Sunday, 27 September 2020
Macedonia 27.09.20 | 23:44

Janeva’s prosecutors continue their campaign against Mile Janakieski

After several days of non-stop hearings, the court will tomorrow resume the trial over the 2013 protests in the Centar municipality. Prosecutors withdrew their charges against most of the defendants, most controversially, the turncoat former VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Daniela Rangelova, leaving...
Macedonia 27.09.20 | 22:29

Zaev spoke to Borisov in an attempt to avoid the Bulgarian veto

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev spoke on the phone with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov today to discuss the growing dispute over Goce Delcev and other historic heroes and national identity issues. Zaev’s office issued a press release saying that he and Borisov are planning a meeting...
Macedonia 27.09.20 | 21:54

With kindergartens reopening, Labour Minister Sahpaska calls parents with children under six to return to work

Labour and Welfare Minister Jagoda Sahpaska called on the parents of children under six years of age to return to work. Sahpaska said that the measure allowing one parent in a household with a child under six to remain at home, given the closed kindergartens, is now expiring. The Government created the...
Macedonia 27.09.20 | 21:47

Daily report: Three Covid-19 deaths and 148 newly diagnosed patients

Three patients died of Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, and 148 coronavirus tests came back positive – out of a total of 1,224 tests that were conducted. The deceased patients are from Prilep (62), Kocani (87) and Gostivar (64). Their deaths bring the total toll of the epidemic to 725. The newly...
Macedonia Economy 27.09.20 | 17:20

Instead of four tax free weekends, Zaev announced only one

One of the economic stimulus measures announced by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today is to reimburse all consumers for the VAT tax they pay while buying domestic products and IT equipment during the long weekend around October 11 – the anniversary of the 1941 uprising. Zaev said that the expects...
Macedonia Economy 27.09.20 | 17:04

Mickoski: Another poorly designed program that won’t help us turn the economy around

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski described the latest, fourth economic stimulus package that was presented today as naked populism which is likely to fail just as the prior thre programs. The main focus of the package, presented by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, is on boosting consumption through...
Macedonia Economy 27.09.20 | 16:47

Government presents over 30 corona stimulus measures

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today annouced three dozen economic measures meant to boost consumption, with the goal of reducing the impact of the coronaviruys epidemic. One of the steps measures would be to provide students and poor citizens with a voucher worth about 100 EUR. Similar vouchers that can...
Macedonia 27.09.20 | 14:06

Charges filed against ten illegal loggers who attacked and injured police officers

Ten of the men who attacked a police patrol on the Veles – Prilep road earlier this week have been detained. Two of the five police officers involved in the incident were seriously injured as they were trying to stop a large group of illegal loggers from stealing firewood. The loggers were stopped...
Macedonia 27.09.20 | 14:00

Balkan countries are discussing opening the borders, Minister Filipce says

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the US administration is coordinating Balkan countries in an attempt to have them open their borders without demanding PCR coronavirus tests. Movement across the region is currently largely stopped, as each country has its own regime of closures that are absolute,...
Economy 27.09.20 | 13:52

Zaev presents a new corona stimulus package

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev holds a press conference to announce a new set of measures to help the economy handle the devastating blow of the coronavirus epidemic. The proposals will include grants and subsidies to companies that are hit hard by the epidemic, in the hospitality industry, in retail and...
Macedonia 27.09.20 | 13:49

Mickoski holds a press conference

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski is set to hold a press conference in Skopje, at the central party offices. The conference, scheduled at 14h, comes as the party is organizing large scale protests against the corruption and abuses of power on part of the Zaev regime.
Macedonia 27.09.20 | 11:43

Census in 2021 with teams visiting every individual home

Apostol Simovski, the head of the Macedonian State Statistics Bureau (DZS) insists that the institution is prepare to conduct a reliable census in April 2021. Macedonia has last held a census in 2002, and an attempt to have one in 2011 was cut short after ethnic Albanian parties demanded that their high...
Macedonia 27.09.20 | 11:35

VMRO calls on Healthcare Minister Filipce to resign for his failure to manage the pandemic

VMRO-DPMNE calls on Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to resign as the coronavirus epidemic continues to wreak havoc across Macedonia and the death toll rose over 720. Under Filipce, we had another medical professional die of the epidemic, we have 117 deaths and 3,166 newly infected patients in just...
Economy 27.09.20 | 11:28

Between 20 and 30 percent of bank debtors have asked for a second grace period

Banks are reporting that between 20 and 30 percent of the citizens who sought to postpone the payment of their loans, have asked to use the second grace period that is offered. As the coronavirus epidemic began to hit Macedonia in March, banks offered their individual and corporate clients a six months...

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