Thursday, 1 October 2020
Macedonia 01.10.20 | 23:04

“VMRO has every right to push for impeachment of President Pendarovski”

Law professor Aleksandar Dastevski believes that the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party has every right to push for impeachment of President Stevo Pendarovski, given the violations of the Constitution during the declared state of emergency. Pendarovski himself acknowledged that he has no right under the Constitution...

Macedonia Sport 01.10.20 | 22:57

Ademi scores for Dinamo in its 3:1 win over Flora

Macedonian national team player Arian Ademi midfielder scored a goal for the Croatian Dinamo Zagreb team in its 3:1 win over the Estoanian Flora in the Europa League. Dinamo was not very convincing in its game, but was good enough to solidly defeat the Estonian team. Both teams entered the Europa League...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 22:51

Minor who shot a boy told the police he was shooting at a dog

A 16 year old boy from the village of Kopanica near Skopje was arrested after shooting another 16 year old. The attacker claimed that he was shooting at a dog with a handgun, but missed and hit the boy from the near-by village of Bojane.

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 22:36

Health Minister assures parents that their children are safe wearing masks to school

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce assured parents of children in the first three grades of elementary school, who attend in-person classes, that the masks they are forced to wear for long periods of time are not dangerous for their children. Filipce said that ultimately the Ministry hopes to have all...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 22:15

Bulgaria moves to solidify its claim on Ss. Cyril and Methodius

Acting on a proposal from a nationalist coalition partner, the Bulgarian Parliament renamed the day of Slavic literacy (May 24) into the day of Bulgarian literacy. The day honors the beginning of the proselytizing mission of Ss. Cyril and Methodius to Moravia. Macedonia and Bulgaria both celebrate the...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 19:53

Nikoloski discussed the lack of democracy and corruption scandals in Macedonia with the large CDI grouping of center-right parties

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski attended a meeting of the executive board of the Centrist Democratic Initiative, a global association of Christian Democratic parties, chaired by its President Andres Pastrana. During the meeting, Nikoloski informed the VMRO-DPMNE sister parties about the...

Macedonia Economy 01.10.20 | 18:10

Industrial workforce down by nearly 5 percent

The State Statistics Bureau reports that the number of industrial workers is down by 4.7 percent in the first eight months of the year compared to the same period last year. The decline is accelerating, with a higher rate of job losses reported in August (5.1 percent). Manufacturing in particular dropped...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 18:06

Alternative: The start of the school year is a debacle and needs to be postponed

The Alternative party called for the school year to be postponed, given the messy start of online education. Some high school students, especially in majority ethnic Albanian districts, boycotted the start of the online teaching and demand in-person education. Over 40,000 students lack the necessary...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 17:00

Grubi says there is no actual proposal to subsidize private sector hiring of ethnic Albanians

First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi rolled back his request that subsidies are introduced for private companies that hire ethnic Albanians. After public outrage, Grubi said that he was simply elevating an idea and wanted to open a debate. The idea is not to impose the hiring of Albanians or any other...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 16:54

Mickoski: The time has come for the mafia to be held accountable

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski urged the public to join him for a protest the party will hold in Skopje on Saturday afternoon. The protest, in front of the Justice Ministry and the office of state prosecutors, is in response to the continued abuse of the judiciary by the Zaev regime for the...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 16:47

US style police brutality footage from the streets of Skopje

New footage emerged from the incident involving police officers that occurred on September 24 in a northern part of Skopje. The footage shows one of the officers kneeling on the head of a man he’s arresting, in a way reminiscent of the police brutality killing of George Floyd which sparked massive...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 15:42

Three patients from Skopje and one from Stip latest Covid-19 victims, 162 new cases registered out of 1,350 tests

Out of 1,350 COVID-19 tests carried out in the past 24 hours, 162 new cases were registered in Macedonia, 109 patients recovered, and four died, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. Four people died, including an 81-year old patient from Stip and three patients from Skopje (aged 55, 80 and 81). Most...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 15:23

High school students in Tetovo boycott online classes, want to go to school

Some of the high school students from several high schools where classes are held in Albanian language gathered in front of the high school “Kiril Pejcinovic” in Tetovo around 13:30 h and thus boycotted the online learning. The high school students think that they should go to school and...

Economy 01.10.20 | 14:36

Macedonia down 5 positions in doing business rankings

Macedonia is 5 positions down on the ranking list for doing business in the report of the European Chamber. This year, on the list of 46 European countries, Macedonia is close to the bottom, at the 36th position. Macedonia with the most significant drop in the climate for doing business of the European...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 14:22

Macedonian nationals can enter Slovenia after presenting negative PCR test

Third-country nationals, including nationals of Macedonia, can enter Slovenia after presenting a negative PCR test done in the previous 48 hours, according to the Embassy of Slovenia. The test should be carried out in reference laboratories in the countries, and in Macedonia it is the Institute of Public...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 13:48

Filipce: Students, parents and teachers to observe health measures for a safe school year

Health Minister Venko Filipce delivered Thursday video message to parents, students and teachers on the start of the new school year. The Covid-19 pandemic brought about a rapid and tectonic change in education unprecedented in history. I believe that for many of you, the new way of starting this school...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 13:18

Mickoski: They invent lies about VMRO-DPMNE so as not to talk about the country collapsing!

The mafia attacks the foundations of the state every day, warns the president of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski, who once again called on the citizens to join him at the protest scheduled for Saturday. – The economy is collapsing, in August industrial production -10%, employees in industry -5%,...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 12:14

Zaev calls for solidarity from companies and citizens for every child to have a computer

In-person classes began Thursday in more than 600 primary and secondary schools across the country in line will health protocols. In most schools, students up to the third grade attend in-person classes, while those in higher grades will follow classes online. How did the first day of school go? On...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 11:39

How did the first day of school go?

The new school year officially started today. Students up to third grade will attend classes in-person, as well as students in high schools that meet the requirements for in-person education. In-person classes are held in 600 schools across the country, and online learning is available for the others,...

Macedonia 01.10.20 | 11:14

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev and Filipce failed, Macedonia is among the countries with the highest Covid-19 mortality rate in Europe

Zaev and Filipce failed, according to BBC, Macedonia is one of the countries with the highest mortality rate in Europe. According to them, the number of deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants is 34.6, which is 10 times higher than the number of coronavirus deaths in Greece per 100 thousand inhabitants,...

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