Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 12:57

Backed into a corner, Zaev responds with angry and personal tirades against Mickoski

During the first televised debate between the two main leaders, Hristijan Mickoski and Zoran Zaev, the latter was noticably hostile and lowbrow in his comments. Many viewers took to the social media to comment on the style that was seen as low even for Zaev. I wish the intellectual wing wins over the...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 12:19

Prosecutor Ruskoska refuses to say whether she will press charges over Zaev’s connection to a pro-Russian businessman from Montengro

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska would not declare whether the wiretaps being published that point to illegal links between SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev and controversial Montenegrin businessman and alleged backer of Russian interests in the Balkans Miodrag Davidovic amount to a crime. Davidovic confirms paying...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 11:56

As predicted, the new Racket hearing postponed for after the elections

As expected, the new Racket trial against Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 was postponed shortly after it started. Deputy Parliament Speaker Frosina Remenski, who is charged of extortion of over a million EUR along with Boki 13, demanded that prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska is removed because of her political...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 11:16

Shocking incident in Skopje: Armed family members threatened a doctor in an attempt to take the body of a Covid-19 patient

Police had to deploy at the “8th of September” hospital in Skopje, where the most serious Covid-19 cases are treated, after the family of a deceased female patient threatened a doctor yesterday afternoon. Members of the family demanded that the body is given to then immediately, ignoring...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 11:07

Skopje and Ohrid airports open for international flights

The Skopje and Ohrid international airports open today. Macedonian citizens remain banned from visiting most of Europe, but none the less long lines were reported since morning at the Skopje airport, a number of mainly Wizz Air flights are scheduled to and from Germany, northern Italy, Sweden, Switzerland,...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 10:52

Ahmeti says he would still like to continue his coalition with Zaev, finish the job they started together

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that ideally he would prefer to continue his coalition with SDSM, pointing at the numerous concessions SDSM made with Macedonian national interests and saying that “we have things we started that should be finished”. But, in an interview with Alsat TV, Ahmeti...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 10:34

Zaev offers the creation of a minority Government to avoid Ahmeti’s nationalist blackmail

During their televised duel on Tuesday, SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev made a surprising offer to opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski. As usual, Zaev insisted that SDSM will win the elections, and he even predicted the outcome – 55 to 48 seats in favor of SDSM. But as it requires 61 to form a Government,...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 10:25

Boki 13’s new racketeering trial begins – Public expects to see if he will continue to testify about Zaev’ role in the scandal?

The second racketeering trial against showman Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 is set to begin today, but it is doubtful that the court will press forward with it, given the sensitive political moment. Boki 13 was sentenced to nine years in prison in the Racket scandal, and during the sentencing exclaimed...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 10:07

MRTV cameraman Shenol Ahmet dies of Covid-19

Shenol Ahmet, a cameraman for the Albanian program of the Macedonian Radio Television, succumbed to the coronavirus. Ahmet (51) was hospitalized last week, and suffered a sudden deterioration of his condition over the past few days. Doctors attempted mechanical ventilation but couldn’t help him....
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