Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Macedonia 26.06.19 | 23:22

Tevdovski: With my head held up, I return to the Faculty of Economics

I am honored to have run the best institution in the country. I am proud to have had an excellent team with which I was not afraid to enter into any battle. Thanks to the employees of the Ministry of Finance who worked hard to implement the reforms, wrote on Facebook Dragan Tevdovski, already former...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 23:05

The purge came down to Tevdovski, and there are 10-15 ministers who should resign

Vlatko Gjorcev, MP from the ranks of VMRO – DPMNE, accused Prime Minister Zoran Zaev of dismissing different minded people. At Wednesday’s session, he discussed the resignation of Petar Atanasov and the dismissal of Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski, which, according to him, is wrong. Anyone...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 22:57

After ten hour debate, ministers Tevdovski, Fazliu and Lika dismissed

The Parliament dismissed Wednesday evening Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski, Minister of Local Self-Government Suhejl Fazliu and Minister without Portfolio in charge of implementing the Framework Agreement Hazbi Lika. They were dismissed by a majority vote. Apart from them, at the beginning of the parliamentary...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 22:05

Those who fired me will not break me down, they will be held accountable, the tyrant is on his knees!

The government’s pressure on all who think differently from them continues. Today I was given a decision terminating my employment with the Customs Administration because I have traveled abroad for a second medical opinion. This decision is a direct attack of the government on me as an elected...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 21:36

Goce Delcev is the Bulgarian Che Guevara

After last week Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov threatened that the country would have to make a compromise on Goce Delcev if it wants a date for opening EU accession talks in October, he sent a slightly more moderate message at the economic forum in Plovdiv on Wednesday. I hope that together...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 20:16

In the year of the economy in which we are “shining”, we are changing the Minister of Finance

The coordinator of the VMRO-DPMNE parliamentary group, Nikola Micevski, asked at Wednesday’s session why instead of explanations why the ministers were changed, we only heard about how the government is “shining”. I see the point of dismissal of ministers that the prime minister explained...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 19:47

You have only three resignations, which means that the remaining three ministers disagree with you

You have proposed six ministers to be dismissed, three of which withdrew with resignations, and three others left for dismissal. You do not have control over them, that is, they disagree with you to be replaced. This is a sign that Tavdovski disagrees with what you say, what you are proposing and what...

Economy 26.06.19 | 19:29

We will raise pensions by MKD 1000, and we will see if we will go bankrupt or not

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in a debate in the Parliament announced part of the decisions in the economy that he announced in the upcoming period. The first point is a freeze of contributions in the country for all workers, substitution of 90 percent for each increase in salaries in terms of contributions....

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 18:43

It is not brave to nominate a minister who proudly says that the Macedonian language is foreign to him

VMRO-DPMNE MP, Dimitar Stevanandzija, at Wednesday’s session discussing the government’s reshuffle, pointed out that this week the only brave man is the adviser to Dragan Tevdovski, who publicly stated that the “purge” was supposed to cover those who rigged million-dollar tenders...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 18:08

No trading over the local self-government ministry, it was always run by Albanians

NDP leader, Vesel Memedi, said Wednesday at a press conference that he could not talk with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for exchanging the Ministry of Local Self-Government, because this ministry belonged to the Albanians. Memedi, who is also the deputy Speaker of Parliament, announced that he would resign...

World 26.06.19 | 17:12

Turkey’s leader vows to heed ‘messages’ of Istanbul election

In his first public appearance since a crushing defeat in a rerun election for mayor of Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to draw lessons and make adjustments in line with “the messages given by the people,” AP reported. Addressing legislators from his ruling party...

World 26.06.19 | 16:40

France’s Macron says climate ‘red line’ at G20

France wants the G20 to issue a statement committing to strong action on climate change and considers the issue a “red line”, President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday ahead of the summit, AFP reports. Macron was speaking in Tokyo on a visit ahead of this week’s Group of 20 meeting,...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 16:26

Milososki: Only in Belize the Prime Minister is also a Minister of Finance

Opposition MPs within the framework of the 103rd Parliament session to vote on the proposals for dismissal of members of the Government and the election of new ministers said that they expected to hear from Prime Minister Zoran Zaev why the ministers were changed. VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonio Milososki said...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 15:44

Vesel Memedi will resign as deputy Parliament Speaker as his coalition with Zaev breaks down

Vesel Memedi, leader of the small ethnic Albanian NDP party, announced he will resign as deputy Speaker of Parliament, after his failed talks with Zoran Zaev over their future coalition. Memedi’s party held the department of Municipal Administration in Zaev’s Government, but it was taken...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 15:40

Mickoski calls for an investigation into Zaev’s lucrative motives behind his failed attempt to assume direct control over the public finances

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that Zoran Zaev’s decision to withdraw his own nomination as Finance Minister was not driven by his honesty, but by the fact that the appointment would have been illegal. The law states that Zoran Zaev can’t be a Prime Minister and a Finance Minister,...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 14:44

Public spooked by high radiation reading in Kriva Palanka, Government says it’s due to a faulty measuring station

The Institute for Public Health issued a statement after a report of a spike in gamma radiation in Kriva Palanka quickly spread online. A European Commission research center published the report painting Macedonia as a spot where uniquely high radiation was measured. Kriva Palanka is a town on the border...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 13:17

Bulgarian nationalist MEP declares Macedonia the “second Bulgarian state in the Balkans”

Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Angel Dzhambazki entered the fray over the national identity of VMRO leader Goce Delcev. Bulgarian politicians demand an acknowledgement that the VMRO legend was a Bulgarian, and President Stevo Pendarovski came close by saying that Delcev declared himself...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 13:06

Dimitrov believes he can find a way forward in the growing dispute with Bulgaria

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov pleaded for understanding from Bulgaria to resolve the historic issues which are being opened with the implementation of the treaty he signed in 2017. The Minister was asked about the threat that Bulgaria blocks Macedonia’s EU accession talks because of the growing...

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 12:50

Macedonian man stabbed in Malta

A 58 year old Macedonian was stabbed by a Serbian man in Malta. The Macedonian is left in a difficult condition. The incident happened on Monday evening, in St. Paul’s bay, at the northern end of the island.

Macedonia 26.06.19 | 12:46

After he was warned it’s illegal, Zaev withdraws his request to be named Finance Minister

Zoran Zaev withdrew his proposal to nominate himself as Finance Minister, after the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party and the Anti-Corruption Commission declared the proposal as illegal. The law on prevention of corruption bans top office holders, including the Prime Minister, from assuming other public positions....

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