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Macedonia 15.06.21 | 12:16

Our duty is to protect our national interests

VMRO-DPMNE has a clear picture about the national and strategic interests of Macedonia, like no other party, leader Hristijan Mickoski said during this weekend’s gathering in Bitola. We are Macedonians who speak the Macedonian language, have a Macedonian identity and history. We deserved our NATO...
Macedonia 13.06.21 | 10:35

Powerful message from Bitola

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski strongly denounced attempts by Zoran Zaev to present himself as a pro-Western leader, while the opposition as anti-Western. Mickoski added that it was VMRO-DPMNE that signed that treaty of strategic partnership with the United States in 2008, that negotiated the...
Macedonia 31.05.21 | 14:23

Arsovski: The Zaev family is trying to bankrupt the company they used to take over coal mining contracts

The Zaev family is pushing its company SV Invest toward bankruptcy, in an attempt to cover up the growing coal mining scandal in Bitola, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski. Last week VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski revealed a police report prepared based on a statement from the owner of a coal...
Macedonia 29.05.21 | 09:35

Mickoski names ELEM director Vasko Kovacevski as a key figure in the latest racketeering scandal

During a TV interview on Friday evening, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski discussed the major scandal which his party broke this week, implicating the Zaev family in extortion of a mining company from Bitola. Mickoski, who was director of the state run ELEM power company until Zaev grabbed power...
Macedonia Culture 25.05.21 | 19:22

Bitola museum director hired her own son to excavate the Heraclea Lyncestis mosaics – causing irreparable damage to the site

The VMRO-DPMNE branch in Bitola called for an investigation into the local museum director Meri Stojanova, who hired her own son to excavate at the ancient Heraclea Lyncestis site. The crew was not skilled for the job and caused damage to a priceless mosaic. Director Meri Stojanova hired her son and...
Macedonia 25.05.21 | 18:11

VMRO DPMNE’s Bitola municipal committee demands criminal liability for the director of the Bitola museum

VMRO DPMNE’s Bitola municipal committee upon the receipt of information has asked the Bitola Public Prosecutor’s Office to open a case for criminal liability for the director of the NI Institute and Museum Bitola, for abuse of official position and endangering the cultural heritage. The...
Macedonia 14.05.21 | 19:54

Mickoski ends talk of renewal: This time we will have to rebuild Macedonia from the ground up  

During his visit to Bitola, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski jettisoned the old slogan of the party that promised “Renewal of Macedonia”. He said that the devastation made by the Zaev regime is so thorough that “this time we will have to rebuild Macedonia from the ground up”. This swamp that...
Macedonia 19.04.21 | 13:19

Calf with two heads born near Bitola

A calf with two heads was born in a farm in the village of Lazec near Bitola. The birth was reported on Friday evening. The calf has two conjoined skulls, with two sets of eyes, mouths and ears. It was examined by vets who found that it is breathing and feeding normally.
Macedonia 05.04.21 | 11:31

Potemkin hospitals: Work on the field hospital in Bitola stopped as soon as Minister Filipce left

“Nova Makedonija” reports that work on the field hospital being set up for coronavirus patients in Bitola stopped as soon as the visit by Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce ended. Filipce inspected work on the hospital on Friday and was greeted by about a dozen craftsmen working on the hospital....
Macedonia 17.03.21 | 21:24

Infrastructure win in Bitola – rotting wooden bridge gets new planks

Bitola local authorities shared a picture of their latest exploit – the reconstructed “bridge” near the Heraclea archeological site. The pictures show the run down structure made of rotting wood planks – and the new “bridge”, which is exactly the same as the old one...
Macedonia Sport 16.02.21 | 21:32

Danish handball team protests freezing conditions before their game in Bitola

Handball players from the Danish GOG Gudme club are visiting Bitola for a match against Eurofarm Pelister. Even thought they come from the north, the visiting team was not prepared for how cold Bitola gets in winter, especially with the on-going cold spell. The team posted a Youtube video showing the...
Macedonia 10.02.21 | 10:30

Zaev’s anti-corruption tsar proudly announces the removal of an unknown local official

Under strong pressure to produce results in the fight against corruption, after the dismal report from Transparency International, Zaev’s Deputy Prime Minister charged with fighting corruption Ljupco Nikolovski yesterday loudly announced the removal of a low level local official. Upon my request,...
Macedonia 08.02.21 | 15:36

Unemployed foreign doctor was allowed to operate on a woman in Bitola

Two gynecologists from the Bitola hospital, including a former adviser to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, are suspended after one of them allowed his wife, an unemployed foreign citizen, to perform a C-section. The wife of the doctor is also a gynecologist but was not licensed to operate in Macedonia. Nezavisen...
Macedonia 04.02.21 | 17:12

Abused children hospitalized in Bitola, the parents are being investigated

A couple from Bitola were detained for abuse and neglect of their children. Bitola police said that the couple was reported and the children were found with injuries. The parents are being interrogated while the children are treated in the Bitola hospital. No additional details about the case are being...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 20:51

Bitola, Kumanovo and Tetovo under suffocating air pollution

Air pollution levels have spiked noticeably in the past days, as the poor weather conditions and the colder weather have kept a permanent cloud of smog and dirt over many cities in Macedonia. Bitola is among the worst affected cities today, with 377 micrograms of PM10 particles per cubic meter of air....
Macedonia 07.01.21 | 17:10

“Neither Bulgar nor Serb – I am a Macedonian only” – quote from a National Geographic article from 1917 Bitola

A side front in the dispute between Macedonia and Bulgaria are the old pages of the American and European newspapers and magazines who reported from the Balkans during the period of the national liberation movements. One such article, which declared Goce Delcev as a Macedonian fighter, was recently cited...
Macedonia 10.12.20 | 20:48

Bitola can’t seem to get a New Year decoration right

Bitola town hall messed up the New Year decorating, putting up a message that is either misspelled or is in Bulgarian. The message originally declared “Zdrave 2021”, which means “health” in Bulgarian. In Macedonian, it should be “Zdravo 2021” (hello 2021) or “Zdravje 2021” (health in...
Macedonia 24.11.20 | 18:54

Healthcare Minister says he will investigate the Bitola hospital after images show Covid-19 patients being treated next to bodies of the deceased

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that he will investigate the horrific images shared from the Bitola hospital today, where coronavirus patients were shown being treated lying in beds next to unclaimed bodies of deceased patients, covered only in a sheet. Hospital director Biljana Gagacovska insisted...
Macedonia Sport 12.11.20 | 23:39

Parties break out across Macedonia

Parties celebrating the historic entry in a European Championship are breaking out across the country. In Strumica, Sasko Pandev, the brother of team captain Goran Pandev who scored the crucial goal against Georgia, had the famous Angusevi brass band to celebrate. Sasko got Goran on the phone to share...
Macedonia 30.10.20 | 21:01

Critic of SDSM extradited from Germany to serve out his prison sentence

Dusko Ilievski, a farmer activist once close to the ruling SDSM party, who has since broken with it and revealed a number of corruption allegations against SDSM officials, was extradited from Germany to serve 1.5 years in prison. Ilievski, known as the “Milkman”, is ironically sentenced for...
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