Tag: kumanovo
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 17:26

Kumanovo placed under a full weekend lock-down

The city of Kumanovo is placed under a full lock-down for the weekend. One of Macedonia’s largest cities had an explosion of new coronavirus cases, surpassing the initial hot-spot of Debar and is now second only to Skopje in the number of infected. The city had 23 newly diagnosed cases over the...

Macedonia 03.04.20 | 13:36

11 health workers from Kumanovo hospital infected with Covid-19

11 health workers from the Kumanovo hospital have been infected with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, Telma learns. This information was confirmed by the director of the hospital Snezana Zaharieva. Three of the coronavirus patients are from the X-ray department, three doctors from surgery, one...

Macedonia 02.04.20 | 23:36

SDSM is bribing poor voters in Kumanovo with food packages

VMRO-DPMNE called on state prosecutors, the police and the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate social media comments revealing how interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski sent his party activists to distribute food packages through poor neighborhoods in Kumanovo. Јавно ги повикувам...

Macedonia 01.04.20 | 17:29

Kumanovo surpasses Debar by number of coronavirus cases, the municipality urges the government to declare a crisis situation

The Kumanovo municipal team for protection and rescue held Wednesday a meeting to discuss activities and measures against the spread of COVID-19. As stated by the Kumanovo municipality, they are urging the government to declare a crisis situation in the Municipality of Kumanovo and to introduce a special...

Macedonia 01.04.20 | 15:16

An infectious diseases specialist from Kumanovo contracted the coronavirus, Filipce confirms

One Kumanovo doctor specialized in infectious diseases has contracted the coronavirus, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce informed today. Another doctor, from Stip, has been sent into self-quarantine. We have 60 specialists in Macedonia, and 23 of them work in the clinic in Skopje, with the rest distributed...

Macedonia 01.04.20 | 10:41

Badly hit by the coronavirus epidemic, Kumanovo faces a shortage of ambulance teams

The city of Kumanovo, which has the third highest number of coronavirus cases after Skopje and Debar, is facing a shortage of ambulance vehicles and trained staff. Local media report that emergency response teams are forced to screen calls, and only react in cases where a life is threatened. For days...

Macedonia 31.03.20 | 15:24

Two men, aged 45 and 78, are the latest victims of the coronavirus epidemic

Two men died over the past 24 hours as result of the coronavirus epidemic, and 44 new patients were diagnosed. One of those who died is a relatively young, 45 year old man from Kumanovo. The Healthcare Ministry informed that the patient suffered from diabetes, arrhythmia, high blood pressure and obesity. The...

Macedonia 27.03.20 | 16:44

Kumanovo authorities want full quarantine in one of Macedonia’s largest cities

The city of Kumanovo calls on the Government to declare a full quarantine in one of Macedonia’s largest cities. This was decided by the municipal crisis management center, on request of Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski, who wants to control who gets to enter and leave the city. Kumanovo does not have...

Economy 26.03.20 | 23:06

Ban on transport to and from Kumanovo applies exclusively to regular commercial transport

The Government of the Republic of Macedonia, at today’s 29th session, concluded to inform the public that the decision banning transport to and from the municipality of Kumanovo applies exclusively to regular commercial passenger transport by city, intercity and rail public transport. The Government...

Macedonia Health 24.03.20 | 18:06

City and intercity transport in Kumanovo to be halted, all stores in open malls to be closed, except pharmacies and supermarkets

City and intercity transport in Kumanovo will be halted and all stores in open shopping malls will be closed, except pharmacies and supermarkets in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Health Minister Venko Filipce said on Tuesday. The Ministry of Health informed Tuesday that there are...

Macedonia 23.03.20 | 12:56

Family of deceased patient says she was treated badly in the Kumanovo hospital

The family of Gordana Dimkovska, the first patient to die from the coronavirus in Macedonia, said that the woman did not receive the necessary help, didn’t even get water when she asked for it, and were told that she died by the cleaning lady. We went to see her at 9 in the morning at the window...

Macedonia 27.02.20 | 18:25

Albanian prisoners set their cells in the Kumanovo prison on fire

A group of Albanian prisoners in the Kumanovo prison set fire to their cells in a protest. The prisoners in Macedonia’s most recently built and most modern prison claim that they are banned from getting outside and after days of protests, the situation turned violent. The group was sent to the...

Macedonia 25.02.20 | 10:11

Day of mourning in Kumanovo to honor the gas blast victims

The city of Kumanovo has declared a day of mourning today, following the gas explosion that killed three children and a man on Sunday. The incident happened in a packed house in the village of Romanovce, where a large gas cylinder caught fire, exploded, and burnt the house down. Three other from the...

Macedonia 23.02.20 | 17:50

3 children killed, 7 people injured in gas cylinder explosion in Kumanovo’s Romanovce

Three children aged 8, 9 and 11 were killed and seven other people injured critically when a gas cylinder exploded in a house in the village of Romanovce, Kumanovo region on Sunday. Out of seven injured people, three are in life-threatening conditions that are transferred to the Clinical Centre in Skopje. According...

Macedonia 20.01.20 | 14:14

Kumanovo: Man set a police vehicle on fire, shoots at officers

A serious incident occurred overnight in Kumanovo, where a man set a police vehicle on fire. The arson was noticed at 2 in the morning, in front of the Army Hall, where the patrol car was parked. The man fled when confronted by a police patrol, but was soon found on a near-by street. When told to stop,...

Macedonia 21.12.19 | 12:12

Zaev under pressure to release the Kumanovo terrorist group

Zoran Zaev’s comment of assurances to a group of ethnic Albanians who confronted him in Tirana yesterday, rased the issue of whether he will push the courts to release the terrorist group which attacked Kumanovo in 2015, killing eight Macedonian police officers. Of the Albanian group which carried...

Macedonia 20.12.19 | 20:12

Kumanovo high school principal locks the students to stop them from protesting for clean air

The principal of the Goce Delcev high school in Kumanovo ordered the doors closed today, to stop the students from joining the large protests for clean air. The rallies, inspired by Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for future movement, are being held in a number of Macedonian cities, but principals and...

Macedonia 16.12.19 | 22:30

People chant “Never North, only Macedonia” in front of Kumanovo building while government holds session

Members of the VMRO-DPMNE Municipal Committee from Kumanovo protested in the town square in front of the building where the government’s 171st session was held. They chanted “Never North, only Macedonia”, referring to the change of the country’s name that this government did. Ministers...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 22:56

110 times higher concentration of PM 10 than allowed – Kumanovo tonight

The municipality of Kumanovo this afternoon started an aerosolization procedure in the downtown area, a measure being taken to reduce air pollution. Aerosolization as a method has already been used on the territory of Kumanovo and has delivered results in reducing air pollution, Kumanovo Mayor Maksim...

Macedonia 27.11.19 | 10:39

Van with 25 illegal migrants slides off the road between Sveti Nikole and Kumanovo

A passenger van carrying 25 illegal migrants had an accident on the regional road between Sveti Nikole and Kumanovo. Police found that the driver has fled and some of the migrants had sustained injuries, Alsat TV reported. The group was taken to the Kumanovo hospital for treatment. Kumanovo is the main...

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