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Macedonia 23.01.22 | 12:07

After a tragic traffic accident, police begins mass controls of motorists

Following a devastating car accident in Skopje, in which a 24 year old girl was killed on a pedestrian crossing by a 21 year old driver, the police is conducting mass controls of drivers. Yesterday, officers descended on Bitola, where 11 drivers were caught driving while intoxicated.  This is out of...
Macedonia 14.01.22 | 10:26

Another aftershock hits Bitola

A new aftershock struck the area of Bitola this morning. The earthquake hit around 3:40 and measured 2.8 degrees on the Richter scale. It comes five days after an earthquake measuring 5.6 degrees hit the region, causing panic among the citizens.
Macedonia 12.01.22 | 17:34

Government to provide financial assistance to Bitola citizens affected by the earthquake

Deputy PM Ljupco Nikolovski and Ministers Goran Milevski, Blagoj Bocvarski and Yeton Shaqiri paid Wednesday a visit to Bitola municipality, pledging support after the earthquake that affected the city a couple of days ago. Nikolovski said that the Government at yesterday’s session adopted several...
Macedonia 11.01.22 | 22:22

A series of new quakes felt in Bitola and Florina, the strongest had 4.5-magnitude

A series of earthquakes were registered tonight in the epicenter area between Bitola and Florina, of which the strongest had 4.5 magnitude. According to the Seismological Observatory at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje, the epicenters of all the tremors were  registered in the...
Macedonia 10.01.22 | 17:12

Konjanovski: Number of Covid cases in Bitola is escalating, let’s reduce gatherings

We have an escalating number of new cases. The number of hundreds of new cases per week, after the New Year holidays and after all those gatherings in the city increases to 600 per week, said today Bitola Mayor Toni Konjanovski after the meeting of the municipal crisis headquarters and urged the citizens...
Macedonia 10.01.22 | 10:16

VIDEO: Scenes from Bitola after the earthquake

Bitola is the worst affected after the earthquake that struck Macedonia and Greece yesterday evening. There are no casualties reported and relatively minor damage to mostly older buildings, but the loud earthquake did scare the citizens. Local media outlets are sharing videos of the aftermath, showing...
Macedonia 10.01.22 | 08:55

Strong earthquake rattles the region of Bitola, no casualties reported

A brief but powerful earthquake hit the area of Bitola yesterday evening, and panicked citizens. There is little damage reported – several old and disused houses collapsed and many are reporting cracks appearing in their walls, and there are no casualties. The quake hit at 22:43 and measured 5.6...
Macedonia 28.12.21 | 10:55

City of Bitola provides funds for reconstruction of the burnt Kopanki ski lodge

The city of Bitola decided to appropriate 32,000 EUR for the rebuilding of Kopanki, a popular ski lodge on the Pelister ski slope that burnt down eight years ago. Disputes over ownership of the lodge have delayed its reconstruction. The city is offering to increase the sum to over 90,000 EUR if the property...
Macedonia 25.12.21 | 09:58

The Skopje – Bitola train made it only to Prilep

The Skopje – Bitola passenger train that had mechanical issues yesterday only made it until Prilep. The train took off early in the morning and was expected in Bitola before noon, but suffered after hours of delays, first just south-east of Skopje, and then in the mountain village of Bogomila....
Macedonia 24.12.21 | 17:38

Passengers on the Skopje – Bitola train have been stuck for over nine hours

The Skopje – Bitola passenger train has been stuck for over nine hours, Tera TV reported. The train had undisclosed issues and was first stuck at the south-east exit of Skopje and then in the mountainous village of Bogomila. Even though it took off in the early morning, it still hasn’t arrived,...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 09:55

Mickoski visits Bitola for meetings with business representatives and Mayor Konjanovski

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski will visit Bitola today and meet with regional business representatives. Mickoski will also meet with Toni Konjanovski, the recently elected Mayor of Bitola. The opposition leader is touring the main cities won by the party in the local elections landslide, to...
Macedonia 13.11.21 | 21:44

Protest in Bitola in support of a police officer sacked and sentenced to prison over an incident with a group of Roma citizens

Large scale protests took place in Bitola today, where the court sentenced a police officer to a year in prison and cost him his job, over an attack on several drunken Roma citizens. Goce Petkovski was filmed kicking three Roma citizens last September in a case that caused outrage and protests from local...
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 22:05

SDSM candidate Hristo Kondovski admits defeat in Bitola

SDSM mayoral candidate in Bitola Hristo Kondovski acknowledged defeat and congratulated to the VMRO-DPMNE candidate Toni Konjanovski. The elections were fair and democratic. We go on with life in Bitola as before. The people of Bitola decided where the city will go in the next four years. As a businessman,...
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 20:23

VMRO-DPMNE projected to win in Skopje, Ohrid, Bitola and other key races

Initial projections from the second round of the local elections show that opposition candidates are replicating their victories from the first round and will secure the key contested seats. These include Skopje, Bitola and Ohrid. VMRO-DPMNE, which runs its analytical center to compute the election results,...
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 18:35

Turnout remains high in Bitola and Ohrid

Turnout remains higher than expected in the two main cities that vote for mayors in the second round – other than Skopje. Ohrid and Bitola had the VMRO-DPMNE candidates win the first round, but not by enough to avoid a run-off. Turnout in Ohrid today reached 50.8 percent by 17h, while it was 46...
Macedonia 29.10.21 | 21:18

Police in Bitola harassed a young couple, political intimidation is the likely motive

Infomax reports that special police officers deployed to Bitola, ahead of the crucial run-off election there, harassed a young couple, apparently for political reasons. The couple were stopped yesterday evening, by an unmarked vehicle using police lights. The plainclothes officers inside claimed that...
Macedonia 27.10.21 | 17:27

Bitola: Duped depositors from the TAT pyramidal bank reach agreement with VMRO-DPMNE to have their savings reimbursed

An association of citizens who lost their deposits in the TAT pyramidal banking scheme in Bitola announced that they have reached agreement with the VMRO-DPMNE party be reimbursed once the party is in power. The bank collapsed almost a quarter of a century ago, as the then SDSM led Government allowed...
Economy 26.10.21 | 21:19

Nikoloski: Macedonia faces rolling blackouts just as winter is about to start

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski campaigned in Bitola today together with the party’s mayoral candidate Toni Konjanovski, ahead of one of the key races in the second round of the elections. With reserves of coal at the strategically important REK Bitola power plant apparently all...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 20:52

Messages show how SDSM officials bribed and intimidated voters; VMRO warns about plans to use special police forces in the campaign of intimidation

VMRO-DPMNE held a press conference to present additional Viber messages exchanged between SDSM officials that point to blatant abuse of police and other resources to go after the opposition candidates and activists. Stoilkovski focused on the small border city of Kriva Palanka, where the SDSM candidate...
Macedonia 20.10.21 | 09:10

SDSM activists filmed bribing voters in Bitola ahead of the key run-off race

After the disastrous first round of the elections, SDSM is reduced to fighting for dear life in the run-off races in Skopje, Bitola, Kumanovo and Ohrid, as well as Centar and Karpos – after all other major cities and Skopje municipalities were lost in the first round. And just as the ruling party...
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