Monday, 25 March 2019
Macedonia 25.03.19 | 23:47

Taravari: 50% of the DUI membership will vote for Blerim Reka

Half of the DUI membership will vote for Blerim Reka, Arben Taravari said Monday on TV21’s “Click Plus” show. According to the Gostivar mayor, who was debating with Artan Grubi on the show, said that in 2014, when Stevo Pendarovski was a presidential candidate, he voted for him in the second round.

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 23:41

Grubi: Support for Pendarovski will bring us an Albanian governor

In 2014, Stevo Pendarovski was a party candidate for SDSM, and now his candidacy is a concept that DUI will promote, Artan Grubi said Monday on TV21’s “Click Plus” show. Grubi was debating with Arben Tarawari, who said that in 2014, when Pendarovski was a presidential candidate, he...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 23:27

Justice Ministry accepts VMRO-DPMNE’s remarks on SPO, talks continue

The Ministry of Justice issued Monday a press release, informing that the amendments of VMRO – DPMNE on the draft-law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office are expected in order to jointly adopt the law that will enable practical implementation of all international principles for the work of...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 23:02

Siljanovska with 6% ahead of Pendarovski

If presidential elections were held tomorrow, 32.2% of Macedonian voters would vote for VMRO-DPMNE’s candidate, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, while 26,1 for SDSM’s Stevo Pendarosvski, shows a poll conducted by M-Prospect for TV Telma. In the presidential elections, 25% of the citizens said...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 21:39

Zaev: Watch tomorrow’s TV duel, it will be interesting with Mickoski

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev urged citizens to watch the TV duel with Hristijan Mickoski within Kanal 5’s “Samo vistina” show on Tuesday. He said it was hard to debate with the leader of VMRO-DPMNE because he is ‘irresponsible’. Tough, irresponsible, does not help the state...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 20:55

Greece wants to erase texts about the partition of Macedonia in the Balkan Wars

The textbooks should avoid treating the other side, one towards the other in both directions, said Viktor Gaber, the head of the Macedonian side of the Macedonia-Greece Joint Interdisciplinary Committee of Experts on History, Archaeology, and Education at the two-day second in a row meeting held in Skopje...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 19:15

Zaev in Kumanovo: Do not be afraid that your children will go to war

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at Monday’s debate “Fair Society – a Chance for All” held in Kumanovo, urged the citizens to be calm because membership in NATO and the EU means that security will be at a high level. Do not be afraid that your children will go to war. Kumanovo is our...

Balkans 25.03.19 | 18:31

Haradinaj fires Deputy Minister for accusing NATO of ‘genocide against Serbs’

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj fired Deputy Justice Minister Vesna Mikic on Monday for her comment accusing NATO of ‘genocide’ on the 20th anniversary of the start of the military alliance’s bombing campaign against Yugoslavia on March 24, Balkan Insight reported. “The NATO alliance...

Travel 25.03.19 | 17:52

Navagio Beach on Zakynthos unlikely to open for summer

Zakynthos Port Authority is unlikely to give the green light for the opening of the world-famous Navagio (Shipwreck) Beach this summer after the landslide of September 2018, the Greek Reporter reports. It is unknown whether one of the five most popular beaches in the world will receive the hundreds...

World 25.03.19 | 17:26

French Muslim group to sue Facebook and YouTube over New Zealand massacre video

A French Muslim group announced on Monday that it is suing internet giants Facebook and YouTube for allowing the broadcast of a live video by the man who carried out the New Zealand mosque massacre. The French Council of the Muslim Faith said it was suing the French branches of the two tech giants for...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 17:05

Filipce: Construction of new clinical center may start by year’s end

Health Minister Venko Filipce said Monday that he expects all procedures to be completed within the deadlines and that there are serious chances that the cornerstone of the new clinical center to be laid by the year’s end. At this point, a feasibility study for greenfield location is being revised....

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 16:41

Besa will support the Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office if SPO does not merge with PPO

Besa announced that it would support the new law on public prosecution if the SPO remains functioning as an independent institution, and not as an integral part of the PPO. Besa MP Falis Zendeli told Monday reporters in the Parliament that the party is ready to support the SPO to continue working with...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 15:45

Main Struga hospital closed for visitors after seven employees contract measles

All outside visits to the Struga hospital have been banned after the number of doctors and nurses who contracted measles increased to seven. Four additional employees are under observation after developing some symptoms. The employees are treated in the infectious diseases department in near-by Ohrid....

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 15:36

Raskovski stumped when asked if he understands a word of Albanian

Government Secretary General Dragi Raskovski was left stumpted during the press conference today, when a journalist asked him if he understands a word of what Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani is saying in Albanian. Raskovski and Osmani held a joint press conference to discuss the implementation of...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 15:05

Macedonians compared to barbarians during Greek military parades

Despite announcement from the Greek authorities that they will rein in on their soldiers and get them to avoid nationalist and hateful chants during the Greek independence day parades today, a song that refers to Macedonians as barbarians was prominently featured. The Greek  military parades, held on...

Economy 25.03.19 | 14:22

Real-estate prices in Skopje up 7 percent in 2018, but drop in the second half of the year

Real-estate prices in the capital Skopje were up by 7 percent in 2018, compared to 2017, but lost some of their gains in the second half of the year. The average pre-tax price for a square meter of residential real-estate in 2018 was 46.764 denars (about 766 EUR). This constitutes an increase of 7 percent. Meanwhile,...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 14:06

Lazarov: It would be good for Macedonia if the opposition candidate is elected President

In an interview with Republika, Jovan Lazarov from the opposition Socialist Party says that he believes a victory for the opposition presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova would help restore some semblance of checks and balances in the country. It would be very good for the Republic...

News 25.03.19 | 13:19

Throughout his political career, Pendarovski assured the public that the Macedonian name would be safe in his hands

The joint SDSM – DUI presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski has a long history of misleading the public on the name issue. As adviser to President Branko Crvenkovski, he was often the public face of th name talks, but also as the failed SDSM candidate in the 2014 elections, he made numerous statements...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 12:55

Two drug dealers arrested in Skopje, cocaine and marijuana seized

A 20 year old man from the village of Aracinovo near Skopje was arrested with 130 grams of cocaine. The dealer also possessed a digital weighing machine and police seized several thousand euros. Following the police report, the man was charged with possession and dealing with drugs. In another drug...

Macedonia 25.03.19 | 11:09

Ally of Zoran Zaev accused of trying to cover up a near deadly knife attack

Following the knife attack last Saturday, which left a man critically wounded, the father of the two attackers claims that they were just defending themselves. Zvonko Cvetkovski is the former Mayor of Petrovec, ally of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and now a high ranking Interior Ministry official. His two...

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