Monday, 8 March 2021
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 22:38

Selmani: Zaev made the offer for a broad government in haste

Imer Selmani said Monday on TV Telma that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev made the offer for a broad government in haste. Only after 2-3 days after confirming the confidence in the Parliament, the Prime Minister rushed to offer a broad government, which was neither understood nor accepted. Why did such a serious...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 21:42

Current Government exhausted both politically and in terms of personnel, ministers with scandals, no projects, can’t endure the entire term

Former VMRO-DPMNE MP, Ilija Dimovski said in an interview with TV 24 that the current Government is exhausted both politically and in terms of its personnel, ministers with scandals, ministers who do not promote projects, so it cannot endure the entire term, after which Zaev admitted that Macedonia needs...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 21:17

Osmani meets Holy See Secretary, Monsignor Gallagher

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani met with Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, Monsignor Paul Richard Gallagher, in Rome on Monday. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the focus of the talks was the perspective of mutual relations and the proactive...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 20:46

Cuculovski: One can’t say we are fighting the pandemic, while wanting to go ahead with an in-person census

University professor Ljubomir Cuculovski, spoke Monday on the “Sto ne e jasno” show on TV Alfa about the curfew proposed by Minister Filipce, as well as other bad government policies. Cuculovski emphasized that the health situation in the Republic of Macedonia is alarming and it is a fact...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 20:09

Mickoski: Women are a pillar in the family and in society, their contribution to decisions, policies and laws builds a better future for all of us

VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski, sent Monday a message on the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is celebrated in honor of women leaders. Women are a pillar in the family, in society and their contribution to decisions, policies and laws builds...
Economy 08.03.21 | 19:51

Hospitality industry representatives and wedding organizers to stage protest on Tuesday

Hospitality industry representatives and wedding organizers are staging a protest in front of the government building on Tuesday at 15 h. They demand the adoption of protocols for the operation of wedding venues and the return of all complementary activities. On several occasions, wedding venues, nightclubs,...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 18:39

Izet Mexhiti is no longer coordinator of DUI’s group in Parliament

Izet Mexhiti informed Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, via Facebook post that he was resigning from the position of coordinator of DUI’s group in Parliament. During these 20 years of active political life, I have always proved that I am a supporter and defender, without any hesitation in myself,...
Economy 08.03.21 | 18:07

Zaev: We intend to have 10-percent share in Alexandroupoli gas terminal worth around 400 million euros

The Prespa Agreement has resulted in cooperation in the energy sector, with Macedonia becoming a country that leads the region in green energy investments, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev wrote on Facebook. Our intention is to have 10-percent share in the Alexandroupoli gas terminal which is worth about 400...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 17:18

Was Filipce’s grandfather in Zanzibar with the patients infected with the African variant of the coronavirus and was he placed in quarantine?

VMRO-DPMNE asks whether Dr. Jordanco Saveski, the grandfather of the Minister of Health, Venko Filipce, was in Zanzibar together with the patients infected with the African variant of the coronavirus mutation and whether after returning from Africa, Dr. Saveski was placed in quarantine. Venko Filipce...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 16:47

Enough available beds in Skopje Covid centers, said Filipce

In Skopje as a whole there is a sufficient number of available beds in the area of internal clinics, there is room in the “8 September” hospital and one or two wards can be repurposed with a total of 50 additional beds,  Minister of Health, Venko Filipce said Monday. He added that in Skopje...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 16:03

Resen: Politization of the police force by SDSM evident even on March 8th

A vulgar display of partisanship in the Resen police was evident today, when the local police commissioner Emin Kranli went to the SDSM party headquarters to meet with the women association of the party on March 8th – the International Women’s Day. The Resen police department is notorious...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 15:41

Elderly patients will be first in line to receive the Russian made Sputnik vaccines

The newly received 3,000 Russian made Sputnik V vaccines will be used on elderly citizens, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. Nearly 100,000 citizens registered on the website set up for this purpose, but with the very small stockpile of vaccines, it’s likely that those with existing conditions...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 15:30

The curfew will be in place for at least two weeks

The overnight curfew which the Government intends to put in place on Wednesday will last for at least two weeks, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. Macedonia is facing growing numbers of both new coronavirus cases and reported deaths, and has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe. The curfew...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 15:25

Corona report: The wave continues to grow – 11 deaths, 316 new cases

The Healthcare Ministry reported that 11 patients died from Covid-19 over the past day. It’s one of the worst death tolls since the latest wave of the pandemic began in Macedonia. There were also 316 newly diagnosed cases out of 1,562 tests. The number of new infections is also very high given...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 13:44

Pavle Trajanov’s party rejects the idea of a grand coalition

Pavle Trajanov and his Democratic Alliance (DS) party have rejected the idea to invite VMRO-DPMNE to the SDSM led coalition. Trajanov, who recently left SDSM’s group in Parliament but continued to vote to support Zoran Zaev’s Government, said that Zaev’s proposal to add VMRO to the...
Macedonia Economy 08.03.21 | 13:29

Gas prices go up by half a denar

Gas prices go up by half a denar today, while the diesel price will remain unchanged. The Energy Regulatory Committee set the Eurosuper BS-95 price at 66 denars (1 EUR = 61 denars) and BS-98 – at 68 denars per liter. Diesel remains unchanged at 56 denars per liter.
Macedonia Economy 08.03.21 | 13:26

Report shows clear ethnic divide in the collection of property taxes

A report prepared by the Center for Civil Communications, through a USAID program, found that citizens of majority ethnic Albanian municipalities in Macedonia pay little to no property taxes. The report found that Aracinovo, a large municipality north of Skopje notorious as the center of several Albanian...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 13:19

SDSM and DUI give up on their idea to introduce online voting to disguise their slim majority in Parliament

The ruling parties withdrew their proposal to change the rules of the Parliament and introduce online voting. The move was designed by SDSM, DUI and other parties from Zaev’s coalition as a way to disguise their narrow majority in Parliament – with only 62 votes they are practically unable...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 12:46

Gevgelija general hospital and physical therapy center forced to scale down operations as the virus spreads among the medical staff

The Negorci spa near Gevgelija closed its physical therapy department after a number of doctors and nurses contracted the coronavirus. Doctor Mitko Krdzev from the Gevgelija general hospital said that the spa and therapy centar also suffered a fatality due to the illness. Due to the situation, the hospital...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 12:21

Zaev imposes a curfew due to rising number of coronavirus cases, but still wants to go ahead with the census

Despite the rising coronavirus infection numbers and the plan to introduce overnight curfews starting on Wednesday, the Zaev regime still plans to go ahead with an in-person census. The process should begin in April and will include census taking teams visiting individual households for over half an...
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