Friday, 21 February 2020
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 21:51

MAN: SDSM attacks critical media outlets and EU/NATO member state Hungary

The Macedonian Association of Journalists (MAN) strongly condemned the move by the ruling SDSM party to demand a criminal investigation into the main critical media outlets in the country. SDSM spokeswoman Bogdanka Kuzeska accused Alfa TV and the news sites Kurir, Netpress and Lider of being funded by...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 21:32

Pendarovski promises he won’t back SDSM and DUI, and will give the mandate to whoever has 61 votes

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will give the mandate to form the next Government to whichever party offers proof that it has 61 votes in Parliament. Pendarovski added that he will not unfairly favor the SDSM and DUI parties, who backed his election campaign. I’ve said that I will not...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 21:22

Sela and Gashi form a pre-election coalition to fight Ahmeti

The Alliance of Albanians and the Alternative party formalized their pre-election coalition today. Party leaders Ziadin Sela and Afrim Gashi presented their election slogan, which is “One state for all”. Under the contract, Gashi will lead the joint list at the 2nd, north-eastern electoral...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 21:11

Zaev believes that SDSM will again form a Government with the help of the Albanian parties

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev said that he expects to have major advantage over VMRO-DPMNE when it comes to post-election coalition making with the ethnic Albanian parties. Polls show SDSM losing soundly to VMRO among ethnic Macedonians but Zaev hopes that he will maneuver his party to again form a Government...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 20:05

Mother from Skopje reports that her 13 year old daughter has gone missing

A mother from Skopje reported to the police that her 13 year old daughter went missing. The incident was reported in the Suto Orizari district. The police said that they are looking for the girl.
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 20:00

Customs inspectors attacked in Tetovo while seizing smuggled cigarettes

Inspectors were attacked in Tetovo by a large group of smugglers of tobacco and cigarettes, when they tried to seize their goods. The team from the Customs Office seized 113 kilograms of tobacco and 415 boxes of cigarettes in a raid in Tetovo, but the raid was marred by a large scale attack from the...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 17:30

Ahmeti testified that he was worried of protests over the 2012 Good Friday massacre

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti testified today in the 2012 Good Friday massacre trial, in which Albanian Islamists killed four Macedonian boys and one man. The retrial is held former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev insisted that he has additional evidence that will shine a new light on the case – a claim...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 16:54

Ghanian migrant traffickers banned from returning to Macedonia

Two Ghanians, who held an Italian and a German passport, received life long bans from entering Macedonia for migrant trafficking. They tried to bring three migrants, also Ghanians, from Greece into Macedonia. In early January the two went to Greece where they picked the three migrants and gave them fake...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 16:45

Mickoski: Prosecutors don’t dare interrogate Zaev, police agents turn their cameras off when Janeva goes to his villa

The entire public realizes that Zoran Zaev had a close relationship with former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. Zaev was also close with a media owner (Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13) and was so direct with him to inquire how he funds his business, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski. The...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 15:44

Cioloș: Meet requirements in education, agriculture and we are ready to welcome you

The President of the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament, Dacian Cioloș, who is visiting Skopje together with EP rapporteur for the country Ilhan Kyuchyuk, said today at a press conference in the government building that the purpose of their visit is to convey a clear message that they support...
Culture 21.02.20 | 15:09

‘Macbeth’ opera: Gjinovska-Ilkova and Trajanov in leads

The National Opera and Ballet will present Verdi’s Macbeth, after Shakespeare’s supernatural tragedy—directed by Marco Spada, conducted by Diego García Rodríguez, and starring Boris Trajanov in the titular role and Vesna Gjinovska-Ilkova as Lady Macbeth—at 8 pm. “Perhaps one of Shakespeare’s...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 15:05

Cocaine smuggling company wins public contracts, Slavjanka endangers police operation

Zaev’s government and crime are in a coalition, and the latest confirmation of this is the information that persons who were smuggling cocaine from Mexico also won public contracts, says Orce Gjorgjievski of VMRO-DPMNE’s EC. And today we learned from the media that there is a suspicion that...
Economy 21.02.20 | 14:23

Business with selling Lake Tikves will bring millions to people close to Zaev

Stevce Antovski from VMRO-DPMNE said today at a press conference that Zaev and the outgoing government are selling the state, this time they are pushing for a contract giving away the waters of Lake Tikves. The business with selling Lake Tikves will bring millions to close people to Zaev whose government...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 14:05

Fascist SDSM’s terror against critical media

With the date of the early parliamentary elections approaching and when polls showing the opposition in advantage, the ruling SDSM seems set to make a desperate move to reinforce attacks on media outlets that critically monitor the work of the current government, which are not under their control, react...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 12:39

Ruskovska believes “April 27” defendants want to delay the proceedings

The Chief of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime Vilma Ruskovska, after today’s trial against the alleged organizers of the “April 27” events, said that the defense had itself admitted that all the evidence had been given in writing, except for the mobile operators’...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 12:31

Defense proposes 300 witnesses, “April 27” trial postponed

The Criminal Court postponed Friday’s trial in the April 27 case until February 26 because the defendants’ defense was not provided with all the evidence. Although prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska was against it, the judge presiding over the trial, Ilija Trajkov, accepted it. The defense emphasized...
Economy 21.02.20 | 12:14

Economic renaissance after April 12: Lower taxes, more money, infrastructure projects …

The renewal of the Republic of Macedonia is coming! More for everyone, more money for the citizens, new infrastructure projects, social changes and the final end of the transition, this was announced today by VMRO-DPMNE in a press release. After April 12, the new VMRO-DPMNE-led government will bring...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 11:31

Slavjanka Petrovska put police officers’ lives in Krusopek operation at risk?

Zoran Zaev’s adviser Bojan Maricic’s allegations that Interior Minister Nake Culev allegedly endangered international police action with a premeditated anti-cocaine raid was the reason to investigate what actually happened during the police raid on Wednesday afternoon, the Netpress news portal...
Economy 21.02.20 | 09:57

Jovanovic: Will firms close to a recent deputy prime minister buy “Cebren”?

Branimir Jovanovic, who was part of former Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski’s team, criticized the public-private partnership call for the “Cebren” hydro plant. Call for public-private partnership for the “Cebren” hydro plant, or in translation – sale of national...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 09:49

Trial of “April 27” organizers begins

The trial of the alleged organizers of the April 27 events in the Macedonian Parliament begins at the Criminal Court in Skopje. Former Speaker of Parliament, Trajko Veljanoski, former Transport and Education Ministers Mile Janakievski and Spiro Ristovski, as well as former UBK director Vladimir Atanasovski,...
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