Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Sport 28.01.20 | 20:58

Quickly deleted Wikipedia edit gets Macedonia’s hopes up that Kiril Lazarov may be coming to Vardar

It’s probably nothing, but handball fans across Macedonia had their hopes greatly elevated today. The Wikipedia article for Macedonia’s greaters handball player Kiril Lazarov was briefly edited today to state that he now plays for Vardar. The edit was quickly reversed and Lazarov was listed...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 20:46

Mickoski rallies supporters in Prilep, promises an end to Zaev’s rampant corruption

VMRO-DPMNEPresident Hristijan Mickoski met with supporters in Prilep today as he pledged to put an end to the rampant levels of crime and corruption after the elections on April 12. Our people are revolted by Zoran Zaev’s hybrid regime and Prilep has not been imune to the high levels of corruption,...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 20:18

Strong criticism of Zaev’s draft law on state prosecutors during the Parliament debate

Criminal law professors and legal experts poured cold water on the Government’s proposal for a new law on state prosecutors, that was already rejected by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, despite frenzied attempts by SDSM to push it through Parliament. During a broad debate in the Parliament, law...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 19:18

Oliver Spasovski’s actions cost the Interior Ministry millions, and could land him in prison, interim Minister Culev says

Interim Interior MInister Nake Culev informed that the damage caused to the Ministry by illegal personnel decisions made by his predecessor Oliver Spasovski amounted to four million EUR. This is the amount, Culev said, that the Ministry was forced to pay to the many officers and officials who were reassigned...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 18:59

Huge Telegram group used to share child pornography was set up by a 40 year old husband and father from Skopje

Kurir.mk reports that the administrator of the large Telegram group where pornographic materials of underage girls were shared is an adult, a married man and a father. According to the news site, the 40 year old man from Skopje was among the first and most avid distributors of child porn on the group...

Culture 28.01.20 | 18:50

Leading Macedonian actors return from a tour of China as the coronavirus fears grow

A group of leading actors from the Macedonian National Theater returned home from China today, where their tour performing Chekhov’s Seagull was cut short by the coronavirus outbreak. The group was several thousand kilometers from Wuhan, which is the epicenter of the epidemic, but never the less...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 18:43

Girl, 15, found with a gunshot wound to the head in Skopje

A fifteen year old girl from Skopje was taken to the Mother Teresa clinic yesterday with a gunshot wound to the head, the police confirmed today. The girl was found by her 18 year old brother, who said that their father’s gun was next to the girl. The police is still investigating the cause of...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 17:22

Mickoski says VMRO will support the law on state prosecutors if proposals from legal experts are included in the text

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the conservative party will wait to see the outcome of the debate in Parliament this afternoon, and will afterwards decide whether it can support a new law on state prosecutors. Mickoski said that the current version of the law, proposed by the ruling...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 17:10

Former Interior Minister Mitko Cavkov begins prison hunger strike after he was denied the right to a surgery

Former Interior Minister Mitko Cavkov announced that he will begin a hunger strike, because the warden of the Stip prison, where is he serving out a lengthy “terrorism” sentence, will not allow him to operate his knee. This is a violation of my constitutional right to healthcare. The warden...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 16:56

Nikoloski: Macedonia will remain mired in corruption so long as Zaev and SDSM are in power

As  the Macedonian Parliament began a discussion about the law on public prosecutors, which became a serious priority for Macedonia as the judiciary is in a state of deep crisis, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski insisted that the country can’t expect to see justice and restoration...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 15:59

Mickoski about “La Verita” publications: It’s proof that the politicians of the transition work with bribery, threats and blackmail

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski visited Prilep today. At the end of the visit, he answered journalistic questions and was asked to comment on the “Racket”, given that there are new sequels to “La Verita” publications. It is proof of a disgraceful behavior of politicians of...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 15:42

Siljanovska: The European flag is important, but the law needed positive opinion from the Venice Commission

Professor Gordana Siljanovska at today’s public debate in the explanation of the draft law on the prosecution law stressed that the procedures are a guarantee for democracy and that MPs should vote on their own conviction and should represent citizens, not parties. According to her, the European...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 15:34

Joveski greeted with a banner, Kiracovski removed the deputies

A public debate on the law on public prosecution has begun in Parliament this afternoon at a session of the Committee on Political System. The debate was briefly interrupted after some of the VMRO-DPMNE lawmakers put up a banner dedicated to public prosecutor Joveski, who was speaking at the rostrum...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 15:10

(3) La Verita: Zaev bought Albanian votes through UCK commander whom Thaci and Ahmeti are afraid of

Italian newspaper “La Verita” journalist Laris Gaiser continued with the publication of evidence in the 2014 voter bribery case where ex-Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is the first suspect. Zaev, along with his brother Vice and SDSM MP from Strumica Marjan Daskalovski, are accused of criminal...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 14:20

There is a lot of material that deserves investigation, it is necessary for the PPO to turn to the MoI

Interior Minister Nake Culev believes that it is serious case of electoral irregularities in relations to the revelations published in the Italian newspaper “La Verita” about electoral fraud in Strumica during the 2014 elections. First part of “La Verita” reveals: Vice and Zoran...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 14:00

Ratification of NATO Protocol in Spain by February 12 difficult: ambassador

Ratification of Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol in the Spanish parliament by February 12, the day when the Macedonian Parliaments dissolves, would be difficult but not impossible, said Spanish Ambassador Emilio Lorenzo Serra on Tuesday. The ambassador explains that the protocol, although passed...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 13:33

Rustemi: Janeva asked me not to freeze her friend’s apartment

Former SPO prosecutor Burim Rustemi testified at today’s hearing in the “Racket” case. He noted that the Postenska banka case was formed from the wiretapped materials and there was a proposal for the detention of three persons, but the court did not accept it and ordered only precautionary...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 13:20

First part of “La Verita” reveals: Vice and Zoran leave entire families without bread because they voted for VMRO-DPMNE

Italian newspaper “La Verita” published the indictment filed in 2018 by Zoran Zaev’s favorite prosecutor, Vilma Ruskoska, who was expressly dropped, according to the prosecutor, for lack of evidence against the suspects. “The suspects Zoran Zaev, born 08.10.1974 in Strumica with...

Macedonia 28.01.20 | 12:15

The first step is to defeat those who bring defeats and deceptions, remove Zaev from politics

Elections will take place soon, how confident are you in winning and what do you base your estimates on? Mickoski: I am sure we will win with together with the people and our opponents know that, and I base it on the faith in the people and the fact that one can no longer function in such abnormal conditions...

Music 28.01.20 | 10:00

Vlatko Lozanoski at MAC 2020: I come from Macedonia, not from that country with the addition you mentioned!

Popular singer Vlatko Lozanoski last night at the 2020 Music Awards Ceremony event held in Belgrade corrected the award presenter saying he was from Macedonia, not North Macedonia as announced. Lozano won the award for best pop folk song at the event. Thank you all who voted for “Majko” [Mother]...

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