Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 23:02

State Departments notes anti-Semitic attacks aimed at Rasela Mizrahi in its latest report on religious freedom

The US State Department listed the anti-Semitic insults hurled by SDSM party activists and affiliated journalists against Rasela Mizrahi in its latest report on religious freedoms in Macedonia. Mizrahi was named by VMRO-DPMNE as the first ever Jewish person in the Macedonian Government, but was quickly...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 22:50

Gunfight in Skopje, one death reported

A gunfight was reported in Skopje’s Butel district, with one fatality. The incident happened near the Sultan restaurant. Albanian language media outlets are reporting about a large police presence in the area. Some outlets have identified the man who was allegedly killed under the initials of K.I....
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 22:44

Szijjarto: If it was up to Hungary, Macedonia would open EU accession talks today

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that, if it was up to Hungary, Macedonia would not only open EU accession talks but would soon join the EU. The statement comes as Szijjarto was delivering a package of 6,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines to Macedonia, at a time when the Zaev regime is trying to...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 21:20

Gruevski: Zaev is torturing people to force them to give false testimonies against me

Former Prime Minister and VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski said that the Zaev regime is pressuring businessmen and both people he knows and doesn’t know to testify against him in new staged criminal trials. Gruevski, who received political asylum in Hungary because of the persecution he faced in Macedonia,...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 20:39

Progress is not possible with corrupt judiciary, Mickoski tells Tusk  

During their phone conversation earlier today, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski told EPP party leader Donald Tusk that Macedonia is mired because of the politicized judiciary, placed under control of the Zaev regime. We discussed the high level of crime and the involvement of top Government officials...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 20:23

It’s Zaev’s word vs that of a Turkish mafia boss

Days after Turkish mobster Sedat Peker, from his exile in Montenegro, revealed that he was meeting with Zoran Zaev during his stay in Macedonia, Zaev’s cabinet formally denied the claim. But, the citizens are at a loss who to believe. Peker resided in Macedonia for months in late 2020 and early 2021,...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 19:57

Report: Drugs grown for “medicinal purposes” in Macedonia end up on the black market

In a new report, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime warns that marijuana grown ostensibly for medicinal purposes in Macedonia is being sold on the black market. The marijuana business grew exponentially under the Zaev regime, which awards growing licenses to cronies and members...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 18:43

EPP leader Tusk calls on Zaev to address opposition concerns, ensure fair elections, start fighting corruption

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski had a phone conversation with Donald Tusk, leader of the European People’s Party, to discuss political events in Macedonia and the abuse of power on the part of the Zaev regime. Following the conversation, Tusk posted a social media comment, calling on the Zaev...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 18:33

Mickoski and Szijjarto discuss Macedonia’s EU prospects, Zaev’s corruption scandals, the healthcare and economic crises

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto today. Szijjarto is in Macedonia to deliver a donation of vaccines meant for the border guards. During the meeting Mickoski, accompanied by VMRO Vice Presidents Aleksandar Nikoloski and Vladimir Misajlovski,...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 18:04

Minister Carovska praises trades education and programs to bring in foreign manufacturing investments – policies long maligned by her SDSM party

Education Minister Mila Carovska today promoted a campaign for education in trades, which was put in place by the previous, VMRO-DPMNE led Government. Carovska encouraged high school students in Strumica to enter into trades schools and enter some of the foreign manufacturing companies opened in the...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 17:23

Corona report: 16 deaths, 150 new cases

Sixteen patients died of Covid-19 during the pat day. The deceased were aged between 50 and 88 and with their deaths, the total toll of the epidemic has reached 5,151. The Healthcare Ministry also informed that 150 new cases of the illness were diagnosed – out of 2,093 tests. The number of active...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 17:09

Hungary donated 6,000 vaccines for Macedonian border guards

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrived in Macedonia today to deliver a donation of 6,000 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccines, which will be given to Macedonian border guards. Hungary is the best vaccinated country in Europe, while Macedonia has among the lowest vaccination rates, due to slow procurement...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 16:57

Storm expected to hit this afternoon

Forecasters are warning the public about a coming storm, expected to hit northern and north-eastern parts of Macedonia this evening. Strong rain, thunder and even hail can be expected. The weather will brighten up on Thursday and Friday before the rain returns on Saturday. 
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 15:54

Three days after the interview, the Government denies that Peker was a guest at Zaev’s home

The government denies that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev had contacts with the Turkish criminal who is currently on the run from Turkish law enforcement agencies, Sedat Peker, who was also issued a passport with a fake identity by the police in the “Double” case. In a video message a few days...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 15:41

New opportunities and serious EU perspective to open for Macedonia after the removal of Zaev

VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonio Milososki during Wednesday’s visit to the Municipality of Mogila said that with Zoran Zaev at the prime minister of the country there is no European perspective. Only after the change of the current Government will there be an opening of the European path and new possibilities,...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 15:05

End of hopes for EU negotiations at least until autumn: Bulgarian interim prime minister says he will not lift the veto on Macedonia

Hopes that a compromise could be reached with the new government in Sofia ahead of the decision to set a date for Macedonia’s EU talks to begin in June this year have been dashed following the appointment of Bulgaria’s interim Prime Minister Stefan Yanev. The Bulgarian framework position...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 14:35

The entire leadership of the Skaljarski gang has Macedonian passports

After it was revealed that the deputy leaders of the Montenegrin Skaljarski gang, Igor Dedovic and Stevan Stamatovic, had Macedonian passports, it became clear that the entire leadership of this criminal group has passports from our country. Stamatovic and Dedovic entered Greece with Macedonian passports...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 14:08

SDSM wants to steal 600,000 euros through a marketing campaign

The SDSM government wants to give 600,000 euros through two calls for tenders issued by the General Secretariat for marketing services and advertising campaigns, Dimce Arsovski, VMRO-DPMNE spokesman, informed at Wednesday’s press conference. As he revealed, these are two campaigns, 300,000 euros...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 13:24

Mickovski: Zoki has already promised nonsense and confirmed the Bulgarian positions, we are just waiting for him to sign

Since Zoki has already promised nonsense and has confirmed the Bulgarian positions on several occasions, we can only wait for him to sign it, Ivor Mickovski writes on Facebook. Zoki’s tour in Brussels produced results. Now we are also blocked, but again in a team with Albania. These are the successes...
Macedonia 12.05.21 | 13:16

Carovska: Protest is constitutional right, but education reform resumes

Minister of Education and Science Mila Carovska said on Wednesday that upcoming protests and the initiative to hold referendum over the education reform are constitutional rights. However, reform implementation resumes, focused on the needs of students. At the same time, Macedonia will also invest in...
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