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VMRO: SDSM is colluding with a nationalist Bulgarian activist

SDSM and its leader Venko Filipce are colluding with Bulgaria through their official Rubin Zemon, said VMRO-DPMNE in a statement today. Zemon was promoted as…

25.05.2026

Macedonia
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic will visit Macedonia

25.05.2026

Macedonia
President Siljanovska quoted by the World Laureates’ Association

25.05.2026

Macedonia
First line of the Skopje city rail will begin operating in September

25.05.2026

Macedonia
“I can understand the Bulgarian positions, but not the domestic politicians who do its bidding”

24.05.2026

Macedonia  | 10.04.2025

Judicial Council defends Tetovo judge over lenient traffic accident sentence

The Judicial Council came out today in support of Tetovo judge Eljvedin Ferati, who handed a lenient, two years sentence, to driver Mensur Pajaziti who…
Macedonia  | 10.04.2025

Kocani disaster: 55 patients remain in treatment abroad

A patient injured in the Kocani nightclub disaster who was transported for treatment in Bulgaria returned to Macedonia today. This brings the number of patients…
Macedonia  | 09.04.2025

Geriatric clinic scandal: the director initially sought 100,000 EUR bribe to admit a patient

More details emerged after the arrest of Muhsin Arifi, head of the geriatric clinic in Skopje, who was seeking a bribe from the family of…
Macedonia  | 09.04.2025

Guards were helping a prisoner search for his drugs – gave a bizarre cover story when they were found out

An inspection in the Stip prison found that guards were helping a prisoner recover a package of drugs that was thrown over the wall. The…
Macedonia  | 09.04.2025

Public sector salaries rise in three key areas

The Government today issued a statement pointing to the increases in salaries in the healthcare sector, in the police and education. Healthcare saw rises of…
Macedonia  | 08.04.2025

Government sets up high level team to quickly act on reports of corruption

The Government today set up coordinative body that will quickly respond to reports of corruption. During the meeting that included all relevant institutions as well…
Macedonia  | 08.04.2025

Prime Minister Mickoski blasts lenient Tetovo court sentence against a driver who killed a girl

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski expressed strong dissapointment after the Tetovo court reduced the sentence for a driver who killed 22 year old Teodora Ristevska. This…
Macedonia  | 08.04.2025

Mexhiti calls on Taravari to pick a side and choose between VLEN and DUI

Izet Mexhiti, one of the key leaders of the VLEN coalition, called on Alliance of Albanians leader Arben Taravari to clearly declare his political allegiance…
Macedonia  | 08.04.2025

Geriatric clinic director arrested for taking 20,000 EUR in bribes from a patient

Muhsin Arifi, head of the geriatric clinic in Skopje, was arrested today along with an intermediary, Republika has learnt. The two were demanding a bribe…
Macedonia  | 07.04.2025

Mickoski does not plan changes in the Government before the local elections

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that he will not reconstruct the Government at least until the local elections in October. Mickoski was speaking at a…
Macedonia  | 07.04.2025

Tetovo court sentences man who killed a young woman in a traffic accident to only two years in prison

After a trial lasting two and a half years, the Tetovo court issued a lenient sentence of only two years in prison to Mensur Pajaziti,…
Macedonia  | 07.04.2025

Kocani patient treated in Lithuania succumbed to the injuries

29 year old Aleksandar Gligorovski succumbed to the injuries he sustained in the Kocani nightclub disaster, and is the 61st victim of the tragedy. Gligorovski…
Macedonia  | 06.04.2025

Filipce re-elected as SDSM party leader

SDSM party members re-elected Venko Filipce as party leader. Filipce was running unopposed. Of the over 23,700 registered SDSM party voters, a little over 18,000…
Macedonia  | 06.04.2025

64 percent of all citizens and 82 percent of ethnic Macedonians don’t want to make concessions to Bulgaria

A poll conducted by the IPIS Institute for Sitel TV found that 64 percent of the citizens believe that the ruling majority should not accept…
Macedonia  | 06.04.2025

April snowfall across Macedonia

A surprise April snow fell across Macedonia today. Besides the mountains, even lower elevation areas saw a flurry of snow. Around lake Ohrid, the snow…
Macedonia  | 06.04.2025

Mickoski: the Government is stable

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that the Government is united and functioning in a stable manner, as one of the VLEN coalition partners - Arben…
Macedonia  | 05.04.2025

Nikoloski meets with Mevlut Cavusoglu

Deputy Prime Minister and Transportation Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski met with former Turkish Foreign Minister, now member of Parliament, Mevlut Cavusoglu. Nikoloski said that the talks…
Macedonia  | 05.04.2025

Ahmeti denies coalition talks with Taravari, calls on VLEN to leave the Government

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti denied media reports that the visit of Albanian President Bajram Begaj to Macedonia and his meetings with Albanian political leaders, was…
Macedonia  | 05.04.2025

NATO: Mickoski calls for mechanisms to prevent use of bilateral disputes to block allied goals

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO in Skopje, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski called for the establishment of mechanisms that will…
Macedonia  | 04.04.2025

State inspectors deny claims of high cyanide levels in the Kriva Reka river

Ivana Ginovska, head of the state environmental inspection, said that there are no elevated levels of cyanide in the Kriva Reka river, as local authorities…