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Macedonia 17.09.21 | 18:26

Starting in October, only fully vaccinated people will be allowed into cafes and restaurants

Starting with October, citizens won’t be allowed into restaurants and cafes unless they are fully vaccinated. Up until now, those who have received only one dose of the vaccine were also allowed in, while the unvaccinated remain banned. We intend to have the vaccination certificate become a certificate...
Macedonia 16.09.21 | 22:18

“Zaev tries to avoid Filipce’s removal because of the large procurement contracts going through the Healthcare Ministry”

Zoran Zaev keeps Venko Filipce on as his Healthcare Minister because of the large procurement contracts that go through that Ministry, said VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki. He noted that the Zaev Government moved quickly to remove other officials who offered their resignations, but is now procrastinating...
Macedonia 15.09.21 | 00:15

“Filipce’s resignation is a done deal”

Gostivar Mayor and former Healthcare Minister Arben Taravari said that the resignation of Minister Venko Filipce and the other officials responsible for the Tetovo hospital fire is a done deal. We are no longer talking about the fire, but about the moral act of resigning. That is a done deal. It should...
Macedonia 15.09.21 | 00:12

Doctor Nikolov: Filipce should stop playing games and resign

Doctor Igor Nikolov, head of the VMRO-DPMNE Healthcare Committee, called on Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to finally assume his share of responsibility for the disastrous fire in the Tetovo hospital, and to resign. He should stop playing games. The public has been accustomed that nobody takes responsibility,...
Macedonia 13.09.21 | 12:08

Zaev: Accidents happen, I don’t think the Government should resign

Zoran Zaev insisted that he himself won’t resign and will not even push Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to resign over the catastrophic hospital fire in Tetovo which killed 15 patients and hospital visitors. The Government pushed a project to build 19 modular hospitals made of plastic panels...
Macedonia 13.09.21 | 11:15

VMRO-DPMNE calls on Zaev’s coalition partners to withdraw their support for Minister Venko Filipce

VMRO-DPMNE called on the smaller coalition partners supporting the Zaev regime to withdraw their support for Healthcare Minister Venko Fiipce and his deputy Ilir Hasani. VMRO insists that Filipce needs to be held accountable for the catastrophic fire in the Tetovo Covid hospital, and that his removal...
Macedonia 13.09.21 | 09:50

VMRO will initiate a vote of no confidence in Venko Filipce if he doesn’t resign until tomorrow

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce and his deputy Ilir Hasani have until Tuesday to submit their irrevocable resignations, the VMRO-DPMNE party said. If they don’t accept responsibility for the catastrophic fire in the Tetovo Covid hospital, the opposition party has said it will initiate a vote...
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 11:16

Filipce’s refusal to offer his resignation after the Tetovo hospital disaster is in contrast with actions of other ministers in similar times

The refusal of Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to offer his resignation following the devastating fire in an improvised hospital that killed 14 people, is in contrast with decisions by other ministers in a similar position. In 1993, then Transportation Minister Antoni Pesev resigned after the crash...
Macedonia 10.09.21 | 10:15

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev and Filipce can’t lead an objective investigation of themselves

We can’t have an objective investigation into the actions that led to the hospital fire in Tetovo ran by Zoran Zaev and Venko Filipce, when they have to investigate themselves, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce refused to even offer a resignation after the...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 14:39

No resignations, no accountability after the Tetovo hospital fire

No Government official has offered a resignation so far, after the devastating fire that killed 14 patients and injured 12 people in the improvised Covid hospital in Tetovo. So far only a co-manager of the hospital, Artan Etemi, who originally warned about issues with the construction of the hospital,...
Macedonia 06.09.21 | 13:05

No vaccine proved more reliable than the others, Minister Filipce says

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the vaccinated patients who are treated from the coronavirus have received various vaccines, and there is not one type that dominates among these cases. In the latest large wave of the illness, about 13 percent of all hospitalized patients and 10 percent of...
Macedonia 26.08.21 | 14:11

October 17th marks the beginning of the end of the political careers of Zaev and Filipce

October 17th marks the beginning of the end of the political careers of Zaev and Filipce, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party said in a press release, alluding to the date when local elections take place. The party blames the two most prominent officials of the Zaev regime with incompetence and corruption...
Macedonia 23.08.21 | 15:05

Zaev and Filipce begin a pro-vaccination campaign, threaten doctors who sow doubt in the vaccines

The Zaev Government announced the start of a public relations campaign meant to get the citizens to take the vaccine. Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce also announced that the doctors who criticise the vaccines will be dealt with through the Medical Chamber. Zaev and Filipce presented the slogans of...
Macedonia 20.08.21 | 17:41

Filipce: Government believes classes should be held in-person

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the Government remains firm in its recommendation that all school age children attend classes in person, even as the number of infections and deaths from the coronavirus continues to grow quickly. Filipce said that the Government will follow the situation and...
Macedonia 18.08.21 | 17:10

Minister Filipce says parents will be able to require that their children attend school online

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that parents will be allowed to withdraw their children from schools if they are concerned because of the coronavirus pandemic. School is supposed to begin on September 1st, and the Education Ministry plans to offer in-person teaching, after having online education...
Macedonia 28.07.21 | 09:43

Healthcare Minister Filipce calls on the young to get vaccinated

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce attended a meeting of his SDSM party where he asked young people to get vaccinated. Filipce insisted that there are several good quality vaccine options available and that the young should use the chance to get vaccinated. Macedonia is lagging badly behind in vaccination,...
Macedonia 23.07.21 | 22:50

Filipce: Almost one percent of the population were vaccinated in one day

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the vaccination rate is picking up, and that “almost one percent of the population was vaccinated today”. Macedonia has outdated population statistics, but Filipce is probably referring to a number of about 20,000 doses. Normally, on a good day,...
Macedonia 14.07.21 | 12:09

Government plans to introduce Covid passports for mass events

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that in autumn he will recommend that only vaccinated  citizens will be allowed to attend events, such as movie screenings , sports or cultural events.  Filipce said that interest for vaccination is dropping with the decline in the number of active cases,...
News 12.07.21 | 12:59

Minister Filipce says there is no need for new corona restrictions

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that there is no need to introduce new restrictions after the spread of new strains of the coronavirus in Macedonia. This comes after the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party called for testing at the border. The situation is really calm. We are focusing on vaccination as...
Macedonia 11.07.21 | 22:00

“Where are the announced Pfizer and Sputnik vaccines?”

VMRO-DPMNE official, doctor Oliver Zafirovski, called on the Healthcare Ministry and Minister Venko Filipce to explain what happened with the announced procurement of large quantities of Pfizer and Sputnik vaccines. Macedonia is currently reduced to using mostly Sinovac vaccines, which have a lower efficacy...
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