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Judge who hid 350,000 EUR in a secret compartment ordered into house arrest

The Skopje Criminal Court ordered Appeals Court judge Gjoko Ristov into house arrest. Ristov is charged with accepting bribes in a major money laundering and…

20.01.2026

Macedonia
Macedonians mark Vodici – Epiphany

19.01.2026

Macedonia
Zaev and Filipce tried to intimidate doctor Mitrev to sell them his hospital

19.01.2026

Macedonia
No reports about the location of judge Ristov, who hid 350,000 EUR in the walls of his home

19.01.2026

Macedonia
Prime Minister Mickoski calls on the prosecutors to investigate allegations that Filipce extorted a major hospital

18.01.2026

Macedonia  | 22.10.2025

VLEN leaders don’t want Taravari crawling back to them

Tetovo Mayor Bilal Kasami dismissed the chances that Alliance of Albanians leader Arben Taravari returns to the VLEN coalition. Taravari was one of the main…
Macedonia  | 22.10.2025

Mayor Arsovska increasingly erratic as garbage crisis worsens

Outgoing Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska, widely blamed for the mismanagement of the city and the current crisis with garbage pickup, continued with her erratic behavior.…
Macedonia  | 21.10.2025

Worst electoral result for SDSM so far

The local elections marked another low for SDSM, which won only 126 thousand votes for its lists of municipal council members. SDSM won only 230…
Macedonia  | 21.10.2025

High Government delegation is in London for the Western Balkans summit

A high level delegation of the Macedonian Government, led by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, is in London for the Western Balkans - Berlin Process summit.…
Macedonia  | 21.10.2025

Vehicles linked to the REK Bitola corruption scandal seized in Serbia

State prosecutors have worked with the Serbian authorities to freeze property in Serbia, owned by a key suspect in the major corruption scandal involving the…
Macedonia  | 21.10.2025

Government orders review of Skopje city hall as trash was deliberately left in the streets during the election campaign

A day after the local elections, the Government instructed the Interior Ministry and a number of health and sanitation inspection bodies to conduct a coordinated…
Macedonia  | 20.10.2025

Gjorgjievski calls on his supporters to finish the job, secures VLEN’s support

Orce Gjorgjievski, who is far and away the leading candidate in the mayoral race in Skopje, won the endorsement of Bashkim Bakiu - his opponent…
Macedonia  | 20.10.2025

Officials results show VMRO leading SDSM almost 3:1

The State Electoral Commission published the official results with over 99 percent of the vote counted. The results show that VMRO-DPMNE won 301,919 votes in…
Macedonia  | 20.10.2025

Kostadinov calls on the SDSM leadership to resign

Outgoing Strumica Mayor Kosta Kostadinov, who was snubbed by his SDSM party which then went on to lose the mayoral race with a different candidate,…
Macedonia  | 20.10.2025

Nikoloski: Filipce should resign as SDSM leader, Mecinovic and Jakimovski are anti-Western politicians

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski called on Venko Filipce to resign as SDSM leader after their devastating defeat in the local…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

Gjorgjievski dominates the race in Skopje, four candidate have chances to make the runoff

A narrow race is unfolding in the capital Skopje, and it's not for the top of the mayoral ticket but for the second ranked candidate…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

Mickoski: the elections are a triumph for the citizens, a message to Ali Ahmeti

Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski held a press conference this evening to express his gratitude to the voters for the major victory in…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

Filipce: the results are not what we hoped for

SDSM leader Venko Filipce addressed his disappointed supporters and acknowledged that the outcome of the local elections was not what they were hoping for. Filipce…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

Karpos: Lukrovski ahead of Stevce Jakimovski but will face a runoff

In Skopje's Karpos district, VMRO candidate Sotir Lukrovski leads convincingly against incumbent Mayor Stevce Jakimovski, but there will be a runoff in which Jakimovski will…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

Bujar Osmani acknowledges defeat in the crucial race between DUI and VLEN in Cair

Bujar Osmani from DUI acknowledged defeat in his mayoral race in Cair, against VLEN leader Izet Mexhiti. This was the crucial race that both DUI…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

Kavadarci: Jancev (VMRO) beats his SDSM opponent 7:1

Kavadarci Mayor Mitko Jancev secured a third term. In a social media comment, the businessman declared a victory of 7 to 1 against his nearest…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

Grozdanov leads in the mayoral race in Kocani

In Kocani, the city that was devastated by the Pulse nightclub fire in March, the mayoral race takes place between two independent candidates and an…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

DUI plans to focus on runoff races in Kicevo and Struga

DUI official Arbr Ademi held the first press conference of the evening for this party that faces a number of difficult races in the local…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

Kasami (VLEN) leads Rexhepi (DUI) in Tetovo, runoff is likely

Bilal Kasami, one of the leaders of the VLEN party, said that he leads in the mayoral race in Tetovo with 2,500 votes ahead of…
Macedonia  | 19.10.2025

Misajlovski: VMRO dominant, SDSM is relegated to third party in some areas, and DUI was also outmatched by VLEN

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Vladimir Misajlovski informed that his party is so far on course to win mayoral seats in 19 municipalities in the first round.…