Monday, 25 October 2021
Macedonia 25.10.21 | 22:31

Republika poll: Majority of citizens want a change of Government, don’t like the direction where the country is headed

A poll conducted by the Institute for Political Research Skopje (IPIS), for Republika, shows deep dissatisfaction with the current Government and its performance in the economy, in fighting the pandemic, the judiciary, education and from its high corruption levels. A key question – whether the...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 21:57

VMRO-DPMNE makes its final push in the mayoral race for Kicevo

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski campaigned in Kicevo today to support doctor Aleksandar Jovanovski in his mayoral run-off race on Sunday. SDSM and DUI are in panic and they are trying to fan the flames of ethnic hatred, working to portray us as nationalists and calling on mobilization against...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 21:49

Danela Arsovska will not debate Mayor Silegov until he apologizes for Zaev’s insults aimed at her and for his dark campaign

Skopje mayoral candidate Danela Arsovska said that she will not debate the SDSM candidate and incumbent Mayor Petre Silegov until he apologizes for the ugly campaign he is running. Silegov was on the stage, sneering, when his leader Zoran Zaev made a rude hand gesture aimed at Arsovska. Danela Arsovska...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 21:42

DUI plans to bring dozens of planes and hundred buses of emigrant voters to Macedonia as the key Albanian races heat up

DUI party officials told the Sloboden Pecat outlet that they expect 40 airplanes and over 100 full buses of emigrants to descend on the city of Kicevo for the second round of the local elections on October 31st. DUI faces a difficult fight in the city that DUI leader Ali Ahmeti considers his fief and...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 21:12

Zaev backpedals: He still intends to resign if he loses in Skopje, but wants the SDSM led coalition to remain in place, says no to early elections

Zoran Zaev today qualified his promise to resign as Prime Minister if his SDSM party loses the mayoral race in the capital Skopje on October 31st. In a Sitel TV interview, Zaev said that he still intends to leave the helm of the Government, but that his coalition with DUI and a dozen smaller parties...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 20:50

Taravari promises support for BESA in Tetovo, calls on the party to leave Zaev’s coalition

Alliance of Albanians deputy leader Arben Taravari said that the party will happily support BESA candidates across the country, but also called on the party to finally turn its back on Zoran Zaev. Immediately after the results were known, I said that we need to support all Albanian opposition candidates...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 18:30

Corona report: 11 deaths, 135 new cases

The Healthcare Ministry informed that 11 patients died from Covid-19 over the past day. Two deaths were reported in Skopje, Kriva Palanka and Kumanovo and one each in Makedonska Kamenica, Ohrid, Prilep, Probistip and Stip. The ages of the deceased ranged from 67 to 82. The Ministry also informed that...

Macedonia Economy 25.10.21 | 18:22

Zaev’s Government assures households that there will be enough electricity for the winter

The Zaev Government issued a statement assuring the citizens that they will not face blackouts amid serious warnings that the energy reserves are almost gone. Mismanagement in the REK Bitola plant, which is apparently left without enough coal and is running at minimum capacity, and the low water levels...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 18:04

New epidemic threat: Medical waste is left untreated in Skopje’s main dump site

Piles of medical waste, that is supposed to be destroyed under a special procedure, are strewn across the Drisla dump site in Skopje, warned VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. He shared photographs from the capital’s main dump site to show them how hazardous waste is treated. You can see that...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 17:50

Experienced SDSM hand Tito Petkovski tells Zaev that he made a big mistake by making the second round of the local elections all about him

Tito Petkovski, one of the oldest leaders in SDSM, now head of the New Social-Democratic Party, chastised Zoran Zaev for his decision to make the second round of local elections a de-facto referendum on his rule. After badly losing in the first round, Zaev said that he will resign as Prime Minister if...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 17:25

SDSM candidate in Kumanovo assaulted a female opposition candidate

A female candidate supporting Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski was attacked by an SDSM official, Dimitrievski’s office informed today. Dimitrievski split with his former SDSM party and ran a successful independent campaign, for which he now faces police intimidation and several incidents have...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 17:18

Prosecutors are looking into the Prilep police commanders who intimidated the opposition candidates

The OJO office of state prosecutors informed that it is looking into the evidence of police interference in the elections submitted by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. VMRO showed screen-shots of Viber messages exchanged between several dozens police officials in Prilep and high Interior Ministry officials,...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 17:11

Administrative Court accepted a request from LDP/DOM candidate Kurto Dudus and nullified the vote in one place in Shuto Orizari

The Administrative Court nullified the voting in one polling station in Shuto Orizari due to irregularities. The decision is sent to the State Electoral Commission, which needs to determine if the votes from this station affect the overall result of the elections, especially in the distribution of Council...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 15:54

Alternative announces a new majority and the fall of the Government

There are serious indications that after the local elections, Macedonia expects the formation of a new parliamentary majority and a new government, Zeqirja Ibrahimi, a member of the Central Presidency of the Albanian opposition party Alternative, told the Albanian-language newspaper Lajm. With this,...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 15:40

Besa calls on voters to support the candidates of the Alliance for Albanians and vice versa

Besa calls on voters to support the candidates of the Alliance for Albanians and vice versa in the second round of local elections set to be held on Sunday, October 31. Analyzing the latest developments on the political scene, as well as the old-new coalition between DUI and DPA, for the second round...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 15:30

Serbian patriarch delivers address in Skopje without saying in which country are the monasteries built by King Milutin

The celebration of the 700th anniversary of the death of the Serbian King Milutin began in Skopje, which is done without any cooperation with the Macedonian institutions, for which many professors and intellectuals reacted officially. At the beginning of the gathering, the Serbian Patriarch Porfirij...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 15:21

New proof that the Interior Ministry communicates via Viber is an official order from the chief of police where it is said that the chief should be informed via the messaging app

Proof that the Ministry of Interior communicates via Viber is an official order from the chief of police where it is said that the chief should be informed via Viber. The criminal group of Spasovski and Zaev communicated via Viber, just like in the order issued by the Ministry of Interior, according...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 14:08

Mickoski meets Taravari in Gostivar: Together for the new future that is coming soon

VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski, met Monday with the Secretary General of the Alliance and candidate for mayor of Gostivar, Arben Taravari. As Mickoski announced, they talked about the projects with which they will jointly contribute to the new future that is coming. Taking tea in Gostivar with...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 13:59

Konjanovski: We guarantee reconstruction and interventions in all primary and secondary schools!

We will build preschool, primary, secondary and higher education on the principles of 21st century education! We guarantee, we immediately start the procedure for adopting a Local Education Strategy. The principles of this Strategy must be based first on the needs and interests of students and parents,...

Economy 25.10.21 | 13:11

Fuel prices remain unchanged

As of Monday midnight, the prices of gasoline and diesel fuels remain unchanged, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said. The price of EUROSUPER BS 95 is MKD 76.50 per liter, that of EUROSUPER BS 98 is MKD 78.50 per liter. The extra light household fuel is MKD 68.50 per liter. The price of EURODIESEL...

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