Saturday, 16 January 2021
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 23:28

Defense Minister Sekerinska publicly gave instructions to judges in two high profile cases

Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska twice expressed her anger at court cases not going to her liking in the past few days. First she condemned the fact that the case against former security chief Saso Mijalkov, in which he was charged with large scale warrantless wiretapping, reached the statute of limitations....
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 21:52

Pro-Government TV station published poll showing that 71.8 percent of the citizens don’t believe Zaev has the capacity to fight corruption

A poll conducted by Telma TV and the MCMS organization showed that 71.8 percent of the citizens do not believe that the Zaev Government has capacity to deal with corruption in Macedonia. Only 23.4 percent of those polled said that they trust Zaev on this issue. Zaev grabbed power in 2017 after a Colored...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 18:14

Innovation Fund director Kosta Petrov blames his predecessor Despotovski for the lavish PR contracts

SDSM party Vice President and propaganda chief Kosta Petrov laid the blame for the contract to hire two PR agencies to produce promotional videos for the fund on his predecessor Jovan Despotovski. The videos feature Petrov, leisurely talking to people who received grants for innovations they came up...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 18:02

Former political prisoner Ljupco Dimovski named leader of the Socialist Party

Former Agriculture Minister and political prisoner of the Zaev regime Ljupco Dimovski was elected as leader of the Socialist Party of Macedonia (SPM). Dimovski was elected unanimously, after the death of Ljubisav Ivanov – Dzingo, who led the small party for 25 years. The Socialists are allied with...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 17:55

Corona report: 14 deaths and 361 new cases

A total of 14 patients died in the past day from Covid-19, the Healthcare Ministry reported, and 361 citizens were newly diagnosed with the illness. The deceased patients include six people from Skopje and two from Tetovo and Strumica. Their ages ranged from 46 to 80. The total death toll of the epidemic...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 16:44

Mickoski congratulates Laschet on his election as CDU party leader

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski and party officials attended the online conference of the German CDU party, during which Armin Laschet was declared party leader – and likely future Chancellor of Germany. I wish success to the leader of our sister party and continued good cooperation with...
World 16.01.21 | 14:42

Merkel loyalist named as leader of the CDU party

The ruling German CDU party appointed a Merkel loyalist to take over the party from her after 21 years. Armin Laschet will lead the party, and likely the Government, after Angela Merkel eventually retires. He narrowly beat the more conservative challenger Friedrich Merz for the position. Known as a supporter...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 14:36

Nurse presses charges after suffering from horrific medical malpractice in the Struga hospital

A nurse from Debar suffered from horrific medical malpractice after, as she claims, a doctor allowed his son to operate on her. Four months ago Jildiz Veaposka (28), who is an ER nurse, went to the Struga hospital to give birth through C -section. She was treated by doctor Muhamed Hasani, director of...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 14:25

A private company donated fuel to freezing students – and the SDSM party tried to claim credit

One of the biggest publicly managed student dorms in Skopje, “Kuzman Josifovski – Pitu”, was left without heating for over a week. The crisis, that happened as temperatures dropped quickly across the country, prompted the management to urgently seek a donation from the Gulf Oil company,...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 14:06

SDSM party propaganda chief hired PR agencies using public funds

SDSM party Vice President Kosta Petrov, who was recently appointed as head of the controversial Innovation Fund, hird two pricey PR agencies to produce elaborate promotional videos for his work. The contracts are signed with Brigada Design and New Moment, for 200,000 EUR. Both companies are considered...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 11:12

“The Government will fall during the year”

I’m convinced that the Zaev Government will collapse during the year, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski, citing the large level corruption and economic decline as main reasons. There is huge discontent among the people, but the only way to change the government is for people to...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 11:01

Pendarovski confirms that Macedonia’s nominee for military representative to NATO failed the security check

President Stevo Pendarovski confirmed that the Macedonian candidate for a military representative to NATO, colonel Zoran Sekulovski, failed the security check and will not be allowed to assume the position. Pendarovski said that he is the second Macedonian security official who failed the background...
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 10:52

Tone deaf Education Minister shows up with a scarf that costs as much as a teacher’s salary

Education Minister Mila Carovska is in the news for the attempts to drastically change the curriculum under pressure from Bulgaria and Greece, but yesterday the far left former NGO activist who is one of the richest members of the Zaev Government, showed up to an event wearing a scarf that costs as much...
Macedonia Economy 16.01.21 | 10:07

Macedonia’s main power plant is almost out of coal

REK Bitola, Macedonia’s main energy producing plant, is in a dire situation with very low coal reserves, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party has warned. As a result, one of its three units is turned off, and another operates at the bare minimum capacity. There are only 3,000 tons of coal in the reserves....
Macedonia 16.01.21 | 09:56

Cold and cloudy weather expected during the weekend

Forecasters expect largely cloudy weather over the weekened, with a moderate northern wind. Days will be cold, with highs today expected at only 0 degrees, and the lows going down to minus 10 in Krusevo and minus 8 in Bitola. Popova Sapka has 32 centimeters of snow, and Bitola has 23 centimeters. Ohrid...

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