"Macedonian elections may signal change": Live From Skopje

12 December 2016 02:40

Watch our interview with Fani Karanfilova—Panovska, director of the Foundation Open Society in Macedonia

What You Need To Know:

✅ Preliminary election results show former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's right wing VMRO-DPMNE in a slight lead over the opposition Social Democrats led by Zoran Zaev.

✅ The snap elections, on December 11, in Macedonia are being held following a nearly two-year political crisis sparked by a wiretapping scandal.

✅ Nearly 1.8 million registered voters are eligible to choose 123 lawmakers for the single-chamber parliament in the election

✅ These elections have been dubbed as a key vote since Macedonia gained its independence nearly 25 years ago.