Sunday, 5 July 2020
Macedonia 05.07.20 | 23:53

SDSM used up 420 milllion EUR to bribe voters

During his campaign event in Prilep, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski accused the SDSM party of spending 420 million EUR in just the first six months of the year in an attempt to bribe voters. He pointed to the exploding deficit which he said the SDSM led Government is using to cover the negative...

Balkans 05.07.20 | 23:26

HDZ wins solid victory in Croatia elections

The Croatian conservative HDZ party is projected to win big in the general elections. Despite facing a strong challenge from the right, in the form of the DPMS party, HDZ still managed to win projected 68 seats. This would bring Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic close to forming the next Government. His...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 22:56

Zaev campaigns against DUI in Cair

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev campaigned in Skopje’s majority ethnic Albanian district of Cair today, where he hopes to make up the losing margin his SDSM party suffers with ethnic Macedonians. Zaev said that SDSM made brave decisions when it signed the treaties with Greece and Bulgaria, which are...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 22:43

Durlovski asks Sekerinska if she supports BESA’s position for cantons in Macedonia

Igor Durlovski, the lead VMRO-DPMNE in the 5th district, asked his opposite candidate Radmila Sekerinska from SDSM why hasn’t her party announced a joint platform with its coalition partner BESA. The ethnic Albanian party has been known for very radical positions and has even endorsed a cantonal...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 19:08

McLaughlin associates poll predicts a comfortable win for VMRO at the coming elections

The leading conservative American pollster McLaughlin associates predicted a comfortable win for VMRO-DPMNE at the coming elections. Agency CEO John McLaughlin announced that he did polls, in cooperation with VMRO-DPMNE, which showed the party beating SDSM in all competitive races. According to the agency,...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 18:46

Mickoski calls on Ruskoska and Kacarska to act after the numerous attacks, threats and corruption scandals

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski responded to the latest leak showing a direct connection between the Zaev family and underworld figures plotting to silence opposition activists by burning their cars, and the protest from two top judiciary officials linked to Zaev after they were publicly named...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 18:22

Incendiary bomb thrown at the house of Prilep police commissioner Spirkoski

The family home of Prilep police commissioner Kiril Spirkoski was firebombed overnight. Unknown attackers threw an incendiary device at about 3 in the morning. Spirkoski was able to extinguish the fire by himself. The attack did not cause serious damage to the house. Police said it is investigating the...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 16:40

Seven deaths in one day, Skopje Covid-19 clinics remain full

Seven patients died of Covid-19 in the two key hospitals in Skopje over the past 24 hours, Five of them died in the “8th of September” hospital in Skopje, which provides mechanical ventilation to the most serious patients. They were aged 56, 62, 64, 65 and 82. Two more patients died in the...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 16:18

Illegal construction at the site of the recent cafe fire in Skopje

A few months after the Fountain cafe in Skopje’s central Mavrovka mall was set on fire, there are signs of intense construction on the ruins. The cafe was targetted with an RPG last year, and was burnt down in an intense fire that blasted windows across the mall. Now, the area is enclosed and there...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 16:08

VMRO on the latest audio leaks: The Zaev family made Macedonia a mafia state

The latest leaked audio conversation proves that Macedonia is ruled by a mafia family, that orders the torching of cars of opposition activists, and decides who gets to do business with cannabis, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski, after the shocking leak that came out yesterday. In it, a mobster...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 15:37

Thieves steal a million EUR in cash from a house in Skopje

Skopje police informed that they are investigating the reported robbery of a million EUR from a house in the Nerezi suburb. The homeowner reported a break-in that occurred on Saturday evening. He said that the thieves took 800.000 EUR he was keeping in his home, along with a significant amount of US...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 13:08

Mass knife and gun fight in a village near Skopje – one killed, three injured

A man was killed and at least three were injured in a mass gun and knife fight that erupted yesterday evening in a restaurant in the village of Batinci, south-east of Skopje. Police said that the incident began as a heated argument, and at one point knives and guns were drawn. The casualty is S.P. (29),...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 12:53

Doctor from Tetovo, who was months before his retirement, dies of the coronavirus

Arifikmet Deari (64), an urologist from Tetovo, is the first doctor to die from Covid-19 in Macedonia. The doctor had a prior neurological condition, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. He died months before retiring. My condolences to the family. I urge medical professionals to take care of themselves,...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 12:32

Janusev: Railway to Bulgaria, new border crossings and new motorways in the east

Igor Janusev, who leads the VMRO-DPMNE list of candidates in the 3rd, eastern electoral district, said that priorities for the party in the next four years will be completing the railway link to Bulgaria, and finishing several motorways that were initiated under the previous VMRO administration and left...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 12:02

While the Macedonian healthcare system cracks under the coronavirus epidemic, Minister Filipce prioritises helping the SDSM election campaign

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party called out Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce for intensifying his campaign events in support of the ruling SDSM party, while Macedonian healthcare is falling off the cliff, pushed to the brink by the Second Wave of the coronavirus epidemic. This past week Macedonia experienced...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 11:11

VMRO-DPMNE campaigns in Prilep, Zaev – in Strumica

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party will hold its central campaign event of the day in Prilep, where party leader Hristijan Mickoski will be joined with VP Aleksandar Nikoloski – who leads the party list in the Strumica – Prilep region. Mickoski will also visit Krusevo and Krivogastani, while...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 10:52

Zaev revisits his controversial theory about the “multiethnic Macedonian nation”

In his MIA interview, SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev repeated his highly controversial position that the Macedonians are a “multiethnic nation”, which illustrates the confusion caused by the treaties Zaev signed with Greece and Bulgaria. We are friends with our five neighbors, the whole democratic...