Sunday, 7 June 2020
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 23:04

Police arrests 15 curfew violators in Skopje’s worst affected area

Police officers arrested 15 citizens on Sunday for violating the curfew. The arrests were made in the area of the Bit Pazar police station, in the central Cair municipality, which is the worst affected in the second wave of the coronavirus. The often lawless, majority ethnic Albanian part of the city...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 16:54

Shocking IRI poll raises serious concerns for the state of Macedonian democracy

The IRI poll of five Balkan countries, that was published yesterday, revealed shocking data about the state of democracy in Macedonia. Macedonia ranks tied with famously dysfunctional Bosnia in how badly the citizens perceive the state of their democracy. All other countries whose citizens were polled...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 16:39

Sekerinska has joined Mayor Silegov in Mavrovo, while the citizens of Skopje languish under curfew

Top Government officials, shockingly including the Mayor of Skopje Petre Silegov, left the capital for the three days long curfew they imposed on the citizsens. The curfew was meant to reduce the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, but backfired spectacularly as it only enticed tens of thousands...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 16:32

Mickoski: Macedonia has failed disastrously in the management of the epidemic

Laos, Cambodia, Paraguay, Iran, even the country where the virus started, China, are all safer than Macedonia at this moment, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski. Mickoski called out the Macedonian Government of badly failing to control the virus, as Macedonia is now by the worst affected country...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 16:10

Another day with over 100 newly diagnosed cases, two Covid-19 deaths reported

The daily number of newly diagnosed Covid-19 patients in Macedonia remained high on Sunday, with 111 patients and two deaths. This is the sixth consecutive day when the number of new cases was in the triple digits. Before the current spike in the epidemic, the only time Macedonia had more than a 100...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 14:39

Part of Skopje left without water during the lockdown weekend

In the midst of the long, three day curfew, the area of Sredno Nerezi in the south of Skopje was left without water. Citizens of Skopje are ordered to remain in their homes under lockdown meant to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, but they are protesting saying that the lack of water has put them...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 14:34

Citizens of Vatasha paint a slogan in response to claims by Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev

Citizens of Vatasha, near Kavadarci, responded to an interview with Bulgarian member of the European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev, who denied the World War Two crimes perpetrated by Bulgarian soldiers, by painting the slogan “Vatasha is written in blood”. Vatasha had a history of rebelling...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 14:27

Nine kindergarten teachers in Kocani test positive

Tests in a Kocani kindergarten revealed that nine teachers and employees have the coronavirus. It’s the high concentration found so far, during the preemptive screening done to determine whether kindergartens in Macedonia can open after months of epidemic lockdown. Mayor Nikolco Ilijev appealed...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 14:23

Workers ordered to disinfect Ohrid after thousands of guests from Skopje descended during the lockdown weekend

Ohrid city authorities said they will thoroughly scrub and disinfect the city after the Pentecost weekend during which thousands of people from Skopje and other locked down cities flocked to Macedonia’s main tourist resort. The weekend lockdown strategy failed spectacularly, as tens of thousands...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 12:11

Doctor Zafirovski: Macedonia is the only country in the region that couldn’t put the epidemic under control

Pulmologist Oliver Zafirovski arned that Macedonia is in danger of a third continuous coronavirus wave, after, unlike all other countries in the region, it failed to place the epidemic under control. We are the only country that still has a high number of newly infected patients and that is still counting...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 11:51

Officers arrest 130 citizens who violated the curfew

Police officers arrested 130 citizens overnight for violating the movement restrictions across the country, and gave warnings to 24 more. Police is tasked with stopping commuters and demanding they show papers allowing them to leave their homes. Also, 386 citizens were cited for not wearing masks and...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 11:38

Diseases committee meets to decide what next after the failed weekend lockdown

Sunday is the last day of the long Pentecost lockdown in Skopje, Tetovo, Stip and Kumanovo. The four cities were placed under curfew on Friday as Macedonia is going through a major second wave of the coronavirus epidemic. In other cities the curfew begins at 16h each day and this prompted a major flight...

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