Elections

Voter turnout in the Republic of North Macedonia’s local elections stood at 46.65% half an hour before close of polling, with returns from 94.62% of polling stations processed, State Election Commission Chair Boris Kondarko said on Sunday. Turnout...

Daniel McDonnell: Shelbourne must compete in Skopje or there’s a danger Euro adventure will be over before they know it

As they prepare for this evening’s Uefa Conference League game away to KF Shkendija, Joey O’Brien’s side have no time to bask in the afterglow of being here Harry Wood of Shelbourne during a training session at the National Arena Todor Proeski in...

Turnout Tops 31% by Mid-Afternoon in North Macedonia’s Local Elections

Voter turnout in the Republic of North Macedonia’s local elections reached 31.16% by 3 pm local time (4 pm in Bulgaria), the State Election Commission said on Sunday. The figure is based on returns from 91.16% of polling stations, with 515,069...

Voter Turnout Slightly Above 20% in North Macedonia Local Elections; Polling Proceeds Calmly

Voter turnout in the local elections in the Republic of North Macedonia was slightly above 20%, with polling proceeding calmly, the State Election Commission said on Sunday. This is a slightly lower turnout compared to the previous local elections...

North Macedonia receives grant from France for grid modernization

The EUR 600,000 grant is for technical assistance for the modernization and digitalization of the transmission grid in North Macedonia, MEPSO said. The project focuses on four areas: preparing system adequacy studies using the ANTARES market...