Sunday, 29 November 2020
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 21:59

Corona report: 32 deaths and 820 newly diagnosed cases

The Healthcare Ministry reported 32 Covid-19 deaths over the past day. The deaths include 11 patients from the capital Skopje, four in Kumanovo, three in Prilep, Bitola, Gostivar and Strumica. The ages of the deceased ranged from 53 to 95. The total death toll of the epidemic currently stands at 1,731. The...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 21:54

Sela: Bulgarian demands indicate it has territorial claims on Macedonia

Alliance of Albanians leader Ziadin Sela described the Bulgarian position of Macedonia as indicating that this country still has territorial claims on Macedonia. Sela was speaking with TV21 about the demands Bulgaria is putting forward and using to block Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Recently...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 20:46

One sacrificial lamb nominates another: Kiracovski believes that Nikola Dimitrov should resign

Aleksandar Kiracovski, the SDSM party official who was removed as the party’s Secretary General due to his alleged involvement in the major Racket scandal, asked that Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov resigns if Macedonia fails to open EU accession talks. I’m speaking about a heroic and...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 20:34

VMRO: Zaev needs to inform the public what kind of a deal he is preparing with Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE called on Zoran Zaev to explain to the public what is being discussed in his negotiations with Bulgaria. Yesterday VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski insisted that this weekend is the crucial time when Zaev intends to seal a deal on the issues Bulgaria raised with Macedonia – chief among...
Macedonia Economy 29.11.20 | 20:24

Minister Sahpaska insists there are only 16,000 Covid related job losses, not 40,000 as reported

Labour and Welfare Minister Jagoda Sahpaska blamed the returning diaspora emigrants for the spike in the unemployment rate in Macedonia, where more than 40,000 newly unemployed people were registered since the start of the coronavirus epidemic. Sahpaska insisted that only 16,000 of htose are actual job...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 17:04

Levica offers VMRO-DPMNE a truce and a common front against Zaev

Dimitar Apasiev, leader of the far left Levica party, offered a political truce to VMRO-DPMNE and a joint front against the Zaev Government. Levica supports the protests initiated by VMRO-DPMNE after Zaev’s shocking BGNES interview and his announced surrender on all issues raised by Bulgaria. But...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 16:54

Muhamed Zekiri is using a fake university degree?

Georgi Ilievski, an Education Ministry inspector who made a name for himself by investigating fake credentials claimed by powerful members of the DUI party, is now demanding an investigation into the SDSM party official Muhamed Zekiri. Press banned from attending a disciplinary procedure against whistleblower...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 16:27

Reeker writes to encourage Zaev, says the bilateral talks with Bulgaria should continue simultaneously with Macedonia’s EU talks

US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker, who is a former Ambassador to Macedonia, wrote to Zoran Zaev to encourage him in the dispute with Bulgaria, and took the position that the dispute should not hamper Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Because the United States values your partnership and...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 16:19

Protests scheduled in 11 cities tomorrow

Protests will be held in 11 cities tomorrow, in revolt against Zoran Zaev’s apparent readiness to accept all of the demands Bulgaria puts before him. This will be the fourth day of protests after Zaev’s scandalous BGNES interview, in which he agreed to redefine the historic narrative of the...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 12:10

Mickoski: Artificial nations and rootless tries whither and die

Zoran Zaev is setting us up for a national defeat, but it is up to us whether we will prevent it, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski in a statement issued this morning. During the protest on Saturday, Mickoski warned that these are the crucial days when Zaev is preparing to sign a new treaty with...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 12:00

Borisov blames the Soviet Union for the dispute with Macedonia

In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov blamed the protests against him and the dispute with Macedonia on the Soviet Union and Russia, alleging that Russia linked oligarchs are trying to depose him by planting corruption allegations against him....
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 11:50

Jovanovski to Zaev: The Bulgarian terms are not acceptable

Former top SDSM party official, and challenger for the leadership of the party Zoran Jovanoski, reiterated his position that the party and the country can’t accept humiliating conditions from Bulgaria just to open the EU accession talks. Jovanovski early joined the push within SDSM to condemn party...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 11:23

Video allegedly showing Bulgarians burning the Macedonian and Serbian flag posted online

Another in the series of provocative videos was posted online – in it, the Macedonian and the Serbian flag are burnt, ostensibly by members of the Bulgarian nationalist VMRO-BND party in the city of Ruse. The incident comes after similarly unverifiable videos of the Bulgarian flag being burnt and...
Macedonia 29.11.20 | 11:13

Albanians in Tetovo and other cities celebrate the day of the Albanian flag

Cities with large Albanian communities and Tetovo in particular yesterday held noisy celebrations of the Day of the Albanian flag – November 28. Football fans gathered in Tetovo to light red torches and throughout the day cars and even horsemen rode through the city waving the flag. The day commemorates...

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