Tag: bus
Macedonia 28.12.21 | 09:02

The Besa bus was inspected by a company that employed untrained mechanics

The 360 outlet is reporting that a mechanical garage that was used to inspect the ill fated Besa Trans bus that crashed in Bulgaria in November with loss of 45 lives was closed a few days after the tragedy. But, the defects in its work were noted three and a half months earlier. According to the outlet,...
Macedonia 24.12.21 | 21:26

Bulgarian authorities restore normal traffic at the site of the Besa bus disaster

A month after the deadly Besa bus disaster, Bulgarian authorities have fully normalized traffic on the section of the Struma highway. The protective fencing at the site of the disaster where 45 passengers and drivers were killed has now been replaced. A memorial wreath is laid at the site. The bus, carrying...
Macedonia 20.12.21 | 23:12

“Under Mayor Silegov, the buses of Skopje were being sabotaged”

Stefan Andonovski from VMRO-DPMNE said that the party is taking over the running of the city of Skopje in a disastrous state, with a huge debt left over by the SDSM appointed former Mayor Petre Silegov. Andonovski said that the level of damage they encounter, including in the public buses, is not possible...
Macedonia 17.12.21 | 15:52

Mayor Arsovska says that the rapid bus transit proposal was not suitable for the city of Skopje

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska held a briefing for the press during which she explained her reasons for canceling the rapid bus transit (BRT) plan promoted by her predecessor Petre Silegov. I must say that, from what we saw, the project is not only not revolutionary, it would have been harmful to the interests...
Macedonia 14.12.21 | 12:59

Investigation into the Besa bus disaster is almost complete

Bulgarian official Borislav Sarafov said that the investigation into the deadly Besa bus disaster that happened three weeks ago is almost finished. The officials are still waiting for several forensics reports to be completed, including the crucial report from fire experts. 43 passengers and two drivers...
Macedonia 10.12.21 | 17:12

Police raided buses and vans in Tetovo and Gostivar

Following the disastrous bus crash in Bulgaria on November 23rd, which killed 45 passengers, Tetovo police continues to conduct announced mechanical checks on buses and vans used for public transport. During a massive raid today, 10 vehicles from Tetovo and near-by Gostivar were found to have faulty...
Macedonia 07.12.21 | 20:44

Inspectors unable to enter the Besa bus company

Agents from the state transport inspection service are unable to conduct new investigations in the Besa Trans company in Skopje, whose bus crashed in Bulgaria two weeks ago with the loss of 45 lives. According to inspection director Rufat Huseini, the owner of the company could not be reached, and its...
Macedonia 07.12.21 | 20:40

Tetovo: Mayor Kasami temporarily suspends all public transport

Tetovo city hall announced that it is temporarily halting the recently introduced public bus transport lines. According to the administration of newly elected Mayor Bilal Kasami, the public company created by his predecessor Teuta Arifi was not formally registered and a number of irregularities were...
Macedonia 06.12.21 | 17:49

The Besa company was using drivers from the Skopje public bus company for its tours to Istanbul

As Macedonia still awaits word from the Bulgarian investigators about what caused the disastrous bus crash on November 23rd that killed 45 people, Macedonian investigators have show that the Besa bus company was using drivers who worked with the Skopje JSP public bus company. The company had a convoy...
Macedonia 03.12.21 | 09:47

On request of the families, the Foreign Ministry drops plans for a funeral procession for the victims of the Besa bus disaster

The Foreign Ministry called off its plans for a televised funeral procession for the 45 passengers killed the Besa bus disaster. Bulgarian authorities organized the transport of the bodies to the Skopje airport this morning, after they were identified using DNA samples. The Foreign Ministry yesterday...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 15:45

Mickoski: We are seeing a disastrous response to the bus disaster, all the Government institutions want is to avoid accountability

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski condemned the Government’s response in the aftermath of the Besa bus disaster as “disastrous”. Mickoski condemned the lack of any accountability in the institutions who were supposed to make sure that the bus involved in the disaster is safe. Instead...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 15:24

Last survivor of the Besa bus crash discharged from hospital, bodies will be returned on Friday

Bulgarian doctors discharged the last, seventh survivor of the Besa bus crash who was still treated in Sofia. All seven passengers have been returned to Macedonia and Serbia, where they continue to undergo treatment. 45 passengers and drivers died in the disaster last Tuesday morning on the Sofia –...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 12:32

Besa bus disaster: Minister Komitova says that a fuel leak and smoke were noticed before the crash

Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Violeta Komitova said that there was a likely leak of fuel and smoke from the Besa bus 300 meters ahead of the site of the disaster, where the bus burnt down with the loss of 45 lives. Komitova insists that the state of the road is the main problem – the...
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 11:08

Bulgarian Ministry will present its findings on the state of the highway during the Besa bus disaster

Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Violeta Komitova is expected to present the results for the inspection conducted by her department following the deadly bus crash a week ago south of Sofia that killed 45 passengers – most of them Macedonian citizens. Komitova’s department is focusing...
Macedonia 29.11.21 | 09:34

Three survivors of the Besa bus crash will return to Macedonia

Three more survivors of the deadly bus crash in Bulgaria last week will return to Skopje today. A total of seven passengers survived the crash, and two of them were already sent back home from the Pirogov hospital in Sofia where they were treated. The survivors will remain in treatment in Macedonia....
Macedonia 28.11.21 | 19:23

“Deeply ingrained corruption is behind the Besa bus disaster”

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski demanded answers from the Government on the Besa bus disaster that claimed 45 lives on Tuesday morning. Mickoski asked how is it possible that the bus that was used for a trip to Istanbul left the country 135 times even though it was not registered for international...
Macedonia 27.11.21 | 16:10

Bus disaster: Prosecutors interrogated the owner of the Besa company

This morning prosecutors questioned Bedri Haxhiku, owner of the Besa Trans company, whose bus crashed in Bulgaria on Tuesday morning with loss of 45 lives. Haxhiku is available to both Macedonian and Bulgarian prosecutors, who hold the lead in the investigation. Macedonian prosecutors supplied their...
Macedonia 27.11.21 | 12:09

Besa bus disaster: Two of the survivors will be discharged from hospital

Two of the seven survivors of the devastating Besa bus accident will be discharged today from the Pirogov hospital in Sofia. Bulgarian doctors operated on the survivors, who had burns, smoke inhalation and fractures, sustained during the fire and their frantic escape from the bus. One of those that are...
Balkans 26.11.21 | 23:07

Kosovo: Three killed when attacker opened fire on a bus carrying young people

Two youngsters and a bus driver were killed in Kosovo when an armed attacker opened fire on a village bus. The incident happened this afternoon, near Decani, after a man was kicked out of the bus for harassing a group of women. The bus was carrying mostly students and young people.
Macedonia 26.11.21 | 20:44

Man from Skopje faces hate speech charge over his bus disaster Facebook comment

A man from Skopje was interrogated by the police today for an ugly comment he wrote on Facebook with regard to the deadly bus accident in Bulgaria on Tuesday morning. The man was questioned about a potential “hate speech crime”, and the police said that he excused his comment by saying he...
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