Friday, 19 July 2019
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 22:45

Journalist humiliated in his hour of need waits a year to write the perfect reply

Revenge is a dish best served cold, or so journalist Goce Mihajloski showed us today. About a year ago, he was forced to leave the Nova TV station, as her owner Sead Kocan faced judicial pressures coming from the now disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office. Nova was considered supportive of the conservative...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 22:13

BESA joins VMRO call for early general elections

The BESA party issued a press release accusing the ruling SDSM party of corruption and calling for early general elections. The call comes after BESA leader Bilal Kasami held a meeting with VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, to discuss the major corruption scandal revolving around Special Prosecutor...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 22:08

Political crisis: Philip Reeker will visit Macedonia a day after Johannes Hahn

Acting US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Philip Reeker is also expected to visit Macedonia next week, hot on the heels of outgoing Euroepan Commissioner for enlargement Johannes Hahn. It is believed that the purpose of the visits is the renewed political crisis in the country, as...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 22:02

Katica Janeva remains free to leave the country, for now

State prosecutors have denied a report from the Expres news site, which reported that outgoing Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva was put on a black list of people who can’t leave the country. Janeva is still not officially charged for her role in the corruption scandal, which has her suspected of...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 16:03

Mickoski meets BESA leader Bilal Kasami to discuss the growing Government corruption scandal

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski met with Bilal Kasami, leader of the ethnic Albanian BESA party to discuss the fast changing political situation in Macedonia. The two party leaders also discussed the major corruption scandal which brought down Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and has implicated...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 15:38

Zaev refuses to address mounting allegations of corruption in his SDSM party

During his press conference on Monday, Zoran Zaev refused to address the allegations of high level corruption within his SDSM party, which were raiseed after a major scandal erupted in the Special Prosecutor’s Office. Zaev was asked if two top SDSM officials, whose names are obscured by the press...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 15:12

Zaev wants Vilma Ruskoska to be the new Special Prosecutor

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced that he will propose a law to the Parliament to roll the Special Prosecutor’s Office into the regular OJO office of state prosecutors, and to have current organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska run the department. Ruskoska brought down Special Prosecutor Katica...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 14:59

Vecer asks: Did Boki 13 fund the SDSM election campaign in Karpos?

Vecer.mk raised allegations that Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 was secretly funding the 2017 election campaign his friend, current Karpos Mayor Stefan Bogoev. Bogoev, who is an up and coming star in SDSM politics and Boki 13 are inseparable, at least judging by the many pictures they would post together...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 14:34

Press banned from attending a disciplinary procedure against whistleblower Georgi Ilievski

Security at the State education inspection refused to allow the press to enter the building today, to report on a disciplinary procedure against whistleblower Georgi Ilievski. Ilievski invited the press to attend the meeting where he expects to be punished for going public with his revelations of abuse...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 14:15

After Zaev’s failed initiative, Pendarovski proposes to host a meeting of party leaders

After Prime Minister Zoran Zaev failed to organize a meeting of the leaders of top political parties, now President Stevo Pendarovski made a similar initiative. Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski refused to attend the meeting proposed by Zaev, unless the main topic of discussion is holding early general...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 14:05

Mayor Merko officially informs Zaev that issuing construction permits in Struga is his responsibility now

The city of Struga officially informed the Macedonian Government that Mayor Ramiz Merko is giving up his authority related to construction and development in the city. Merko initially informed that he is undertaking this unusual move due to death threats aimed at him, and now he says that he just wants...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 11:41

Ruskoska says that a number of businessmen already testified about Boki 13’s extortion attempts

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, who led Monday’s move against Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, which brought down Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva amid allegations of corruption, said that there is a number of businessmen who reported they are facing extortion. Janeva and top SDSM party...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 11:12

President Radev warns Macedonia that Bulgaria’s support is “not unconditional”

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev warned Macedonia that it should not consider Bulgarian support for its EU accession as something that is given without preconditions. Bulgaria must be and will be the country that supports North Macedonia the most, that is our duty toward our brothers there, but it is...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 11:07

We are now officially in crisis mode: Hahn comes to Skopje next week as Zaev’s Government is involved in a major scandal

European Union Commissioner Johannes Hahn is expected to visit Macedonia next week, as a major criminal scandal engulfs Zoran Zaev’s Government. The Commission, which strongly supported the Zaev Government and its request to open EU accession talks in June, was hoping to build a positive case in...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 10:48

Police stops a truck carrying 48 migrants near the Greek border

Police stopped a truck driven by a 26 year old man from Skopje, who was transportting 48 migrants. The truck was stopped near Gevgelija, close to the border with Greece, where the driver picked the migrants up, and was likely planning to take them to the border with Serbia. There were 38 migrants from...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 10:37

Drug addicts will begin receiving methadone therapy in four new locations across Skopje

Following protests by citizens who live near the drug rehabilitation center in Kisela Voda, the Healthcare Ministry is preparing to allow users of methadone to begin receiving their therapy in five separate locations in Skopje. Kisela Voda will remain one of the sites, but these will also include the...
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 10:19

VMRO demands detention for Katica Janeva and a broad investigation into her collaborators in the ruling SDSM party

VMRO-DPMNE demands that the investigation into the Boki 13 – Katica Janeva scandal is expanded and includes the officials in the Zoran Zaev Government who provided the political backing to the extortion group. At least two top officials of the SDSM party were named as involved in the extortion....
Macedonia 19.07.19 | 10:10

Meeting of top party leader canceled after Zaev refuses to discuss holding early elections

The proposed meeting of top party leaders, that Zoran Zaev wanted to hold today, has been canceled, reports Deutsche Welle, citing sources in Zaev’s SDSM party. Opposition VMRO-DPMNE party leader Hristijan Mickoski said that he will only attend a meeting held to discuss holding early general elections,...

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