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Economy 16.11.24 | 22:43

Two new investments will bring 500 jobs

Two new investments worth a total of 50 million EUR will open by the end of the year, with 500 new jobs, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski. The investments are coming in the construction and automotive sectors, Mickoski said during an event in Skopje. The Prime Minister was asked by the press about...
Macedonia 16.11.24 | 22:37

Diabetes patients ask to be allowed to purchase their own drugs

On the World Diabetes Day, patients who suffer from this illness urged the Healthcare Ministry to allow them to purchase more modern drugs on their own, instead of having it distributed through the public system. Dimce Velev, head of the association of organizations of patients with diabetes, said that...
Economy 16.11.24 | 00:20

Mickoski expects a deal with the commercial banks, welcomes Azeri gas agreement

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that he expects the distribution of the 250 million EUR lent from Hungary to go ahead in good order. Mickoski is due to meet representatives of the commercial banks on Sunday, after their demands to charge significant interest on the loans they would extend to businesses,...
Balkans 16.11.24 | 00:14

Orban: Serbia does not need the European Union, but the EU needs Serbia

Serbia does not need the European Union, but the European Union needs Serbia, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting of the Council of strategic cooperation between Serbia and Hungary. If somebody wants to see what Serbia can offer to the European economy, I suggest he visits Belgrade...
Macedonia 16.11.24 | 00:11

Mickoski expects Ahmeti’s rhetoric to get even more radical as the criminal investigations get closer to the DUI leadership

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that he expects rhetoric from the DUI party to get even more radical and ethnically divisive. Mickoski was asked today by the press about comments from DUI that the firing of several DUI officials suspected of corruption amounts to “ethnic cleansing”. The...
Macedonia 16.11.24 | 00:05

Nikoloski: Skopje’s central post office building was about to be turned into a cabaret

The previous management of the Macedonian Post Office was planning to rent out its central office in the Skopje Railway Station to be used as a cabaret style night club, said Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski. The review of the Post Office showed that the management was hiking its own salaries,...
World 14.11.24 | 22:41

Trump is putting together his dream team

Incoming US President Donald Trump outlined the contours of his new administration. Over the past several days, Trump made the most important announcements. Billionaires Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ravaswamy will jointly lead a new department called DOGE, whose task will be to cut wasteful Government...
Macedonia 14.11.24 | 22:35

15 Interior Ministry officials will face charges over the gun permit chaos

Following a review, the Interior Ministry is planning to file charges against 15 former top officials, over the complete mishandling of the gun permit issuing bureau. Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said that there is a backlog of 5,000 gun permit requests that are left unresolved, and that in some...
Macedonia 14.11.24 | 22:32

Mickoski: We are in talks for a gas plant investment worth a billion EUR that will help fight air pollution

As air pollution begins to rise in Macedonia, as it does every heating season, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that the focus of his efforts to combat this problem will be to replace the use of wood (and coal and even old car tires) as fuel for home heating. The Prime Minister said that there...
Macedonia 14.11.24 | 22:25

Skopje mobster survives third attempt on his life

Skopje mobster Rade Trajkovski – Stekli survived yet another assassination attempt. After several shooting attacks carried out in the East Gate Mall, today somebody threw a bomb at him while he was in his house. Trajkovski came out slightly injured. He’s believed to be a player in the narco...
Macedonia 14.11.24 | 00:28

Misajlovski: Macedonia gained a lot from the NATO membership

Macedonia gained collective security that also supports our economy from its membership in NATO, said Defense Minister Vlado Misajlovski during a round table organized by the VMRO-DPMNE party. The fact that we are a NATO member state increases our security and opens now areas in the economy, making businesses...
Macedonia 14.11.24 | 00:25

State leaders and historians marked the importance of ASNOM for the creation of the Macedonian state

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski spoke at the opening of the international conference on ASNOM – the declaration of the Macedonian state during World War Two. The conference, on ASNOM’s 80th anniversary, took place at the National Archives, and included a number of distinguished historians...
Macedonia 13.11.24 | 22:13

Palevski’s driver testified before the court

A new hearing was held today in the trial of Ljupco Palevski – Palco and several accomplices suspected in the gruesome killing of 14 year old girl Vanja Gjorcevska. The court heard from lawyer Vasko Stojkov, who drove Palevski to Belgrade after the murder. Stojkov said that Palevski told him that...
Economy 13.11.24 | 22:08

Chamber of Commerce President Azeski is optimistic about the Hungarian loan

Macedonian Chamber of Commerce head Branko Azeski said that he is optimistic ahead of the meeting this Sunday between the Government and the key commercial banks in the country. The issue to be discussed is how best to distribute the 250 million EUR borrowed from Hungary that are meant for the Macedonian...
Macedonia 13.11.24 | 22:03

Siljanovska had a “constructive meeting” with Radev in Baku, both sides stated their positions

Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova met with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev in Baku, Azerbaijan today, during the COP29 conference. During the meeting, described as constructive by President Siljanovska’s office, the two leaders “detailed their positions regarding the...
Macedonia 13.11.24 | 00:12

Mickoski to Bulgaria: There were no administrators but occupiers

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski spoke today at a gathering to celebrate November 13th – the anniversary of the liberation of Skopje during the Second World War. In his remarks, the Prime Minister addressed the historic dispute with Bulgaria which, among other things, demands that Macedonia rewrites...
Macedonia 12.11.24 | 23:04

President Siljanovska and Prime Minister Orban meet during COP29

President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan. During the meeting, the overall bilateral relations between the two countries were discussed, the political and the economic relations and the Macedonian aspirations to join...
Macedonia 12.11.24 | 23:01

Ahmeti threatens that the Albanians will “rise up” if the law on the use of languages is struck down

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti issued a threat to the public that, if the Constitutional Court brings down the law on the use of languages, “Albanians will rise up”. The former warlord secured the law from former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, at a time when Zaev was desperate for Albanian votes in Parliament...
Macedonia 12.11.24 | 22:56

Suspended prosecutor says that the daughter of the chief state prosecutor is leaking information to harm him

Prosecutor Mustafa Hajrulahi, who was investigating the abuses of the disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office, has been suspended by chief state prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski. Hajrulahi held a press conference today where he revealed that he was suspended because he refused to pressure his subordinate...
Macedonia 12.11.24 | 22:19

President Siljanovska withdraws seven ambassadors

President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova withdrew seven ambassadors from their posts. The lists includes Dane Taleski, ambassador to NATO and a former close adviser to SDSM leader and PM Zoran Zaev. Taleski will remain in his post until mid January. Teuta Agai Damjaha, appointed to the UN mission...
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