Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 23:30

Zaev says he dismissed his Finance Minister so that he can personally take charge of the “bold steps” to come

Zoran Zaev defended his outgoing Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski, who turned out to be the highest profile victim of his purge. Zaev assumed Tevdovski’s place himself, but insists that the left wing economy professor is not being kicked out because of anything he did. He performed the most important...
Economy 25.06.19 | 23:21

While farmers are dumping their harvests in protest, the Agriculture Ministry throws a lavish cocktail

At a time when farmers across the country are protesting against low prices and are dumping their fruits and vegetables, the Agriculture Ministry threw a rich cocktail to welcome its new minister. Trajan Dimkovski was promoted after Ljupco Nikoloski left the post to become Secretary General of his SDSM...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 23:15

Zaev denies claim that his education reforms failed, says criticism comes from official who’s angry he wasn’t made minister

Zoran Zaev dismissed criticism from the outgoing Deputy Education Minister Petar Atanasov, insisting that the professor is bitter after he was not appointed Education Minister. Atanasov wrote a scathing resignation letter, rebuking Zaev for failing to implement any of the promised education reforms. I...
Economy 25.06.19 | 22:40

Economy Ministry will re-examine the permit it gave to the large Ilovica copper mine

The Government announced today that it is tasking the Economy Ministry to re-examine the legal basis under which the Canadian Euromax Resources company was awarded a licence to operate the large Ilovica copper and gold mine near Strumica. According to the press release, if legal defects are uncovered,...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 22:27

Zaev says he’ll call for accountability in the torture tape scandal, but also says that we must “hear both sides”

Asked about the shocking torture audio tape of Mayor Kurto Dudus, Zoran Zaev said that both sides should be heard in the case. The tape reveals a 2018 incident in which Dudus, the SDSM party Mayor of Shuto Orizari, is beating a municipal employee and threatens to use a baseball bat on his ribs and frame...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 19:03

VMRO demands an investigation in the corruption allegations raised by the Finance Ministry adviser Branimir Jovanovik

Two statements from people who were, until recently, top Government officials, reveal that Macedonia is drowning deeper into crime, said VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Ana Lesoska. She pointed to the statement made by Branimir Jovanovik, who was top adviser to outgoing Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski,...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 18:52

Skopje Clinic treats its first malaria patient in two decades, two year old child is recovering well

A two year old was hospitalized in the Skopje Infectious Diseases Clinic with malaria last week. The child contracted the disease while staying in Kenya. The hospital made the revelation today, and informed that the child is recovering well. We examined its movement in the past period, and we will follow...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 18:42

Police claims tobacco smugglers in Ljuboten had unpaid taxes worth 7.5 million EUR

Following the police raid in the village of Ljuboten, the Financial Police department informed that it seized 12 tons of smuggled tobacco worth 7.5 million EUR. The raids were conducted at 13 locations around Skopje, the police informed, operated by four companies. Police director Arafat Muaremi said...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 18:36

VMRO accuses Zaev and Spasovski of covering up the horrific torture tape of their Mayor in Shuto Orizari

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski called on the Interior Ministry to explain how was the 2018 police report, filed after the SDSM appointed Mayor Kurto Dudus attacked an employee, downgraded so that Dudus could avoid prosecution. The prosecutors are willfully blind in this case. Are they under so...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 17:17

Artan Grubi demands answers from the police after the major tobacco seizure in Ljuboten

Following the mass police raid to confiscate contraband tobacco in the village of Ljuboten near Skopje, DUI member of Parliament Artan Grubi demanded accountability from the police. The Financial Police needs to explain why such serious police presence in Ljuboten. The spectacular demonstration of power...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 17:09

Zaev’s “transparency minister” reportedly told colleagues to get away from the press, issues a denial

Robert Popovski, the former journalist who is now Zaev’s minister in charge of transparency, was overheard today instructing fellow ministers to get away from a press event, before the “journalists crucify us”, the IRL news site reported. It’s better they get angry at us for leaving...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 15:52

Pendarovski – Steinmeier: Excellent cooperation between our countries

President Stevo Pendarovski and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed Tuesday overall bilateral relations, situation in the region, as well as Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic bid. The two presidents assessed that both countries have excellent bilateral relations, politically and in...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 15:28

Plomp: The Netherlands is concerned about the rule of law in the country

According to the Dutch Ambassador in the country, Wouter Plomp, it is necessary to reach a compromise solution for the SPO between the government and the opposition, Kanal 5 reported. There is no announcement for a new meeting, but they continue to bicker over the blockade of the dialogue. The Netherlands...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 15:15

Hungary’s Parliament votes “for” Macedonia’s NATO accession

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, at the invitation of the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, László Kövér attended Tuesday the ratification of Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol by the National Assembly of Hungary. 153 MPs voted unanimously “for” and backed the...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 14:39

Nikoloski: The group with Albania is the biggest evil that could have happened to us on the EU road

VMRO-DPMNE’s vice-president Aleksandar Nikoloski, who attended the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, as an honorary guest of the Council of Europe, told a press conference about the meeting with European People’s Party President Joseph Daul, with whom...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 14:21

Thimonier, Dudus, Tevdoski instead of Angjushev, Volkswagen – All Zaev’s defeats hit the residents of Ljuboten

The police operation in Ljuboten, which in no way differs from the police operations in Lazarat or the CIA in Colombia, during Pablo Escobar’s time, for example, comes in exactly the same time when the public is growing dissatisfied, and the discontent of the international community of the government’s...
Economy 25.06.19 | 13:42

Volkswagen does not think we are shining – the German giant disqualifies Macedonia

Volkswagen’s management disqualifies Serbia and Macedonia and will soon decide whether to invest about 2 million euros in Turkey or Bulgaria. Volkswagen named Turkey and Bulgaria as finalists for the location of the new car factory. At the beginning of the year, the German automotive giant announced...
Other sports 25.06.19 | 12:52

Winter Olympics return to Italy in 2026 at Milan/Cortina

Milan was originally chosen to stage the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which elected the 2026 Winter Olympics host – now it has landed an even bigger prize in form of the actual Games. Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo on Monday lived up to their role as favourites when they won...
World 25.06.19 | 12:28

More and more Germans move to Hungary due to bad migrant policies in their country

More and more Germans who are dissatisfied with Angela Merkel’s policies towards migrants decide to leave the country. Many of them choose Hungary, around Lake Balaton, where some 30,000 Germans live. In this region, Germans buy small houses with a yard, which can be bought for about 20,000 euros. Germans...
Macedonia 25.06.19 | 11:51

Spasovski’s police, with full equipment, is terrorizing Ljuboten people

In the early hours of the morning, the police launched a large-scale operation in the village of Ljuboten against tobacco smuggling, Nezavisen vesnik reported. As the citizens told Nezavisen vesnik, the operation is carried out for the tobacco they process. They say that their entire existence and that...
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