Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Macedonia 14.01.20 | 23:22

Mickoski – Byrnes: Fair and democratic elections key to Macedonia’s future

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, along with party vice president Aleksandar Nikoloski and international secretary Timco Mucunski, met Wednesday with US Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia Kate Byrnes. Mickoski informed on Facebook about the meeting where the current developments were discussed. At...

Economy 14.01.20 | 22:48

Sekerinska and Angjusev made business deal for New Year’s Eve

The Ministry of Defense, headed by Radmila Sekerinska for this year’s consumed electricity will pay 1,600,000 euros to the still-current deputy prime minister in charge of economic affairs in Zaev’s government, Koco Angjusev, according to the Bureau of Public Procurement’s website. On...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 22:06

Zaev: The U.S. continuously supports the realization of our strategic interests

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev met Tuesday with US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes. Zaev thanked the US Ambassador for the support that the United States has continuously given to the Republic of Macedonia in building a modern democratic society, as well as in the process of realizing our country’s...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 21:40

Macedonian Police Trade Union urges authorities not to use MoI and its employees for daily political bickering

The Macedonian Police Trade Union, as a representative trade union in the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia, closely watches the latest developments in the Ministry of Interior and the public, which is why we feel the need for our reaction and indication, in order to protect the reputation...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 21:09

Stamenkovska-Stojkovski to Mancevski: You will not stop me from trying to protect the institutions

It is unfortunate that Zoran Zaev’s Minister, Damjan Mancevski, after almost three years of holding the ministerial post, heard for the first time that there is a law that clearly describes the competencies of the ministry. Closed in offices that serve you mostly for private sessions, distorted...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 20:47

Parliament adopts Law on Youth Participation

With 60 votes in favor and one against, Parliament adopted the Law on Youth Participation and Youth Policies, which encourages the inclusion of young people in policy-making decisions, according to the official press release. The new law also aims to strengthen activism and volunteering among the young,...

Handball 14.01.20 | 20:18

Macedonia ends competition in EURO 2020 with defeat from Austria

Macedonia ended competition in EURO 2020’s preliminary round with a defeat from Austria 32:28 (18:12) in Vienna. In the match that meant all or nothing for Macedonia’s handball players, they suffered a catastrophic defeat, something that hasn’t happened in the past five continental...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 20:06

Spasovski meets US Ambassador Byrnes

Interior Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski met with US Ambassador to the country Kate Byrnes. As the Government’s press service informs, at the meeting, strong support was expressed for Spasovski and the government’s commitment to continue actively with the reform processes initiated in the...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 19:12

Strasevski presents evidence: There was no proper invitation by the court to the defendant Toni Trajkovski

All constructed scenarios of the Basic Criminal Court come to light and justice and truth always surfaces, Jovica Strasevski said Tuesday in a press release. A hearing in the TNT case was scheduled for today, 04.01.2020, but it did not take place because there was no proper invitation by the court to...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 18:23

Culev: Spasovski desperately trying to hide the chaos he left behind

Oliver Spasovski is desperately trying to get through some of the prime ministerial ‘grandeur’ that Zaev has given to him to hide the chaos and turmoil he left behind, reacts interim Interior Minister Nake Culev after the current interim prime minister and his predecessor, Oliver Spasovski...

Economy 14.01.20 | 17:10

Everything in my power and within the laws will be taken for social work center employees to get better working conditions

Today I payed a working visit to the social work centers in Tetovo and Gostivar where I had a meeting with Darko Obalic, director of the Tetovo center and Nada Velickovska, director of the Gostivar center, interim Labor Minister Rasela Mizrahi wrote on Facebook. My commitment and interest are the conditions...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 16:46

“Zaev is bigger monster than the killers, and Katica was part of political agreement”, say the parents of the murdered boys near Smilkovsko Lake

The “Monster” case trial resumes on February 3, and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev was among the other witnesses proposed by prosecutors as an additional witness at today’s hearing on the five-fold murder near Smilkovsko Lake. The parents of the victims have repeatedly appealed to judge Ognen...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 15:54

Stamenkovska: Public administration employees are being pressured in the run up to the elections

The interim Deputy Public Administration Minister Nevena Stamenkovska met with the KSS confederation of unions, to discuss the reports of pressures public sector employees are faced with by the ruling SDSM party in the run up to the elections on April 12th. Union representatives are being fired, their...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 15:42

SDSM involved in pre-election patronage in Veles

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski pointed to a series of nepotistic hirings in the public administration in the city of Veles. Close relatives of municipal Council members from the ruling SDSM party, Arsovski said, are being hired even though they are clearly not the best candidates for the jobs. Three...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 15:05

VMRO: Did Zaev apologize to Patriarch Bartholomew for his bribe offer?

The visit by SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev to Istanbul, where he met with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, probably to discuss the long announced but undelivered recognition of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, reminded the public of the embarrassing scene when Zaev agreed to pay a bribe to the Patriarch. The...

News 14.01.20 | 14:47

SEC declares itself not competent to discuss the Skopje police chief appointment

The State Electoral Commission declared itself not competent to discuss the request from the interim Interior Minister Nake Culev. Culev turned to the SEC to request a decision after his interim deputy Slavjanka Petrovska from the SDSM party rejected his pick to be the next Skopje police district chief. SEC...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 13:48

Nikola Gruevski comments on the TNT trial, says it’s a scheme to grab 40 million EUR from the state budget

Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who is one of the defendants in the TNT case (as in most other cases initiated by the now disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office), offered his opinion on the trial now that it is expected to begin anew, from the start. Gruevski is charged with ordering the...

Macedonia 14.01.20 | 13:04

The Good Friday massacre case will be tried from the start, again

After the collapse of the TNT trial, ordered to a re-trial because a lay panel judge reached her retirement age, the same presiding judge Ognen Stavrev is also ending the 2012 Good Friday massacre trial. Judge Stavrev blinks first in the high stakes TNT trial – retrial ordered The massacre of...

News 14.01.20 | 12:20

Milososki calls for an investigation into the way judge Stavrev conducted the TNT trial

VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Antonio Milososki called for an investigation into the actions of judge Ognen Stavrev, who was openly trying to expedite the TNT trial toward paying a huge settlement to controversial businessman Fijat Canoski. A perfect storm of greed and political hatred expected at...

World 14.01.20 | 11:19

V4: High migration pressure at Hungary’s borders

The first two weeks of the year has given a lot of work to police officers and soldiers protecting the borders, and the migration pressure is high, the Hungarian Interior Ministry’s state secretary said at a press conference in Budapest on Monday, the V4 news agency reported. Karoly Kontrat added...

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