Friday, 16 April 2021
Macedonia 16.04.21 | 23:43

Scandal ridden judge released Zaev’s adviser Dragi Raskovski into house arrest

The Skopje court assigned the currently hot item case of Zoran Zaev’s top adviser Dragi Raskovski to scandal-ridden judge Vesna Dimiskova. The judge became “famous” during the major Racket trial. In it, businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev testified how she joined in the broad network of...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 21:52

“No more concessions to Bulgaria”

VMRO-DPMNE will not support any more concessions to Bulgaria that damage Macedonian national interests, said party leader Hristijan Mickoski. Bulgaria blocks Macedonia from opening EU accession talks and demands significant additional concessions on historic issues and maters of national identity. We...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 21:42

VMRO-DPMNE will support the April 25 protest

VMRO-DPMNE will support the planned protest for the liberation of the detained protesters from the April 27th trial. The protest will take place on April 25th in Skopje. Sixteen protesters and Interior Ministry officials were sentenced to a total of 211 years in prison for “terrorism” in...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 21:37

Mickoski: Jansa told me that the “non-paper” hoax is the creation of Tanja Fajon, Tonino Picula and Zoran Zaev

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski discussed the “Slovenian non-paper” allegations today, and said that Prime Minister Janez Jansa informed him that there is no such initiative on his part. Left wing politicians and media outlets are accusing Jansa of preparing a document that calls for...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 21:01

“Zaev’s footsoldiers intimidate voters and buy votes”

Regarding the seizure of 200 kilograms of marijuana from a farm reportedly owned by Zaev’s cousin Trajce Zaev, Mickoski said that the Zaev regime is using drug money to buy votes. The drug shipment was being escorted by Trajce Zaev’s personal driver and the police commissioner of Prilep. We...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 20:59

Mickoski: Zaev opened Macedonia to the regional drug mafia, uses drug money to buy elections

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski leveled serious allegations at Zoran Zaev during his Kanal 5 TV interview this evening, accusing the Prime Minister of turning Macedonia into a base for the regional drug mafia. The allegations stem from the recent revelations that the Interior Ministry was issuing...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 20:01

Corona report: 31 deaths, 908 new cases

The daily death rate from Covid-19 rose to 31 today. The ages of the deceased patients ranged from 48 to 89. The total number of deaths attributed to the epidemic now stands at 4,388. The Healthcare Ministry also informed that 908 new cases were diagnosed – out of 3,616 total tests. The number...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 19:23

Court releases Zaev’s top adviser Dragi Raskovski into house arrest

Dragi Raskovski, Zoran Zaev’s influential ex-adviser, was ordered into house arrest by the Skopje court his afternoon. Raskovski was arrested this morning and questioned before the judge in the case in which he is charged with arranging purchases of software he developed by the Government for a...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 19:04

“Zaev uses a helicopter to get to Prilep after he blocked construction of an expressway to the city”

Speaking to citizens in Prilep, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski blasted Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for blocking construction on the planned modern expressway to the city. The road, initiated and partially built during the VMRO-DPMNE term in office, was supposed to link Prilep, and by extension...

World 16.04.21 | 17:39

V4: The left cannot overcome its hunger for power, and now it engages in vaccine skepticism, Orban says

The Hungarian political left cannot overcome its hunger for power and is behaving in a way that is unparalleled anywhere else in Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a MR1 public radio interview referring to the anti-vaccination rhetoric of opposition leftist parties. As Hungary begins...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 17:02

Zaev reaches secret agreement with the Albanian opposition, Sela hints that Jus soli will apply in citizenship applications

Ziadin Sela from the Alliance of Albanians announced that an agreement was reached with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for the proposed citizenship laws, but that the details will be revealed next week. Sela and his coalition partner Afrim Gashi were blocking work in the Parliament until Zaev agrees to a...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 16:50

Zaev says that the arrest of his top adviser Dragi Raskovski is win for the rule of law, but also wants his presumption of innocence protected

Hours after the arrest of Dragi Raskovski, the man who was until recently top lieutenant to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Zaev addressed the issue before the press. He insisted that the case against Raskovski proves that there is no impunity in the country, no matter how high the official involved, but...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 16:41

After the growing scandal, US Ambassador Byrnes calls on Interior Minister Spasovski to protect the integrity of the passport issuing system

US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes met with Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski today, and urged him to act to protect the integrity of the issuing of personal documents. The Ministry is facing a major scandal after the VMRO-DPMNE party revealed that serious regional and international mobsters and...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 15:27

Spasovski acknowledged that there are dual ID numbers: Sedat Peker obtained an ID card under the name Xhadin Ademovski from Cair in January 2021

The Mafia affair has a new continuation and that is the Mafia 2 affair. According to our information submitted by a whistleblower, we reasonably suspect that there are persons, citizens of Macedonia with dual personal ID numbers, most of which are fictitious, and they can be abused for economic crime,...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 14:25

Taravari: Masks fell off, Xhaferi and the parliamentary majority block the fifth stimulus package

Tonight, the masks in the Parliament fell off, said the mayor of Gostivar and MP from AA, Arben Taravari for yesterday’s Parliament session. According to Taravari, Talat Xhaferi, in coordination with the parliamentary majority, is creating drama and did not allow a vote on the fifth set of economic...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 13:48

How Zaev defended Raskovski: “The software was procured legally”

There are legitimate reasons why this was done. There are documents that will reveal why the software was procured. It is done to conduct in depth traffic analysis for the Interior Ministry. We did not just got up and decide to make a software, there was a reason for it. And if it is not in use now,...

Economy 16.04.21 | 13:31

Travel agencies suffer losses of more than 80 percent, say they will join the protest of the hospitality industry on Tuesday

Travel agencies have seen a turnover drop of 80 to 100 percent, travel interest is reduced to a minimum, and the realization of the arrangements made is uncertain due to the daily change of decisions in the countries due to the pandemic. They have submitted their requests to the Government and announce...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 12:50

Were the 20,000 dual ID numbers used for voting: The difference in the last elections was 12,000 for SDSM

After yesterday’s affair revealed by the leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski, several questions arise. The “Mafia 2” affair has revealed 20,000 people who have dual personal ID numbers. In addition to ordinary citizens, such ID numbers were given to well-known criminals such as...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 12:27

If you are associate of Zaev, you get house arrest and go to court with your hands in your pockets, otherwise you go to prison and in handcuffs!

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski reacts to the way in which former Secretary General Dragi Raskovski, this morning as a suspect in a crime, instead of handcuffed, as is the practice for the opponents of the government, came to the interrogation with his hands in his pockets. Raskovski and three...

Macedonia 16.04.21 | 12:21

Raskovski and three others involved in the investigation of the Public Prosecutor’s Office – they damaged the budget for 180,000 euros

The Public Prosecutor’s Office issued Thursday an order for conducting an investigation into four persons suspected of abusing their official position and powers in the case of procurement of traffic software. With the actions he performed, the first suspect, by not performing his official duties...

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