Tag: danela
Macedonia 21.12.24 | 22:50

Water supply normalized in Skopje after major repair

Normal water supply is being restored to much of Skopje this afternoon, after repairs at a water main that began on Friday evening. Over 160 workers were working on the site of a broken major pipe that was causing significant loss. The repairs left the densely populated right bank of the Vardar river...

Macedonia 17.12.24 | 21:16

Much of Skopje will be left without water on Saturday

Large part of Skopje will be left without water on Friday evening, for necessary repairs at a water main. The repairs will begin late at night on Friday. Mayor Danela Arsovska promised that they will be done in a day, but this is uncertain. Most of the right bank of the Vardar river (Skopje’s southern...

Macedonia 05.12.24 | 00:13

Legal changes would allow to have mayors removed from office through a local referendum

Local Administration Minister Zlatko Perinski said that he believes there should be a legal option to revoke mayors. He made the statement in light of the on-going crisis with the management of the capital Skopje, with its erratic Mayor Danela Arsovska. We initiated a process with the help of UNDP, which...

Macedonia 26.11.24 | 18:46

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska will not run for re-election

Danela Arsovska, the troubled Mayor of the city of Skopje, announced today that she will not seek re-election next spring. When I was running for Mayor I had the support of VMRO-DPMNE, but unfortunately they can’t overcome themselves. There are far too large vanities involved here. Thank you, but...

Macedonia 01.09.24 | 12:21

Reduced bus schedule for the first day of school

Public transit in Skopje will operate under a reduced schedule tomorrow, on the crucial first day of school, after private bus companies said that they will only cover one of their designated lines in the morning. The companies insist that the city owes them for past services, and also demand that Mayor...

News Macedonia 22.08.24 | 14:43

“Even if Arsovska’s programs are voted in, she won’t implement them”

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski dismissed the request from Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska to have her programs voted in the city assembly. Mickoski and Arsovska met earlier this week trying to figure out a way in which the management of the city can be normalized after years of Arsovska’s constant...

Macedonia 17.08.24 | 16:01

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska tries to team up with DUI

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska, who has made a habit of rapidly appointing and dismissing managers of the utility companies, named Jeton Buci as head of the company tasked with managing the Skopje parks and greenery. Buci is official of the DUI party, and replaces Martin Angelovski, who was named to this...

Macedonia 04.06.24 | 16:02

Danela Arsovska, the mayor of the City of Skopje, convicted of cursing against Orce Todorovski

Danela Arsovska, the mayor of the City of Skopje, defamed Orce Todorovski, assistant executive director of the Macedonian Radio Television, according to a decision by the Basic Civil Court. On December 6, 2022, Danela Arsovska made public statements, during which she accused Orce Todorovski of participating...

Macedonia 17.01.24 | 23:40

“Danela Arsovska’s secret coalition with SDSM is out in the open”

The secret coalition between SDSM and Danela Arsovska has been made public. This is the response from VMRO-DPMNE, after the Mayor of Skopje announced her new political move today. Danela Arsovska, who was elected to her position as VMRO candidate in 2021 but quickly turned her back on the opposition...

Macedonia 30.12.23 | 11:05

Skopje Mayor Arsovska appoints her main media supporter as her Secretary General

Scandalous Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska dismissed her main confidant in the city hall – her Secretary General Zoran Gligorov – and replaced him with Natalija Mitovska. Mitovska is co-head of the Infomax news site and wife of its owner Aleksandar Mitovski – Mecka. The once strongly pro-opposition...

Macedonia 16.09.23 | 20:47

Mayor Arsovska is paying people 10 EUR to register for her new party?

An audio recording shows the apparent bribery of citizens asked to register as members of a newly founded party that should be led by Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska. The party is supposed to be called Justice, and is in the works by Arsovska, who was elected Mayor with the help of VMRO-DPMNE but quickly...

Macedonia 31.08.23 | 21:23

PR official from Mayor Arsovska’s office attacked a journalist

A spokesowman for Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska attacked a journalist today. According to the journalist Martin Arsov from Sitel TV, Arsovska’s rep Kristina Depo approached him, argued over his questions and then slapped him on the phone, apparently to stop him from filming her. VMRO-DPMNE condemned...

Macedonia 14.07.23 | 19:28

Skopje suffered an environmental disaster

The city of Skopje went through an environmental disaster, with the garbage left uncollected for days, said the VMRO-DPMNE Commission on municipal affairs. In its statement, the Commission blamed the collapse of basic services in Skopje on Mayor Danela Arsovska, who enjoys the support of just 1 percent...

Macedonia 12.07.23 | 18:02

Skopje Mayor Arsovska is trying to fine one of the most popular municipal mayors for trying to clean up the city

Kisela Voda Mayor Orce Gjorgievski said that Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska has no authority to issue fines for the attempt to resolve the crisis with the garbage collection. After Arsovska caused a strike in the city’s KHS garbage collection service, and the city was flooded with uncollected trash...

Macedonia 20.05.23 | 16:20

Skopje Mayor Arsovska claims that there is no serious damage on the key Vardar river bridge

Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska insisted that there are is serious damage done to the “Belasica” bridge, which has been closed for a week after a strong fire. The bridge is closed not just for vehicles but for pedestrians as well, as some officials and experts have warned that the fire undermined...

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 12.01.23 | 23:00

Mayor Arsovska’s right hand man has a history of domestic violence

Following reports that the Secretary of the city of Skopje Zoran Gligorov started a fight with the security team, it was revealed that he already has several charges of domestic violence. Gligorov is now the main operative in the city administration, after Mayor Danela Arsovska severed ties with the...

Macedonia 09.12.22 | 09:35

Skopje: Protesters will unblock two key intersections, but will continue to blockade the city hall

The two privately owned bus companies that are protesting in downtown Skopje are reducing the scope of their blockade that crippled the capital. Instead of blocking three key intersections, as they did for over a week, the blockade will be reduced to one location – in front of the city hall of...

Macedonia 01.11.22 | 15:17

Mayor Arsovska allows mismanagement in Skopje high schools as she courts favor with the Government

Almost a year after the election of Danela Arsovska as Mayor of Skopje, she still hasn’t removed the heads of soem of the key high schools in the capital left over from her predecessor Petre Silegov. This indicates that Arsovska is truly trying working to align herself with the SDSM party, after...

Macedonia 31.10.22 | 15:08

Skopje could be left without water as repressed workers prepare to strike

The union that represents workers in Skopje’s Vodovod water and sewage public company is considering a strike that could leave the capital without water. The reason for this is the extensive retribution that workers are facing from Skopje Mayor Danela Arsovska, as she is trying to take over direct...

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