Friday, 6 December 2019
Macedonia 06.12.19 | 13:26

Drama in the courthouse as Boki 13 snaps at Kamcev and Ruskoska

Defendant Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 erupted at witness Jordan Orce Kamcev today, during the Racket trial. Kamcev detailed how Boki 13 and his friend, Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, were extorting money from him. As the cross examination began, Boki 13, who initially complained that he is not...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 13:11

Kamcev: I informed Zaev that I’m being extorted

Businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev revealed that he reported the extortion attempts to now outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Kamcev is testifying today at the major Racket trial, in which former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva is charged with extorting money from him. I was not sure where to report the...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 12:35

Kamcev: Janeva told me to finish what I started with Boki 13

Businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev, who is testifying today in the Racket scandal, revealed details about the extortion attempts against him from disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica janeva and her associate Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13. Kamcev said that Boki 13 came to him asking him to invest several...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 12:11

Deputy Justice Minister labels the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party as fascists

Oliver Ristovski, the Deputy Justice Minister in Zoran Zaev’s regime, was unhinged in a TV debate yesterday evening, as he was referring to the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party as fascists. Ristovski was discussing the proposed changes in the law on state prosecutors with lawyer and VMRO-DPMNE official...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 11:51

Kamcev unloads on Katica Janeva and Boki 13, says many other people should be charged along with them

Businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev began revealing details about the extortion attempts made against him in the major Racket scandal which deepened the political crisis in Macedonia and led to the downfall of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. The businessman said that Janeva and her accomplice Bojan Jovanovski...

Sport 06.12.19 | 11:31

Government drastically cuts funding for Macedonia’s best rally driver

Macedonia’s best professional rally racer Igor – Idze – Stefanovski, a former dual winner of the European Hill Climb Championship, says he had his funding cut off by the Youth and Sports Agency which is tasked to support top achieving sportsmen. Instead of being the best ally of professional...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 11:15

Ganka Cvetanova: Zaev knows what he’s doing when he says that the Macedonian nation is multi-ethnic

Zaev’s use of the term multi-ethnic nation is not a coincidence, says former Culture Minister Ganka Cvetanova. She sees the move by the outgoing Prime Minister to insist that the Macedonian nation is a political not ethnic notion and represents a multi-ethnic mix of peoples as a further step toward...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 10:58

Tusk says Macron made a “huge mistake” when he vetoed Macedonia

In his Guardian interview, former European Council President Donald Tusk says that it was a huge mistake that French President Emmanuel Macron vetoed Macedonia and Albania from opening EU accession talks. I think it was just strategically and politically a huge mistake to say no … after so many efforts...

News 06.12.19 | 10:48

Orce Kamcev arrives to give his much anticipated testimony in the Racket scandal

Businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev arrived a little while ago at the Skopje courthouse, where he is set to testify in the Racket scandal. Former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and two of her associates are charged with extorting 1.5 million EUR from Kamcev, after she filed money laundering charges against...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 10:39

Disgruntled UBK official fires a bullet in the Prilep police station

A top police official from Prilep, who was head of the local department of the UBK intelligence agency, fired a bullet in the Prilep police station. The man, identified in the police report only as Z.M., who is both a well known local police official and SDSM party activist, was reportedly left out of...

Macedonia 06.12.19 | 10:13

Temperatures continue to drop, Berovo coldest this morning with -8 degrees

Temperatures continue to dip across Macedonia as the winter begins in earnest. The coldest temperatures this morning were recorded in Berovo – with -8 degrees Centigrade, followed by the ski resort of Mavrovo which had -4. Ohrid, Prespa, Bitola, Gevgelija and Dojran were warmest, with 2 degrees. Mavrovo...