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Macedonia 30.03.21 | 16:58

Novel approach: Healthcare Ministry Filipce says there will be no new restrictions because the virus is already spread too wide

The Healthcare Ministry took a novel approach to fighting the coronavirus epidemic. Today it announced that there will be no recommendations for new restrictive measures because “the virus is already spread out too far”. Epidemiologists believe that there is widespread infection across the...
Macedonia 28.03.21 | 16:35

Zaev and Filipce blow off steam with their motorcycles

As thousands of Macedonian citizens head out to Serbia looking for vaccines, the two persons most responsible for bringing vaccines to Macedonia – Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce – took another of their motorcycle joyrides. They shared pictures from a trip...
Macedonia 28.03.21 | 12:28

Arsovska: Filipce is the worst Healthcare Minister Macedonia has ever had

Venko Filipce is the most incompetent Healthcare Minister Macedonia has ever had, said Daniela Arsovska, director of the SSK chamber of commerce. Arsovska protested Filipce’s mishandling of the epidemic and inability to provide vaccines in time or in scale. People are dying everywhere, people are...
Macedonia 27.03.21 | 10:21

Healthcare Ministry plans a welcoming ceremony for the first Covax vaccine shipment due tomorrow

A batch of 24,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines are going to be delivered to Macedonia on Sunday morning, and Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced a welcoming ceremony at the Skopje airport. The vaccines are being delivered through the Covax mechanism put in place by the World Health Organization. It’s...
Macedonia 26.03.21 | 11:10

Citizens of Bosnia which, along with Macedonia, is among the worst vaccine performers, plan lawsuits against their politicians

Citizens of Bosnia are preparing a lawsuit against the politicians responsible for procuring vaccines for their failure to get them sooner and in greater quantity. Along with Macedonia, Bosnia is among the worst performers in the Balkans in terms of finding and administering vaccines. Several thousands...
Macedonia 24.03.21 | 22:29

Minister Filipce promises that the vaccines will arrive some time in April

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that some level of mass vaccination will begin in April, after months of delays due to his incompetence and, reportedly, corruption. It gets worse: The company Minister Filipce wanted to use to buy Chinese vaccines was originally registered in the off-shore...
Macedonia 22.03.21 | 10:05

With the SDSM party vote done, new corona restrictions expected to be put in place

The Committee on Infectious Diseases is considering whether to propose new, stricter measures, as the Government announced that it will extend the overnight curfew. Citizens are required to remain at home between 22h and 5h, unless they are engaged in activities for the ruling SDSM party, apparently. SDSM...
Macedonia 19.03.21 | 17:31

Calls for resignation of Healthcare Minister Filipce after Pfizer informs it still hasn’t signed a vaccine contract with Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski called on Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to resign immediately, after Pfizer informed that it still hasn’t signed a contract for coronavirus vaccines with Macedonia. Filipce was manipulating the public since December, when he said that Macedonia...
Macedonia 14.03.21 | 18:24

Documents show that the company Minister Filipce tried to use in the Chinese vaccine deal was completely unsuitable for the job

The VMRO-DPMNE party today revealed additional documents about the shell company which Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce tried to insert in the purchase of coronavirus vaccines from China. The use of the Stabri company – set up in American Samoa and then registered in Hong Kong, despite it obviously...
Macedonia 13.03.21 | 17:56

New leak indicates that Minister Filipce was trying to greatly overpay for the Chinese vaccines

New leaked documents show that Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce was preparing to pay 12.5 million EUR for the Chinese coronavirus vaccines. The leaked document, dated from January 2021 and revealed through a picture apparently taken from a screen, shows that the purchase was about to be made through...
Macedonia 12.03.21 | 09:20

Filipce admits he came up with the failed China scheme, says he will now try to buy Astra Zeneca vaccines

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce admitted that he was behind the failed plan to purchase Chinese Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines using a shell company registered in American Samoa and Hong Kong. China backed out of the deal after it found the company that Filipce tried to use as unacceptable. We used...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 15:31

It gets worse: The company Minister Filipce wanted to use to buy Chinese vaccines was originally registered in the off-shore haven of American Samoa

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce today confirmed that his leaked letters published by the Italian La Verita newspaper are authentic, but denied any criminal wrong-doing in the way he tried to set up the purchase of Chinese coronavirus vaccines. La Verita reported that, instead of organizing direct talks...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 15:41

Elderly patients will be first in line to receive the Russian made Sputnik vaccines

The newly received 3,000 Russian made Sputnik V vaccines will be used on elderly citizens, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. Nearly 100,000 citizens registered on the website set up for this purpose, but with the very small stockpile of vaccines, it’s likely that those with existing conditions...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 11:46

Government expected to introduce overnight curfews

The Macedonian Government is expected to introduce an overnight curfew starting on Wednesday. The Committee on Infectious Diseases proposed that the curfew starts at 22h and ends at 5h. Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce blamed the public for disobeying current restrictions and said this is the reason...
News 05.03.21 | 23:05

“Filipce made Macedonia dependent on the Russian vaccine which he rejected in December”

Macedonia has no vaccines other than the 8,000 Pfizer doses donated by Serbia, and Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce doesn’t sound too sure when he announced a delivery of 3,000 Russian vaccines on Sunday, warned the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. Filipce already misled the public numerous times,...
News 05.03.21 | 21:18

New corona wave: Government will decide whether to introduce new restrictive measures next week

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that due to the rising number of coronavirus infections, the Government will discuss introducing additional restrictive measures next week. We were in intense communication with the members of the Infectious Diseases Committee these past days and we are following...
Macedonia 03.03.21 | 14:53

VMRO-DPMNE exposes corruption in the Healthcare Ministry

A medical provider received suspiciously inflated procurement contracts with the Healthcare Ministry, including, in one instance, a contract in which it received more money that what was provided in its original proposal. VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski presented some of the contracts the Kubis...
Macedonia 27.02.21 | 10:01

Chinese vaccines delivery about to become another fail for Zaev and Filipce

With February almost over, another vaccine announcement is about to be broken. The Zaev regime and his Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that a significant quantity of Chinese vaccines will arrive by the end of the month. But yesterday Filipce confirmed that that will not happen. So far, Macedonia...
Macedonia 24.02.21 | 15:25

Filipce: The Serbian donation is enough to vaccinate all medical workers in Macedonia

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the newly arrived donation of Pfizer vaccines from Serbia will be enough to inoculate all medical workers in Macedonia. Serbia donated a total of 8,000 vaccines, in two batches. Vaccinations are going well so far, we have vaccinated 1,300 medical workers, at...
Macedonia 19.02.21 | 18:02

Alternative party calls on Healthcare Minister Filipce to investigate the incident in the Tetovo hospital

The Alternative party called on Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to investigate the incident that occurred in the Tetovo hospital two weeks ago. The incident reportedly erupted between rival officials from the DUI and BESA parties, who are nominally coalition partners, but also bitter rivals. After...
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