Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 22:40

Ilievski: People convicted in “April 27” case are political prisoners

In an interview with the “Sto ne e jasno” show, Bogdan Ilievski spoke about the current political situation in the country, the “April 27” case, the economic and health crisis, as well as expectations for the coming period. Ilievski stressed that there is no doubt that the people...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 22:13

Your path is wrong and completely contrary to the will expressed by the citizens, Alliance tells Alternative

The Alliance for Albanians, Alternative’s coalition partner, issued a press release claiming that Afrim Gashi’s party had violated the coalition co-operation agreement at least three times in a row that was due to run until the next parliamentary elections, meeting with outgoing Prime Minister...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 21:41

Pendarovski: When a generation loses faith in justice, it loses faith in country

Justice is not only about laws, political decisions and institutions. Justice requires change of awareness. Therefore, all of us – politicians, judges, prosecutors, public advocates – must agree on one thing, which is that justice must not be an item for trade. When a generation loses faith in justice,...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 21:17

Osmani: European perspective of Western Balkans – safest investment in region’s stability

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani told a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Riga on Wednesday that joint and strategic actions by NATO and EU in the Western Balkans are the basic prerequisite for the region’s stability and prosperity. During the two-day working sessions, issues of strategic importance...

Economy 01.12.21 | 19:45

Mickoski: If the Government accepts the two active measures we have proposed in Parliament, we will support the continuation of the energy crisis

VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski, said Wednesday after the meeting with representatives of the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Bitola that if the Government accepts the two active measures proposed in this regard at today’s press conference in Parliament, VMRO-DPMNE will support the continuation...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 19:14

Gashi after meeting with Zaev: There’s progress, party consultations to follow

After the meeting with Zoran Zaev, Alternative leader, Afrim Gashi, said that he could say that there was a progress and that party consultations will follow. The four-hour meeting between Gashi and Zaev, which took place in the MPs’ Club, was a continuation of the negotiations over the inclusion...

Economy 01.12.21 | 18:40

For now, there will be no freezing of the prices of basic products in Macedonia

For the time being, the government does not plan to limit the change in the prices of basic products, something that is in force in Serbia as of today. According to the government, the situation with the price changes is being monitored and if the prices start to grow faster, it is not excluded that...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 18:11

Government will not enforce vaccine mandate for public sector employees, vaccination incentive for doctors is the only new measure

The state won’t enforce a vaccine mandate or mandatory testing for the public sector as proposed by the Infectious Diseases Commission because there are “workers who cannot bear the financial burden [of PCR testing] and don’t want to be vaccinated” so “the companies would then have to lay off...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 17:22

Mickoski inspects activities for complete reconstruction of Bitola stadium

After the remarks from the supervision, the construction works for complete renovation of the stands of the Bitola stadium continue, informed VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski, during his visit to Bitola. Mickoski together with the mayor of Bitola, Toni Konjanovski, inspected the activities of the...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 17:03

11 patients died, 410 new Covid-19 cases

Out of 2,674 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 410 new cases were registered and 10 patients passed away, the Health Ministry said on tuesday. The Ministry also added 1 death to the report that occurred in November. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Macedonia has registered...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 15:45

Mickoski: We are seeing a disastrous response to the bus disaster, all the Government institutions want is to avoid accountability

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski condemned the Government’s response in the aftermath of the Besa bus disaster as “disastrous”. Mickoski condemned the lack of any accountability in the institutions who were supposed to make sure that the bus involved in the disaster is safe. Instead...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 15:27

Government will ask Parliament to extend the state of energy crisis for six more months

The Zaev Government will ask Parliament to extend the state of energy crisis for six more months. This will allow the Government to impose measures such as transferring funds to publicly owned energy companies who are purchasing imported electricity. Domestic electricity production in Macedonia is at...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 15:24

Last survivor of the Besa bus crash discharged from hospital, bodies will be returned on Friday

Bulgarian doctors discharged the last, seventh survivor of the Besa bus crash who was still treated in Sofia. All seven passengers have been returned to Macedonia and Serbia, where they continue to undergo treatment. 45 passengers and drivers died in the disaster last Tuesday morning on the Sofia –...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 15:19

Zaev and Gashi begin a new round of coalition negotiations

Zoran Zaev and Alternative party leader Afrim Gashi are holding their thid meeting in which they are negotiating expanding Zaev’s coalition, which currently does not have the 61 votes it needs to pass most legislation in Parliament. Zaev is again accompanied by Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovacevski...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 13:25

DUI could use the divisions in the Albanian opposition to call for early elections

The splintering in the ethnic Albanian opposition could prompt the DUI party to call for early elections and solidify its position as king-maker in Parliament. DUI faced a collapse of its coalition with SDSM as the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party was joined by three ethnic Albanian opposition parties –...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 13:14

VMRO-DPMNE wants the state of energy crisis to be extended

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Vladimir Misajlovski called on the other parties and the Parliament leaders to convene a session and discuss extending the state of energy crisis for an additional month. This condition, that has been used to cover the losses of the state owned energy companies as domestic electricity...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 13:02

Zaev’s public frontman Ljupco Zikov calls on the Macedonian to rewrite their historic narrative as price for joining the EU

Ljupco Zikov, director in the failing state owned energy company MEPSO who is fast becoming one of the main public faces of the Zaev regime, came out with a call to Macedonians to thoroughly rewrite their history in exchange for getting Bulgaria to open our EU accession talks. In a TV interview Zikov,...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 12:48

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev’s people, like Dimitar Kovacevski, can’t be part of the solution to the crises they created

The SDSM and DUI parties and the new SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski will bring nothing good to Macedonia, said the VMRO-DPMNE party. According to the opposition party, Kovacevski will be a mere pawn of Zoran Zaev, and will not bring a change to his failed policies. We saw the effects from his work...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 12:37

Frosina Remenski announces she will run for SDSM party leader

Former Labour Minister Frosina Remenski announced that she is entering the race for SDSM leader. Remenski was ostracized in the party after numerous corruption allegations for her role in the Racket scandal. She is currently on trial in the second Racket case, although it’s widely assumed that...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 12:32

Besa bus disaster: Minister Komitova says that a fuel leak and smoke were noticed before the crash

Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Violeta Komitova said that there was a likely leak of fuel and smoke from the Besa bus 300 meters ahead of the site of the disaster, where the bus burnt down with the loss of 45 lives. Komitova insists that the state of the road is the main problem – the...

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