Thursday, 23 January 2020
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 21:49

VMRO will reveal a scandal related to Zaev’s marijuana business

VMRO-DPMNE will reveal evidence about Zoran Zaev’s marijuana business tomorrow, party spokesman Dimitar Arsovski said. We are talking about a serious scandal, linked to the proposed new drug law, which the Government wants to tailor to its private needs, Arsovski said. The Zaev family is the biggest...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 21:27

SDSM is the second largest Albanian party in Macedonia, Ademi says

SDSM party official Edmond Ademi declared his party as the second largest party for ethnic Albanians in Macedonia. SDSM has been courting the Albanian vote since 2016, as it continues to lose ethnic Macedonian voters by a growing margin to VMRO-DPMNE. I am an Albanian who is a Minister from SDSM, the...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 21:18

Dispute between the Government and the main TV stations

Five leading TV stations in Macedonia are continuing their boycott of Government press conferences, but the details about their spat are still not clear. MMA, the Macedonian Media Association which is composed of the Sitel, Kanal 5, Alfa, Alsat and Telma televisions, began its boycott earlier this week,...
World 23.01.20 | 21:04

Salvini: the Italian government is finito

“Il governo è finito” – the government is finished – Matteo Salvini posted on Facebook reacting to news that Luigi Di Maio, president of the Five Star Movement (M5S), member of the governing the left-wing coalition, has resigned. Di Maio, who kept his position as Foreign Minister, tried...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 20:43

Sekerinska about to jump ship – wants to be the next Ambassador to D.C.

The In7 news site reports that Defense Minister and deputy leader of the SDSM party Radmila Sekerinska is working to have herself appointed as Macedonian Ambassador to the United States. This key SDSM figure for the past 20 years will be the next Ambassador to the United States, reports the news site. This...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 18:48

EU postpones the publication of its enlargement methodology

The European Commission will postpone the publication of its new enlargement methodology by at least a week. The new set of rules for bringing in new member states, which France insists on, was supposed to be published on January 29, but spokeswoman Ana Pisonero said it will be published a week late...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 18:40

Mickoski: The latest Transparency ranking proves that criminals run Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that Macedonia’s drop in the Transparency International ranking proves that the country is under the control of corrupt politicians. Criminals run our country. The current Government alleged that there is crime and a regime in place before, but in 2015...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 18:29

Nepotism watch: Vilma Ruskoska helped a nephew get hired as a prosecutor

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska used her influence to get a nephew hired as a prosecutro in Kumanovo, the Infomax news site repored today. For this, Ruskoska was investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission, which strangely concluded that a nephew is not a close relative and allowed the hiring...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 16:56

El Cheka given a suspended prison sentence

The Kicevo court sentenced Sekerim Ahmeti – El Cheka to a year in prison, suspended over two years. The man who lives in Chicago has been publishing unedited audio tapes from the cache which the SDSM party manipulated and used in 2015 to grab power. El Cheka’s tapes focused mostly on allegations...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 16:41

The Arsoski family from Kicevo needs help rebuild its home after a fire

The Arsovski family from Kicevo is asking for help to rebuild their home which burnt down on Tuesday evening. The entire top level of the home burnt down with most of their possessions. People can help the family out by donating at the following accounts: From abroad: Name/Surname: Aleksandar Arsoski Street:...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 16:33

Dogs included in the search for missing Bosilovo woman

Search parties with dogs are being dispatched around the village of Bosilovo near Strumica, looking for Marija Brzakova (28) who has been missing since Saturday afternoon. The mother of one is 160 cm tall and was wearing dark sport clothes when she was last seen. She left home without her cell phone....
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 16:22

Man assaults a woman in Strumica, then flees from the police

Citizens in Strumica are warned to be on the look out after a man assaulted a woman yesterday. The woman came to the police in the afternoon and reported that a man approached her and began touching her. Shortly after the man fled. Officers located the man in the evening, but during the arrest attempt...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 15:37

Mickoski urges the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Deskoska’s appointment as member of the Venice Commission

Answering a question about the appointment of Justice Minister Renata Deskoska as a member of the Venice Commission, VMRO-DPMNE leaders Hristijan Mickoski stressed that it is scandalous. He explains that if one looks at Article 44 paragraph 2 of the Anti-Corruption Law, they will find that it is unacceptable...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 15:08

Mickoski: Zaev wants Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office for amnesty of crime and injustice

The VMRO-DPMNE leader has announced that the party will submit nine remarks on the Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office. He emphasized that they want a quality law and not as Zaev’s hybrid regime wants a law on amnesty for crime and injustice. That’s why VMRO-DPMNE, on the basis of internally...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 14:17

Ivanovska: If “Racket” case is resolved, citizens will have greater confidence in the institutions

If the “Racket” case is resolved then the perception of the corruption in the country will improve and by this, the citizens will have greater confidence in the institutions, President of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption Biljana Ivanovska said on Thursday. According to Ivanovska,...
Economy 23.01.20 | 13:49

Macedonia with the lowest wage growth in the region in 2019

A series of bad news came about Macedonia – The Economist ranked Macedonia in countries with a hybrid regime, and the country noted a 13-point drop in Transparency International’s corruption perceptions ranking, followed by ESI’s prediction that that Western Balkan countries, including...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 12:54

Trial in ‘Racket’ case postponed

Trial in the ‘Racket’ case has been postponed for January 27, due to the absence of defendant Katica Janeva’s attorneys, Deljo Kadiev and Irena Frckovska from Thursday’s hearing due to health problems. The judge emphasized that if the attorneys do not appear on Monday, January 27, they will...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 12:48

Corruption: Macedonia and Albania ranked worst in the region

Macedonia is ranked 106th in the Transparency International’s ranking. On a scale of 0 to 100 points (0 – maximum corruption and 100 points – no corruption), the country has earned 35 points, which is two points less than last year. Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina are better than...
Macedonia 23.01.20 | 12:21

Zaev’s hybrid regime puts Macedonia at the bottom – “Life came” for rigged contracts, corruption and political pressures

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. And how else would it be with so much crime and high-level corruption, with a pardoned leader in power and fraud...
World 23.01.20 | 11:56

We changed our name, but we will not see Europe – ESI predicts that Western Balkan countries will not join EU before 2030!

If the methodology and pace of the process do not change, no Western Balkan country will join the Union before 2030, according to the latest study of the European Stability Initiative (ESI). The document quotes a 2010 statement by former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. Asked what “shape”...
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