Friday, 18 September 2020
Macedonia 18.09.20 | 19:02

Mickoski on the “Gym” case: Every lie that Zaev and the mafia come up with explodes in their faces

For three years the whole public has been witnessing the most brutal black campaign against me. Full of lies, fabrications and slander, aided by a bunch of media outlets paid with mafia money, some blackmailed for their freedom, whose task is to divert attention from the sale of sacred things, crime...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 18:54

Gruevski is not surprised by Supreme Court’s decision to uphold “Tank” case verdict

There is no surprise at all in the decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the verdict for the “Tank” case, which is only part of the wider and more intense political persecution conducted by the government, former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said Friday in a Facebook post. According to...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 18:48

144 new Covid-19 cases, 8 patients die

There were 1,545 tests performed over the past 24 hours, with 144 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 97 patients recovered, while eight died, the Ministry of Health said on Friday. New cases were reported in Skopje-27, Kumanovo-11, Debar-3, Stip-5, Prilep-13, Tetovo-13, Veles-4, Bitola-5, Ohrid-2, Kavadarci-1,...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 15:46

Mickoski: The mafia should not be afraid of revenge, but of justice, and it will come

The ruling mafia spent over 8 million euros on public vehicles, and Gordana Jankulovska will go to prison for the purchase of a public vehicle used by Zaev’s government, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski wrote Friday on Facebook. She was sentenced without evidence because she did not...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 15:38

Prosecution confirms claims of VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski that “Gym” is a staged case

The Prosecutor’s Office informed Friday that they will not act on the “Gym” case, ie on the accusations that the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, allegedly went to exercise at a gym at the time when the gyms were closed as part of the measures against Covid-19. A Public Prosecutor...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 15:00

Supreme Court rejects appeals of convicts in “Tank” case

The Supreme Court rejected the appeals of the convicts in the “Tank” case Nikola Gruevski, Gjoko Popovski and Gordana Jankuloska and upheld the verdicts of the Skopje Court of Appeals. The second instance court reduced the sentence of the former Assistant Minister of Interior, Gjoko Popovski,...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 13:46

Carovska: National platform for online learning will be a challenge for everyone

The Minister of Education and Science, Mila Carovska, presented the National Platform for Online Learning, which will be used in the new school year. The preparation of the national platform for online learning was a great challenge, but it is an investment in the future and modernization of education....

World 18.09.20 | 12:52

WHO: Latest Covid-19 figures in Europe exceed March peak

The latest weekly number of novel coronavirus infections in Europe is higher than in March, when the region went through the first peak of the pandemic, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top European official said on Thursday. “We do have a very serious situation unfolding before us,” WHO Europe...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 12:48

Rich government, poor people. Resignation!, demanded the leader of VMRO-DPMNE Mickoski after Friday’s mass protest

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski through a video of the mass protest that took place on Thursday, demanded the resignation of the government led by SDSM led by Zoran Zaev. “Rich government, poor people. RESIGNATION! ”, Mickoski wrote Friday on Facebook, referring to the most criminal...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 12:39

Filipce: If epidemiological situation is stable, more children in schools as of November

Health Minister Venko Filipce said Thursday if the epidemiological situation is stable, at the beginning of November more students would be allowed to be physically present in classes in schools. From October 1, other classes could be able to be physically present in schools, only in a situation when...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 11:21

Milososki demands official information from Osmani on anti-Macedonian Memorandum sent by Bulgaria to EU members

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current MP of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, Antonio Milososki, who is also the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Parliament sent a Request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to submit Information on the anti-Macedonian Memorandum sent from Bulgaria to...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 11:08

Xhaferi fails to testify in “April 27” case trial because of busy agenda

Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, failed to testify Friday in relation to the “April 27 events” case. Judge Ilija Trpkov explained that Xhaferi had a delegation in the Parliament and that he could come only after 12 h. However, the judge decided that he should be summoned to one of the...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 11:02

Online classes to start on October 1, still uncertain if first graders will attend in-person learning

Online teaching will start on October 1, while changes are possible for in-person teaching if there is a deterioration of the epidemiological situation, Minister of Education and Science Mila Carovska announced Friday in the Parliament, which should decide on amendments to the laws on primary and secondary...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 09:46

Decision on reopening borders expected next week

Countries in the region are expected to reach a decision on reopening of the borders next week, said Health Minister Venko Filipce. Although the position of the health authorities remained the same last week, a change in the regime of free movement of citizens in the region will be decided on at the...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 09:28

Carovska fears that reopening of kindergartens and schools will increase the number of coronavirus infections

Minister of Education and Science Mila Carovska said Thursday on TV Telma, that she expects the epidemiological picture to change with the reopening of kindergartens, the return of parents to work and the beginning of the school year on October 1 and did not rule out the possibility some of the decisions...

Macedonia 18.09.20 | 09:18

Mothers stage protest, demand the reversal of the decision to return to work

Mothers of children up to the age of six and those on maternity leave protested Thursday in front of the Government building, demanding the reversal of the decision to return to work on September 23. They want the maternity leave to be extended until the end of the year, and according to them there is...