Monday, 16 December 2019
Balkans 16.12.19 | 23:22

Macedonians in Albania demand that Orthodox Christmas is national holiday

Macedonians and other Orthodox minorities in Albania demand January 7th to be included on the official holiday calendar. According to the Ilinden daily, a Macedonian newspaper in Tirana, Vasil Sterjovski, MP from the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration (MAEI), submitted a request to the Albanian...
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 16.12.19 | 21:18

Stoilkovski: Government to declare state of emergency, this is a gas chamber!

The government should declare a state of emergency because this is a gas chamber, VMRO DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski said Monday evening. It is impossible to live in Lisice, in the Municipality of Aerodrom, Skopje. This is not fog, this is not just polluted air, this is a gas chamber! The measuring...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 20:50

The Government and the Prosecution are still silent about Verusevski’s luxury apartment

After the Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime confirmed ten days ago that it had opened a case regarding the purchase of a luxury apartment in the Park Residence complex in the heart of Skopje City Park in the amount of 165,000 euros by Zoran Verusevski, no further questions were answered as to...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 19:51

The new government led by VMRO-DPMNE will focus on essential reforms in the judiciary and eradication of crime and corruption

Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE together with Toni Menkinoski, chairman of the party’s legal committee, met Monday with Swedish Ambassador Kristin Forsgren Bengtsson. The meeting focused on the current political developments in the Republic of Macedonia, the challenges our country...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 19:33

Red alert: Extremely high air pollution in Macedonia

Tonight people in Macedonia can hardly breathe, all measuring stations are red, which means that the air pollution in the whole country is extremely high. Record 362 µg / m3 were measured in Strumica, while the Bitola measuring station showed a high concentration of PM particles as high as 242 µg /...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 18:15

Who is Silegov’s mysterious sponsor who will pay 100,000 euros for Merlin’s performance in Skopje?

These days, the public is agitated by reports coming from neighboring media about the amount of fees the Balkan stars will receive for their New Year’s Eve performances. Zdravko Colic and Dino Merlin, who will perform at Skopje Square for New Year’s Eve, will be paid the highest fees. When...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 17:22

Remenski: I have not signed any document from the evidence

After more than three and a half hours, MP Frosina Remenski finished inspecting the evidence against her. She did not want to comment on the scope of the material, nor what the evidence includes. I will answer questions when I make a statement to the public prosecutor. I saw everything but the evidence....
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 16:50

Prosecutor Stefanova left without dental office for her daughter

Ex-special prosecutor Lile Stefanova received 93,000 euros bonus from her ex-boss Katica Janeva on a confidential basis. She, as well as all her colleagues and colleagues, did not include this in the report filled in after the termination of office. Stefanova, both as a “special” and as...
Economy 16.12.19 | 16:37

Ministry of Information unveils National e-Services Portal

“Always first in line, no more waiting!” is the slogan the Ministry of Information Society and Administration chose to promote its National E-Services Portal, which citizens can access today by registering a single username and password. Through the portal uslugi.gov.mk, citizens can access 127 services...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 15:55

Zaev says either Carovska or Spasovski will take over as interim Prime Minister once he resigns in early January

Outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev named Mila Carovska and Oliver Spasovski as the candidates for Interim Prime Minister after he resigns on January 3rd. Zaev also said that there is no need to postpone the elections set for April 12th, even as he and a number of other top SDSM party officials raised...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 15:39

The name change, improving inter-ethnic relations, the restoration of justice – journalist tries to name all of Zaev’s “successes”

Journalist Branko Geroski, who published much of the reporting that led to the arrest of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva on racketeering charges, wrote a list of his main criticism of Zoran Zaev and his SDSM party. Geroski strongly supporter Zaev and SDSM during the Colored Revolution, but later turned...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 15:05

After Zaev’s requests, the Judicial Council says it is looking into the Skopje court

The Judicial Council was also called out by the state ran MIA news agency, and asked if they are acting on the request from outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. In his final days in office, as he is expected to resign ahead of the early elections in April, Zaev is increasingly calling for a widespread...
Economy 16.12.19 | 14:23

Farming chamber warns of dire problems, demands Government assistance and the right to import more raw materials

The Macedonian Chamber of Commerce (SKM) warned the Government on the dire situation in the agriculture sector, and called on it to allow import of milk from Turkey, in order to capitalize on export opportunities toward Russia. We demand an intervention in production of primary materials, and the option...
World 16.12.19 | 14:14

V4: As he commemorates the Timisoara uprising, Orban says that Central Europe can become one of the most successful regions of the world

Speaking in the Romanian city of Timisoara, at the anniversary of the protests which helped bring down the Ceaucescu regime, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban outlined his goal to turn Central Europe into one of the world’s most successful and competitive regions, where cities are connected...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 14:04

Two migrants, from Cuba and Afghanistan, arrested after crossing into Macedonia from Greece

An Afghan and a Cuban illegal migrant were arrested yesterday in two separate incidents on the Macedonian border with Greece. The Afghan man – a 26 year old identified as J.I., was arrested at a hotel in Old Dojran, on the border with Greece. It was determined that he crossed the border illegally. The...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 13:53

Gjorce Petrov schools ban the use of phones during class

Skopje’s Gjorce Petrov municipality banned the use of cell phones during classes. The widespread practice has become such a nuisance that the town hall decided to get involved. The ban will be policed by teachers, who will face fines if they don’t uphold it. Teachers are named as part of...
Culture 16.12.19 | 13:35

We can’t breathe – a new song by Pepermint

The Pepermint music band recorded a song apparently dedicated to the huge air pollution problem Macedonia faces.  Pepermint released the video, which portrays famous paintings obscured by smoke, mouthing the song. Like prisoners in a bottle, we can’t breathe any more, the refrain goes. Cities...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 13:17

Sex workers will march against gender based violence in Skopje tomorrow

Sex workers are going to have their Red Umbrella march in downtown Skopje tomorrow. The event, organized by the STAR – STAR NGO, is meant to draw attention to the violence sex workers are faced with in their line of work, and gender based violence overall. Research tells us that women and transgender...
Macedonia 16.12.19 | 13:12

Top associate of Boki 13 called up to inspect the evidence against her

As the Racket scandal had its first star testimonies, the second racketeering case against Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 is also moving forward. In it, Boki 13 is charged with setting up a bogus charity through which he extorted millions from businessmen, promising them he’ll let them in on...
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