Thursday, 27 February 2020
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 22:11

EU Commissioner Varheyi hopes for a green light for Macedonia and Albania within a few weeks

European Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varheyi said that it’s possible the EU approves the opening of accession talks with Macedonia and Albania within weeks. Varheyi was meeting the foreign ministers of the V4 countries, who are all strong supporters of future EU enlargement, and said that the...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 22:07

SDSM’s Muhamed Zekiri doesn’t want DUI in a post-election coalition

Muhamed Zekiri, the deputy leader of the SDSM party who is also the head of the party’s Albanian wing, said that he wants to see a ruling coalition that will exclude DUI. Zekiri has a notoriously bad relationship with SDSM’s largest coalition partner, as the two parties are vying for the...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 19:41

Another storm about to hit Macedonia

A new storm is expected this evening. Citizens are advised not to park underneath trees or signs that could topple under the strong wind that is about to hit. Rain is also expected. People who do get out this evening are advised to stay away from tree lined walkways or parks. The storm on Wednesday evening...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 18:40

Police denies reports that the coronavirus patient arrived days earlier and was potentially infecting people

The Interior Ministry is denying media reports that the woman with coronavirus was in Skopje’s Kale district for days before being hospitalized. This report was spread today in a number of media outlets who quoted Kale residents who claim they saw the woman days before she was reported as the first...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 18:34

Islamist deported from Turkey detained in Skopje, charged with trying to join Jabhat al Nusra

State prosecutors filed criminal charges against a 20 year old man from Skopje who is suspected of “participating in a foreign army”. This article in the Criminal Code is used against Macedonian citizens who participated in ISIS and similar Islamist groups. The man is identified as A.B.,...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 18:25

Albanian prisoners set their cells in the Kumanovo prison on fire

A group of Albanian prisoners in the Kumanovo prison set fire to their cells in a protest. The prisoners in Macedonia’s most recently built and most modern prison claim that they are banned from getting outside and after days of protests, the situation turned violent. The group was sent to the...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 18:18

Woman with coronavirus was not hospitalized immediately – neighbors in Skopje say she was there for days before being put in quarantine

The woman who contracted the coronavirus in Italy before returning to Macedonia was not hospitalized immediately, and was in Macedonia for days before checking in the Infectious Diseases Clinic, her neighbors say. People living in the Kale district of Skopje, where the 50 year old woman lives, say that...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 16:27

TV sets across Macedonia go dark on Monday

Cable operators joined in the IT chamber today decided that they will stop broadcasting all domestic and foreign TV stations, except for the few public run MRTV channels, on Monday at midnight. This move, announced by the chamber that includes the major cable providers owned by the Austrian A1 and the...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 16:19

Culev: New batch of passports expected to arrive in 7 to 10 days

Interim Interior Minister Nake Culev said that a shipment of blank passports may arrive in the next week to ten days, which could relieve the crisis that the country was thrown into when the previous administration failed to plan and provide sufficient number of passports. Culev pointed out to major...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 16:13

While Zaev’s leaks were taken at face value, prosecutors want to examine the leaks revealing Zaev’s corruption before they act

Organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska asked for time to investigate the two audio leaks that implicate Zoran Zaev in the Racket scandal and in serious political interference in the judiciary. I sounds like a reasonable thing to do, but it is in stark contrast with the practice employed by prosecutors,...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 15:48

“Bombs” about Zaev and several ministers: What will be heard in the next audio tapes!

The next “bombs” will contain audio material involving former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and several ministers, “Lider” reports. Informally, there is speculation about the existence of audio conversations showing the inappropriate and illegal behavior of at least two Zaev’s...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 15:35

Mickoski: Slim chances of pre-election coalition with Albanian party

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said Thursday the coalition “Renewal of Macedonia” for the early parliamentary elections would include the political parties already part of it, negotiations are ongoing with other parties, while the chances for a pre-election coalition with a party of...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 14:50

Kasami used to consider Zaev a fraudster, today he is signing coalition agreement with him

SDSM and Besa Movement signed Thursday a pre-election coalition for the April 12 early parliamentary elections. But just two months ago Kasami had a completely different opinion of Zaev. On December 11 last year on TV 21’s “Click Plus” show, Kasami said that former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 14:16

Spanish Congress of Deputies ratifies NATO Accession Protocol

The Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Parliament, ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol early on Thursday. The lower house in Madrid, ratified the NATO accession protocol this morning with 279 votes IN FAVOR and 1 against! Muchas Gracias! Next and last stop: The Senate…...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 14:04

Results of patient suspected of having contracted coronavirus turn out negative

The Health Ministry said that the results of the patient suspected of having contracted the coronavirus had turned out negative. The patient is one of two cases being tested at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje. Both cases tested negative for the virus. Currently, the hospitalized patient at...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 13:47

VMRO-DPMNE will implement gasification in medical centers

After April 12 when it forms its government, VMRO-DPMNE will fulfill everything it has promised, start realizing projects which will benefit the citizens, the party said in a press release on Thursday. One of the projects that will be a priority of the next VMRO-DPMNE-led government will be gasification....
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 13:31

Macedonia ranked 37th in Europe in terms of preparedness to respond to epidemics

According to the 2019 Global Health Security Index, which assesses the preparedness of countries and their health systems to deal with possible epidemics or pandemics, Macedonia is ranked 37th out of 43 countries in Europe. Of the countries in the region ahead of our country are Croatia, Albania, Serbia,...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 13:10

Zaev and Kasami sign coalition agreement

SDSM and the BESA Movement have formalized their pre-election agreement over joint participation in the early parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. The leaders of SDSM and Besa Zoran Zaev and Bilal Kasami harmonized their views on the program, and the electoral list holders. They signed today...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 12:54

Another woman is being tested for coronavirus

Health Minister Venko Filipce said Thursday that two more people had come to the Clinical Center and one of them had coronavirus symptoms. The patient has no signs of any complications. Appropriate isolation has been prescribed to everyone who has been in the van and the people they have been in contact...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 11:57

Boki 13 remains in detention

The trial chamber ruled on Bojan Jovanovski’s request for house arrest. Judge Vaska Nikolovska Masevska stated that she is not accepting it and that the conditions for his release were not fulfilled. The court finds that insufficient evidence has been provided about the medical care he needed and...
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