Saturday, 23 March 2019
Macedonia 23.03.19 | 23:05

Strumica Bishop Naum also involved in Zaev’s new marijuana venture

After the report that Zoran Zaev’s lawyer Vane Andreev is joining him in the marijuana growing business, Lider.mk reports that this newly founded marijuana company related to Zaev is also tied to his political ally, Strumica Bishop Naum. The Cannabis ONE Strumica company, which was recently founded...
Macedonia 23.03.19 | 22:57

Mickoski: Victory at the presidential elections ensures the fall of Zaev’s Government

These presidential elections will determine the fate of the country, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski during his visit to Bitola today. A victory at the presidential elections will ensure that we hold early general elections, and that is where we will bring down this Government. All of us...
Sport 23.03.19 | 22:44

Young football star from Strumica chose Italy over Macedonia

Nikola Sekulov, midfielder with the Juventus youth team, opted to play for the Italian U-17 team instead of the Macedonian team. Sekulov is originally from Strumica and in 2017 he played for the Macedonian U-17 team which qualified for the European championship in Poland, but then he withdrew from the...
Macedonia 23.03.19 | 17:41

Interior Minister Spasovski rejects Islamic Community “blackmail and threats”

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said that the Government rejects the “blackmail” from the Islamic Religious Community (IVZ), which has used the pre-election period to demand that the Government returns valuable state owned real-estate where mosques used to be. IVZ asked that its requests...
Balkans 23.03.19 | 17:24

NZZ reports on Rama’s flirting with the idea of “Greater Albania”

In a report, the Swiss Neue Zurcher Zeitung paper details nationalist rhetoric from Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama which comes at a time when Kosovo and Serbia are negotiating a possible swap of cities along their border which would make both countries more ethnically homogeneous. In this light, NZZ...
Macedonia 23.03.19 | 17:01

Taravari: Siljanovska leads Pendarovski in the presidential race

Gostivar Mayor Arben Taravari, who is one of the leaders of the Alliance of Albanians, reveals that according to their polls opposition presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska lead over the SDSM – DUI ruling coalition candidate Stevo Pendarovski. For Taravari, the Alliance should try to get...
Macedonia 23.03.19 | 16:51

Judge Kalkaslieva: We should all bow our heads in shame over the April 2017 sentences

Retired Supreme Court judge Milojka Kalkaslieva considers the draconian sentencing of the 16 participants in the April 2017 incident in the Parliament as gross violation of the rule of law, and believes that judge Dobrila Kacarska completely mishandled the case. In her remarks published today, Kalkaslieva...
Macedonia 23.03.19 | 14:47

Body recovered from the Vardar river near Gostivar

Rescue teams recovered the body of a 20 year old man from the Vardar river. Police identified him only by his initials as J.M. The body was first spotted yesterday afternoon, near the village of Malo Turcane, but villagers were unable to pull it out of the river. It was found again this morning, between...
Macedonia 23.03.19 | 14:41

Zaev’s lawyer joins him in the marijuana business

The family of Zoran Zaev is now dominating the marijuana business in Macedonia to the point that even his lawyer is now moving in for a share of the action. MAM is one company, ran by Trajce Zaev, a cousin of the Prime Minister, which operates medical marijuana plants and plantations. Vice Zaev, Zoran’s...
World 23.03.19 | 14:34

Szijjarto: Fidesz was not suspended, we decided to temporarily step aside from the EPP

Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto told RT that the European People’s Party (EPP) did not suspend Fidesz from the European Parliament, but in fact, a mutually acceptable compromise was reached under which Fidsz temporarily suspended themselves. Szijjarto explained how, while Fidesz is remaining firmly on...
Macedonia 23.03.19 | 09:56

Serbian MP blames Zaev of involvement in the 2015 Kumanovo attack

A member of the Serbian Parliament has accused Zoran Zaev of involvement in the 2015 terrorist attack on the city of Kumanovo. According to Milovan Drecun, Zaev has a proven track record of being prepared to destabilize Macedonia and the region to get to power. The allegation comes as Serbia is openly...
Macedonia 23.03.19 | 09:37

Knife fight in front of the SPO office

A knife fight was reported yesterday evening on the Franklin Roosevelt street in Skopje, in front of a bar close to the Special Prosecutor’s Office. According to the Netpress news site, several younger men were involved in the incident. The downtown area that was normally calm and peaceful was...

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