Monday, 25 January 2021
Macedonia 25.01.21 | 22:40

Grubi: Census to show percentage of Albanians, there is no political agreement

The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Political System, Artan Grubi, said on the “Top tema” show that regarding the census there is absolutely no political agreement on any numbers between SDSM and DUI or between Ahmeti and Zaev. According to Grubi, the dual signature is not a politicization...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 21:51

Arsovski: Kosta Petrov publicly, without a shred of conscience, admitted that he committed a crime, the prosecution should react

VMRO-DPMNE spokesperson Dimce Arsovski, in tonight’s edition of the “24 Analysis” show on TV 24 asked the director of the Innovation Fund Kosta Petrov if he was banned from entering Dubai due to certain inconsistencies in his work. You should explain all those inconsistencies that stirred...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 21:19

Medziti: There is no need for dilemmas, Albanians will be over 25 percent in the census

DUI Vice President and coordinator of the party’s group in Parliament, Izet Medziti says that there are no dilemmas about the number of Albanians, they will be over 25 percent in the census. According to the number of students, according to birth rate and many factors, Albanians will be over 25...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 20:08

No EC timeline on vaccines for Macedonia

Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, who met Monday with European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič, were not given a specific timeline when Macedonia could expect vaccines from the EU, MIA reports from Brussels. Sources from the European...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 19:28

Prime Ministerial candidate Naser Ziberi elected ombudsman

Naser Ziberi has been elected the new Ombudsman with 61 MPs of the total number of MPs in the Parliament voting “in favor”. Opposition lawmakers did not attend the vote. Ziberi will take over the role of ombudsman from Ixhet Memeti. After the proposal of the opposition parties to leave out...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 19:13

Dimitrov and Osmani meet Swedish and Finnish FMs in Brussels

Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani met Monday in Brussels with Swedish and Finnish Foreign Ministers, Ann Linde and Pekka Haavisto respectively, discussing the next steps on Macedonia’s European path – adoption of the negotiating framework and...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 18:05

Nikoloski meets Czech Ambassador: Czech Republic strongly supports Macedonia’s EU integration

The President of the National Council for European Integration, Aleksandar Nikoloski met Monday with the Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Miroslav Toman. I took this opportunity to thank the Czech Republic for its continued and strong support for Macedonia’s EU integration. We talked with the...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 17:25

Vasilevska: Census law was adopted without political consensus, it shouldn’t be a political but a statistical operation

VMRO-DPMNE MP, Ivanka Vasilevska, stressed Monday that the census was passes in Parliament without the necessary political consensus and contrary to all false declarations made by the ruling majority. Vasilevska says that the law has been forced, above all, leaving a strong suspicion in the society that...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 16:45

610 COVID-19 patients treated in hospitals across country

A total of 610 people are treated for coronavirus-related complications in infectious diseases wards in Skopje and across the country, the Ministry of Health said Monday in a daily report on admissions in the past 24 hours. 290 people are being treated in Skopje hospitals, 8 of whom were hospitalized...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 16:00

Zaev makes a major concession to Bulgaria – then pushes historians to defend it

Even though Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced that he expects a break-through in the discussion between Macedonian and Bulgarian historians, he left it to the historians to explain what the huge “success” is all about. as Dragan Georgiev, the Macedonian co-chairman of the committee explained,...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 15:32

“Foreign leaders know about Zaev’s crimes and corruption, they ignore him beyond achieving what is in their immediate interest”

Foreign leaders are shocked when they hear about the bribery, the crime and corruption of the Zaev regime, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, who is just back from a tour of the region, during which he met with the Prime Ministers of Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia. SDSM and Zoran Zaev rule...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 14:27

Daily corona report: 6 deaths, 63 new cases, number of active cases is below 10,000

Six patients died of Covid-19 over the past day, and 63 new cases were diagnosed, the Healthcare Ministry reported. The deaths were reported in Skopje (two patients, aged 54 and 79), Prilep (two patients, 85 and 93), Kavadarci (70) and Struga (83). This brings the total death toll of the epidemic to...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 14:19

President Pendarovski approved the controversial census law

As predicted, Stevo Pendarovski announced that he has signed the highly controversial census law. His move comes after Prime Minister Zaev said that there is no chance the President will not sign the law, and after US Ambassador Byrnes endorsed it. President Pendarovski’s support for the census...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 14:14

Mickoski: The Government is not competent even to receive donated vaccines

The Government is not prepared to even accept a donation, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said, after it was revealed that Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce did not organize the necessary logistics and legal requirements for the proposed donation of coronavirus vaccines from Serbia. While almost...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 14:04

Siljanovska: Census chief is threatening citizens with made up prison sentences

Law professor and VMRO member of Parliament Gordana Siljanovska called out the head of the State Statistics Buraeu Apostol Simovski for his shocking threat aimed at citizens who will refuse to participate in the census, due to fears of the coronavirus. Simovski threatened citizens with up to five years...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 13:15

SDSM local official issues a death threat aimed at an opposition activist

Svetozar Stefanovic, head of the Ohrid public water utility company where he was appointed by the ruling SDSM party, issued a death threat to an opposition activist. Stefanovic was commenting on a Facebook post by journalist Vasko Eftov, who was sharing his interview with Aleksandar Pandov from the opposition...

News 25.01.21 | 13:05

Former Bulgarian intelligence chief warns of coming pressure from the Biden administration on the Macedonia issue

Former Bulgarian intelligence chief Dimo Gjurov warned that the country could face pressure from the US to relent in the historic dispute with Macedonia. According to Gjurov, Bulgaria should be ready for demands from the Biden administration, asking it to explain the policy of blocking Macedonia’s...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 12:59

DUI leader Ahmeti confirms that he wants emigrants counted in the census, as if they were residents

In a TV interview, DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti openly supported the notion that the census should include every citizen who owns some property in Macedonia – even those who have long moved out and maintain only nominal presence in the country. Macedonia already has a largely accurate database of...

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 12:38

Judo coach from Prilep charged with sexually assaulting his underage students

A 46 year old judo coach from Prilep is charged with sexually abusing underage girls he was training. Local police said that the man is detained and faces criminal charges. The girls who were assaulted were aged 14, and the attacks were carried out from April to November 2020.

Macedonia 25.01.21 | 12:19

Over 20 coronavirus strains detected in Macedonia so far, but not the feared British strain

The Healthcare Ministry informed that a total of 20 types of the coronavirus were detected in Macedonia during the course of the epidemic so far, but the feared British strain is not among them. The report is based on genetic testing done by the Macedonian Academy, which has analyzed 180 Covid-19 genomes...

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