Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 23:17

One of Zaev’s key prosecutors hid an apartment from her property report

Lile Stefanova, a prosecutor who survived the collapse of the Special Prosecutor’s Office and continues to serve the Zaev regime in its politically motivated trials, hid an apartment worth 75,000 EUR in her property report. Anti-corruption laws demand that officials report all their property annually,...
Macedonia Economy 19.05.21 | 23:07

“Macedonia needs to seek EU grants for a high speed railway link with Serbia and Greece”

Macedonia should look for ways to ensure European support for major infrastructure projects, from the announced line of credits worth 20 billion EUR and grants of 9 billion EUR. During a Konrad Adenauer Foundation event, Nikoloski said that Macedonia needs to push for a new, fast railway link with Greece...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 21:12

Bulgaria formally protests move by Croatian President Zoran Milanovic to side with Macedonia in the historic dispute

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry summoned the Croatian Ambassador to deliver her a protest note regarding the comments Croatian President Zoran Milanovic made on the dispute with Macedonia. During a recent conference of Balkan leaders in Slovenia, Milanovic strongly condemned Bulgaria for its blockade...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 19:46

2,000 Macedonian citizens registered to get vaccines on the border with Bulgaria

Some 2,000 Macedonian citizens registered to get a vaccine at two border crossings, with the help of a Bulgarian association. The organization led by Milan Vrabevski announced it will offer Macedonian citizens vaccines regardless whether they are also dual Bulgarian citizens or not. The vaccination points...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 19:23

Nikoloski: Macedonia needs to get serious about fighting corruption

We seriously need to prepare for a strong anti-corruption push, which is unfortunately lacking at the moment, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski during the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung conference held today in Skopje. “We have a system that is being eaten away by corruption, which...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 18:54

In a week the court will decide whether it will hear evidence linking Zaev to the Racket scandal

Saso Dukoski, the attorney representing showman Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, informed the press that the evidence he is offering to the court includes both recorded audio and screen-shots of his conversations with Zoran Zaev. Dukoski revealed that Zaev was offering Boki 13 to invest 100 million...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 17:48

Starting with early June, Macedonia will begin to rely on the Sinovac vaccine

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce set early June as the period when he expects the arrival of 500,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine. Despite the fact that this vaccine is reportedly less effective then vaccines from other producers, it will likely become the main option available in Macedonia, where currently...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 17:35

Gjorcev: We urgently need vaccination centers in Prilep, Strumica and a number of other cities

VMRO-DPMNE official Vladimir Gjorcev called on the Healthcare Ministry to set up additional vaccination check-points in Prilep, which was one of the worst affected cities during the pandemic, and in other cities such as Strumica, Kriva Palanka, Gegelija, Debar, Struga… Prilep suffered 414 deaths...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 17:23

AA and Alternative call for an investigation into the toxic heating fuel scandal

The Albanian opposition parties AA and Alternative called on state prosecutors to investigate the revelations made in a recent investigative TV report, that Macedonian authorities allowed import of heating oil that is rejected in the European markets as unsafe. The report shows that highly toxic fuels,...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 17:17

Mijalkov likely to be released from prison on a bail of almost 11 million EUR

State prosecutors caused an uproar today when they proposed that the court accepts the nearly 11 million EUR bail offered by Saso Mijalkov. This could mean that the former had of state security who is facing half a dozen charges initiated by the Zaev regime, could soon be released even after his flight...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 15:53

Mickoski: No one is dealing with fight against organized crime, because the same people are engaged in political persecution

Elections are coming, and political pressures as well as orders in the prosecution and judiciary are normally increasing. If it is not clear why no one is dealing with the fight against organized crime, it is because the same people are engaged in political persecution. Ruskovska’s lawsuit for...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 15:26

Raskovski took 500 euros from the fee of 80,000 denars of one of the government freelancers

Dragi Raskovski, the former Secretary General of the Government, took 500 euros from the monthly income of 80,000 denars from one of the freelancers hired in the Government, the Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption revealed on Wednesday. The Prosecution opened another...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 15:13

Fighting for profit more important than clean air: Companies close to the government and government officials make money illegally

The fight for profit for the government is more important than the fight for clean air and the prosecution has an obligation to initiate proceedings because there are suspicions of a crime, said MP and member of the EC of VMRO-DPMNE, Antonio Milososki answering a journalist question about the IRL investigation...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 14:39

Why Boki 13’s USB is important: Zaev says he will invest 100 million euros in the construction of retirement homes

Bojan Jovanovski’s lawyer revealed part of the contents of the USB which the court did not accept as evidence. Dukoski says the USB contains five folders that can directly affect the verdict. In the third folder there is a statement made by Zaev that he intends to invest 100 million euros in the...
World 19.05.21 | 14:28

EU to open borders for vaccinated tourists from outside the bloc

The European Union is to ease entry restrictions for tourists from outside the bloc who have been fully vaccinated with an EU-approved Covid-19 shot, EU member representatives agreed on Wednesday. The planned changes, announced by the European Commission should be linked to the bloc’s own domestic...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 14:21

17 patients die, 87 new Covid-19 cases

Out of 2,953 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 87 new cases were registered, 197 patients have recovered and 17 passed away, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Macedonia has registered 154.891 confirmed coronavirus cases. The death toll...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 14:02

Filipce: I do not expect politicization with the vaccine delivery after the expulsion of the Russian diplomat

Health Minister Venko Filipce expects that the expulsion of the Russian diplomat from the country will not be politicized with the delivery of the Russian vaccine. I have no information that Macedonia will suffer consequences for this. During the numerous meetings and telephone conversations with the...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 13:32

Boki’s defense refuses to question Bogoev until the USB is accepted as evidence

Saso Dukovski, Bojan Jovanovski’s lawyer, refused to question Karpos Mayor Stefan Bogoev as a witness. He explained that they do not intend to interrogate him until the court accepts the USB containing five folders of conversations, recordings and documents of Jovanovski with Bogoev and Zaev as...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 13:10

Raskovski remains in detention, investigations to be conducted into two more crimes

Acting in the case against four people over software procurement and works for the needs of the software, the collected evidence showed that three of the suspects had already committed two more crimes, for which a competent public prosecutor from the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution...
Macedonia 19.05.21 | 12:43

Chaos at “International Association” case trial: The court doesn’t USB containing conversations of Boki with Bogoev and Zaev to be used as evidence

Bojan Jovanovski’s defense reacts furiously after the judge didn’t allow USB to be presented as material evidence in today’s trial in the “International Association” case. It contains conversations and videos of Jovanovski with Zaev and Bogoev as well as with mayor Petrovska. If...
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