Tag: bus
Macedonia 12.02.24 | 21:32

Inter-ethnic incident in a Skopje bus

An inter-ethnic incident was reported in a bus in the northern areas of Skopje. A video, spread online, shows a group of young men, apparently ethnic Albanians, attacking young Macedonian passengers. The incident happened in the no. 57 bus, that links the largely Macedonian Radisani suburb, and passes...
Macedonia 21.01.24 | 21:48

Skopje bus drivers will begin a strike

Skopje public transit will enter a strike tomorrow. Buses will operate only between 4:30 and 9, allowing people to get to work, but not to come back from work. The reason is the failure of the city to pay the salaries for December. The union initially wanted to end all buses tomorrow, but decided to...
Macedonia 11.09.23 | 18:56

Private bus companies are preparing a strike, as the city hasn’t paid them in months

Public transportation in Skopje could be hit again by a strike, as the city hasn’t paid private contractors for three months. The owner of a private company, which holds several lines in the city but transit, told Plusinfo that the companies are in serious condition with the late payments. “If...
Macedonia 17.06.23 | 18:40

Flooding: Macedonian bus driver nearly caused a disaster in Serbia

The driver of a Macedonian bus nearly caused a disaster in Serbia, when he tried to cross a bridge over the flooded Zapadna Morava river. Even after he was warned not to attempt the crossing, the driver headed to the bridge, and was only stopped by the local police. Twenty minutes after he was stopped,...
Macedonia 06.03.23 | 09:32

After losing battle with the bus companies, Mayor Arsovska today invites them back into the public transport system

The city of Skopje will begin receiving bids for private bus transport companies interested to work on public transport lines. Mayor Danela Arsovska broke the contract with existing bus companies after she refused to pay them for their services, and said that she will look for other companies to take...
Macedonia 01.03.23 | 17:06

Skopje: Mayor Arsovska caved, will pay what the city owes to the private bus companies

The city of Skopje and its Mayor Danela Arsovska caved in the dispute with private bus companies, who stopped working after Arsovska refused to pay the 1.5 million EUR the city owes them. According to the agreement that was reached today, the money will be paid out and the affected companies will apply...
Macedonia 13.12.22 | 19:53

Bus blockade lifted in an attempt to include the Government in the debt dispute negotiations

Lenin Jovanovski – owner of one of the two main private bus companies in Skopje, informed that he is lifting the blockade near the town hall of the city. This is an attempt to get the Government involved in the dispute between the companies and the city, which led to a week long blockade. Prime...
Macedonia 10.12.22 | 15:00

Striking bus drivers say Mayor Danela Arsovska lied to them

Protesters gathered in front of the Skopje city hall are now there 24/7, with many of the striking bus drivers sleeping in their parked vehicles. They call out Mayor Danela Arsovska for her failure to pay the privately owned bus operators the money they are owed. They are airing her comments for all...
Macedonia 28.11.22 | 00:05

Rules are broken but in the public, not private buses

In the dispute between the city of Skopje and the privately operated bus companies, a key point of dispute is the claim by Mayor of Skopje, Danela Arsovska, that the bus companies were allegedly taking money that were supposed to go to the public JSP bus company. She made the claim despite the fact that...
Macedonia 27.11.22 | 16:37

Skopje faces gridlock as bus companies plan protests over the city’s growing debt

The citizens of Skopje should prepare for a major traffic gridlock tomorrow, as the privately owned bus companies announce blockades and protests. This is the result of the collapsing city governance, as Mayor Danela Arsovska is antagonizing the VMRO-DPMNE party, on whose ticket she was elected, and...
Balkans 15.08.22 | 11:18

At least 12 children injured after bus carrying Serbian tourists crashed in Bulgaria

A bus with 48 Serbian citizens had a traffic accident in Bulgaria, on the Trakia highway, Euronews Bulgaria reported. There were 38 children, 10 adults and the driver in the bus that had an accident. According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Health, there were no fatalities, and 12 people were injured –...
Macedonia 05.05.22 | 12:29

Prosecutors investigating Interior Ministry officials who failed to close down the garage that inspected the Besa Trans bus

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska is reportedly investigating the failure of the Interior Ministry to close down a garage that inspected the ill-fated Besa Trans bus. The Via Komerc garage near Skopje did the routine check-ups of the vehicles operated by Besa Trans, but was supposed to be closed down. Several...
Macedonia 01.05.22 | 19:50

Five months after the Besa bus disaster, no criminal action has been taken

Five months after the devastating bus crash in Bulgaria, in which 45 people lost their lives, these has still been no accountability. Even after it was determined that the Besa Trans company was using the ill fated bus without a passenger permit for the entire 2021, state prosecutors say that they are...
Macedonia 11.03.22 | 09:55

Mickoski: We are looking to bring an investor who will open 500 jobs as part of the purchase of electric buses for Skopje

In an Alfa TV interview, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the party is working with suppliers of electric buses to get them to open a plant in Macedonia. Mayor Danela Arsovska, who was elected with VMRO help, is looking to purchase 100 to 150 electric buses out of a total 250 planned...
Macedonia 10.03.22 | 15:37

Mile Janakieski given a suspended prison sentence

The Skopje court handed a two years suspended sentence to former Transportation Minister Mile Janakieski over the purchase of buses for the Skopje public transit company. One of the most persecuted members of the former VMRO-DPMNE led Government acknowledged guilt, along with two co-defendants. The suspended...
Economy 16.02.22 | 11:46

Price hike in intercity bus transport, return ticket to Ohrid now costs 930 denars

The bus ticket to Kumanovo is 30 denars more expensive in one direction and from today it costs 150 denars. If calculated in percentages, it turns out that the increase for this 40-kilometer route is as much as 25%. Until last spring, the ticket was 100 denars, but then it jumped to 120 and now it has...
Macedonia 07.02.22 | 09:41

Bulgarian investigators see no reason to file charges over the Besa bus disaster

Bulgarian investigators say that there is no reason to push criminal charges over the Besa Trans bus disaster in November. They say that the accident which killed 46 people is due to a driver error and that the bus was not carrying additional flammable liquids as was speculated. The bus was going 108...
Macedonia 05.02.22 | 11:17

Police checks hundreds of buses and vans, removes 11 of them from traffic

In hundreds of traffic checks conducted this morning, police units found that 20 of the drivers were in criminal violation of the law, and removed 11 vehicles from traffic. Nearly 400 vehicles were inspected. The reason for the large scale raid is the disastrous bus accident in Bulgaria in November,...
Macedonia 19.01.22 | 16:55

Besa bus disaster: Bulgarian prosecutors have completed their investigation

Bulgarian prosecutors completed their investigation in the disastrous Besa Trans bus disaster that occurred in late November, and killed 46 people. Prosecutor Sijka Mileva said that the have a very large amount of evidence that will help determine the truth. Earlier in the investigation Bulgarian authorities...
Macedonia 12.01.22 | 13:22

50 days after the bus disaster, “Besa Trans” finally lost its license

Full 50 days after the “Besa Trans” bus disaster, the license of the company is finally being revoked. 45 people were killed when the bus taking mostly Macedonian citizens back from Istanbul crashed south of Sofia, in Bulgaria. The license of the company was quickly suspended, but it required...
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