Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Sport 19.11.19 | 23:32

Macedonia beats Israel 1:0

The Macedonian football team concluded its qualifications for the European Championship with a 1:0 win over Israel. Boban Nikolov scored the winning goal in the 45th minute of the game. Macedonia was set to win the home game from the start, and kept pushing at the Israel’s goal, but this also allowed...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 22:07

Mickoski promises that justice will be restored, following today’s shocking Appeals Court decision

Following the decision by the Appeals Court to release disgraced prosecutor Katica Janeva from detention, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski promised to restore justice and the rule of law, following the elections in April 2020. Zoran Zaev overthrew the judiciary. Is the racketeering scandal going...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 22:00

Six member states agree to change EU’s enlargement procedure in exchange for talks with Macedonia and Albania

Italy, Poland, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic said they will accept the French proposal to change the ways in which the EU conducts enlargement, provided that in return France allows the opening of accession talks with Macedonia and Albania. France vetoed any further accession talks...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 21:50

Constitutional Court will soon decide whether it will reduce penalties for abuse of office

The Macedonian Constitutional Court issued a press release informing that it met to discuss a proposal to reduce the penalties and to shorten the statute of limitations on crimes perpetrated by Government office holders such as abuse of office The broadly defined article was greatly abused by former...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 21:35

It took a while, but Zaev’s “prophecy” that Janeva will be released from prison finally came true

In September, outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev reportedly “predicted” that Katica Janeva will be released from detention within days. This was revealed by VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki, who was part of the talks with Zaev’s SDSM party to reorganize the prosecutor’s office...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 21:21

Prosecutor Ruskoska: We can’t join the EU with judges like these

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska said she will investigate the financial situation of Skopje’s Appeals Court justices. The threat comes after the court approved the release of Katica Janeva into house arrest, despite her holding a very powerful position until very recently, and being in...

News 19.11.19 | 21:15

The Appeals Court defends its decision to allow Katica Janeva out of prison

The Appeals Court not only released disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva from detention today, but they didn’t even ask her to post a bail. Court sources told Fokus that, as far as they are concerned, it is enough that Janeva’s passport was seized and this will guarantee that...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 18:51

Heavily disguised, Katica Janeva was taken by police to her son’s apartment where she will remain in house arrest

Disgraced former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva was escorted to her home from the Sutka prison this afternoon. Janeva was wrapped up in a large jacket to obscure herself from the TV cameras as she was taken into a police vehicle. The Appeals Court approved her request to have the detention order commuted...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 18:41

Instead of Zaev’s vetting ,VMRO will propose an actual reform of the judiciary

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the proposals of vetting of the judicial appointees, such as is being pushed by the Zaev regime, is not a good option and will not ensure an independent branch of Government. Zaev is pushing for an Albanian style vetting of judges and prosecutors, a proposal...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 18:11

SDSM’s Albanian outreach chief Zekiri wants the party to turn against DUI at the 2020 elections

Muhamed Zekiri, head of the ethnic Albanian wing of the ruling SDSM party, came out against a coalition with SDSM’s current partner DUI. Zekiri believes that DUI is on the decline and that SDSM can continue to snatch voters from the perennially ruling Albanian party. SDSM should stop helping DUI....

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 18:03

Nikoloski says that VMRO will nominate honest candidates – “the exact opposite of Zaev and his team”

VMRO-DPMNE Deputy President Aleksandar Nikoloski said that the party will nominate impeccably honest officials as its candidates for members of Parliament. According to Nikoloski, this will draw a sharp distinction between the candidates of VMRO-DPMNE and those of the ruling SDSM party, which is mired...

World 19.11.19 | 17:56

Stoltenberg will speak to Macron about his “NATO brain death” comment

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss his comment that the Alliance has entered a “brain death” phase. Stoltenberg worked hard to appease US President Donald Trump in the importance of NATO, only to have the leader of a key European...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 17:49

Mickoski warns retirees that the Zaev Government cut more than a 100 EUR on average from their incomes in 2019

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski spoke to the retirees today, warning them that the Zaev Government is not maintaining the pension increases in line with either the cost of living or with its own regulations. Mickoski blasted Zaev for promising to increase the retirement incomes, saying that his...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 17:34

Zaev’s supporters in the media attack his own model of Albanian language use, in an attempt to hit out at Nikola Gruevski

Journalists and commentators supportive of the Zaev regime and its policies went had a hissy fit after Merxhan Dauti, an ethnic Albanian lawyer representing a co-defendant of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in one of the many cases initiated by the Special Prosecutor’s Office, demanded that...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 16:03

Appeals Court places Janeva under house arrest without seeking any guarantees

Skopje Appeals Court decided to accept former special prosecutor Katica Janeva’s appeal to place her under house arrest. She had previously offered bail of three apartments, but the Criminal Court did not accept it. She is now going under house arrest, but without bail. Janeva has been in custody...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 15:37

Avramopoulos: Macedonia has not asked for EU funds to build migrant camps

Macedonia has not asked the European Union for financial support for building migrant and refugee camps, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos said Tuesday at the EU-Western Balkans ministerial forum on Justice and Home Affairs answering a journalist’s question. Among the main...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 15:23

Besa: The government has failed the exam to implement reforms and set European standards in the country

Macedonia’s journey to the European Union is made more difficult every day, not because of the conditions that are set, but more because of this government fault that has failed the exam in implementing reforms and setting European standards in the country and society, the Besa movement said. Reading...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 14:42

Lawyer of Kumanovo group: Albin Kurti’s Government will release our guys!

The call for an international investigation into the “Divo Naselje” case also prompted the reaction of well-known lawyer Artene Iseni, who defends some members of the Kumanovo group. She commented on Facebook the latest position of the candidate for Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 14:00

Germany thinks France’s “non-paper” will slow down the enlargement process

France’s proposal to reform the EU enlargement process, which should be discussed at the General Affairs Council, brings nothing new – it will only slow down the enlargement process, Berlin sources told DW. We are familiar with the French government’s reform proposals on the EU enlargement...

Macedonia 19.11.19 | 13:05

Macedonia to sit at the table at NATO Summit in London as an ‘invited’ country

At the invitation of NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov will take part in a meeting of the Alliance member states’ foreign ministers in Brussels on Wednesday, which is the latest preparation for the NATO summit in London on 3-4 December. The Macedonian Foreign...

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