Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 23:22

Milososki: Venice Commission slapped the SDSM-DUI coalition

Discussing the Law on the Use of Languages, VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonio Milososki said on the “Top tema” show that what happened now with the Venice Commission is an international slap to the SDSM-DUI coalition because it passed a law beyond European standards. Milososki emphasized that the criticism...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 22:58

Sekerinska boasts with the “Macedonian” flag

Fresh gaffe from the SDSM-led government. This time, following Monday’s tour of the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska boasted on social media that the Macedonian flag was featured on a US aircraft, while actually that is the flag of the US state of Arizona.
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 22:24

DUI did not want the entire Law on Languages to be sent to the Venice Commission

DUI did not know that the full law on the use of languages would be sent to the Venice Commission, but only expected parts of the law to be sent, party lawmaker Artan Grubi said on the ” Top tema” show. He also wanted to point out that the Venice Commission’s practice is to pass laws...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 22:07

Pendarovski: No compromise when it comes to the right to education in one’s native language

The country’s progress in terms of community rights is a result of political will, legal solutions, democratic maturation of the state, adoption of European standards, but also a natural course of traditionally good coexistence, mutual respect and understanding among our citizens, President Stevo...
Economy 10.12.19 | 21:41

Western Balkan coal plants breach of air pollution limits by as much as six times

Western Balkan countries breach air pollution limits for coal plants agreed with the Energy Community by as much as six times for one toxic substance, according to new research published today by CEE Bankwatch Network. According to the research, total sulphur dioxide emissions from coal plants in Serbia,...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 20:39

Grubi: It is absurd to discuss the God-given right to speak Albanian with three Macedonians

The use of the mother tongue is a God-given right, says DUI’s Artan Grubi, who thinks there should be no discussion of the Law on the Use of Languages, especially with three Macedonians. I hesitated all day whether to participate in the show, as I find it unreasonable to talk about the use of the...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 20:15

Thimonier: Venice Commission opinion should be respected

Amnesty is a sensitive topic and I will not speak much about it, I will just say that the amnesties did not bring happiness here, French Ambassador Christian Thimonier said in an interview with “Macedonian Radio”. Amnesty is supposed to occur after some conviction and accountability and generally...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 19:58

Businessman Tosevski might lose his property because of Vice, says that since Zaev came to power he is constantly pressured

I have been a member of SDSM since 99′, before Zaev being the party’sleader, and I came into the whole story because I trusted the Prime Minister and his good intentions, in the leader of my party SDSM. I firmly trusted the Prime Minister. This is how businessman Kiro Tosevski, the owner...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 18:18

VMRO-DPMNE to submit amendments to the Law on Languages

VMRO-DPMNE lawmakers will submit amendments to amend the Law on the Use of Languages and its harmonization with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, said MP Dragan Danev on Tuesday. Danev urged SDSM to support VMRO-DPMNE’s amendments but did not specify what the opposition party’s...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 17:40

Four new witnesses at the next “Racket” hearing

Amounts of 12, 5, 18 and 24 million denars were withdrawn several times in December 2018 and February 2019 from Kamcev’s private accounts, testified an employee of Orce Kamchev at Tuesday’s “Racket” hearing. Witness Mirjana Boskovska, an employee at “Orka Holding”,...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 17:14

DUI’s session focused on vetting

At Tuesday’s session of the DUI presidency at the party’s headquarters in Mala Recica, Tetovo, the main debate was focused on the vetting ahead of the 4th Congress. Party spokesperson Bujar Osmani says the presidency as part of the preparatory sessions is debating the essence of the documents...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 16:43

Ademi: I am horrified by the recordings, students have to face pedagogical or punitive measures

Education and Science Minister Arber Ademi said he condemns any deviant behavior of students in and out of schools. Regarding the images of violent behavior of students they uploaded to Instagram and which were spread on social networks last week, Ademi said today that pedagogical and possibly punitive...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 15:54

Court releases the last of the dozen people suspected with the Alexander Palace hotel attack

The last of the 12 people arrested over the weekend in connection with last week’s mafia style attack in the Alexander Palace hotel was released. The prosecutors demanded detention for only of the dozen of suspects arrested in a series of raids in Skopje’s largely Albanian districts. Even...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 15:43

Zaev discussed the Goce Delcev issue with Borisov during their stay on a US aircraft carrier

Zoran Zaev will travel to Bulgaria early next year, after he has resigned as Prime Minister, to discuss possible solutions to the dispute on the historic legacy of Goce Delcev. Zaev met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov during their visit to the Harry Truman aircraft carrier yesterday, and...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 15:31

Mickoski calls on Zaev to accept the changes VMRO is proposing to the law on languages

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on the outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to accept the findings of the Venice Commission, which identified serious defects in the bilingualism law, which Zaev is using to turn Macedonia into a fully bilingual state, with the Macedonian and Albanian languages...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 14:36

Pendarovski says he offered Macron troops for Mali and the option to expel future EU members

In an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, President Stevo Pendarovski says that he offered French President Emmanuel Macron the option to expel future EU members if they backslide in their democratic commitments. The proposal is part of Macedonia’s desperate push to have its request to open...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 14:07

Ana Kamceva adds Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski to the list of Zaev’s ministers who were close to Boki 13

After her husband named Zaev, Sekerinska and Filipce and Government officials who were close with the racketeering group, now Ana Kamceva testified that Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski was also very close with the chief racketeering defendant Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13. Both Jordan Kamcev and...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 13:30

Economics Faculty scandal: Witness testifies how Dean Suklev pressured female students into sex or paying bribes

A witness who worked in the cafeteria in the Economics Faculty in Skopje testified how former Dean Bobek Suklev was pressuring female students to have sex with him, or pay him 1.000 EUR, in exchange for a passing grade. Suklev was detained in 2016 along with several other professors and assistants from...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 13:16

Investigation into how Janeva’s hair stylist sister became deputy head of the Securities and Exchange Commission

The state Anti-Corruption Commission announced it is investigating the appointment of Lile Delidzakova, Katica Janeva’s sister, as Vice-President of the Securities and Exchange Commission (KHV). Delidzakova was appointed to this position in mid 2018, while Janeva was still the powerful head of...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 12:13

The judge at the center of racketeering allegations is yet to be interrogated

While the witnesses in the Racket trial are careful not to involve officials from the ruling SDSM party in the major racketeering scandal, the case has none the less implicated a list of other people who have not been charged yet. These include Katica Janeva’s son Lazar Janev, who was allegedly...
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