Friday, 3 April 2020
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 23:04

Government approves the purchase of 200 respirators

The Macedonian Government informed that it approved the purchase of 200 respirators.  Macedonia has been struggling to procure the much sought after machines, as deals with companies from Turkey, Brazil and across the European Union failed to materialize. The latest announcement from the ruling SDSM...
Economy 03.04.20 | 23:00

IMF loans 175.2 million EUR to Macedonia

The International Monetary Fund agreed to provide 175.2 millon EUR in loans to Macedonia, to help keep up the balance of payments during the coronavirus epidemic. The Macedonian Government said it will instruct the Finance Ministry to work with the Central Bank to implement the IMF loan.
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 21:55

Why was a private clinic banned from publishing its coronavirus testing results?

Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski strongly criticized the Government for its order to ban private hospitals from revealing the numbers of coronavirus tests conducted and the number of positive results. The strange order was given today after the Sistina clinic continued to embarrass the public healthcare...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 21:36

Despite acknowledging we are in an unprecedented crisis, SDSM wants to continue landing its activists in public sector jobs

A set of measures were adopted by the SDSM led Government and were announced as a cost cutting measure in times of unprecedented economic contraction and a major projected budget shortfall. But on closer inspection, the measures leave the door to continue the practice of hiring party activists in the...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 21:18

Mickoski blasts Zaev for his handling of the coronavirus epidemic: He lacks the knowledge necessary in this situation

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called out the SDSM led Government for badly mishandling the coronavirus epidemic, especially after its move today to impose a lock-down on the large city of Kumanovo. Kumanovo had a rapidly increasing number of coronavirus patients over the past week, and Mayor...
Economy 03.04.20 | 20:58

Leasing companies will reduce monthly rates by at least 80 percent over three months

Finance Ministe Nina Angelovska announced this afternoon that leasing companies and other financial institutions will reduce their rates by at least 70 percent in the next three months. The move comes after most commercial banks offered to postpone collecting the monthly debt rates for up to six months. Angelovska...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 20:32

After the shipment from Slovenia, more aid from another friendly country will come on Monday, Mickoski says

A new shipment of medical aid to Macedonia will arrive on Monday, organized by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party through a conservative sister party, said VMRO party leader Hristijan Mickoski. Today a plane from Slovenia brought 100.000 masks and 100.000 pairs of gloves, after Mickoski asked the newly...
World 03.04.20 | 20:09

V4: Hungary prepares a major stimulus package, aims to create more jobs than the epidemic destroys

Hungary is introducing a coronavirus fund that will help redice the economic damage the country will suffer from the epidemic. Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that he is preparing the greatest stimulus program Hungary has ever seen and it will be geared toward saving and creating jobs. We must create...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 19:26

As the virus was spreading through Kumanovo, SDSM got its poorest citizens to fight over sacks of potatoes

As the city of Kumanovo faced a huge progression of coronavirus cases, the ruling SDSM party was busily distributing sacks of potatoes and packages of cooking oil, to the poorest parts of the city. The all too common practice of bribing voters to support your party was apparently planned for the April...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 19:07

Doctors from other cities sent to Covid-19 hit Kumanovo after 11 doctors and nurses there test positive

Doctors from Skopje and Stip are being sent to Kumanovo, which was placed under a weekend long lock-down today, and has a lack of medical personnel. Eleven doctors and nurses from the Kumanovo hospital tested positive to the coronavirus, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce revealed today, greatly reducing...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 18:56

Nikoloski: Our huge gratitude to Slovenia for its help

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski expressed his gratitude to the Slovenian Government for the planeload of medical assistance that was delivered today. The aid was sent after a direct communication between VMRO Presdient Hristijan Mickoski and newly elected Slovenian Prime Minister Janez...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 17:26

Kumanovo placed under a full weekend lock-down

The city of Kumanovo is placed under a full lock-down for the weekend. One of Macedonia’s largest cities had an explosion of new coronavirus cases, surpassing the initial hot-spot of Debar and is now second only to Skopje in the number of infected. The city had 23 newly diagnosed cases over the...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 17:12

Judge orders the two men from Stip who attacked a girl to be detained for eight days

A Stip judge ordered an eight days long detention for the two men who attacked a young girl two months ago. The attack that was filmed shocked the public with its brutality after the video appeared online earlier this week. One of the attackers was a former boyfriend of the girl, who later said that...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 17:01

Minister Culev warns the public that police patrols will be enhanced this weekend

Interior Minister Nake Culev informed the public to be prepared to see a greater number of police officers patrolling the streets during the weekend. The curfew will again be extended, and will start at 16h, while for people over 67 it will start at 11h. Culev said that there were violations of the curfew...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 15:42

Mickoski: At my request, Slovenia provided assistance to Macedonia which at this moment is important for people on frontline in fight against coronavirus pandemic

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski had a phone conversation with the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Janez Jansa, in which Mickoski asked for Slovenia’s assistance in protective masks and medical gloves. On Tuesday I had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Slovenia and the leader...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 15:07

Two people died, 46 new coronavirus cases registered in the country

The Ministry of Health informs that two patients died at the Infectious Disease Clinic. One of the patients was aged 70 from Kumanovo who had hypertension and heart failure, and his Covid-19 result is not yet ready. The other is a 68-year-old patient from a village near Tetovo who had arterial hypertension. The...
Economy 03.04.20 | 14:47

Ban on flour export to be lifted

The ban on export of flour that was introduced because of the state of emergency will be lifted, the Economy Ministry decided Friday after meeting with representatives of the milling and baking industry. Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi said that the decision was made after it was determined that the...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 14:40

Filipce forbids Acibadem Sistina to publish coronavirus test results, sends inspection at the hospital

The Ministry of Health, through the State Sanitary and Health Inspectorate, carried out Thursday inspection and control at the Acibadem Sistina hospital in order to determine whether the tests performed by this hospital are in accordance with legal regulations and standards, and whether they accredited...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 14:12

VMRO-DPMNE demands cancellation of graduation exam for 2019/2020 school year

Amid global pandemic and complete blockade of the education system, the Macedonian government is improvising and playing with the future of thousands of students, VMRO-DPMNE said, adding that they have been alarming for a week about urgent measures for the educational process and the government is not...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 13:36

11 health workers from Kumanovo hospital infected with Covid-19

11 health workers from the Kumanovo hospital have been infected with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, Telma learns. This information was confirmed by the director of the hospital Snezana Zaharieva. Three of the coronavirus patients are from the X-ray department, three doctors from surgery, one...
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