Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 21:37

Officer who contracted an African strain of the coronavirus while on mission is being airlifted back to Macedonia

An officer of the Macedonian Army is currently being transported to Macedonia from the Central African Republic, after he contracted an African strain of the coronavirus. Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska said that the officer is feeling well and was supposed to return to the country after a six months...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 21:32

New round of legalization of unlawfully built homes begins

The Parliament adopted a new law for legalization of unlawfully built homes, which will also allow the legalization of houses built in national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas, even including the vicinity of major water sources. The only exception is the Ohrid area, which is considered...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 19:50

Geroski: Comical patriotic display from Zaev

Journalist Branko Geroski called Zaev’s performance from Brussels today “comical”, after the Prime Minister insisted that he delivered a tough message to the European officials. In a short video statement, Zaev said that he told the EU leaders to withdraw the issue of the Macedonian...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 19:45

Zaev acts tough with the EU, says he told them to remove the Macedonian identity from the negotiating table

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev issued a video statement to the public after his visit to Brussels, declaring that he informed EU officials that he will not negotiate on the Macedonian name and identity. The statement comes as the European Council is considering allowing Albania to decouple from Macedonia...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 19:26

Canada census form declares that Macedonia is a region in Greece

Canada is declaring Macedonia as a Greek region in its on-going online census. Macedonians in Canada, who are trying to register in the census, are stumped by the question asking them about their possible other citizenship. An attempt to enter “Macedonia” leads to a response declaring Macedonia...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 17:42

Gyms allowed to open, curfew reduced further, as the number of coronavirus cases continues to drop

The Government approved a set of recommendations to relax restrictions, as the number of coronavirus cases continues to drop. The curfew is reduced further – starting on Thursday, it will begin at 24h and end at 4h. On May 12th, the curfew will be lifted for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan Bajram....
Macedonia Culture 11.05.21 | 17:31

Culture Ministry is waiting for an investigation into the actions of the previous Minister before it can begin paying artists in full

The Culture Ministry said it is trying to pay out funds in accordance with the latest annual program, but is also waiting for the outcome of the investigation conducted by the Financial Police into the previous management of the department. Minister Irena Stefoska from SDSM accused her predecessor Husni...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 17:25

One person saved from a fire near Skopje

Firefighters saved a person from a house in Radisani, north of Skopje, which caught fire today. It took a rapid intervention by four vehicles and 15 men to save the person from his home. No injuries were sustained in the process, the city firefighting office said.
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 17:15

Garvanliev given less than 1 percent chance to win the Eurovision contest

Vasil Garvanliev, the Macedonian competitor at the Eurovision Song Contest, is given less than one percent odds to win, a compounded index of the main bookmakers shows. France, Malta and Switzerland are favorites to win the trashy competition, while Macedonia is near the bottom. Garvanliev’s choice...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 17:05

Corona report: 26 deaths, 171 new cases

A total of 26 patients died of Covid-19 during the past day, the Healthcare Ministry informed. The deceased included a person from Skopje aged 36 and a patient from Kicevo aged 40. The total death toll of the epidemic has now reached 5,135. More encouragingly, the Ministry reported that 171 newly diagnosed...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 17:00

Cities begin to run out of vaccines as the vaccination rate picks up

Cities in Macedonia are beginning to run out of coronavirus vaccines as the vaccination rate sped up. Makedonski Brod is out of the Astra Zeneca vaccines the doctors there were using. They’re hoping to receive some Sinopharm vaccines to resume work tomorrow. So far 200 citizens were vaccinated...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 15:54

Strasbourg court accepts appeal regarding April 27 case punishments

Lawyer Ruzica Nikolovska wrote Tuesday on Facebook  that the appeal regarding the punishments in the “April 27” case has been accepted by the Strasbourg court and it will be reviewed, and she hopes the it will make the right decision. In the case known to the public as “April 27”...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 15:37

Mickoski in Delcevo: Current government to leave so that Macedonia can move forward!

The leader of VMRO DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski said Tuesday in Delcevo that the current government should leave, so that Macedonia can move forward. Delcevo deserves a good life, happy citizens and progress in all fields. We must not allow young people to leave, the future depends on all of us together....
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 15:25

Peker sells, and Zaev produces drugs – what did the Turkish mobster and the Prime Minister talk about at the Prime Minister’s house?

We see that the court proceedings in the Mafia case are running with minimal prison sentences for which some employees in the administrative services of the Ministry of Interior should make cannon fodder, while there is no hierarchical responsibility with the Minister or other superiors and it is not...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 14:20

As of Wednesday, curfew to start at midnight and last until 4 am, the government decides

At Tuesday’s session, the Government approved the proposal of the Crisis HQ as of Wednesday the nighttime curfew to start at midnight and last until 4 am. The new measures will be valid from May 12 to May 18, and were adopted on the proposal of the Commission for Infectious Diseases based on the...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 13:49

The Czech Republic doesn’t support Bulgaria’s position toward Macedonia

The Czech Republic supports Macedonia’s EU integration. I do not share the ideas about the historical position of Bulgaria. I wish Macedonia to join the EU as soon as possible, said today the Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, Lubomir Metnar at a joint press conference in Skopje with his...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 13:25

Cold shower from Brussels for Zaev: No EU accession talks without agreement with Bulgaria

EU leaders were clear in talks with Zoran Zaev during his visit to Brussels that Macedonia cannot start negotiations if it does not resolve the dispute with Bulgaria, and if that does not happen, it is possible to start accession negotiations only with Albania. Macedonia cannot start accession talks...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 12:51

Varhelyi: If efforts with Bulgaria fail, we will consider launching negotiations only with Albania

EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said in an interview with the Hungarian news agency MTI that EU’s goal remains the same – start of negotiations with both Albania and Macedonia. He added that the intergovernmental conferences are planned to start in June. Regarding the continuous...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 12:42

Zaev didn’t deny that the Turkish criminal Peker was guest at his house

A day after the video of the Turkish criminal Sedat Peker appeared in which he reveals for the first time that he had good relations with Macedonian politicians and even that he was at the Prime Minister’s home, there is complete silence from Zaev and the Government. No reaction, no denial, which...
Macedonia 11.05.21 | 11:09

Ivica Bocevski: Do not deprive me of the right to be the father of my child and the husband of my wife

Macedonian Ambassador to Brazil Ivica Bocevski comments on the persistence with which the “awakened” deny parents’ right to identify themselves as a mother and a father. For him, replacing the terms “mother” and “father” with parent 1 and parent 2 is a nonsense...
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