Monday, 1 June 2020
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 13:43

Top SDSM police official goes into quarantine a day after campaigning among the citizens of Kumanovo

Deputy Interior Minister Slavjanka Petrovska announced that she is also entering quarantine, after being possibly exposed to the coronavirus, during her pre-election campaigning. Денес се дружев со граѓаните на Куманово. Им посакав добро здравје...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 13:30

Seven deaths – the worst daily toll of the epidemic so far

The Institute of Public Health confirmed that the daily toll on Monday is the worst yet, with seven deaths and 89 newly diagnosed Covid-19 patients. The Healthcare Ministry is yet to hold its daily press conference, but news outlets have been briefed throughout the day of the new spike in cases. So far...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 13:19

As more top SDSM officials get infected, Zaev insists that the elections will take place on July 5

Even as half a dozen of his top party officials have gone into quarantine after contracting or being exposed to the coronavirus, SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev insisted today that the elections will take place on July 5. Zaev is hoping that the extremely low turnout of the “corona elections’...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 13:08

Racket trial: Boki 13’s lawyer asks the court why they ignored Zaev’s link to the racketeering group

In his closing arguments in the Racket trial, defense attorney Saso Dukoski reminded the public and the court that one of the defendants was seen in the company of Vice Zaev, the brother of former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. He asked the court why is it that the court and the prosecution did not act upon...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 12:23

Kanal 5 TV reports there are six Covid-19 deaths – the highest single day death toll so far

Kanal 5 TV reports that there were six deaths and as many as 90 newly diagnosed Covid-19 cases reported over the past 24 hours. If confirmed, this would mark the worst single day death toll yet, and also one of the worst days by new infections for the duration of the epidemic. What most worrying is that...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 12:17

Number of newborn babies in Macedonia drops by 7 percent in one year

The number of newborn children in Macedonia has declined for a fifth year in a row. There were 19.845 newborns in 2019, a drop of 7 percent compared to 2018. That’s 3.230 less compared to a year as recent as 2015. The statistics are getting worse in 2020, with just 4.191 newborns in the first quarter...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 12:10

Outrage simmers over Radmila Sekerinska’s UCK photos

Families of victims of the Albanian UCK/NLA terrorist organization and veterans of the 2001 war continue to express their outrage at Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska, after she posed with UCK insignia last week. Sekerinska met with the Mayor of Kicevo Fatmir Dehari, who was a commander in the UCK,...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 11:57

Straight from the campaign trail: SDSM officials go into coronavirus quarantine after meeting with Muhamed Zekiri

A long list of SDSM and Government officials are going into self-isolation after the deputy SDSM party leader Muhamed Zekiri was confirmed to be Covid-19 positive, along with his family. Some have been confirmed to also be positive, and others are going into isolation as a precaution. One of the newly...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 11:47

Taravari: The coronavirus situation has gotten out of control

Doctor Arben Taravari, who is Mayor of Gostivar and deputy leader of the Alliance of Albanians, warns that the coronavirus situation has gotten out of control. He called on the Government to stop being passive in its handling of the epidemic and stop blaming the citizens for the spread. We urgently need...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 11:29

Doctors can’t issue medicine prescriptions after fire in the public healthcare fund’s computer room

The FZOM public healthcare fund announced that doctors will not be issuing medicine prescriptions today. Republika has learnt that the reason is a fire that broke out in the FZOM server room. The incident happened on Sunday evening and the server is now off-line. The damage affected both national and...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 10:04

Despite the coronavirus spike, SDSM demands elections take place in early July

The ruling SDSM party issued a press release demanding that elections take place as soon as possible. This echoes recent comments from top SDSM officials such as Radmila Sekerinska and Oliver Spasovski, with the similar message, that fly in the face of the difficult coronavirus situation in the country. By...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 09:52

Osmani warns that today’s coronavirus numbers are even worse than in previous days

Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani called on the public to begin following coronavirus restrictions, because the situation with newly infected patients is getting even worse. The numbers today are even more disturbing, Osmani warned. “The chances of being positive or having been in contact with...
Macedonia 01.06.20 | 09:46

Montenegro puts Macedonia on the coronavirus black list

Montenegro revised the list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter without preconditions, and left Macedonia out of the revised list. Macedonia was initially not on the list, was later added but is now out again. The reason is the high number of active coronavirus cases in Macedonia, where...
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