Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 23:16

Mandik ordered into house arrest, Remenski had her passport seized

A Skopje court judge ordered Jasna Mandik, president of the International Association charity, into house arrest, while SDSM party official Frosina Remenski will only have her passport seized. Additional defendants will appear before the court tomorrow, said prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska. The money laundering...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 23:11

Zaev and prosecutor Joveski lied to the public about the racketeering scandal

Aleksandar Mitovski, the Infomax editor who was the target of persecution for reporting on the major racketeering scandal, called out Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski for his misleading statement when he assured the public that no politicians are involved in the scandal. This claim by Joveski has been...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 23:01

Ruskoska: New charges will focus on money laundering, one of the earlier defendants wanted a plea deal, but talks failed

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska said that she has ordered searches at three locations in connection with the major racketeering scandal that reaches toward the Zaev Government. One of the persons who are being charged is top SDSM party official and Parliament Deputy Speaker Frosina Remenski. Ruskoska...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 22:18

Pressed on the crazy promise of 300 pilot jobs for Aracinovo, Zaev says it was a misunderstanding

The ruling SDSM party attempted to dismiss the incredible report from the village of Aracinovo, that it offered 300 pilot jobs to local villagers, during the fierce fight to win ethnic Albanian votes against its coalition partner DUI, and the ethnic Albanian opposition parties BESA and AA. TV21 spoke...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 21:38

SDSM official Frosina Remenski is avoiding the press as charges are filed for her role in the racketeering scandal

SDSM party official Frosina Remenski, who is deputy Parliament Speaker, avoided the press today as it was announced that she is being charged with money laundering for her role in the major racketeering scandal. In Parliament she met with the head of the SDSM group of MPs Jovan Mitroski and member of...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 21:24

Boki 13’s associate Jasna Mandik brought before the court on money laundering charges

Jasna Mandik, the deputy head of the International Association led by Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, was detained this evening and taken before the court. Mandik is suspected of money laundering, after it was revealed that the organization took at least a million euros from several businessmen who...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 20:58

Zaev denies reports of progress on the appointment of a new Special Prosecutor

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev dismissed the announcement from opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski that there is a chance of reaching agreement on the law on state prosecutors. I have no information that our teams are coming closer in their positions. I hope they do, anything that happens before October...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 18:19

Incident between Macedonian and Albanian school kids in Saraj

An inter-ethnic incident occurred in Saraj, west of Skopje today, when Macedonian pupils were attacked by Albanian kids. Parents whose children attend the Kole Nedelkovski school, say that their kids went for a field trip to Albanian majority Saraj, only to be attacked by kids from another local school. One...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 17:53

Zaev confirms that the asked the Venice Commission to postpone its decision on the controversial Albanian language law

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev confirmed that his Government asked the Venice Commission to postpone the publication of its opinion on the controversial law that makes Macedonia a fully bilingual country – with the Albanian language elevated to the same official use as the Macedonian. Zaev pushed forward...
World 09.10.19 | 17:39

V4: Synagogue attack in Germany leaves two dead

Unknown perpetrators shot dead two people and threw a hand grenade into a Jewish cemetery in Halle, Germany, the V4 news agency reported. Police launched an extensive search operation to locate the suspects who fled the scene by car, apprehending one of the alleged perpetrators a few kilometres from...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 17:20

VMRO considers the charges against Frosina Remenski as another attempt to avoid Zoran Zaev’s responsibility for the racketeering scandal

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski described the decision to prosecute top SDSM party official Frosina Remenski as part of the major racketeering scandal as a confrontation between the warring factions in SDSM. Remenski has been named as part of scandal from the very start, her actions described by...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 16:00

Zaev confirmed that they had requested the Venice Commission to postpone the decision on the Languages Law

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev reiterated that the government has requested the Venice Commission’s final opinion on the Law on Use of Languages to be postponed so that they have time to analyze the Commission’s remarks in the draft version and respond to them. In any case, he said, the Commission’s...
Balkans 09.10.19 | 15:36

V4: Soros’s ally may lead Kosovo

“He is a politician in favour of Greater Albania endorsed by Soros,” an Albanian portal described Vetevendosje party’s founding president Albin Kurti, known for his radical statements. Vetevendosje (Self-determination) won the elections held over the weekend while only 11.63 percent...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 15:23

Thimonier: We are closely monitoring the situation in North Macedonia

France, like other EU member states, looks at the region’s road towards the Union from a regional perspective. In this regional context, it is clear that there are differences between countries. And there is one general problem, and that is the problem with the rule of law, said French ambassador...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 15:06

Zaev: Remenski will be temporarily removed from the party

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at Wednesday’s press conference in response to a journalist question said that if the Deputy Parliament Speaker Frosina Remenski, who comes from his party, is suspected or accused in the “Racket” case, she will be removed from the party. I just received the...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 15:01

Remenski, Mandic, Boki 13’s father and secretary suspects in “Racket” case

Frosina Remenski, Jasna Mandic, Boki 13’s father, Mile Jovanovski, Jovanovski’s assistant in the “International Association” and Bojan Jovanovski himself are the five persons suspected of money laundering in the non-governmental “International Association”, TV 24 learned...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 14:32

“VMRO-DPMNE’s honorary president” position abolished, MP Milososki welcomes the move

With the new statute, VMRO-DPMNE abolishes the postion of honorary president of the party. In an interview with TV 24, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski says it is not distancing from Gruevski, but part of the party’s democratization reforms, following the example of sister parties in Europe. It...
Macedonia 09.10.19 | 12:45

Zaev is afraid of opposition minister running the Interior Ministry for 100 days

Mentioning October next year as a possible term for parliamentary elections by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev reopened the issue of the so-called Przino or transitional government, first set up for the 2016 elections. According to the Przino agreement, signed by the four largest parties 100 days before the...
Economy 09.10.19 | 12:18

Prize game “My VAT, My Prize”

On the proposal of the Ministry of Finance, in order to further strengthen the fiscal discipline and raise the awareness of the citizens for mandatory requesting and taking of fiscal receipts, the government at a session on Tuesday approved organizing the prize game “My VAT, My Prize”. The...
Balkans 09.10.19 | 11:26

Stoltenberg to meet Mitsotakis and Pavlopoulos in Athens

Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg will visit Greece on Thursday to meet with Greek officials, the alliance said in a statement, Kathimerini reported. Stoltenberg will meet with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and hold a press conference with the latter at...
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