Friday, 18 January 2019
Economy 18.01.19 | 23:57

Green Market protesters tell Zaev they will punish him in the elections

We will vote for Mickoski, said shopkeepers who protested in front of the Parliament today, after the Zoran Zaev led Government introduced new fees for simply selling fruit and vegetables at the farmers markets. Protesters called on Zaev to “come to his senses” or expect them to support the...
Macedonia 18.01.19 | 23:46

All in the family – suspicious public contract in the Customs Office

Another suspicious public contracts is being reported in the Customs Office. A company owned Georgi Gosev, husband of the director of the Financial issues department Saska Sasek – Goseva, was awarded a contract worth nearly 4 million denars (65.000 EUR). Sasek – Goseva used only her maiden...
Macedonia 18.01.19 | 23:35

Cento attacked by prison guards

Political prisoner Jane Cento was attacked by prison guards today. Cento, grandson of the first Macedonian President and World War Two commander Metodija Andonov – Cento, is charged with “terrorism” by the SDSM Government and refused the offer of amnesty. A dozen of officers attacked...
Macedonia 18.01.19 | 22:38

Justice Minister Deskoska supports holding early general elections in April

Justice Minister Renata Deskoska says that her SDSM party should accept holding early general elections along with the presidential scheduled in spring. Deskoska is the first high ranking SDSM official who accepted the initiative from the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party to call for early general elections. Her...
Macedonia 18.01.19 | 22:34

Zaev’s main attack journalist accused of assaulting his wife

Police had to intervene to separate one of the leading media supporters of Zoran Zaev and his SDSM party, Sashe Ivanovski, from his wife during a heated argument on Thursday evening in which knives were also involved. The couple’s five year old son witnessed the fight and was extremely disturbed...
Macedonia 18.01.19 | 22:22

President Ivanov: We must not question the right of the Macedonian people to exist

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov held a reception for the diplomatic corps in Skopje, telling them that he would not change a single word of his criticism of the developments in Macedonia which he expressed in the United Nations General Assembly and in his latest speech before the Parliament. At the...
Life 18.01.19 | 16:12

Million euro stolen from unlocked security van in December

In December, the newspaper Večer reported about 1 million euros of money from the security car. According to unofficial information, the security guard left the car with the money she took from the customers to leave her parcel early in the company. She was to be handed over to the security guards afternoon...
Life 18.01.19 | 15:39

Britain’s 97-year-old Prince Philip escapes unhurt from car crash while driving

Queen Elizabeth’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip was recovering at the couple’s home in eastern England on Friday after escaping without injury when his car flipped over following a crash with another vehicle, Reuters reports. Philip was at the wheel of his Land Rover when it collided with another...
Macedonia 18.01.19 | 15:20

Prominent critic of the Government Tanja Karakamiseva harassed by the police

Law professor and prominent Government critic Tanja Karakamiseva informed that she was ordered to report to a police station by three uniformed police officers who arrived at her house and scared her children. The order came after the Helsinki Committee, a pro-Government organization, filed a proposal...
Life 18.01.19 | 15:12

Roads melt as heatwave escalates in Australia

Temperature records have already been broken but the worst of the heatwave sweeping across parts of Australia is yet to come. The Bureau of Meteorology warned Friday will mark the peak of the week-long heatwave – currently in its fifth day – for some of NSW’s most heavily populated...
News 18.01.19 | 14:46

Hahn should mind his own business, Gruevski is a legal issue, not a political one

The Immigration and Citizenship Service is an independent body and the Hungarian Government cannot influence its decisions. Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has passed the asylum procedure and the immigration service decided to issue a positive solution, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s...
ShowBiz 18.01.19 | 13:24

The UK crowns David Bowie as the greatest entertainer of the 20th century

A recent poll conducted by BBC Two for their the channel’s historical series Icons has revealed that the British public believes David Bowie was the greatest entertainer of the 20th century. The legendary musician passed away on January 10, 2016, from liver cancer. Three years later, people all over...
Balkans 18.01.19 | 13:14

Serbian leg of Turkish Stream will be finished in 2019

The construction of the Serbian leg of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline will have been completed by the end of 2019 – CEO of Gazprom, Alexei Miller has said, adding that the Serbian segment will be 403 kilometres long. “The pipeline will cross the Serbian-Bulgarian border and go all the way up to...
Economy 18.01.19 | 12:26

Protest at one of Skopje’s largest markets

The Green Market, one of the largest farmers markers in Skopje, was closed today due to a protest against the new law introducing additional costs for operating in the market, as well as banning retirees from working there. We already pay 20.000 denars in taxes every year in order to able to work here....
Macedonia 18.01.19 | 12:13

Orthodox faithful prepare for the Epiphany cross ceremony

Across Macedonia, Orthodox Christian faithful are preparing for the Epiphany (Vodici) celebration on Saturday, when men jump into the local rivers and lakes to retrieve the holy cross. Some 140 participants announced they will jump for the cross in Skopje alone, where traditionally Archbishop Stefan...
Macedonia 18.01.19 | 12:08

Macedonian Government spokesmen divided along ethnic lines over effects of the Albanian language law

Macedonian Government spokesman Muhamed Hoxha told reporters that the law on the use of the Albanian language will certainly mean hiring additional public sector employees to translate and communicate with citizens in Albanian, beyond the constitutional framework which provides that minority languages...
Balkans 18.01.19 | 12:07

Every Greek to get a copy of the Prespa Agreement

The Greek government will convince the Greeks that they have reached a good agreement with Macedonia so that every Greek will receive a copy of the Prespa Agreement and be able to analyze it in peace. Tsipras’ Government will print tens of thousands of copies of the agreement on normalizing relations...
World 18.01.19 | 11:52

Swedish Social Democrat leader Lofven confirmed as PM, challenges ahead

Sweden’s parliament voted on Friday to give Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven a second term in office, ending more than four months of deadlock after an inconclusive election, Reuters reports. Lofven agreed an historic deal with the Centre, Liberal and Green parties last week, bringing together...
World 18.01.19 | 11:47

US backs NATO ‘100%’ but allies must ‘step up’, says Trump

President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States is fully committed to NATO but repeated his insistence that other members pay more for their own security, AFP reports. “We will be with NATO 100 percent, but as I told the countries, you have to step up and you have to pay,” Trump said in a...
Macedonia 18.01.19 | 11:46

“Nationality” means one thing in Macedonia and something entirely different in Greece

In its note sent to Athens, the Macedonian Foreign Ministry assures the Greek Ministry that “the term ‘nationality’ of the Second Party defined in Article 1 (3) (b) of the Agreement as ‘Macedonian/citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia’, refers exclusively to citizenship...
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