Friday, 27 March 2020
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 23:27

Macedonian denar falls against the euro

The Macedonian denar took a noticeable dive against the euro on Friday, likely as the result of the coronavirus driven economic crisis. While usually pegged to the euro at a rate of around 1:61.5 some exchanges had the euro rated at 63.5 denars today. NBRM, Macedonia’s central bank, held its official...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 22:27

Spa patients remain stuck in Debar due to lack of Covid-19 tests

Patients stuck in the Debar spa say they completed the two weeks incubation period and should be allowed to go home, but no tests have been made available, so they are forced to remain in the quarantined city. Debar and the neighboring Centar Zupa are under a strict quarantine with a ban on people leaving...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 22:10

Spasovski: Zaev’s proposal to put the public administration on the minimum wage is still on the table

Interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski confirmed that the Government is still considering the proposal from his SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev to greatly reduce public sector salaries down to the minimum wage over two months. Zaev himself backtracked on the proposal after he was faced with a fierce backlash,...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 21:47

Mickoski: SDSM told me not to worry about the economy, said they’re preparing measures

During our meeting on the pandemic, I raised the issue of the economic hit, but I was assured that I shouldn’t worry and that a package of economic measures is being prepared, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski, as the ruling SDSM party began acknowledging the enormity of the coming recession. SDSM...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 21:22

Government informs Council of Europe it is limiting human rights; tries new ways to plug the hole in the budget

The Macedonian Government decided to inform the Council of Europe that it is suspending articles from the European convention of human rights, given the coronavirus epidemic. The Government currently has emergency powers and they are used to curb freedoms, including the right to free movement, assembly,...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 20:14

Field hospital with 130 beds being set up in Skopje

A field hospital with 130 beds is being set up next to the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje, meant to be used if the coronavirus epidemic escalates. Military teams helped clear out the area and will help set up the hospital. Macedonia has over 200 diagnosed patients, several dozens of whom currently...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 18:25

Starting today Macedonia is officially considered a NATO member state

US government officials have informed that the Macedonian NATO ratification instrument is deposited in the State Department, which means that Macedonia is now officially a NATO member state. In this honor a gun salute is being made in Skopje and US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said that the US now stands...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 18:06

Stamenkovska: The Government is using the epidemic to censor critical media outlets

The Government is trying to limit the freedom of the press just as critical media are posting key questions about corruption and abuse of office, said interim Deputy Public Administration Minister Nevenka Stamenkovska – Stojkovski. Stamenkovska, who is appointed to the Government by the opposition...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 17:29

Minister Filipce defends the hugely overpriced coronavirus tests

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce defended the extremely high price that the public healthcare fund pays for coronavirus testing compared even to the private sector. It turned out that a private test costs about 1.500 denars (25 EUR) but the FZO public fund pays nearly 5.000 denars (80 EUR) to a publicly...
Economy 27.03.20 | 17:03

Proposal to force banks to provide debt reprogramming

Serious measures to respond to the coronavirus linked economic downturn in the banking industry are yet to be taken. The Government proposed to the commercial banks to voluntarily look into providing relief to their debtors, but few of them have announced such moves so far. Payments of bank loans should...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 16:44

Kumanovo authorities want full quarantine in one of Macedonia’s largest cities

The city of Kumanovo calls on the Government to declare a full quarantine in one of Macedonia’s largest cities. This was decided by the municipal crisis management center, on request of Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski, who wants to control who gets to enter and leave the city. Kumanovo does not have...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 15:45

Cardiology doctor has developed symptoms, if he consciously went to work with temperature he will be sanctioned

The exact number of infected health workers yesterday was 17, but most were unaware that they were in contact with an infected person, Venko Filipce told a news conference on Friday. He added that none of the staff at the Infectious Disease Clinic was infected, because all health protocols were followed. As...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 15:13

VMRO-DPMNE: Health Fund charges 4.950 denars from Ministry of Health for one coronavirus test

The coronavirus test at the Institute of Public Health costs 4,950 denars. Because the tests for citizens are free, this is the amount the Health Fund charges from the Ministry of Health, claims VMRO-DPMNE. According to VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimce Arsovski, the price of a test that costs 4,950 denars...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 15:01

Honorary gun salute on NATO accession at 6 p.m.

The Army’s artillery battalion unit will fire a 6-gun salute from the Ilinden army barracks at 6 p.m. on occasion of Macedonia’s NATO accession. The Army says the gun salute honors Friday’s deposit of the country’s Instrument of Ratification to the State Department, officially making Macedonia...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 14:49

118 Macedonian nationals return from Malta, arrivals also expected from Croatia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has organized together with the General Secretariat of the Government and the Ministry of Health, the return of 118 Macedonian nationals from Valletta, Malta on Friday. The repatriation was organized by Wizz Air, which offered the lowest airfare for these two destinations...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 14:43

Pendarovski: We will have to make a profound transformation of our society

We have been waiting for this moment for more than 15 years. The decision is clear and without additional conditions. It is a confirmation of the necessary reforms, but also of the significant compromises we have made in the spirit of the European values, President Stevo Pendarovski said in a video address...
World 27.03.20 | 14:26

British PM Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said he had tested positive for infection with the novel coronavirus. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,” Johnson tweeted. “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 13:38

With what money will SDSM be financed and go to the polls if the legal source is canceled?

SDSM President Zoran Zaev urges the government to suspend the law by which the state pays the largest parties for their annual work. It is a payment format that was introduced for parties to have no hidden donors among the oligarchs who, after the party is in power, seek to repatriate the donation with...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 13:09

18 new coronavirus cases, 219 in total, 134 of them in Skopje

18 new coronavirus cases have been registered in the country over the past 24 hours, Health Minister Venko Filipce informed on Friday. 11 of them are registered in Skopje, 4 in Prilep, 2 in Kumanovo and 1 in Tetovo. Thus, the total number of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 until 12 h is 219. So far...
Economy 27.03.20 | 11:58

VMRO-DPMNE demands SDSM to withdraw proposal to cut salaries

SDSM’s measures are an insult to the intelligence of the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia. It is not solidarity when the government wants to impose its incapacity on people’s backs. It is not solidarity to cut workers’ salaries, and those with temporary jobs to sit at home and...
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