Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Macedonia 26.01.21 | 22:45

It took them a year to copy the project, the solution is for the Government to fall!

It took them a year to copy the project, with this dynamic, how many decades will it take them to get to the first shovel? The solution is for the government to fall in order to build a future!, the leader of VMRO DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski commented on Facebook. Им требаше една година...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 22:23

Milososki: In Parliament we have a MP who raped a woman

VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonio Milososki at today’s Parliament session on the Draft Law on Prevention and Protection from Violence against Women and Domestic Violence supported this law and agreed that the Labor Ministry and the body that will deal with this issue in the future not only should they keep...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 21:57

Incapacity paid with lives: 21 patients died, and Filipce and Zaev left the people without vaccines

Today alone  21 COVID-19 deaths were recorded. These are 21 families wrapped in black. These are 21 people whose lives could have been saved, if Zaev and Filipce had procured vaccines in time, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release. The whole region is getting vaccinated, everyone is ordering...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 21:06

Filipce: We are negotiating for 200,000 doses of Chinese vaccines

Minister of Health Venko Filipce has said there are ongoing negotiations for the procurement of 200,000 doses of Chinese vaccines. We expect to have details in the next few days. We expect 200,000 doses to arrive from China and we are waiting for details about the timeline they should arrive, Filipce...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 20:39

Government adopts National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan: priority given to three main groups

The Government adopted Tuesday the National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan, tasking the Ministry of Health and other competent institutions with its implementation and regular monthly progress reporting. Vaccination in the country will be implemented in three phases in which different categories of citizens...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 18:42

Daily COVID-19 report: 444 new cases, 21 patients die, 10 of whom died in the past three weeks

Out of 2,518 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 444 new cases were registered, 894 patients have recovered and 21 passed away, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The report of the Ministry of Health states that 10 of the registered deaths were from the past three weeks but...

Economy 26.01.21 | 18:05

Whose is the heavy machinery for which REK Bitola will pay up to 3.2 million euros without a tender?

REK Bitola will pay up to 3.2 million euros (excluding VAT) for four heavy-duty vehicles. There is no tender for the lease because it was an extreme urgency. The lease is valid for one year. The four machines will be provided by a group of two Bitola companies. The holder of the group is the Bitola company...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 17:43

Siljanovska Davkova: Maybe a law supported by 10,000 signatures of the citizens will be on the agenda in Parliament

VMRO-DPMNE announced that it will start collecting at least 10,000 signatures for nullifying the recently adopted census law, which was published today in the Official Gazette. MP and university professor Gordana Siljanovska Davkova at today’s press conference explained that the procedure is initiated...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 17:14

Dutch Ambassador says Macedonia’s EU membership isn’t question of if but when

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi met on Tuesday with Dutch Ambassador to Macedonia, Dirk Jan Kop, and thanked the Netherlands for supporting the EU enlargement policy and helping Macedonia implement reforms. According to the Parliament’s press service, Xhaferi expressed regret that during the German...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 16:37

Mickoski: Fake news – main feature of the government

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski listed on Facebook the fakes news of the government that did not bring a better life in Macedonia. Monster – fake news Mladenov – fake news Neskovski – fake news Divo naselje- fake news Bilingualism – fake news The name – fake...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 16:02

Defense demands removal of clearly biased prosecutor from the TNT case

The defense in the TNT trial requested that prosecutor Burem Rustemi is removed from the case for his open bias toward one of the parties in the trial. The case is aimed against top former VMRO-DPMNE party officials, and was initiated by now disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. She accused former...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 15:37

VMRO-DPMNE begins collecting signatures for a new census law

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski announced that the party will begin gathering signatures from its supporters in order to propose a new census law. The Constitution allows 10,000 citizens to propose a new law, and while VMRO-DPMNE can make the proposal through a member of Parliament, this option...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 15:28

Education Minister Caroska turns to her old colleagues from far left NGO groups to support her controversial “reform”

Education Minister Mila Carovska, whose background prior to joining the Government was as an activist in far left NGO groups, turned to her old colleagues to ask them to support the controversial changes in elementary education curriculums. Carovska wants to abolish a number of stand-alone classes and...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 14:56

Passengers on the Skopje – Bitola train were forced to use a dangerous gas canister for heating

Lack of heating on trains has forced passengers to use an exceptionally dangerous mode of heating, said the VMRO-DPMNE transportation committee. It shared a picture from the Skopje – Bitola train in which someone had put a heater that uses a gas canister. The committee notes that there is a long...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 14:13

Judo coach accused of sexual assault on minors pleads not guilty, asked to be put on a polygraph

The judo coach from Prilep who is accused of sexually assaulting an underage student denied any blame and asked to be put on a polygraph. The request was denied by prosecutors, who insist that the device is only used when there is absence of other evidence. The 46 year old coach identified by the police...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 13:54

Traffic accident scams reported in Skopje and Strumica

Motorists in Skopje and Strumica are warned to be careful as fraudsters are trying to fake traffic accidents and extort money. The scheme includes men who pick a slow moving vehicle and throw themselves on it, and then insist they will call the police unless the driver pays them money. One taxi driver...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 13:50

Doctors and nurses from frontline Covid clinics protest, say they haven’t received the promised bonuses

Three dozen doctors and nurses from the 8th of September hospital protested yesterday in front of Macedonia’s main Covid clinic. They accuse the Healthcare Ministry and the hospital management of failing to pay the promised reimbursements for the course of the epidemic. We were promised that our...

Macedonia Sport 26.01.21 | 13:36

Danilo Brestovac out as coach of the men’s handball team

Danilo Brestovac has resigned as coach of the Macedonian men’s handball team, a position he held for a year and a half. The decision comes after the poor showing of the national team at the World Championship in Egypt.

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 12:06

After losing out on the promised new office space, anti-corruption chief lashes out at the Zaev Government

The head of the State Anti-Corruption Commission (DKSK) Biljana Ivanovska accused the Government of showing only nominal support for the work of the independent corruption watchdog. Ivanovska is angry after a building, built as part of the Skopje 2014 project, that was meant for DSKS was in the end given...

Macedonia 26.01.21 | 11:44

Mickoski shares video of the brutal police raid on Vevcani

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski shared a video of the brutal police raid earlier this month on the village of Vevcani, where the traditional carnival was taking place. We must not forget, Mickoski said, as he shared footage of officers rounding up the citizens of Vevcani, for alleged coronavirus...

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