Tag: Bogdanovic
Balkans 16.12.22 | 20:03

Will the return of Serbian forces in Kosovo restore peace and stability?

Serbian military representatives met with officers from the international KFOR force in Kosovo to submit a request for the deployment of 1,000 Serbian security personnel. Serbia insists that it has the right to this move, in accordance with the UN resolution 1244, and in light of the recent worsening...
Macedonia 08.07.21 | 17:32

Mayor Bogdanovic approved work to begin on one of the three towers planned next to the GTC mall

The municipality of Centar approved the construction of one of the three towers planned at the site of a parking are servicing the large GTC mall in Skopje’s downtown. SDK reports that Centar Mayor Sasa Bogdanovic signed the approval and the investors from Fashion Group can now begin work. The...
Macedonia 22.04.21 | 15:27

Healthcare authorities cover for Centar Mayor Sasa Bogdanovic after he was caught violating coronavirus restrictions

Centar Mayor Sasa Bogdanovic offered several diverging explanations after he was caught violating the curfew on Tuesday evening, sitting in a restaurant with his party. All restaurants and cafes should be closed, except for take-out, but Bogdanovic is not facing any repercussions for his obvious violation...
Macedonia 21.04.21 | 09:30

Centar Mayor Sasa Bogdanovic filmed in a restaurant in violation of coronavirus restrictions

Sasa Bogdanovic, the Mayor of Skopje’s Centar district, was filmed yesterday in a restaurant, together with his party. This is in violation of the coronavirus rules that mandate all restaurants to be closed and serve only take-out. Bogdanovic did not address the incident directly, but posted on...
Macedonia 29.12.20 | 12:27

Mayor Silegov asks his party for a second term, other mayors in Skopje face female rivals

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov announced that he intends to run for a second term at the elections scheduled for late 2021. Silegov insisted that he has done well in running the city, despite no major programs being implemented and the major failure to maintain basic sanitation during the early stages of...
Macedonia 20.12.20 | 11:27

Centar Mayor Bogdanovic denounces Zaev for his criticism of Yugoslavia

Centar Mayor Sasa Bogdanovic criticized Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for his new policy on Bulgaria. Bogdanovic is from Zaev’s SDSM party, but as an ethnic Serb, he has spoken out against Zaev’s declared determination to accept Bulgarian historic and national identity positions and to rewrite...
Macedonia 20.11.20 | 14:49

Centar Mayor asked what is he doing with the hefty penalties collected from Limak Engineering

The Centar municipality in downtown Skopje has received over a million EUR from the Turkish developer Limak and council members are beginning to ask questions where are the money going to. Limak is developing the major Diamond of Skopje business, hotel and shoping center project, spanning the downtown,...
Macedonia 24.10.20 | 18:31

Albanian parties demand a resignation from Mayor Bogdanovic for claiming that Kosovo is part of Serbia

Ethnic Albanian parties are demanding an explanation from Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party after the statements made its official Sasa Bogdanovic and his party during the wedding he had in Kosovo. As ethnic Serb, Bogdanovic and his guests denied the independence of Kosovo and sang Serbian nationalist songs. I...
Macedonia 20.10.20 | 10:07

Mayor Bogdanovic insists he only had a small wedding

Sasa Bogdanovic, the Mayor of Skopje’s Centar municipality, finally responded after being called out for days because of the lavish wedding he had in the Gracanica monastery in Kosovo. Wedding celebrations are banned in Macedonia to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but the border with Kosovo...
Macedonia 19.10.20 | 15:58

Two politicians anger the public after travelling abroad to hold elaborate, masks optional weddings

Two politicians from the ruling coalition brazenly violated coronavirus restrictions to stage elaborate weddings. One of them is the Mayor of Centar Sasa Bogdanovic. He used the recent reopening of the border with Kosovo to marry his fiance in the Gracanica monastery, in a massive wedding that, as photographs...
Macedonia 27.07.20 | 09:45

Ex Finance Minister Stojmenov claims he is being pressured to pay a million EUR to be allowed to finish building his hotel

Former Finance Minister Boris Stojmenov was charged with obstructing police officers and building inspectors, during an incident at his construction site in downtown Skopje last week. Stojmenov claimed that the municipal authorities of Centar are asking him to pay a bribe of million EUR so that he can...
Culture 03.01.19 | 13:43

Aco Sopov’s family protests after Centar municipality closes small library named after the poet

Five years after the opening of two small libraries, Skopje’s downtown Centar municipality decided to shut them down, and the owners of the spaces they occupied said they intend to rent them out for coffee shops or some of the ubiquitous gambling sites. Mila Sopova, grand-daughter of poet, WW2...
Basketball 28.12.18 | 11:21

NBA: Bogdanovic hits buzzer-beater as Kings stun Lakers

Bogdan Bogdanovic made a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Sacramento Kings another come-from-behind triumph, earning a 117-116 victory over the visiting Los Angles Lakers, who were without an injured LeBron James. Bogdanovic scored 23 points, Willie Cauley-Stein added 19 and De’Aaron Fox had...

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