Tag: aerodrom
Macedonia 26.08.21 | 10:39

SDSM’s candidate in Aerodrom was unable to finish a simple sentence during his first interview

Aleksandar Filipovski, the SDSM party candidate for Mayor of one of Skopje’s key urban districts – Aerodrom – did not exactly cover himself in glory in his first interview. Speaking to a friendly news outlet, Filipovski tried to introduce himself, but was unable to complete a simple...

Macedonia 20.07.21 | 16:35

SDSM faces another faction in the mayoral race in Aerodrom

SDSM is facing a third candidacy for Mayor in Skopje’s Aerodrom district, which is further dividing the ruling party in this key urban area. After the incumbent Zlatko Marin and member of Parliament Aleksandar Filipovski, now the head of the Foreign Investment Agency Dejan Pavleski said that he...

Macedonia 15.07.21 | 13:58

The Mayor of Aerodrom approved purchase of concrete blocs at ten times over the market price

The local authorities in Skopje’s Aerodrom district are paying 10 times over the market price for concrete blocs, said VMRO-DPMNE official Dejan Mitevski. Mitevski shared a recently published procurement contract, in which the tiles are purchased for 4,100 denars per square meter, where the actual...

Macedonia 05.07.21 | 16:42

Split in a key Skopje district hurts SDSM chances at the coming municipal elections

SDSM member of Parliament Aleksandar Filipovski announced that he will run for Mayor of Skopje’s Aerodrom district. Moments later, incumbent Mayor Zlatko Marin, who has been actively campaigning over the past days, also declared that he is running. Aerodrom is one of Skopje’s most urban districts...

Macedonia 15.05.21 | 21:35

After a badly botched urban renewal project, municipal authorities in a part of Skopje began converting fountains into flower beds

After an embarrassing issue in Skopje’s Aerodrom district, where the local authorities spent three quarters of a million euros for a fountain which is now a public safety risk, the authorities decided to play it safe. Mayor Zlatko Marin ordered several fountains across the urban district to be...

Macedonia 03.05.21 | 09:50

Aerodrom Mayor spent 720,000 EUR for a plaza which is now a public electrocution risk

With the approach of the municipal elections in October, mayors are rushing projects to try to prove they’re worth another term. As the SDSM party grabbed most municipalities in 2017, in the aftermath of the Colored Revolution, it is pulling all stops and providing funds to its mayors, hoping to make...

Macedonia 24.04.21 | 20:07

Corruption watch: Aerodrom town hall paid grossly inflated prices for light bulbs, basketball hoops

The Mayor of Skopje’s Aerodrom district Zlatko Marin approved procurement contracts with grossly inflated prices, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. He presented contracts in which Aerodrom paid 48,000 denars (785 EUR) per single LED bulb used in street lighting. The same items, Stoilkovski...

Macedonia 11.11.20 | 21:06

With the smog season starting early, VMRO asks SDSM mayors what is their plan to fight air pollution?

With air pollution levels in Skopje’s densely populated Aerodrom district 4 to 5 times above the maximum allowed limits this evening, VMRO-DPMNE called on teh ruling SDSM party and Aerodrom Mayor Zlatko Marin to explain what their plan is to counter the problem. Marin and Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov,...

Macedonia 15.07.20 | 22:07

VMRO-DPMNE leads in Skopje’s Aerodrom with 2:1

The initial results are starting to arrive from party headquarters. According to unofficial results, VMRO-DPMNE has convincing lead in Skopje’s Aerodrom municipality. The ratio VMRO-DPMNE – SDSM/Besa in this municipality is 2:1.

Macedonia 15.07.20 | 19:14

Woman detained after trying to vote with a mask emblazoned with the Star of Kutles

A woman from Skopje’s municipality of Aerodrom was removed from her polling station and briefly detained by the police after she tried to vote wearing a face mask emblazoned with the Star of Kutles/Vergina, Macedonia’s original symbol. She posted a video online, showing the arrest, after...

Macedonia 15.07.20 | 12:26

Highest voter turnout registered in Aerodrom by 11 am

199,495 citizens had exercised their voting rights by 11 am, or 11 percent of the total number of voters, the head of the State Election Commission, Oliver Derkovski, said at today’s press conference. Voter turnout in first electoral district is 13.7%, second – 9.60%, third – 13.08%, fourth...

News 09.07.20 | 22:01

Mickoski blasts Zaev for perverting justice and betraying Macedonian national interests

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski campaigned in the Cair and Aerodrom districts in Skopje, along with the head of the list for the 1st electoral district Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova and other candidates for Skopje’s urban areas. In his speech, Mickoski blasted Zoran Zaev and his SDSM...

Macedonia 28.06.20 | 16:14

Mucunski: With the Renewal, we will create an economy that will stimulate entrepreneurial activation of young people

VMRO-DPMNE’s MP candidate in the first electoral district Timco Mucunski, said Sunday in Aerodrom, that in order to activate the economic system, the party’s programme envisaged measures that will create conditions for young people to stay in the country, stimulate their entrepreneurial activation. The...

Macedonia 21.05.20 | 17:28

Seven of the 40 newly diagnosed patients come from the same family in Skopje’s Aerodrom district

Out of the 40 newly diagnosed patients that were reported in the past 24 hours, seven come from the same family in Aerodrom. That is Skopje’s densely populated district with many high rises – living conditions that promote the spread of the virus. The Fokus magazine reports that patients...

Macedonia 01.02.20 | 13:32

Aerodrom local authorities deny that a mosque is being built in Lisice

The municipal authorities in Aerodrom have denied reports that a mosque is being built wihtout a permit in the Lisice neighborhood. Lisice is overwhelmingly Macedonian Christian and the residents are opposed to having a mosque there – an attempt to build one in 2013 was stopped by the city hall. There...

Macedonia 27.12.19 | 10:50

Skopje Mayor Silegov calls a press conference to reveal a new pedestrian crossing button

Local officials are known to open all sorts of infrastructure projects, no matter how unimportant they may be, but Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov outdid himself yesterday when he organized a public event to celebrate the installation of a – pedestrian crossing button. It was not a project to install...

Macedonia 05.12.19 | 10:02

Police arrests a suspect in the September axe killing of two stray dogs

A 17 year old man from Skopje was arrested yesterday for the brutal killing of two stray dogs in the Aerodrom district. The publication of the gory footage of the two dogs, killed with an axe in September, shocked the citizens. Police was using camera footage to identify the man who carried out the attack,...

Macedonia 25.11.19 | 22:56

SDSM undermines proposal to relocate a disputed new kindergarten in Skopje’s Aerodrom district

The SDSM representatives in the Aerodrom municipal council rejected a proposal from VMRO-DPMNE to alter the spatial plan and relocate the kindergarten under construction in the Blaze Koneski school. Parents of children who attend the school protested recently demanding that the children are allowed to...

Macedonia 11.10.19 | 17:16

Man arrested after shooting at stray dogs in Aerodrom

A 69 year old man from Aerodrom in Skopje was arrested overnight after he opened fire from a pistol at stray dogs. Neighbors called the police after seeing the man try to shoot the dogs. Skopje has a rampant problem with stray dogs, which often attack citizens or simply disturb the peace with their barking....

Macedonia 18.09.19 | 12:12

Man from Skopje killed by a train overnight

A 31 year old man from Skopje was killed overnight when he was struck by a train. The incident happened in the Aerodrom district, at a railway overpass. The Bitola – Skopje passenger train was rolling down the tracks when it struck the man who was killed on site.

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