Monday, 29 November 2021
Macedonia 29.11.21 | 22:39

Majority of citizens think people convicted over April 27 are victims in order to cover up the real culprits

The people brought down the April 27 case, this is the only way to describe the latest IPIS poll on the public opinion poll “Events of April 27”. When asked “Are the convicts organizers or victims in order to cover up the real culprits of the event?”, 45.3 percent of the citizens...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 21:12

Dimovski: Grubi can stop Zaev’s resignation

Zaev’s resignation can be stopped. I say what Grubi and Osmani have repeated several times in recent days, that they do not agree with the resignation, says former MP and member of VMRO-DPMNE, Ilija Dimovski. According to him, so far everything that Grubi said about Zaev, turned out to be true. We...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 20:44

Bodies of bus accident victims to be flown to Skopje on Thursday

The bodies of the Macedonian nationals who died in the tragic bus accident in Bulgaria will be handed over to their families on Thursday or Friday at the latest, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani said on Monday. The Bulgarian Government accepted our request for the transfer from Sofia to Skopje...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 20:28

I thought many times why wasn’t I on the bus, didn’t die too, Bekim Hadziu, “Besa Trans” owner tells BNT

The owner of the “Besa Trans” travel agency, Bekim Hadziu, spoke for the first time in public after the horrific bus accident on the Struma highway in Bulgaria, in which 45 people were. Hadziu said the bus had undergone a technical inspection before the trip to Turkey and was fully operational....

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 18:47

Zaev-Gashi meeting ended with agreement for cooperation, consultations on government positions underway

Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, and Alternative leader, Afrim Gashi met Monday at the MPs’ Club in Skopje to discuss the prospect of Alternative joining the government and the parliamentary majority. At the meeting, an agreement was reached on the program part of the possible future cooperation expressed...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 18:13

Grubi and the Government plunge country into artificial crisis by raising the Bulgaria dispute to the level of a security issue

Grubi and the Government are plunging the country into an artificial crisis by raising the dispute with Bulgaria to the level of a security issue, VMRO-DPMNE said. The dispute with Bulgaria is not a security issue, nor a dispute that has a security character. Grubi and the government’s attempt...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 17:42

Ruskoska: The owner of “Besa Trans” also drove one of the buses

Four buses left Turkey, but they crossed the border with Bulgaria at different times because some of the passengers insisted on going shopping, and this is exactly the reason why the convoy split. Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska in an interview with Telma TV points out the details that the owner of “Besa...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 17:21

Taravari: Government with Alternative will not last long

The Secretary General of the Alliance for Albanians and Mayor of Gostivar, Arben Taravari believes that if Alternative accepts to join the new Government, it will not last long. Taravari after the meeting with the OSCE Ambassador, Clemens Koja, who answered reporters’ questions about the current...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 16:51

22 patients died, 118 new Covid-19 cases

Out of 1,245 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 118 new cases were registered and 18 patients passed away, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The Ministry also added 5 deaths to the report that occurred in November. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Macedonia has registered...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 15:53

Gashi indicates he is ready to support Zaev’s coalition

Alternative party leader Afrim Gashi today strongly indicated that he is ready to join Zoran Zaev’s coalition. The two began their meeting at the Parliament club in Skopje. We would like to form a Government that will work until the end of the term of the Parliament, until 2024, and will open the...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 15:14

Energy crisis: The Interior Ministry prepared a plan of action in case of blackouts and during the coming “energy shock”

The SDSM – DUI Government prepared a plan for police actions in case of worsening of the energy crisis, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. Domestic energy production in Macedonia is at the bare minimum after years of corruption and mismanagement of the main REK Bitola coal mine, and the...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 15:09

Grceva calls on Afrim Gashi to end his coalition negotiations with Zoran Zaev

Solza Grceva from the Voice for Macedonia party called on Alternative party leader Afrim Gashi to leave the coalition negotiations with Zoran Zaev. Only two weeks ago Gashi was prepared to vote to bring down the Zaev Government, but since this initiative by the opposition failed, after the suspicious...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 14:59

Kindergarten teacher asked children to dance to a trashy Serbian turbo-folk song

Education Ministry inspectors went to a kindergarten in Skopje’s Karpos district where a teacher was filmed playing trashy Serbian turbo-folk songs to the children. The teacher herself sent the video to the parents, to show them what good time they were having, and encourages them to sing to the...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 13:26

There will be no new coronavirus restrictions for the time being

The Government won’t introduce new measures in light of the spread of the new Omicron strain of the coronavirus, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced today. Filipce said that travel restrictions imposed on Africa, where the strain originated, won’t yield results since the virus is...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 13:23

Filipce won’t run for SDSM party leader

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that he will not run for SDSM party leader. Filipce was a rising star of the Zaev Government at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, even though he was not a prominent party member. But as the death toll in Macedonia set European records and reports of his...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 13:20

Bulgaria wants Macedonia to open its Communist era police files

One of the demands that the Bulgarian would-be coalition partners accepted is that the country demands Macedonia secret police dossiers from the Communist era. Bulgaria is blocking Macedonia from opening its EU accession talks and lists a number of demands aimed at the Macedonian national identity and...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 11:01

VMRO-DPMNE blames the Government of protecting the Besa company from its responsibility for the bus disaster

VMRO-DPMNE strongly condemned the comment from Zoran Zaev’s official Vladimir Pivovarov – who is head of the border management direction – after Pivovarov blamed the passengers for the Besa bus disaster that killed 45. Zaev’s border management official shocks public by blaming...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 10:57

Zaev and Gashi will hold a new meeting to discuss their possible coalition

Zoran Zaev is expected to have another meeting with Alternative party leader Afrim Gashi, to discuss their prospective coalition. Zaev currently does not have 61 votes in Parliament, and only narrowly survived a vote of no confidence, after the suspicious disappearance of an opposition member of Parliament....

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 10:31

Mickoski: Deeply ingrained corruption is behind the Besa bus disaster

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski demanded answers from the Government on the Besa bus disaster that claimed 45 lives on Tuesday morning. Mickoski asked how is it possible that the bus that was used for a trip to Istanbul left the country 135 times even though it was not registered for international...

Balkans 29.11.21 | 10:15

Croatia buys 12 Rafale fighter jets, Serbia responds by announcing a similar purchase

Croatia announced it will purchase 12 used French Rafale fighter jets for almost a billion EUR. The country cited tensions in the region as the reason why it must establish military deterrence. “This will not only give us the ability to avert those who have any aspirations toward our territory...

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