Thursday, 15 April 2021
Macedonia 15.04.21 | 23:29

Austrian Minister Edstadler offers Vienna as “neutral site” for talks between Macedonia and Bulgaria

Austrian Minister for Europe Karoline Edtstadler offered Vienna as a place for talks between Macedonia and Bulgaria, as two countries remain locked in a historical dispute over which Bulgaria blocks Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Edtstadler met with her Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov and...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 23:12

Mickoski says VMRO will support work in the Parliament on the agreed issues

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Hristijan Mickoski said that the party will continue to support the work of the Parliament, in line with an agreement he reached with Zoran Zaev, who lacks the majority to convene a session of the Parliament. But, Mickoski said that this applies to the issues that were agreed between...

Macedonia Economy 15.04.21 | 21:53

Tensions in the Parliament as the stimulus package vote was delayed once again

The agreement to unblock the work of the Parliament was not being implemented easily today. The ruling majority wanted to advance on a number of items on their legislative agenda, while he opposition parties like VMRO-DPMNE, who are asked to provide the necessary quorum, wanted talk to focus on the urgent...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 19:40

Interior Ministry confirms it has a problem with dual ID numbers but claims it’s not as big as VMRO reported

The Interior Ministry confirmed reports from VMRO-DPMNE that is has a problem with dual personal ID numbers, but insisted that the problem is old, of a smaller extent and is being resolved. At a press conference today, VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski revealed that 20,000 dual numbers were issued, which,...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 18:14

Albanian President Meta wants an investigation into the mafia passports scandal in Macedonia

Albanian President Ilir Meta called on the authorities to investigate the mafia passports scandal in Macedonia, after it was revealed that regional mafia bosses were given Macedonian passports. Some of the passports were issued using stolen identities from ethnic Macedonians who live in Albania and also...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 18:07

Two illegal migrants from Pakistan injured in a fight in a smuggling village on the border with Serbia

Two illegal migrants were badly injured in a fight in the village of Vaksince, on the border with Serbia. The incident was reported yesterday early afternoon by a local citizen who said that two groups of migrants got into a fight in which a knife was used. The two injured men are from Pakistan and are...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 18:03

Ministers limited to 25 EUR for an official lunch

The Zaev Government limited the amount its top officials can spend of lunches. In the future, a Minister will be able to spend up to 1,500 denars (25 EUR) on a lunch and a Deputy Minister – 1,000 denars. The officials will also be required to list the number of attendees and the nature of the lunch...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 17:31

Bulgaria needs to lift its veto against Macedonia, Nikoloski calls during a conference with EU representatives

During a conference with members of the European Parliament, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski called for support in having Bulgaria lift its veto against Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Bulgaria has been officially blocking this move since late last year and it demands major concessions...

World 15.04.21 | 17:27

Orban: We’re making the best and fastest progress in vaccination in Europe

“Once we have inoculated 3.5 million people, we will get a part of our old life back,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. As the number of those inoculated has reached 3 million, and the premier thanked everyone who is contributing to Hungary’s vaccination drive, the V4 news...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 17:08

Corona report: 35 deaths, including three patients in their 30-ies

A total of 35 patients died from the coronavirus infection over the past day, and three of them were in their 30-ies, the Healthcare Ministry informed. The youngest deceased patient was just 34. The oldest patient was 87. The total number of Covid-19 deaths in Macedonia now stands at 4,357. The Ministry...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 17:04

Mickoski: I spoke with Jansa, there is no “Slovenian non-paper”

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that he spoke with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and that Jansa denied sharing any type of a document that would call for the dissolution of Kosovo, Bosnia and Macedonia. The allegation is being spread across left wing media in the Balkans, including...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 16:00

According to the dual personal ID numbers, Sedat Peker has a twin brother born on the same day but in a different village

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski revealed Thursday a new scandal involving the issuance of persona ID numbers to world criminals. According to Mickoski, there are over 20,000 people who have dual personal ID numbers and one person with two different personal ID numbers is twice on the voter list. With...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 15:52

Serbian media: Person close to Raskovski that Zaev appointed as director of the Public Procurement Bureau involved in organized crime?

In January 2019, a military intelligence officer founded the company “Phoenix MS Ammunition” in Skopje, in partnership with a citizen of the Republic of Macedonia and a Romanian company of the same name that deals with the production of small caliber ammunition, writes Serbian “Krik”. Gjorgjija...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 15:35

Vukotic under the name Gjorgji Andonov in 2020 bought a company in Bulgaria from a close friend of the Zaev family, involved in DEA’s operation

It is not a question whether this government will fall, but Zaev should think about what will happen next after the fall of this government, says Mickoski revealing another affair in relation to the issuance of Macedonian personal documents to criminals, involving the leader of the Skaljarski gang Jovan...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 15:23

Mickoski: How many voter lists with dual personal ID numbers did Spasovski sign?

The “Mafia” affair has a second part, the president of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski told a press conference on Thursday. Mickoski reveals the “Mafia 2” affair: 20,000 people have dual personal ID numbers Mickoski explained how the double personal ID numbers were used for voting. We...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 15:10

Mickoski reveals the “Mafia 2” affair: 20,000 people have dual personal ID numbers

At Thursday’s press conference, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski revealed the “Mafia 2” affair, which refers to the preparation and issuance of personal documents to same persons with different personal identification numbers in Macedonia. In addition to the Mafia affair, where...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 14:03

“International Association” case: Seeing Remenski and Kiracovski gave us confidence to give the money, says witness Resul Loga

The manager of the “Dream Building” company, Resul Loga, as a witness in Thursday hearing in the “International Association” case told the Skopje criminal court that they paid the defendant Bojan Jovanovski 350 thousand euros in cash to be part of the project for the construction...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 13:07

Filipce: No need to order vaccines from Serbia’s Torlak Institute, 2.6 million doses already secured

The Minister of Health Venko Filipce will not order additional doses of vaccines from Serbia’s Torlak Institute which is about to begin producing the Sputnik V vaccine, nor from any other manufacturer, because as he said 2 million and 600 thousand doses have already been secured.  At this moment...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 12:37

Carovska: Online enrollment of first grade students as of September

As of September, enrollment in primary education will be in digital form and that is something we have been working on in the past period, said Minister of Education and Science Mila Carovska at a conference on digitalization of public services in the field of education. Carovska pointed out that her...

Macedonia 15.04.21 | 12:05

Janevski: After such scandals as those with passports and drugs, there is no other option but for the whole government to fall

Raskovski is only one part of the puzzle and those things are solved if one has a system, and we do not have that. Affairs like the Raskovski one happen every day, the system does not work to deal with it because it is not set to solve them, Darko Janevski, journalist and analyst said on the “Sto...

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