North Macedonia’s prime minister has announced his resignation following the heavy defeat of his governing Social Democratic Union in the country’s local elections.
Zoran Zaev told a news conference at the party headquarters on Sunday night: “The responsibility for this outcome is mine and I’m resigning as prime minister and as leader of the Social Democratic Union.”
Although official results were not yet in from the local elections, Zaev conceded defeat in the most important contest - the mayor’s race in the capital, Skopje.
Incumbent Petre Shilegov lost to a center-right backed challenger, Danela Arsovska, who will become the capital’s first ever woman mayor.
Candidates supported by the main opposition party, the center-right VMRO-DPMNE,
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