Friday, 15 January 2021
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 23:05

Nikoloski: SDSM runs expensive “they are all the same” campaign so far in order to deceive and disappoint the people the people

The Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE, Aleksandar Nikoloski, said Friday on TV Sonce that SDSM is conducting a “they are all the same” propaganda, just to deceive and disappoint the people. According to Nikoloski, this is the most expensive campaign of SDSM and the best from a PR point of view,...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 22:13

Macedonia joins sanctions against Belarus

Five European countries have joined EU’s sanctions against Belarus, including Macedonia. Candidate countries: Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania, as well as Iceland and Norway, which are part of the European Economic Area, join this decision of the Council (for sanctions), reads the statement the...
Economy 15.01.21 | 21:36

Nikoloski: Money laundering takes place with public money instead of the government making the budget developing

The Vice President of VMRO DPMNE, Aleksandar Nikoloski said on a talk show on TV Sonce that money laundering takes place with public money and instead of the government making the budget developing, it drags the country down. I tried to explain what Zaev’s government is doing. Zaev’s government...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 20:18

Nikoloski meets Croatian Ambassador: Croatia provides support for positive affirmation of the country’s EU integration path

The President of the National Council for European Integration, Aleksandar Nikoloski met Friday with Croatian Ambassador, Nives Tiganj. At the meeting, I expressed satisfaction with the continuous good relations with Croatia, which as an EU member state and close friend of our country, gives support...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 19:03

Milososki: Census should and must be conducted, but not as SDSM wants to do it at the cost of people’s lives

At Friday’s Parliament session, VMRO-DPMNE MP, Antonio Milososki spoke about the census law, the methodology for its adoption, as well as the current Covid-19 situation that directly affects the holding of the census. Regarding the adoption of the census law, Milososki said that not only they are...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 18:49

10 patients die, 403 new COVID-19 cases

The Health Ministry informed that out of 2,118 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 403 new cases were registered in: Skopje-165, Kumanovo-30, Debar-9, Stip-4, Prilep-10, Tetovo-14, Struga-11, Veles-25, Bitola-10, Ohrid-19, Kavadarci-22, Gostivar-11, Gevgelija- 8, Strumica-13,...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 17:37

Lefkov: Census law has many inconsistencies, no clear definitions and methodology

At Friday’s Parliament session, VMRO-DPMNE MP, Mile Lefkov said that the census law is an ad hoc law without clear definitions, without a clear methodology and vague in many parts. We have before us the law on the census of population, households and dwellings and as we said it is a very important...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 17:04

Vevcani municipality condemns burning of Bulgarian flag at the carnival

The Municipality of Vevcani strongly condemns the act of burning the flag of the Republic of Bulgaria during the Vevcani Carnival, the Mayor Saso Jankoski said on Friday. This act, according to him, does not correspond to the position of the Municipality and the largest percentage of its population. On...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 16:03

Witnesses deny involvement of the VMRO-DPMNE party in the April 27 incident

During the hearing in the April 27 trial today, a number of former and current VMRO-DPMNE officials testified that the party was not involved in orgaizing the protest. The trial is one of the series of politically motivated cases which the Zaev regime initiated against VMRO-DPMNE, and in it party officials...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 15:26

Pendarovski now supports joining the EEA, but only as a step toward full EU membership

President Pendarovski reversed his position that Macedonia needs to reject membership in the European Economic Area. In an interview with the state run MIA news agency, Pendarovski said that Macedonia can accept membership in the EEA, but only if that doesn’t detract from full EU membership. Pendarovski...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 15:21

Mayor Silegov plans to tear down some of the most popular open air restaurants in Skopje

The City of Skopje confirmed plans to remove the long line of terraces on the Macedonia Quay, along the Vardar river. The site is one of the best loved promenades in the city, with numerous restaurants and bars, but will be replaced with a street, the city said. The plans go back to the construction...
Macedonia Economy 15.01.21 | 15:15

SDSM official blames foreign manufacturing companies of paying low salaries

The newly appointed head of the TIRZ zones for manufacturing companies Jovan Despotovski condemned the major foreign investors in Macedonia for the level of salaries they are paying. Despotovski, who was blamed for awarding contracts that involved absurd levels of conflict of interest while he was the...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 13:30

VMRO: Minister Filipce needs to be held accountable for his failure to provide vaccines from Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski called on Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to explain the failure of the Government to provide the promised coronavirus vaccines from Bulgaria. Macedonia is among the last few countries in the region that still haven’t received any vaccines – all neighboring...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 13:23

Interior Minister Spasovski insists that the police raid on the carnival in Vevcani was “nothing spectacular”

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski dismissed the riot police raid on the village of Vevcani on Wednesday as “nothing spectacular”. The police disrupted the large procession of villagers who were donning masks in the ancient tradition of the region, ostensibly for coronavirus violations. Spasovski...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 13:11

Education Minister Carovska denies claims that she is undermining Macedonian language studies under pressure from Bulgaria

Education Minister Mila Carovska denied claims from distinguished literature professor and writer Jasna Koteska, that she is planning to abolish Macedonian language studies at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. Koteska, who teaches at the Philology Faculty, said that Carovska has put forward...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 11:56

Pendarovski wants guarantees that Albanians won’t lose their political power even if they drop below 20 percent of the population

Discussing the disputed census that the Zaev regime plans to hold this April, President Stevo Pendarovski said that for an accurate census, it will be important to guarantee minority rights regardless of the ethnic distribution in the country. At issue is the 2001 Ohrid peace treaty and the subsequent...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 11:38

VMRO-DPMNE: SDSM and DUI are pushing Macedonia toward a forged census

The Parliament is set to resume debate on the highly controversial census law this afternoon. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party said that the law will count all citizens, even those who moved out long ago, and not actual residents, and that the results are pre-arranged between the ruling SDSM and DUI parties. SDSM...
Macedonia Economy 15.01.21 | 11:22

Closing time order is unconstitutional, restaurant and cafe owners say

The NUK association of the hospitality industry condemns the move by the Government to use an executive decision to impose a mandatory 18h closing time. According to NUK, this decision is unconstitutional. The closing time is determined by article 23 of the law on the hospitality industry. This law has...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 10:42

Bulgaria protests the burning of its flag during the carnival in Vevcani

Bulgarian Ambassador to Macedonia Angel Angelov sent a protest note to the Government after the Bulgarian flag was burnt during the Vevcani carnival. The ancient celebration held each year on the feast of St. Basil includes wearing of masks that date back to the pagan times, but also contemporary masks...
Macedonia 15.01.21 | 10:31

Greece demands that private individuals and institutions begin using the imposed name “North Macedonia”

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias used the visit by Macedonian Minister Bujar Osmani to remind him that Macedonia needs to implement additional portions of the 2018 Prespa treaty, such as mandatory use of the imposed name “North Macedonia” by private persons and companies. Dendias said...
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