Friday, 7 May 2021
Macedonia 07.05.21 | 12:04

Scandal: Company given suspiciously large contracts by the city of Skopje is owned by a close relative of Mayor Silegov’s secratary

The Armor Plus company, which was contracted by the city of Skopje to buy a new firefighting truck from Hungary and was paid twice more than the vehicle is actually worth, has won numerous other contracts with the city, VMRO-DPMNE official Vladimir Neloski revealed. The company, Neloski added, is owned...

World 07.05.21 | 11:17

Soros’s fact-checkers defend, rather than check Biden

A recent study has revealed that PolitiFact, a known fact-checking website, is more likely to defend US President Joe Biden than correct any falsehood in his statements. PolitiFact is run by an organisation that enjoys funding from US stock market speculator George Soros. The research conducted by the...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 11:11

Zaev associates joined him to the front of the vaccination line

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev got vaccinated yesterday, but with him, a number of people from his office who do not meet age or healthcare criteria, also got the vaccine. Macedonian healthcare authorities are still struggling with providing vaccines to the citizens, as the country was among the lowest in...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 10:26

As Albania decouples and moves ahead of Macedonia, Foreign Minister Osmani is unlikely to act

Foreign Minsiter Bujar Osmani said that opening EU accession talks has become a moving target, as reports are coming that the EU may allow Albania to begin talks, while keeping Macedonia stuck. Discussing the burning issue of Albania possibly “decoupling” from Macedonia and opening accession...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 10:14

US Rep. Price says Bulgarian veto of Macedonia is frustrating

In an interview with Voice of America, US congressman David Price called on Bulgaria to end its blockade of Macedonia’s EU accession. It’s frustrating and I think somewhat dangerous for other countries, one by one to be throwing out these barriers. It took so many years to work out the name...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 09:47

VMRO-DPMNE calls on Pavlina Crvenkovska to resign as head of the Judicial Council due to her involvement in the Eurostandard Bank scandal

VMRO-DPMNE called on Pavlina Crvenkovska, newly appointed head of the Judicial Council, to resign after a growing scandal involving her husband. Zoran Crvenkovski was revealed to have taken 1.6 million EUR in loans from the now collapsed Eurostandard Bank, and refused to pay it back. The bank went under...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 09:42

Mickoski and Pendarovski meet to discuss the April 27th group of political prisoners

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski will have a rare meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski today, to discuss the case of the political prisoners from the April 27th trial. Pendarovski agreed with Mickoski that the defendants are sentenced under unreasonable charges – of terrorism. The meeting...