Tag: kumanovo
Macedonia 01.09.21 | 16:59

Kumanovo Mayor Dimitrievski rejects Zaev’s move to expel him from the SDSM party

The Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski hit back at his SDSM party, after he was removed from its membership. Dimitrievski, who was openly critical of Zoran Zaev for most of his term in office, decided to launch an independent mayoral bid as it became clear that Zaev will remove him from the race in...
Macedonia 30.08.21 | 21:31

Group of migrants attacked another group near Kumanovo

Police intervened on Saturday evening near the Kumanovo railway station, when a group of migrants reported that they were attacked by another group. The attacked migrants included six people, who said that a group of three men attacked one of their party with a knife and robbed them. The police is investigating...
Macedonia 28.08.21 | 19:49

Mihajlovski: It is time for change, Kumanovo doesn’t deserve to be a black hole

What motivated me to run for mayor is that I see my city deteriorating for thirty years, becoming a ruin. From an industrial giant building around the world, it fails to build itself. From a rock and roll city from a jazz festival Kumanovo became a turbo folk center. This is how the candidate for mayor...
Macedonia 27.08.21 | 14:17

SDSM lashes out at Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski following his defection from the party

The SDSM party strongly condemned the decision by Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski to launch an independent bid for a second term. Dimitrievski was elected on the SDSM ticket in 2017, but has frequently criticized the party, and its leader Zoran Zaev, especially for his mishandling of the coronavirus...
Macedonia 27.08.21 | 09:38

SDSM split: Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski will defy his own party with an independent mayoral run

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski, known for his frequent criticism of his own SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev, is planning an independent run, local media are reporting. SDSM is about to appoint its candidate for the coming local elections in October, and it seems clear that Dimitrievski will not get...
Macedonia 25.08.21 | 13:52

Split in SDSM threatens their hold on the city of Kumanovo

A leak yesterday announced that SDSM plans to “retire” a number of key mayors and nominate new candidates. SDSM expected to carry out a purge of its incumbent mayors But one of the crucial large cities that the party managed to hold even during the height of the VMRO-DPMNE decade in office,...
Macedonia 20.08.21 | 12:21

Actor Toni Mihajlovski official candidate for mayor of Kumanovo

VMRO-DPMNE presented Friday another 19 candidates for mayors in the October 17 local elections, with one of the confirmed candidates being actor Toni Mihajlovski for Kumanovo. Presenting the new candidates, Vladimir Misajlovski, the vice president of VMRO-DPMNE, said that Mihajlovski is a successful...
Macedonia 07.07.21 | 18:24

Kumanovo attack trial: Attorneys acknowledge that the terrorists were in Divo Naselje, but claim they were duped into taking up arms

The defense team of the members of the Albanian terrorist group which attacked the city of Kumanovo in 2015 is demanding a retrial. According to the attorneys of the three dozen terrorists, most of whom were given life sentences, there were violations of the criminal code done during the original trial....
Macedonia 05.07.21 | 19:09

SDSM split in Kumanovo – two candidates want the nomination

Incumbent Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski today announced that he is running for another term. Dimitrievski’s candidacy follows that of Martin Kostovski, his local rival in the SDSM branch. This is the second major municipal SDSM party branch that got split today – earlier two candidates...
Macedonia 20.04.21 | 11:11

Idrizovo prison guards seize mobile phones from detained group of Albanian terrorists

Prison guards seized mobile phones from the cells of the members of the Albanian terrorist group that attacked Kumanovo in 2015. Two dozen terrorists are sentenced to life or lengthy prison sentences for the attack in which they killed eight Macedonian police officers. The group since practically runs...
Macedonia 13.04.21 | 16:47

Drug dealer arrested near Kumanovo

A drug trafficker was detained in Kumanovo today. The 36 year ol dma was caught with marijuana and powdered substance which is being examined. It’s the latest in a series of arrests of drug traffickers in Macedonia. The most notable case, last Friday near Prilep, touched directly on Prime Minister...
News 10.03.21 | 12:08

Kumanovo citizens go to Serbia to get vaccinated, Mayor says

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski revealed that people from the city which is hard hit by the coronavirus epidemic are going across the border to Vranje in Serbia to get their vaccines. Macedonia has practically no vaccines while Serbia is among the most vaccinated countries in Europe, after sourcing...
Macedonia 26.02.21 | 10:19

The Kumanovo islamists trained in RPG fire and tested improvised explosive devices before being arrested

The group of ethnic Albanian islamists who were arrested in Kumanovo in September were training in firing RPG grenades and in preparing bombs, the prosecutors said as the case moves to a trial. The group at its core had three people, with eight accomplices, some of whom had gone to Syria and joined ISIS. Three...
Macedonia 31.01.21 | 22:24

Three men arrested with 15 kilograms of marijuana near Kumanovo

Police arrested three men from Kumanovo and the village of Romanovce who were caught with 15 kilograms of marijuana. The drugs were kept in a home of one of the men in Romanovce and they are charged with trading with illicit drug. The marijuana business is exploding in Macedonia under the Zaev regime...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 20:51

Bitola, Kumanovo and Tetovo under suffocating air pollution

Air pollution levels have spiked noticeably in the past days, as the poor weather conditions and the colder weather have kept a permanent cloud of smog and dirt over many cities in Macedonia. Bitola is among the worst affected cities today, with 377 micrograms of PM10 particles per cubic meter of air....
Macedonia 28.12.20 | 14:16

Eight more members of the Islamist cell that was preparing attacks arrested in Kumanovo and Skopje

The Interior Ministry reported the arrest of eight additional members of a group of Islamists that was apprehended in August. Three Islamists arrested in Skopje and Kumanovo while preparing suicide attacks In the initial arrests, three Islamists were detained, along with a large cache of weapons that...
Macedonia 16.12.20 | 12:37

Kumanovo Mayor says he will not remove WW2 plaques with the inscription “Bulgarian fascist occupier”

The Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski announced that he will not follow the Government order to remove plaques signifying the sites of World War Two fights and arrests, when they carry the words “Bulgarian fascist occupier”. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev called on municipal authorities to remove...
Macedonia 03.12.20 | 09:16

Kumanovo Mayor Dimitrievski accuses Buckovski of high treason

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski continued to voice opposition to his own SDSM party over its plan to accept Bulgarian positions on issues of national identity and history. Dimitrievski was critical of his party leader Zaev after Zaev’s scandalous BGNES interview, and now denounced former party...
Macedonia 02.12.20 | 20:44

Mickoski: The fact that the convicted Buckovski, acquitted by Zoran Zaev’s Supreme Court, is negotiating with Bulgaria is an introduction to a new apocalyptic scenario

The fact that the convicted Vlado Buckovski, who was acquitted by Zoran Zaev’s Supreme Court, is negotiating with Bulgaria is an introduction to a new apocalyptic scenario, the leader of VMRO DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski said at the protest in Kumanovo on Wednesday. We continue to express our revolt...
Macedonia 02.12.20 | 18:41

LIVE: Protest in Kumanovo, “Zaev’s resignation, freedom of the people”!

VMRO-DPMNE today organizes protests in 15 cities across Macedonia. The message sent by the citizens from these protests is: “Zaev’s resignation, freedom of the people”! The protest in Kumanovo started at 6 pm and you can follow it live on the video below.
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