Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Macedonia 22.01.20 | 23:20

We can only have a hybrid regime with so much government crime, high-level corruption and a pardoned leader

I was in Sveti Nikole. The government promised life, but the Economist says that with Zaev we have a hybrid regime. In the 21st century, there is a hybrid regime in Europe, and they promised change, better life. Their rule has turned into a hybrid regime in which they are turning the country around....

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 22:40

Air pollution extremely high tonight as well

Air pollution measuring stations in Macedonia tonight show an alarming level of pollution. Air pollution is extremely high tonight in Strumica where 425 µg / m3 PM10 particles have been measured. There is a high level of air pollution tonight in Skopje as well, in Lisice the measuring stations show...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 22:08

Stoilkovski: There will be responsibility for party employment ahead of the elections after April 12

Prior to the elections, before the dissolution of parliament, SDSM and Zoran Zaev issue employment ads in the administration, which they called “lazy”, and now they are shamelessly filling it and politicizing it, VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski said Wednesday. As he said, there are...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 20:44

National TV stations boycott the government and the ministers

Five national TV stations affiliated with the MMA (Macedonian Media Association) have begun boycotting the activities of ministers and the government. Yesterday they put down the cameras and did not record the press conference of the Minister of Transport and Communications, Goran Sugareski. At the same...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 20:00

The Economist Democracy Index harsh towards Zaev, Spasovski’s government: Macedonia has a “hybrid regime”

In the year when two Western European countries – France and Portugal – moved from the “flawed democracy” to the “full democracy” category, and one—Malta—moved in the other direction, Macedonia, as a country located in Eastern Europe, is ranked 77th in the world as a “hybrid...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 18:47

Scandal in Judicial Council member election: Candidate withdraws under pressure, although judges voted for him

Judges confused voted early this morning to elect a member of the Judicial Council for one of the communities for which two candidates had applied, Skopje Judge Artan Limani of the Civil Court and Gostivar Judge Hanif Zendeli. Some of the judges this morning learned that Limani had withdrawn his application,...

Columns 22.01.20 | 18:35

Zoran Zaev says “F — — — the name”

He also tells a whopper of a lie Two items this week: Zoran Zaev admits he does not care about Macedonia’s name, and he lies about what to expect if the center-right governs Macedonia and reinstates Macedonia’s rightful, and only, name. Zoran Zaev, by his own admission, does not care about the name,...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 18:16

Arsovski: MoI paid 4 million euros to “Veridos” in violation of an article of the framework agreement

Third day of the silence of SDSM and Oliver Spasovski for the suspicious contract for the procurement and delivery of passports and IDs worth more than 19.5 million euros, or passports and IDs to be procured in 2020 and 2021. The whole procedure we have been talking about these days is extremely suspicious...

Life 22.01.20 | 17:28

Appeal for help after fire destroys home of Kicevo family

After the house of the Arsoski family from Kicevo burnt down on Tuesday night, the three-member family and their parents were left homeless. The fire affected the entire upper floor of the house with all its furniture burnt down and fortunately there was only material damage. We appeal to all human citizens,...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 17:16

No snowfall, but City of Skopje pays 263,000 euros for snow cleaning

The contract that Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov has signed with the company “Apolo Engineering” for renting snow-cleaning vehicles in Skopje from November 15 to March 15 for this and next winter amounts to 64.900.000,00 denars, show the documents that “Economski Lider” has obtained. This...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 16:55

SDSM wants to push through a legal solution making the Macedonian language a second language in Macedonia

SDSM is caught in the act of trying, in a hurry, through a draft law on the use of the Macedonian language, to introduce a legal solution that would make the Macedonian language a second language in the Republic of Macedonia. SDSM further humiliates the Macedonian language by calling it a foreign language...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 15:54

After being released by the court on assault charges, SDSM Mayor Kurto Dudus issues a video threat to his victim

Kurto Dudus, the SDSM appointed Mayor of Suto Orizari, who was recently released by the court after one of the several assault charges against him, is now threatening his victim. Dudus attacked a Roma rights activist Demo Ismail in the Alexander Palace hotel, and later attacked a municipal employee,...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 15:36

Agriculture Ministry deflects blame for the “North Macedonian cuisine” ad

The Agriculture Ministry deflected blame for the sign advertising “North Macedonian cuisine” during the Green Week fair in Berlin. The sign prompted angry reactions in Macedonia. The Ministry blamed the Kadino flour mill for the ad, saying they prepared its initial design, but it leaves it...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 15:19

Mickoski responds to Zaev’s claim that VMRO would set the country back by 25 years

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski responded to the allegations from SDSM leader Zoran Zaev that VMRO, if it wins the elections, would bring Macedonia 25 years back in time. As the April 12 elections draw nearer, Zaev is scaremongering over the Prespa treaty, alleging that a win for VMRO will mean...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 14:06

Sekerinska uses officers as props in SDSM party election video

Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska abused officers for a pre-election gimmick, in violation of the law banning political manipulation of the military. Sekerinska did a 30 questions video, in the footsteps of fellow SDSM party officials Mila Carovska and Oliver Spasovski. Unlike Carovska, Spasovski...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 13:55

Oliver Spasovski assures the public that the waste imported to Macedonia is safe

Interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski today denied the allegations that toxic waste is imported into Macedonia and burnt as fuel. Suspicions are rife after the head of the Drisla waste management company in Skopje was charged with importing a cargo of Italian garbage to Bulgaria for disposal in a coal...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 13:44

Man sets himself on fire in Kocani, was rushed for treatment to Skopje in serious condition

A 40 year old man from Kocani self-immolated today at noon in the city center. Witnesses say he doused himself in petrol and lit a match. Passerbys rushed to his aid and local shop owners used fire extinguishers to put out the flames. Emergency medical teams were sent out and the man was rushed to Skopje...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 13:39

Public Prosecutor Joveski accused of allowing Katica Janeva to abuse her office from prison

Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski broke the law and abused his position when he failed to remove Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva from her office once she was detained. This, a charge proposed by a civic association claims, allowed Janeva to violate her own authority when she ordered the closure of...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 13:20

Kick the can down the road – Deskoska says that the Venice Commission objections will be examined after the elections

Justice Minister Renata Deskoska today said that the serious objections which the Venice Commission raised on the law that introduces full bilingualism in Macedonia will be examined only after the elections. The law on the use of the Albanian language, adopted as part of the coalition agreement Zoran...

Macedonia 22.01.20 | 11:24

Macedonian Lottery bought gambling machines worth a total of 14 million EUR from a Bulgarian company

VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Ilija Dimovski criticized the public procurement of gambling machines worth nearly 7 million EUR ahead of the elections. The contracts were ordered by the Macedonian Lottery, a state run gambling operation which is managed by the Government. It signed contracts with a...

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