Tag: global
Macedonia 01.03.21 | 17:18

Two months after the fire, part of the Global shopping mall has reopened

Parts of the Global shopping mall in Strumica reopened today, after the devastating fire on January 2nd. About two thirds of the mall are now reopened, in the parts that were less affected by the fire. The roof is also repaired and by the end of the week work on the most affected sections will be near...

Macedonia 19.01.21 | 18:52

Zaev’s Government instructs all public institutions to donate for the reconstruction of “his” burnt shopping mall

The Zaev Government adopted a request from an association set up to rebuild the burnt down Global shopping mall in Strumica, and called on all public institutions to donate money for its reconstruction. The mall was unlawfully built during Zaev’s term as Mayor of Strumica, by investors who have...

Macedonia 08.01.21 | 17:10

Global shop-keepers divided into categories based on the damage they sustained from the fire

Shop-keepers in the burnt Global mall in Strumica have been divided into three categories, and will press their claims for reimbursement. The categories involve businesses who suffered total loss, partial loss, or no loss at all. The ground floor of the large mall developed under controversial circumstances...

Macedonia 08.01.21 | 15:11

Silence about responsibility for Global fire is complicity in future similar fire with human casualties

For a whole week there has been no word from the competent institutions about the fire in “Global” in Strumica, the spokesperson of VMRO-DPMNE Naum Stoilkovski reminded at Friday’s press conference adding that there is no information about the cause of the fire, and even worse, there...

Macedonia 06.01.21 | 13:13

Stoilkovski: No fire protection system in Global, there must be accountability for intentional negligence and corruption

Zoran Zaev is still running away from the answer as to whether he personally, together with his business partner in the construction business Goran Krstev, the municipal urban planner Stojan Dinev, the construction and urban inspector Irinka Trajkova, the person in charge of local economic development...

Macedonia 05.01.21 | 13:51

Nikoloski about “Global”: 6-storey building was built in a few days, there is a serious crime from the very beginning

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski presented to the public information in relation the “Global” case. According to documents, this building was built in just a few days. It is impossible to build a six-story building in a matter of days. Zoran Zaev, who at that time was the mayor...

Economy 05.01.21 | 09:34

The companies that Zaev personally knows to “show solidarity” and return the money to the victims of the Eurostandard “fire”

The Association of damaged depositors from Eurostandard Bank welcomes the initiative of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to help the store owners of the charred part of the “Global” shopping mall, but remind that the “fire” that occurred in Eurostandard Bank was a thousand times bigger...

Macedonia 04.01.21 | 22:08

Zaev on the Global mall blaze: The hydrants were operational but the water main had burst since before the fire

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the fire in the Global shopping mall, built by his cronies while he was Mayor of Strumica, was made worse by a burst pipe that fed water to the hydrants in the mall. The ground floor in the large mall is totally destroyed, with dozens of shops and a marketplace burnt,...

Macedonia 04.01.21 | 19:07

VMRO: Zaev personally needs to answer the questions about the Global mall fire

It’s not enough that Strumica officials express regret – there must be accountability for the failures that led to the fire in the Global shopping mall, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, under whose term as Mayor of Strumica the controversial mall was...

Macedonia 04.01.21 | 15:18

While 40-year old firefighting vehicles were used to put out the fire in Global shopping mall, the Zaev family owns several luxurious cars

While the fire in Zoran Zaev’s illegal building “Global” has been extinguished with 40-year old firefighting and communal vehicles, and the hospital in Strumica does not have an ambulance, Zaev’s private collection includes the most luxurious car in Macedonia – Maybach,...

Macedonia 04.01.21 | 11:06

Will the Prosecution see the defective hydrants in “Global”?

After the Global shopping mall almost burned to the ground, the government is obliged to answer several questions, and the Prosecutor’s Office must also be interested when investigating this case. First of all, the authorities must answer why the firefighting system in “Global” was...

Macedonia 03.01.21 | 19:40

Never mind the sprinklers, the Strumica mall didn’t even have functioning water hydrants

TV Vis from Strumica reports that the Global shopping mall did not have operational water hydrants that could’ve helped the firemen save some of the dozens of stores that were burnt in yesterday’s inferno. The mall, whose construction was notorious as part of Zoran Zaev’s early, 2008...

Macedonia 03.01.21 | 14:49

Zaev visited the site of the charred shopping mall in Strumica

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev visited the site of the Global shopping mall, built in Strumica during his term as Mayor, which suffered a major fire yesterday. The entire ground floor and large parts of the upper floors were badly damaged in the blaze, and dozens of stores have been destroyed. Fortunately,...

Macedonia 03.01.21 | 12:10

Entire floor in Strumica’s Global shopping mall has been destroyed in the fire

Apocalyptic images surfaced from the Global shopping mall in Strumica, where the ground floor seems completely burnt out in the large blaze that broke out yesterday evening. Firefighters said that they had to approach the mall from three sides, and needed assistance from teams across the region. The...

Macedonia 03.01.21 | 09:07

Major fire in the Global shopping mall in Strumica

A major fire broke out yesterday evening in the Global shopping mall in Strumica. There are no casualties but serious damage was inflicted on the shops. The fire started on the ground floor and then spread upwards. At least ten stores were burnt down, as well as much of the marketplace. Mayor Kosta...