Saturday, 25 May 2019
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 22:43

Lider: Skopje fountains are left unused because much of the pumps and pipes were stolen

Skopje citizens complaining about the city fountains left turned off and often filled with trashed received a shocking answer today. The reason why the fountains are left dry is that much of the mechanisms and the lights were stolen during the winter, reports Lider.mk. According to the news site, city...
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 22:31

Man stabbed after a fight in a village near Gostivar

A young man from the village of Gradec near Gostivar was stabbed in a fight with another person from the village. The victim was identified as 24 year old K.I., who was attacked by 25 year old B.H., and sustained stab wounds to his arm. The man was treated in the Gostivar hospital and police is determining...
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 19:23

SDSM meets on Sunday to deal with Zaev’s promised purge

SDSM is supposed to hold a meeting of its Central Committee on Sunday, as the party faces growing calls to be true to the promise to purge its most corrupt and incompetent officials in the Government and the public administration. Zoran Zaev made the promise of an “operation broom” after...
Economy 25.05.19 | 19:15

VMRO says SDSM rejected a series of its proposals to help welfare recipients

VMRO-DPMNE called out the ruling SDSM party for failing to improve the plight of the half a million Macedonians who live below the poverty line. SDSM refused a series of welfare reform bills VMRO proposed in order to help reduce the poverty rate in Macedonia. SDSM refused our proposal to expand the 1.000...
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 18:55

Boy from Skopje who sustained serious burns will be treated in Sofia

The boy from Skopje who sustained serious, 4th degree burns after being shocked by a railway electric cable, will be treated in Sofia. The family and friends began a push to provide medical helicopter transportation to Ljubljana, to have him treated there, but the Healthcare Ministry informed that they...
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 18:40

Ten textile workers hospitalized in difficult condition after a measles outbreak in Stip

The health condition of ten female textile workers from Stip is listed as difficult, after measles spread in a factory. Healthcare workers vaccinated 37 of their colleagues in an attempt to stop the further spread of the disease, but fear that the number will increase, given that many of the workers...
Economy 25.05.19 | 18:35

Russia lifts its ban on the import of peaches and other fruits from Macedonia

Russia withdrew its ban on imports of fruits such as peaches, cherries and plums from Macedonia. The ban was introduced following the spread of a honey fungus, which prompted Russian health services to ban the imports. The lifting on the ban is conditioned with having safety certificates for each shipment.
Balkans 25.05.19 | 18:31

Greeks go to the polls in elections which may affect the future implementation of the Macedonian name deal

Greeks go to the European and municipal elections tomorrow, in a vote that may determine whether the Alexis Tsipras Government will survive until the end of the year or will have to organize early elections. A significant win for the conservative New Democracy could topple Tsipras’ a few months...
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 14:50

The Doorman ante portas: Macedonians not amused as Krsto Mukoski goes to the Vatican

The Macedonian Parliament delegation which took to Rome to celebrate the feast of Ss. Cyril and Methodius contained a number of unsavory characters. It was led by former Albanian terrorist commander Talat Xhaferi, for one. But, none caused as much ridicule in the public as Krsto Mukoski, the ex VMRO-DPMNE...
Economy 25.05.19 | 14:40

Furniture company leaves the region, hundreds of customers in Macedonia say they’ve been duped

A Russian furniture company named Spilit, which operates under the name Nefa in the Balkans, shut down its operations in Serbia and left customers in Macedonia, who paid for its products, stood up. Nefa had a dozen of stores across Macedonia, the latest opening as recently as a year ago. Only in Gostivar...
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 14:29

Facebook users self-organize to help a child with 4th degree burns get a medical helicopter ride to Slovenia

Macedonian citizens are by now accustomed to the public campaigns urging them to donate for the treatment of a patient suffering from a rare disease or whose treatment abroad costs too much for the family and is not being covered by the public Healthcare Fund. But the latest example is particularly jarring....
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 10:35

The case of Radmila Sekerinska: When a life-long politician says that the system is in need of a complete overhaul

A recent statement by Deputy Prime Minister Radmila Sekerinska, that Macedonia needs a wholesale change in the way the country works surprised her supporters and critics alike. Sekerinska has been in politics all her life, as party leader and deputy Prime Minister in various SDSM governments. The system...
Economy 25.05.19 | 10:22

Eurostat shows Macedonians among the last in Europe to move out of their parents’ home

Eurostat research shows that Macedonians are among the last Europeans to move out of their parents’ homes. If on average, a Swede moves out aged 18.5, in Macedonia, as in much of the Balkans, this comes in the early 30-ies. Macedonians would, on average, start their independent life at 31.7 years...
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 10:17

ELEM prepares to sell its Popova Sapka ski resort

The state run energy company ELEM is preparing to sell off its Popova Sapka ski resort near Tetovo. Telma TV reported that the company, which was in the news for the series of nepotistic hirings of relatives of top SDSM and DUI party officials, is working on a feasibility study for the sale of Sapka....
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 10:13

Zaev says the purge is aimed at the most incompetent and arrogant members of his Government

In an interview with the MKD news site, Zoran Zaev said that the coming purge of officials from his Government will be aimed at “those who showed weakness, lack of implementation, failed to meet the expectations or demonstrated arrogance toward the citizens”. Zaev stopped short of saying...
Macedonia 25.05.19 | 10:06

Sterjovski named as member of the Foreign Affair Committee of the Albanian Parliament

Vasil Sterjovski, the first ethnic Macedonian member of the Albanian Parliament after the fall of Communism in this country, was named as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Macedonian associations in Albania welcomed Sterjovski’s appointment to the 15 member Committee. Sterjovski was named...

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