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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 30.06.20 | 10:38

Minister Filipce’s favorite contractor has almost doubled his profits

Goran Filipov, the controversial pharma executive who has won serious contracts from the Healthcare Ministry, has almost doubled his revenue in 2019. Lider reports that the two companies linked with Filipov, Synergy and Kubis, have seen a huge increase in revenue in the past several years, as the businessman...
Macedonia 25.06.20 | 21:20

Instead of firing Ziberi after his shocking statement, Minister Filipce tweets his disappointment

Instead of removing him from office or asking that the borders are closed, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce responded to the scandal caused by his official Arben Ziberi merely by admonishing him on Twitter. Ziberi, who is a DUI party official, bragged on Albanian language media that he got the Commission...
Macedonia 19.06.20 | 10:17

Trying to put a positive spin on the crisis, Filipce says we are improving our “collective immunity”

Faced with the huge increase in newly diagnosed patients and by far the worst death rate in the region, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce today attempted to give a positive spin to the situation. “This increases the collective immunity of the citizens”, Filipce said, evoking the much criticized...
Macedonia 19.06.20 | 10:07

Despite the on-going Second Wave, Government considers fully opening the borders

The Macedonian Government announced that it will discuss opening the borders in full during the weekend. Currently, the borders are open for foreign citizens who want to transit – they’re given five hours to reach the exit border crossing they announce while entering. Macedonian citizens...
Macedonia 19.06.20 | 09:39

Minister Filipce insists that most of the doctors and nurses who contracted the virus did so outside of the workplace

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce tried to dismiss his own responsibility for the high number of healthcare workers who contracted the coronavirus by accusing them of being infected outside of the workplace. There are almost no infections in the dedicated Covid-19 teams, who have worked with these patients...
Macedonia 17.06.20 | 09:35

After the deadly Ramadan spike, Minister Filipce welcomes the change of tone from the Islamic Community

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce welcomed the statement from the newly appointed head of the Islamic Community in Macedonia Shakir Fetahu who publicly warned of the dangers of the coronavirus. Wanton disregard for social distancing rules during the month of Ramadan, when extended families gather for...
Macedonia 09.06.20 | 12:59

Minister Filipce points to an extreme case of violation of Covid-19 rules: A May wedding with 100 guests is the latest cluster under investigation

As an example of extreme failure to follow social distancing recommendations, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce yesterday named a wedding that took place at the end of May. There were about a 100 people participating in a wedding that took place in a private home. Such gatherings were forbidden at the...
Macedonia 08.06.20 | 16:59

Karadzovski: The Second Wave was caused by the iftar dinners

Doctor Zarko Karadzovski, who heads the Committee on infectious diseases, confirmed that the current second wave of coronavirus, which has hit Macedonia especially hard, was caused by the disregard for the social distancing orders during the Muslim month or Ramadan. The spike that came after May 26 is...
Macedonia 06.06.20 | 15:41

Minister Filipce urges infected citizens to cooperate with the surveys needed to map out new clusters

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce urged infected citizens to cooperate fully with doctors as they are surveyed for their contacts. As Macedonia is in the midst of a new coronavirus peak, greater than the one in April, it has been reported that many diagnosed patients refuse to cooperate with the mandatory...
Macedonia 05.06.20 | 15:34

Filipce and Karadzovski endangered the whole of Macedonia with the weekend lockdown order

Epidemiologist Toni Konjanovski accused the Government of endangering the entire country with its reckless weekend curfew policy. The Government ordered the capital Skopje and several other densely populated cities to go under a total lockdown for more than three days, which just prompted tens of thousands...
Macedonia 05.06.20 | 14:08

VMRO asks Health Minister Filipce if he’s hiding Covid-19 cases, after differences between him and local officials emerge

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party accused Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce of trying to cover up coronavirus cases, after discrepancies appeared between numbers given by Filipce’s Ministry and local authorities. The director of the Stip hospital, who is appointed by SDSM and is a former SDSM member...
Macedonia 04.06.20 | 18:29

Minister Filipce calls on bishop Agatangel to close the churches for the holiday weekend

After the bishop of Veles Agatangel called on the faithful to visit churches and pray for their loved ones on Pentecost, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce argued that it is against the coronavirus restrictions. The Government ordered a ban on the traditional visits to the cemeteries, but bishop Agatangel...
Macedonia 03.06.20 | 15:57

Boki 13 says he’s ready to talk about the Racket 2 scandal, involving Venko Filipce and Den Doncev

Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, who is one of the two main suspects in the Racket scandal, said that he will reveal additional information about the Racket 2 scandal – a case in which the top healthcare officials are charged with racketeering. Boki 13 has been very cooperative over the past few...
Macedonia 03.06.20 | 13:19

Zaev and Filipce try to calm the public as they continue to push for early elections

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev and Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce came out with assurances to the public, as the grim reports of high deaths and newly infected patients come day after day. The measures we took are giving results. We should continue to believe in them and in our ability to protect public...
Macedonia 02.06.20 | 18:05

The virus spreads to two retirement homes in Skopje

Five coronavirus cases were discovered in retirement homes in Skopje, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. So far Macedonia has been spared major outbreaks in these facilities which have claimed many lives in other countries. The cases were identified in who privately owned homes managed by the same...
Macedonia 02.06.20 | 17:59

Minister Filipce confirms we have a second Covid-19 wave, may propose new restrictions in the coming days

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce would not announce new restrictive measures today, but said that it could be announced on Wednesday or Thursday. Filipce was asked what is the Government preparing in light of the dramatic escalation of the coronavirus epidemic, that left Macedonia as the only country...
Macedonia 29.05.20 | 15:57

Government is considering imposing full quarantine over swathes of Skopje

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that he will propose that the state of emergency is extended and that quarantine is imposed in some of he most densely populated parts of Skopje. The move comes during the latest spike in newly diagnosed cases, likely linked to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan....
Macedonia 29.05.20 | 12:00

Minister Filipce’s star dims as the coronavirus statistics go from bad to worse and his role gets politicized

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce was the public face of the coronavirus effort over the past months. Despite a long track record of corruption and some inexplicable gaffes, which led to his removal by the SDSM party from the lists of candidates for the coming general elections, Filipce managed to build...
Macedonia 26.05.20 | 20:09

Government confirms that the corona curfew ends tomorrow

Interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski said that the Government decided to end the evening curfew, starting tomorrow. This means that citizens will be allowed to be outside at any time of the day and night. Starting Thursday, cafes, restaurants and other hospitality premises will be allowed to open,...
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