Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Macedonia 19.02.20 | 22:43

Zaev denies meeting Janeva prior to her arrest

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev denied that he met with Katica Janeva prior to her arrest. The allegation was raised after the surveillance videos of Janeva showed her being driven off to a portion of Mt. Vodno where several Government villas, including those of Zaev and President Stevo Pendarovski, are...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 22:33

Nikoloski: The elections won’t be fair, but VMRO is going to win anyway

The elections on April 12 will not be fair, but VMRO-DPMNE is going to win anyway, said the party’s Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski during a debate with his opposite in SDSM Radmila Sekerinska. Regarding the campaign, from the very start it’s going poorly. The principle of a technical...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 22:24

Police seized one kilogram of cocaine near Skopje – believed to be part or a much larger shipment

The Interior Ministry today clarified that the cocaine seizure in the village of Krusopek near Skopje was just a small portion – one kilogram – believed be a part of a large shipment amounting to 1.3 tons that is being followed by several police services. Police sources denied earlier reports...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 21:02

Zaev confirms that the tape where he discusses Boki 13’s racketeering is authentic

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev admitted that the brief audio recording, in which he is heard discussing the business of suspected extortionist Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 is authentic. This comes after months in which Zaev denies that he had close links with Boki 13, who is charged with extorting...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 18:50

Culev on the major cocaine bust: The leadership of the Interior Ministry is no longer working with the criminals

Interior Minister Nake Culev said that the raid in which cocaine was seized in a village near Skopje marks the “end of the time when the leadership of the Interior Ministry was collaborating and was supporting the criminal structures in our country”. Culev shared the message through his social...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 18:37

Ali Ahmeti and Bujar Osmani will testify in the 2012 Good Friday massacre trial

During the hearing in the Good Friday massacre trial today, it was announced that at the next hearing the court will have DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti as a witness. Also invited is Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani, but it’s unclear whether he will be available on Friday, when the next hearing...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 15:56

Vice Zaev denies ever meeting the Racket defendant Zoran Mileski

Two days after the revelation that Vice Zaev, Zoran Zaev’s brother, was meeting with one of the key suspects in the major Racket scandal, Zoran Zaev has remained silent on the issue. But today Vice Zaev issued an official denial. I publicly deny all these made up and fabricated allegations. Neither...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 15:34

Mickoski: Zaev acts like he is the bankruptcy manager of Macedonia

Zoran Zaev has become the bankruptcy manager of Macedonia, with Katica Janeva and Vilma Ruskoska by his side as his main assistants, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, as evidence of Zaev’s involvement in the major racketeering scandal grows daily. Zaev needs to respond what was he doing...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 15:25

Culev accuses Spasovski of falsifying a decision of the Government

Interim Interior Minister Nake Culev said that the interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski is obstructing the work of the Interior Ministry. Spasovski is attempting to cancel out more than a 100 appointments that Culev made in the Interior Ministry. Under the 100 days rule, Culev has the right to make...

Economy 19.02.20 | 14:59

Hoxha: The economic program proposed by VMRO-DPMNE is realistic and achievable

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with the Chamber of commerce of North-Western Macedonia, where he presented the economic program the opposition is preparing for the next four years. Chamber President Nebi Hoxha welcomed the program and said it is realistic and achievable, a day after Mickoski...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 14:43

Nikoloski: Zoran and Vice Zaev need to reveal what where they doing with the Racket defendants

There is no other European country where the brother of the Prime Minister is seen meeting the perpetrators of a major corruption scandal. Zoran and Vice Zaev need to be held accountable for their links with the Racket scandal, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski, after it was revealed...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 11:53

Milososki gives the audio tape that proves Zaev’s involvement in the Racket scandal to prosecutor Ruskoska

VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Antonio Milososki met with organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska today and gave her a wiretap that reveals involvement of former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in the major racketeering scandal. Milososki said that Ruskoska promised that the tape will be used as evidence...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 11:45

VMRO-DPMNE: SDSM is spreading fake news that the interim Government members are about to resign

VMRO-DPMNE issued a press release to deny the fake news reports published by media outlets affiliated with the ruling SDSM party, that the caretaker Government is about to collapse. SDSM began an all out attack on the members of Government that were nominated by VMRO-DPMNE under the 100 days rule, which...

World 19.02.20 | 11:21

V4: Orban sends memorandum to the European People’s Party

Hungarian PM and ruling Fidesz President Viktor Orban has sent a memorandum to the leaders of the European People’s Party (EPP) with a view to altering the EPP’s strategic guideline. “If we wish to renew the EPP, the internal debates regarding the EPP’s future mission are inevitable”,...

Balkans 19.02.20 | 11:09

US Balkan envoys appear divided over the issue of border change between Serbia and Kosovo

The two US Balkan envoys sent conflicting messages on the possibility of a territory swap between Kosovo and Serbia. Matthew Palmer, the older State Department Balkan envoy, said that “it is up to the parties to establish the parameters of the dialogue” when asked if the US would approve...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 11:00

Five migrants found in a van near Strumica

Strumica police stopped a van with Skopje licence plates in which they found five illegal migrants. The men are from Afghanistan and Pakistan. The 62 year old driver was detained while the migrants were sent to the Skopje and Gevgelija transit centers.

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 10:41

Woman injured in a street dog attack

A woman from Skopje had to be hospitalized after she was attacked by a street dog in the Zelezara district. The 49 year sustained injuries to her leg and had to be taken to the Mother Teresa clinic for treatment and to receive the anti-rabies treatment. Local residents told the Sitel TV that the dog...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 10:23

First hearing in the 2012 Good Friday massacre trial after Zaev’s shocking testimony

The trial in the 2012 Good Friday massacre resumes today at the Skopje courthouse. It’s the first hearing after the bombshell testimony by former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev two weeks ago, in which Zaev confessed that he lied that he has additional information that would shed a new light on the case. “Zaev...