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Macedonia 20.03.20 | 18:28

VMRO-DPMNE: In the midst of the crisis Filipce is purchasing Brazilian respirators, ignoring more favorable offers

VMRO-DPMNE warns that Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce is preparing a dubious procurement of mechanical respirators from Brazil, which are significantly lower. Macedonia and other Balkan countries are banned from procuring the highly sought after devices in the European Union and have been forced to...
Macedonia 18.03.20 | 15:50

Filipce: 30 new patients are being tested

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce informed that 30 patients are being tested for possible exposure to the coronavirus, while the number of confirmed patients is at 35. The four new patients were diagnosed this morning and all are from Skopje, linked to a family that was diagnosed yesterday. The patients...
Macedonia 17.03.20 | 20:54

Filipce: A plane landed from Brussels with a number of potential coronavirus cases

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce confirmed that there are five new coronavirus patients in Macedonia. Four of them are the doctors and nurses that were infected while working with patients in Debar – the hotbed of the epidemic. Additionally, a plane landed in Skopje from Brussels with several...
Macedonia 16.03.20 | 21:37

Five new corona cases in Macedonia, one flew in from the Netherlands with other 31 people

Five new patients have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Macedonia today. Two more have been diagnosed in a test conducted in a private clinic, and it will be re-done in the Infectious Diseases Clinic to double check. There are currently 14 patients being treated from this type of flu at the clinic. Of...
Macedonia 15.03.20 | 16:00

Seven new patients, including two pregnant women, are tested for the coronavirus

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that seven new patients are being tested for coronavirus, including two pregnant women from Debar. So far all 13 patients who are treated in the capital Skopje are stable, including the Debar woman who is on mechanical ventilation. The newly tested patients...
Macedonia 11.03.20 | 14:11

Minister Filipce called out for his mishandling of the coronavirus crisis

The measures proposed by the Government are insufficient to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, said VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee member doctor Igor Nikolov. He called for the creation of a crisis team that would inform the public and handle the situation, after a number of major failures by Healthcare...
Macedonia 11.03.20 | 13:34

No free bus tickets for the elderly and other measures meant to slow down the spread of the coronavirus

A series of measures meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus are being put in place in Macedonia. One of them is an end to the popular free bus tickets given to the elderly four days a week. The idea is to discourage vulnerable citizens from using public transportation unnecessarily, where they might...
Macedonia 10.03.20 | 16:58

After bringing the coronavirus to the Skopje clinic, doctor Caca will be removed as head of the Dermatology Clinic

Doctor Nina Caca Biljanovska, the head of the Skopje Dermatology Clinic who was spreading the coronavirus for days after contracting it on a ski trip in Italy, became a celebrity of sorts in the regional social media. Her example is being shared across the Balkans as an ultimate case of incompetence...
Macedonia 06.03.20 | 12:51

The only corona patient in Macedonia no longer has the virus

A test conducted on the so far only coronavirus patient in Macedonia is negative. It’s unclear whether the first diagnosis was a false positive, or if her organism has defeated the virus, but as of now she is considered not to be a threat to the public. The tests on two foreign citizens who are...
Macedonia 05.03.20 | 15:20

In a likely tax evasion scheme, Minister Filipce’s family paid almost 10 times below market value for the land they acquired on Mt. Vodno

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce’s family was able to purchase a huge plot of land on Mt. Vodno for prices that ranged between 10 and 25 EUR per square meter, far below the market price, VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski revealed today. The opposition party blew the whistle on the highly suspicious...
Macedonia 05.03.20 | 14:57

Hotel in Skopje quarantined with two possible coronavirus cases, Filipce will propose a ban public gatherings

A hotel in downtown Skopje is placed under quarantine after two guests were suspected of having the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce proposed a ban on public gatherings until March 13, which could affect the electoral campaign. According to media reports, the room the two were...
Macedonia 03.03.20 | 19:13

Healthcare Minister Filipce included one of his clinic directors in his suspicious real-estate deals on Mt. Vodno

VMRO-DPMNE revealed that the scandal involving Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce, whose family has purchased large extensive real-estate on Mt. Vodno together with a controversial businessman, is also involved in similar deals with the head of one of Skopje’s main public clinics. So far it was...
Macedonia 02.03.20 | 13:38

The only coronavirus patient in Macedonia remains in good condition

The woman who contracted the coronavirus during a visit to Italy, and is to this day the only confirmed case in Macedonia, is in a good condition. She has no fever, and is recovering in the Skopje clinic, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. No other cases have been reported. The passengers and the...
Macedonia 01.03.20 | 20:19

Healthcare Minister Filipce says that his wife’s family owns only half of the lucrative real-estate section on Mt. Vodno

The Healthcare Ministry issued a press release to deny the allegations that his wife’s family has entered into a huge real-estate deal in an expensive part of Mt. Vodno with a businessman who does a lot of work with the Ministry. The allegations was made by VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski,...
Macedonia 01.03.20 | 13:31

Healthcare Minister Filipce’s family and his favorite contractor are involved in a huge real-estate deal on Mt. Vodno

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski revealed that Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce’s family and a businessman who has extensive contracts with the Healthcare Ministry have amassed a dozen plots of land in a pricey part of Skopje on Mt. Vodno. The total size of the intermixed plots of land amounts...
Macedonia 28.02.20 | 18:46

Investigation into the pharmacies that hike mask prices

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that inspectors will investigate pharmacies that have increased prices of supplies that are in demand because of the coronavirus. Most notably, the price of surgical style masks, which normally sold for just a few denars a piece, are now between 30 and 70 denars,...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 18:18

Woman with coronavirus was not hospitalized immediately – neighbors in Skopje say she was there for days before being put in quarantine

The woman who contracted the coronavirus in Italy before returning to Macedonia was not hospitalized immediately, and was in Macedonia for days before checking in the Infectious Diseases Clinic, her neighbors say. People living in the Kale district of Skopje, where the 50 year old woman lives, say that...
Macedonia 26.02.20 | 18:33

Filipce: The other van passengers are still being located

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the 14 people who were in the van that took the first confirmed coronavirus patient from Italy to Macedonia are still not in quarantine. Filipce said that the Ministry is working to get in touch with them, and once they’re located, they will be put in...
Macedonia 25.02.20 | 13:14

Passenger who came to Skopje from Dubai is being tested for the coronavirus

A patient who arrived to Macedonia from Dubai is currently being tested for the coronavirus. The man arrived several days ago and developed flu like symptoms. Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the results will be in in a few hours. He urged all passengers who arrive to Skopje from foreign destinations...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 15:38

VMRO calls for an investigation into “Minister Filipce’s casbah”

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski held a press conference at the construction site of a large, luxury villa in a pricey part of Skopje, which is being built by the mother in law of Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. A co-investor in the development is Goran Filipov, a businessman who has received...
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