Friday, 26 February 2021
Macedonia 26.02.21 | 12:14

Prosecution demands that Mijalkov is sent into detention

The prosecution asked that Saso Mijalkov is ordered from house arrest into detention, after he was given a 12 years prison sentence today. Mijalkov fled the country briefly over the weekend, in an apparent deal with the Zaev regime, but returned under international pressure. The prosecution did not cite...

World 26.02.21 | 12:03

Orban: We do not believe in a post-Christian, post-national Europe

We do not believe in a post-national, post-Christian Europe, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in an interview. The leader of the V4 group of nations insisted that immigrants who are allowed into Hungary need to be aware that they are entering a country based on Judeo-Christian values and need...

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 11:51

Noted surgeon Gjorgji Jota badly injured after being ran over by a 16 year old in an SUV

Noted surgeon Gjorgji Jota was ran over by a 16 year old driving a BMW SUV near the Mother Teresa clinical complex. Jota is badly injured in the accident and is reportedly in coma. Eyewitnesses say that the minor driver tried to flee the scene, but was caught by the police.

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 11:47

12 years in prison for Saso Mijalkov, 4 for Gordana Jankuloska

Former UBK security service director Saso Mijalkov was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the 2015 wiretapping scandal, and former Inteiror Minister Gordana Jankuloska was given four years in prison. Mijalkov received a near maximum sentence after his escape attempt this weekend, during which he reportedly...

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 11:00

Mickoski welcomes the Macedonian Academy’s refusal to change its name: It means that not all our ships are sunk

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski congratulated to the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) on its refusal to change its name. The Zaevregime was pressuring MANU to drop the adjective “Macedonian” or add “North’ to it, but the academy resisted and an attempt to...

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 10:54

Mijalkov arrived in the Skopje courthouse

Saso Mijalkov, Gordana Jankuloska and other defendants arrived in the Skopje courthouse, where sentencing is due in the 2015 wiretapping scandal. Mijalkov in the dock as the court will reach its verdict in the 2015 wiretapping scandal The sentencing was preceded by Mijalkov’s escape attempt,...

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 10:19

The Kumanovo islamists trained in RPG fire and tested improvised explosive devices before being arrested

The group of ethnic Albanian islamists who were arrested in Kumanovo in September were training in firing RPG grenades and in preparing bombs, the prosecutors said as the case moves to a trial. The group at its core had three people, with eight accomplices, some of whom had gone to Syria and joined ISIS. Three...

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 09:32

Mickoski: Mijalkov fled to Belgrade, but had to return after pressure was put on Zaev

Saso Mijalkov was allowed to flee Macedonia and he got to Belgrade, only to be forced to return under pressure, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski in a radio interview. He referred to the scandalous events of the past few days as a circus organized by the Zaev regime and Mijalkov, which deeply...

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 09:23

Large-scale Albanian protests planned in Skopje over the Good Friday massacre sentences

A large protest is expected early afternoon in Skopje, after the Friday prayers, as Muslim Albanian groups demand that the sentences in the 2012 Good Friday massacre are overturned. After a lengthy retrial, the court again gave life sentences to the three Albanian islamists who killed four Christian...

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 09:15

Mijalkov in the dock as the court will reach its verdict in the 2015 wiretapping scandal

The Skopje court is due to reach a verdict in the first instance in the massive 2015 wiretapping scandal. Defendants are Saso Mijalkov, former head of the UBK security service, former Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and a number of UBK and Interior Ministry officials. Mijalkov tried to flee the...