Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 23:12

Mid tirade against Gruevski, Mila Carovska was reminded that the candidate ahead of her on the SDSM list spent eight years as Gruevski’s adviser

SDSM official Mila Carovska painted herself in a corner during a debate with Timco Mucunski from VMRO-DPMNE, and was forced to make an embarrassing acknowledgement about Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Dimitrov. Dimitrov is first and Carovska second on the SDSM list in the 1st electoral district. But...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 22:56

DUI holds a mass rally in Struga with zero social distancing

DUI party official Bujar Osmani shared photographs from the party rally in Struga, which show zero respect for social distancing. Most parties are trying to hold small campaign events and instruct their supporters to stay at a two meters distance from each other. But Osmani, who is a doctor and is in...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 22:50

Two customs agents caught with a large bribe

Two customs agents were caught today with a large sum of money, estimated at between 15 and 20 thousand EUR, reports Infomax. According to the news site, the two female agents are suspected of asking for a bribe from the owner of a forwarding company. When caught by the internal control, the two could...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 22:44

Leaked audio shows SDSM activists buying Roma votes in Prilep

A leaked audio conversation between two SDSM party activists in Prilep proves the practice of bribing poor Roma voters across Macedonia to vote for the ruling party. The activists, reportedly Aleksandar Spirkoski – Dzemo and Bajram Rifatoski discuss a sum of 13.000 EUR that was used to buy votes...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 21:57

SDSM denies that Sekerinska had a role in the Racket scandal, a day after video shows her with Katica Janeva and Boki 13

SDSM Vice President Radmila Sekerinska refused to address the publication of a video showing her at a home party with now senteced racketeers Katica Janeva and Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13. Sekerinska and her husband Bozidar Jankovski are close to both Janeva and Boki 13, and to their main target,...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 21:22

Former President Ivanov campaigns with Igor Janusev in Veles

Former President Gjorge Ivanov campaigned in Veles today, along with the head of the regional list for VMRO-DPMNE Igor Janusev. Ivanov and Janusev met with bishop Agatangel of Vardar and visited the home of poet Kosta Racin. We are here to put an end to apathy, the humiliations and the policy of bending...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 20:55

Minister Filipce gives a qualified apology after he was caught using his official car to go to an SDSM campaign event

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce pleaded ignorance after it was revealed that he used an official car, one donated by China no less, to go to an SDSM party event in Stip. Filipce is mixing official visits to hospitals and Covid-19 centers across the country with his ever more frequent partisan events....
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 20:23

Mickoski: A vote for SDSM and BESA is a vote for poverty, crime and humiliation

A vote for SDSM and BESA would be a vote in favor of politicians from the past, spent and with no fresh ideas, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski who campaigned in the rural district of Lozovo today. Those people sold everything that wasn’t nailed down, Mickoski said about the ruling...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 20:09

A Government made of VMRO and SDSM will lead to war, or the creation of a separate “Albanian Government”, Albanian parties say

Menduh Thaci, leader of the now small DPA party that represents ethnic Albanians, said that a coalition between VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM, that excludes Albanian parties, would lead to war. The idea of a grand coalition was raised by SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev, who urged VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski to...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 19:58

Parents of young elementary school pupils told to go back to work

The Government ordered that parents of children under 10 years of age who go to school have to begin going back to work. These parents were exempt from going to work during the course of the epidemic because with the kindergartens closed, many parents had no other option to care for their children. Kindergartens...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 19:23

Tsipras makes a lyrical endorsement of Zaev but to many it sounds like he was mocking Macedonia

Former Greek Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras sent a video message endorsing Zoran Zaev and his SDSM party at the coming elections. Tsipras praised Zaev for signing the Prespa treaty, which imposed a new name on Macedonia after decades of pressure from Greece, and also began a process of redefining the Macedonian...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 18:40

Confusion over the Brima Gallup poll, large percentage of undecideds expected to favor the opposition

A week ahead of the elections, the polls are divided as to where the main parties stand. Two American polls gave showed different parties ahead – a poll by the McLaughlin associates, ordered by VMRO-DPMNE, showed the conservatie party comfortably ahead, but a poll provided by NDI, a group that...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 18:18

In response to the Bulgarian pressure, MANU publishes a four volume edition on the Macedonian language

The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) promoted a four volume edition about the Macedonian language, which is seen as a response to the pressure from Bulgaria, which demands that the Macedonian language is declared a mere Western dialect of the Bulgarian. The volumes aim to give a full and...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 16:55

Migrant trafficker causes a major accident in Strumica

A driver transporting a group of illegal migrants caused a serious traffic accident in Strumica in which three migrants were injured. The driver, a man from Kocani, was speeding through Strumica, possibly to evade a patrol, and hit three cars. Some of the migrants in his van fled after the accident....
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 16:46

Wearing party branded masks won’t be allowed on election day

The State Electoral Commission will have a presentation of how voting will be organized during the coming elections, considering all the necessary safety precautions due to the coronavirus epidemic. The mock voting will be open to the press, who are urged to inform the public how the process would look...
Health 07.07.20 | 15:38

Five patients die, 120 new Covid-19 cases registered in past 24 hours

Over the past 24 hours 1,367 tests were performed, with 120 new COVID-19 cases confirmed, 125 patients have recovered, while 5 passed away, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. Five patients passed away, two from Skopje, one from Kumanovo and two from Tetovo. New cases were reported in Skopje-63, Kumanovo-4,...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 15:16

EU delivers face masks to Macedonia

The EU is delivering Tuesday further FFP2 masks to Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia from rescEU – the common European reserve of medical equipment created to help countries affected by the coronavirus outbreak. While we observe positive evolutions of lower infection rates in some areas, more...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 15:04

Filipce drives a car donated by China to a party event, Anti-Corruption to seek responsibility from him

The Anti-Corruption Commission has determined that Venko Filipce, the Minister of Health, participated in a party gathering of SDSM and the coalition in Stip with a vehicle donated by China. The complaint of VMRO-DPMNE is accepted with a measure of seeking responsibility that will be submitted to the...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 14:44

Zaev: I have never been drunk in my life

The leader of SDSM, when asked on TV21 to comment on the statement of his former coalition partner, Ali Ahmeti, that he drank rakia and then regretted what was said at rallies, he said: If someone does not drink alcohol, then it is Zoran Zaev. The man is completely wrong. So Zoran Zaev can make a toast...
Economy 07.07.20 | 14:10

Exports drop 27.4 percent in January-May as coronavirus takes its toll

The total value of exported goods in period January-May amounted to US$ 2,15 billion, a 27.4% decrease compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was US$ 3,02 billion or 22.9% less than the same period last year. Trade deficit in period January-May was...
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