Tag: corona
Macedonia 03.07.20 | 15:58

Stip hospital overflowing with Covid-19 patients, forced to expand the infectious diseases ward

The Stip hospital said that its infectious diseases ward is over capacity and they’re forced to expand into another ward, used by patients with neurological issues. We are activating our plan B, moving the neurology department, with all patients and staff to the urology department, and clearing...
Macedonia 03.07.20 | 15:13

Politicians pressure the healthcare experts, insist to keep the borders with Kosovo and Serbia open

A fierce dispute erupted during the meeting of the Committee on infectious diseases today, and it failed to reach agreement on whether to propose closing the borders to Serbia and Kosovo. Both Macedonia and these neighboring countries are experiencing a huge spike in coronavirus cases, but keeping the...
Macedonia 03.07.20 | 10:34

Surreal campaign video from SDSM – the party brags with its handling of the coronavirus on the day Macedonia suffered its worst toll

A surreal campaign video from SDSM was revealed yesterday, on the day when Macedonia suffered its by far worst death toll of the coronavirus epidemic. Fifteen patients were reported dead from the virus, and less than an hour after the grim news broke, SDSM posted its video in which top party officials...
Macedonia 02.07.20 | 15:42

Fifteen dead in one day!

Macedonia suffered the worst single daily death toll of the epidemic, with 15 patients dying from the coronavirus in the past day. The worst death toll so far, also registered during this on-going Second Wave of the epidemic, was 12. Eight of the fatalities are from Skopje. Their ages are given as ranging...
Macedonia 02.07.20 | 14:11

Milososki negative on the corona test

VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki is negative on the coronavirus. The former Foreign Minister is hospitalized after developing fever and after his mother, who is a medical professional, contracted the virus. I hope to recover in the coming days and to see you all in good health. And then, the renewal...
Macedonia 02.07.20 | 13:14

Kavadarci: Two employees at the Draexlmaier plant test positive, are sent into home isolation along with adjacent workers

Two employees of the large Draexlmaier car parts factory in Kavadarci tested positive to the coronavirus. Factory management said that the employees were not coming to work over the past days and were infected in separate clusters. “As soon as we were informed, all workers who operated next to...
World 02.07.20 | 10:38

V4: Hungary will ignore the EU list of “safe countries” will only open its border toward Serbia

Except for Serbia, Hungary will ignore the rest of the list of safe countries prepared by the European Union. The list has 14 countries, such as Canada, Australia, South Korea, and regional partners such as Algeria, Serbia and Montenegro, and EU countries were asked to reopen their borders toward these...
Macedonia 02.07.20 | 10:15

VMRO: It’s peak irresponsibility for Minister Filipce to take time out to campaign with Zaev while the epidemic is killing record numbers of our citizens

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party condemned Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce for participating in election videos and other events of his SDSM party, at a time when Macedonia is facing a major Second Wave of the coronavirus epidemic, with record deaths and infection rate. We have 120 newly infected and...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 15:56

Thirteen charges over a wedding held in Cair during the corona curfew

Police has prepared charges against 13 people who took part in a wedding held in Skopje’s Cair district in mid June. This was done in violation of the strict ban on large public gatherings. The wedding took place on a residential street in Cair. The same majority Muslim Albanian district sees record...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 15:28

Covid 19 toll: Four men die – all in their 50ies – and 120 newly diagnosed patients

Four patients, all of them from Skopje and in their 50ies, died from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the Healthcare Ministry reported. Skopje is the worst hit city in Macedonia during the Second Wave of the epidemic, driven mainly by disregard for social distancing rules during the Muslim month...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 15:17

Charges and quarantine against the armed man who tried to take his mothers body from a Covid-19 clinic by force

The Interior Ministry said it is proposing charges against the man who tried to forcibly take the body of his mother, who died of Covid-19, from the “8th of September” hospital. The incident in Skopje’s hardest pressed coronavirus clinic shocked the public as the man came armed and...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 15:06

One hour after opening, Greece closes the Gevgelija crossing with Macedonia again, says will keep it closed for two weeks

Only one hour after opening the Gevgelija border crossing on its side, Greece ordered it closed again. The order was given without an explanation. Greece said that it will open its Gevgelija – Bogorodica – Evzoni crossing starting today. Macedonian citizens are not allowed in, given the high...
Economy 01.07.20 | 14:52

Tax receipts drop by 6,7 percent in June

Tax receipts have dropped by 6,7 percent in June, said UJP tax authority chief Sanja Lukarevska. According to Lukarevska, the biggest drop, of 17,3 percent, was reporetd in income tax. She attributed the issue to the fact that some major companies were urged to pay their tax forward, during the early...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 11:16

Shocking incident in Skopje: Armed family members threatened a doctor in an attempt to take the body of a Covid-19 patient

Police had to deploy at the “8th of September” hospital in Skopje, where the most serious Covid-19 cases are treated, after the family of a deceased female patient threatened a doctor yesterday afternoon. Members of the family demanded that the body is given to then immediately, ignoring...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 11:07

Skopje and Ohrid airports open for international flights

The Skopje and Ohrid international airports open today. Macedonian citizens remain banned from visiting most of Europe, but none the less long lines were reported since morning at the Skopje airport, a number of mainly Wizz Air flights are scheduled to and from Germany, northern Italy, Sweden, Switzerland,...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 10:07

MRTV cameraman Shenol Ahmet dies of Covid-19

Shenol Ahmet, a cameraman for the Albanian program of the Macedonian Radio Television, succumbed to the coronavirus. Ahmet (51) was hospitalized last week, and suffered a sudden deterioration of his condition over the past few days. Doctors attempted mechanical ventilation but couldn’t help him....
Macedonia 30.06.20 | 15:30

Corona toll: Four deaths and 126 newly diagnosed patients

The Healthcare Ministry reported that four patients died of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, and 126 were newly diagnosed with the disease. Macedonia had its worst toll of the epidemic yesterday with 12 deaths. In break with past press releases, the Ministry did not provide details about the deaths reported...
Macedonia 30.06.20 | 14:11

Main corona clinic director: We admitted 18 new very serious cases, the staff can’t cope anymore

The “8th of September” hospital has admitted 18 new Covid-19 patients who came in a very serious condition. Hospital director Hristijan Kostov warns that, with 140 patients, the main coronavirus clinic in Macedonia is at the end of its strength. According to Kostov, too many patients fight...
Macedonia 30.06.20 | 10:21

More than 24.000 citizens have been cited for not wearing masks

The Interior Ministry announced that 361 citizens were fined for not wearing masks over the past 24 hours. Minister Nake Culev said that over 24.000 citizens were fined or cited so far. Now that other restrictions have been lifted, the main focus on reducing the spread of the virus is on getting citizens...
Macedonia 30.06.20 | 10:02

EU expected to keep its borders closed for Macedonian citizens

EU member states are today expected to decide on the list of countries whose citizens will again be allowed to enter the EU. Due to the extremely high rates of infection and mortality, Macedonia is not expected to be on the list. Preliminary lists have included non-EU states from the region like Serbia...
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