Tag: incident
Macedonia 15.11.22 | 19:31

Incident causes inter-ethnic tensions in Kumanovo, Mayor Dimitrievski calls for calm

Inter-ethnic tensions in Kumanovo are on the rise after a reported attack. Police and local authorities are not revealing details about the incident, but a local Albanian TV station published a video of a group of man chasing a lone target through the streets. Local Albanian parties are blaming Macedonians...

Macedonia 29.10.21 | 21:18

Police in Bitola harassed a young couple, political intimidation is the likely motive

Infomax reports that special police officers deployed to Bitola, ahead of the crucial run-off election there, harassed a young couple, apparently for political reasons. The couple were stopped yesterday evening, by an unmarked vehicle using police lights. The plainclothes officers inside claimed that...

Macedonia 17.09.21 | 16:49

Worsening traffic gridlock causes a road rage incident in Skopje

With Skopje city authorities apparently determined to open as much road construction in the weeks leading up to the local elections in October as possible, the city is suffering from major gridlocks every workday. Yesterday a woman was filmed in tears, as she was unable to reach the Butel cemetery in...

Macedonia 09.03.21 | 13:46

Man from Tetovo tried to run another man over after an argument

A man from Tetovo tried to run over another man over a traffic dispute. The two men in their 40-ies were arguing after one of them left his broken down car on the main boulevards in the badly congested city yesterday evening. This obstructed the movement of another motorist, who, after a verbal dispute,...

Macedonia 11.02.21 | 12:53

Ivanov testified in the April 2017 trial, said he was not preparing to declare a state of emergency at the time

Former President Gjorge Ivanov testified today in the trial over the April 2017 incident in the Parliament. Ivanov dismissed claims that he was preparing to declare a state of emergency in the run up to the storming of the Parliament, which was a frequent conspiracy theory spread at the time. It was...

Macedonia 14.01.21 | 14:55

Man rushed to hospital after an apparent shooting in Skopje

Police presence was evident in front of the “St. Clement” hospital in Skopje, after a man with gunshot wounds was rushed there for treatment. Eyewitnesses say that the man was brought in a car with shattered windows, apparently from arms fire. There is still no indication who the target...

Macedonia 08.01.21 | 16:55

Ugly incident in Skopje: Two men filmed threatening to kill other bus passengers

Footage of an ugly incident in a bus in Skopje was shared online today, showing two men threatening an old woman who asked them to put their masks on. According to witnesses they then attacked the woman who is recording them. Ај да ги направиме познати МОРОНИВЕ! Жена...

Macedonia 07.01.21 | 18:12

Two men injured in a mafia style incident in Skopje

Two men were injured in an incident in Skopje’s Gazi Baba district yesterday evening. The incident happened before 20h, and details are still scarce. A 33 year old man from Singelic was stabbed, and a 31 year old man from Aracinovo was shot during the incident. Police secured two vehicles that were...

Macedonia 02.11.20 | 15:09

Gevgelija: Debtor tried to kill the lender and his lawyer

A man from Gevgelija pulled a gun on a man he owed money to and his lawyer, during a procedure when he was required to settle the debt. The incident happened on Thursday in the office of a court appointment enforcement agent. While the talks were on-going, the debtor pulled a gun and pointed it at the...

Macedonia 29.09.20 | 16:52

Unknown man broke into the apartment of doctor Velo Markovski and startled his wife shortly after his appointment to a top position in VMRO-DPMNE

An unknown man broke into the home of doctor Velo Markovski yesterday evening. When the incident occurred, the doctor’s wife was asleep in the home. She was woken by the man, who fled when he saw her. Doctor Markovski, a renowned epidemiologist who has been one of the most trusted persons in the...

Macedonia 22.09.20 | 09:45

Two incidents in the Strumica hospital: Body stolen to prevent autopsy and the family of a deceased boy attacks doctors

A second incident erupted in the Strumica general hospital yesterday after a nine year old child died, prompting angry reactions from his family. Early in the day a group of 20 men stole the corpse of a deceased patient to prevent his autopsy and to have him buried according to their religious rites. Hospital...

Macedonia 26.08.20 | 15:02

Former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski testified how the April 2017 incident was provoked

During the trial on the April 2017 incident in the Parliament, former Speaker Trajko Veljanoski presented his version of events on the day when protesters stormed the building as SDSM and DUI held an irregular vote to elect a new Speaker. Veljanoski said that the incident was clearly provoked by SDSM...

Macedonia 03.08.20 | 22:34

Macedonian police patrol boat fired on an Albanian speedboat in lake Ohrid during a midnight chase

Ohrid lake police patrol opened fire at a speedboat coming from Albania on Sunday at midnight. The speedboat refused to stop when ordered by the police boat, which was sailing after receiving information that two criminals are transporting unspecified objects. The Albanian boat rammed the police patrol...

Macedonia 15.07.20 | 19:18

Two officers involved in an incident in Tetovo

Two police officers were involved in an incident today, around 16h, reported in Tetovo. The Interior Ministry said that its internal control is investigating the case. It’s unclear whether it was related to the elections. Police officers are banned from campaigning and Interior Minister Nake Culev...

Macedonia 22.05.20 | 13:54

Two incidents involving police officers in Tetovo

Police officers in Tetovo were targeted in two separate incidents, the Interior Ministry reported. In one instance, an officer, accompanied by a friend of his, was intercepted by three men who cut off his path with their car and attempted to assault him. Following the incident yesterday evening the three...

Macedonia 10.05.20 | 11:19

Matka shooting incident: Attackers had guns, a knife and a baseball bat

The Interior Ministry revealed that many of the participants in the shooting incident that occurred at the Matka canyon yesterday were armed. The incident was caught on video, in which it can be clearly heard that at least one shot was fired, allegedly by local boss Mervan Sulejmani. Пукање...

Macedonia 09.05.20 | 19:16

Shooting incident in the Matka canyon

A shooting incident occurred this afternoon in the Matka canyon, at the small pier used by the popular boat tour operators. Several boat operators got into an argument, durign which one of them fired at least one shot. Nobody has been injured in the incident, that was caught on video, the police said....

Macedonia 27.04.20 | 17:26

On the anniversary of the 2017 incident in the Parliament, Durlovski asks the public to consider “who gained from this controlled chaos”

Opera singer and political dissident Igor Durlovski, who was one of the leaders of the Fourth Ilinden movement, wrote on the third anniversary of the illegitimate power grab in Macedonia and the incident in the Parliament. Durlovski asked a series of questions regarding the events of the day, which he...

Macedonia 24.01.20 | 11:10

Incident reported in the Tetovo general hospital

Another hospital incident was reported yesterday, this time in Tetovo. Police was called up to the Tetovo general hospital when a drunken man was invited to the room where two of his friends were hospitalized. The meeting ended up in a fist fight involving a total of four men. The police informed they...

Macedonia 17.12.19 | 20:12

Wary of over-construction, angry resident throw out a Karpos municipal representative sent to present a new development plan

An incident erupted in Skopje’s Trnodol district, where a municipal representative wanted to present the new development plan. Citizens from this area, on a Vodno hillside, insist that the plan will lead to over-development and they expelled the representatives from the Karpos municipality. You...

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