Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 12:31

Delcevo: Covid patient refused hospitalization, died during transport to Skopje

A 52 year old patient with Covid, who refused hospitalization, died while being transported from his native Delcevo to Skopje. The patient was adamant that he doesn’t want to be cared for in a hospital, even though he had severe pulmonary infection. A Delcevo ER team was eventually able to initiate...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 12:26

Debar – Mavrovo road closed for all vehicles

Traffic on the Debar – Mavrovo road is blocked because of a fallen tree. The mountainous road was already affected by the snows that fell during the night. A number of mountainous roads, including the Kicevo – Gostivar and Kicevo – Ohrid roads, as well as the Gradsko – Prilep...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 11:17

SPM police union angry at the Government after a wage hike of just five percent

The SPM union of police officers dismissed the 5 percent “raise” planned in the 2022 budget as insufficient. Macedonia is going through an inflation wave and many workers are experiencing a drop in real salaries. We will acknowledge the wage hike and welcome it if it reaches the levels of...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 11:12

Besa bus owner confirms there were canisters on board, but says they were filled with water

Bekim Haxhiu, the owner of the Besa Trans bus company whose vehicle crashed and burnt down a week ago with the loss of 45 lives, confirmed that there were plastic canisters in the car, but says that they were filled with water. Speculations that the bus was carrying plastic canisters with cheap smuggled...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 11:08

Bulgarian Ministry will present its findings on the state of the highway during the Besa bus disaster

Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Violeta Komitova is expected to present the results for the inspection conducted by her department following the deadly bus crash a week ago south of Sofia that killed 45 passengers – most of them Macedonian citizens. Komitova’s department is focusing...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 11:02

No word from the Government who will represent Macedonia at Biden’s Summit for Democracy

The Macedonian Government did not respond in detail to Republika’s question whether they will participate in the online Summit for Democracy that is prepared by US President Joe Biden. Macedonia is invited, along with most other Balkan countries. When asked who will represent the country at the...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 09:56

Traffic restrictions on mountain roads due to heavy snow

Motorists are warned to be careful on a number of mountain passes across Macedonia, as snow fell on the mountains. Straza and Gjavato passes and the entire Kicevo – Ohrid route are closed for trucks until the road crews can clean up the snow. Mountainous areas like Lazaropole and Poova Sapka are...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 09:42

Milososki: No EU date in December, or in the first half of 2022

In the opinion of members of Parliaments from the region, it seems that Macedonia will not be given a date to open its EU accession talks in December. In response, Albania is intensifying diplomatic efforts to have its EU accession process decoupled from Macedonia, said VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki,...

Macedonia 30.11.21 | 09:35

Zaev and Ahmeti got the judiciary to come up with another sentence against Nikola Gruevski

Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was sentenced to another prison term yesterday by the Skopje Appeals Court, over a (non) incident in 2013. Protesters gathered before the Centar municipal building in Skopje to decry plans by the SDSM led Council majority to end the construction of a church in downtown...