Friday, 4 December 2020
Macedonia Economy 04.12.20 | 14:25

Tobacco farmers angry at the price they’re getting for this year’s harvest

Agriculture Minister Arianit Hoxha proposed that the ranking of tobacco is changed and the 4th, worst quality category, is abolished. The reason is that cigarette companies have been evaluating the current harvest as very poor quality and have offered very low prices for it. Hoxha acknowledged that the...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 13:58

Zaev’s loyalist Spasovski says any deal with Bulgaria needs to be done on a principled basis

The Macedonian language and identity are non-negotiable, said Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, before acknowledging that Macedonia will have to move forward in its talks with Bulgaria. Spasovski expressed his support to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, after Zaev indicated that he will accept all Bulgarian...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 12:17

Police Union calls on the Government not to harm Macedonian national interests during its talks with Bulgaria

The Police Union of Macedonia joined representatives of the military and the fire-fighters associations in protesting against Zoran Zaev’s new policy toward Bulgaria. In an open letter, the Union states that the acceptance of all Bulgarian demands which Zaev announced in an interview last week...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 12:06

Report: Holland and Denmark joined Bulgaria in the veto against Macedonia

Bulgarian 24 Casa reports that the Netherlands and Denmark joined Bulgaria in blocking Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Bulgaria is the main obstacle on Macedonia’s path as the Borisov Government demands major concessions on issues of national identity and history, but other countries that...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 11:53

Struggling Macedonian Post Office goes on a large hiring spree

Despite facing major financial problems after the collapse of its exclusive Eurostandard Bank partner, the Macedonian Post Office is hiring 280 new workers. The announcement was made shortly after SDSM party official Jani Makraduli was named to lead the Post Office, which is one of the largest public...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 11:46

“Give October 11 up, celebrate the day of the Prespa treaty instead”

Gunther Fehlinger, a very very online Austrian who runs a consulting business in the Balkans, has urged Macedonia to give up on commemorating holidays that annoy Bulgaria, mainly October 11th, when in 1941 Macedonian partisans began their guerrilla campaign against Bulgarian forces, and, for some reason,...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 10:52

Zaev’s plan to rewrite history books amounts to treason, VMRO-DPMNE says

Zoran Zaev’s announcement that he will rewrite Macedonian history books amounts to high treason, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. Zaev is under pressure from Bulgaria to deliver on the 2017 treaty he signed with Borisov, part of which requires establishing a common historic narrative and then...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 10:39

Macedonia ranks first in the Balkans and seventh in the world in Covid-19 deaths per million

Macedonia continues to lead the region in coronavirus deaths per million, and now also reached the seventh place worldwide in the same dismal category. The Institute for Public Health of Macedonia currently estimates 887 deaths per million in Macedonia. This ranks the country seventh in the world, behind...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 10:32

Attempted murder – suicide in Kavadarci

An elderly man from the village of Sivec near Kavadarci attempted to kill his wife and them committed suicide yesterday. Police found the 84 year old woman with serious injuries. Her 73 year old husband, who cared for his sick wife for years, tried to kill her as his health also began to deteriorate....
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 09:38

SDSM protests against the opposition filibuster through submitting thousands of amendments – a tactic SDSM invented

The ruling SDSM party complains that opposition parties are obstructing its attempt to unilaterally change the rules of the Parliament. SDSM, which opted for a very narrow coalition after the chaotic July 15 elections and now has only 62 seats in the 120 seat Parliament, is trying to introduce online...
World 04.12.20 | 09:18

V4: EU should take its own rules seriously, Morawiecki says

We don’t like the Polish government, so off it goes to the whipping post. And tomorrow it’s the Italians or the Portuguese, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview. EU institutions appear to want to bypass the EU’s founding treaties,...
Macedonia 04.12.20 | 09:16

“Frequent changes to Covid-19 treatment protocols contributed to the dismal death rate”

The Zaev – Filipce Government has failed to establish a protocol for treatment of Covid-19 patients, and keeps changing its own rules, said doctor and VMRO-DPMNE official Marija Andonovska. There were five – six variations of treatment that were tried and we still don’t know which worked....
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