Thursday, 21 January 2021
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 22:54

Statistics Bureau chief threatens prison for those who don’t cooperate with the controversial census

Apostol Simovski, head of the Statistics Bureau, threatened those who try to boycott the census planned for April with up to five years in prison. The threat comes as the highly controversial law, that will count emigrants as residents, was rushed through the Parliament today. Ethnic Albanian politicians...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 22:44

Zaev’s monstrous lie about the Good Friday massacre brought to light

“There are conversations indicating that the people who are now in prison for this, according to my view of the conversations, I’m not an expert, but there is no evidence for them to be in prison. In the conversations there is no indication who perpetrated this, they were not talking about...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 20:55

Healthcare Minister Filipce insists that the census will be held safely

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce insisted that holding the controversial census in April will be safe and won’t contribute to spread of the coronavirus. Many European countries, including Germany, postponed their census planned for 2021 as the pandemic continues to rage, but the Zaev regime insisted...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 20:51

Bitola, Kumanovo and Tetovo under suffocating air pollution

Air pollution levels have spiked noticeably in the past days, as the poor weather conditions and the colder weather have kept a permanent cloud of smog and dirt over many cities in Macedonia. Bitola is among the worst affected cities today, with 377 micrograms of PM10 particles per cubic meter of air....
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 20:46

Legendary news anchor Branka Stankovska has died aged 90

Legendary news anchor Branka Stankovska has died aged 90, her family said in a statement. Stankovska worked for almost 40 years in the Macedonian Radio Television, and anchored the first TV news show in 1964, on what was then called TV Skopje. She was the most recognizable voice on the radio and TV face...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 20:43

“It’s on them”, says Veljanoski, the target of Zaev’s conspiracy theories about the Good Friday massacre

Former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski made a brief comment as the renewed 2012 Good Friday massacre trial draws to a close. Veljanoski was accused by commentators close to the now ruling SDSM party of involvement in the gruesome killing of four ethnic Macedonian Christian youngsters and one man...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 19:30

“SDSM forced the census law through Parliament without having broad support or holding a proper debate”

The ruling SDSM party forced the census law through Parliament without achieving a broad support or holding a proper discussion, said Nikola Micevski, head of the VMRO-DPMNE group in Parliament, after the ruling majority adopted the law with the narrow margin of 62 votes in the 120 seat Parliament. All...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 17:47

Daily corona report: 15 deaths and 356 new cases

The Healthcare Ministry reported that 15 patients died of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours. They include five patients from the capital Skopje and three from Tetovo – one of them aged just 36. This brings the total death toll of the epidemic to 2,754. The Ministry also informed that 356 citizens...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 17:27

Nikolov: The Government seems to care more about the provision from the vaccines that making it available

The priority of the Government seems to be to decide which company will be allowed to import the vaccines and turn a profit on them, rather than prepare for their distribution, said doctor Igor Nikolov, head of the VMRO-DPMNE committee on healthcare. His comments come after the shocking announcement...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 17:08

Mickoski met with Croatian Prime Minister Plenkovic

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with the Prime Minister of Croatia Andreja Plenkovic, who is also leader of HDZ, the sister party to VMRO-DPMNE. Mickoski is on a regional tour that took him to Budapest and Ljubljana. The meeting also included VMRO Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski and Croatian...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 15:41

Fetai: Despite Zaev’s claims, the “bombs” did not reveal another truth about the “Monster” case

In her closing arguments in the “Monster” case for the Smilkovsko Lake massacre, prosecutor Fatime Fetai emphasized that the wiretapped conversations, due to which the SPO assumed jurisdiction over the case and it was returned to the beginning, did not reveal a new or different truth about...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 15:23

They can’t administer even donated vaccines, says Mickoski about the government and the vaccines from Serbia

A month ago, when Bulgaria announced that it would give our country COVID vaccines, I welcomed that and asked if the government has a plan at all? Today we received the answer that it hasn’t, says the president of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski, commenting on the statement of Serbian Prime Minister...
Economy 21.01.21 | 15:05

November average monthly net salary stands at MKD 27,588

The average monthly net salary paid per employee in November 2020 was 7 percent higher than in November 2019, as a result of rises given to people in arts and entertainment (11.2%), health care providers and social workers (11.2%), and educators (9.5%), according to latest figures released by the State...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 14:39

Government passes census law with 62 votes, methodology yet to be determined

With only 62 votes, the Parliament adopted the Law on Census of Population and Households, which is to be held in April this year. The MPs of VMRO-DPMNE did not participate in the vote and announced that they will collect signatures from the citizens for annulment of this law. As expected, the government...
Balkans 21.01.21 | 14:06

Brnabic: Macedonia can’t start immunization, hasn’t registered the vaccine and doesn’t have a vaccination plan

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, said on the show “Good Morning Serbia”, that her country has an agreement with Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the Covid-19 vaccines. Vucic decided to help them with 8,000 doses. We help the Pfizer vaccines...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 13:59

Government fails to deliver on promises made to retirees, brags about pension increase of 3 euros

The citizens are living worse day by day and that is thanks to the SDSM government led by Zoran Zaev. The retirees also complained about this, but it is obvious that both the government and the Minister of Labor and Social Policy, Jagoda Sahpaska, are deaf to their complaints. Retirees also complain...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 12:27

Mickoski-Jansa meeting: Support from Slovenia in the European integration process

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski informed Thursday that at the meeting with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa they discussed the unequivocal support that the country received from Slovenia within the European integration process, the unequivocal support for VMRO-DPMNE and the role of VMRO-DPMNE...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 12:05

Government to push through census law, even by force if necessary, the opposition will annul it

Today, the government will make a new attempt to pass the census law that has divided the public and the parties. Everyone agrees that there should be a census, but the question is what kind of census? Certainly not as the government has in mind where everyone should be counted – people living...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 11:10

Students go back to school, second semester starts

Following their three-week winter break, the country’s elementary and high school students are back in school today—some remotely, some in person—beginning the second semester of the academic 2020-21 year. According to the Ministry of Education and Science, the hybrid model will continue given...
World 21.01.21 | 10:45

Biden marks start of presidency with flurry of executive orders

Joe Biden has marked the start of his presidency by signing a flurry of executive orders on a suite of issues, including Covid-19, the environment, immigration and ethics, The Guardian reported. Some of the executive actions undo significant actions from Donald Trump’s administration, including halting...
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