Sunday, 19 January 2020
News 19.01.20 | 21:39

“Never North, Always Macedonia” chants heard during the Epiphany ceremony

The defiant chant “Never North, Always Macedonia”, used by opponents of the forced name change of Macedonia, could be heard during the main Epiphany ceremony in Skopje today. Thousands of Skopje citizens were gathered along the Vardar river to observe the blessing of its waters by Archbishop...
Macedonia 19.01.20 | 17:39

No end in sight to the anti-Semitic abuse aimed at Rasela Mizrahi by SDSM supporters

Following the torrent of anti-Semitic abuse which SDSM party supporters aimed at the newly appointed interim Labour and Welfare Minister Rasela Mizrahi, the party had to officially distance itself from its activists. SDSM leader Zoran Zaev issued a non-apology statement which never the less called on...
Macedonia 19.01.20 | 17:28

Serious violations reported in a passport printing contract rushed by the Interior Ministry

Vecer reports that the Interior Ministry rushed a contract with the German Veridos company to print new Macedonian passports, with numerous violations of procedures which raise concerns of foul play. The nearly 20 million EUR contract was approved in early December, shortly before the Ministry was placed...
Culture 19.01.20 | 15:50

Hatidze, star of the Oscar nominated Honeyland movie, gets a new house

Hatidze Muratova, the star of the documentary Honeyland, was given a new house by the producers of the double Oscar nominated movie. Given her exceptionally poor living conditions in the nearly deserted hamlet of Bekirlija, Hatidze would often say that her main wish, out of her newfound fame, is to move...
Macedonia 19.01.20 | 15:36

Zaev meets with a top Russia supporter from Bulgaria, and is given a Russian candy bar as present

During the Epiphany ceremony in Ohrid, SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev met with a Bulgarian journalist who is the head of a pro-Russian movement in Bulgaria, and who recently interrupted President Putin’s annual press conference to deliver a star-struck speech. Atanas Stefanov, who styles himself...
News 19.01.20 | 15:21

Mickoski is ready for a meeting with Zaev on the state prosecutors law, but only if it is meaningful

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski told his chief political rival Zoran Zaev from SDSM that it is acceptable to meet over the law on state prosecutors, but only if the meeting is substantive. Zaev considered the matter closed after his SDSM party engineered a highly problematic shut down of the...
Macedonia 19.01.20 | 14:18

Sekerinska dares the state prosecutors to investigate her role in the Racket scandal

Defense Minister and SDSM party deputy leader Radmila Sekerinska dared the state prosecutors to investigate her role in the major Racket scandal. Multiple witness testimonies placed Sekerinska at the home of her close friend, Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, who is charged with extorting 20 million...
Culture 19.01.20 | 13:45

Simon Trpceski responds to the SDSM party trolls who want to drag him into the political arena

Macedonia’s greatest pianist Simon Trpceski responded to his critics with a video greeting from New York. Trpceski was dragged over the coals by SDSM party supporters online after he complained that he had to cut short a concert in Stip because the venue was not heated. Trpceski apologized to the...
Macedonia 19.01.20 | 12:18

Bulgarian prosecutors are investigating the manager of Skopje’s main dump site over a waste cargo

Bulgarian media are reporting additional details about the attempted import of waste from Italy for burning in a Bulgarian power plant, by a company partially owned by Macedonian citizens. One of the co-owners of the company, Goran Angelov, is the manager of the large Drisla waste dump near Skopje, which...
Macedonia 19.01.20 | 11:46

Macedonians celebrate Epiphany/Vodici

Orthodox Christians in Macedonia celebrate Epiphany/Vodici today, the feast in honor of Christ’s baptism in the river Jordan. Traditionally, the holiday is marked with priests blessing the waters of lakes and rivers, and throwing the holy cross in them, while faithful hurry to retrieve it. It is...

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