Tag: gostivar
Macedonia 17.04.19 | 14:33

Electoral Commission President expresses concern after Pendarovski supporter threatens him with armed attack

Oliver Derkovski, President of the State Electoral Commission (SEC), strongly condemned the statement of the ruling majority candidate Stevo Pendarovski, who encouraged one of his supporters to attack the SEC. The man from Gostivar was invited to speak by Pendarovski. He complained that he was left out...

Macedonia 17.04.19 | 10:24

Pendarovski supporter threatens to shoot up the State Electoral Commission

An SDSM supporter made a shocking threat to shoot up the State Electoral Commission (SEC), during a rally of their presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski in Gostivar. It was another bizarre SDSM rally moment, owed to the party’s decision to allow rally goers to speak directly to the candidate....

Macedonia 09.04.19 | 20:24

You can change everything, but our homeland never

You can change everything, but our homeland never, VMRO DPMNE presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova said at the Gostivar rally. Тogether with the president of the main opposition party in Macedonia, Hristijan Mickoski, she continues her daily rallies throughout the country to inform the...

Macedonia 09.04.19 | 20:06

A vote for me will mean a vote for justice for Macedonia

Macedonia is everything they do not have, but Macedonia is everything we have. They say that we were bringing you in back to the 19th century when all thinkers stressed that every nation has the right to its own state. When we listen to the national anthem, we identify with it, with the history of our...

Macedonia 09.04.19 | 18:33

VMRO-DPMNE rally in Gostivar (Follow Live)

VMRO-DPMNE is holding Monday a rally in Gostivar, starting at 18:30 h. Party leader Hristijan Mickoski and presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova will address the people. You can follow the rally live on the link below:

Macedonia 05.04.19 | 18:30

Nepotism watch: The husband of a DUI member of Parliament was made school principal mid election campaign

Gostivar Mayor Arben Taravari blamed Mirsada Emini – Asani, member of Parliament from the DUI party, of getting her husband promoted to school principal. Taravari said that the promotion was made after the presidential election campaign began, when all changes to the public administration are forbidden. The...

Macedonia 23.03.19 | 14:47

Body recovered from the Vardar river near Gostivar

Rescue teams recovered the body of a 20 year old man from the Vardar river. Police identified him only by his initials as J.M. The body was first spotted yesterday afternoon, near the village of Malo Turcane, but villagers were unable to pull it out of the river. It was found again this morning, between...

Culture 11.03.19 | 13:04

Gostivar’s Literary Sparks festival launches poetry contest

Organizers of the international poetry festival Literary Sparks have launched a call for poems for this year’s event. The poetry contest is open to poets from North Macedonia and the Balkans who enter three previously unpublished poems limited to 32 lines in their native language at [email protected]. There...

Macedonia 08.03.19 | 20:49

Mickoski: On April 21st, we have two roads ahead of us

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with citizens from Gostivar today, and in his remarks the opposition leader said that “we will either defeat the ruling Zaevism, or we will continue down the path of political and economic capitulation”. On April 21st, we don’t only hold the...

Economy 08.03.19 | 18:24

Mickoski promises support for domestic businesses during his visit to the Gostivar brick factory

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski visited the Gostivar brick factory where he discussed the issues business leaders have with operating in Macedonia. After the visit, Mickoski promised that the opposition party will help businesses thrive . Domestic businesses will be able to develop if they have...

Macedonia 07.03.19 | 19:58

Gostivar man stabbed, injured by his father

A 31 year old man from Gostivar was admitted in the city hospital with stab wounds, which were inflicted by his 60 year old father. The father was detained following the attack and is facing charges. The police is still determining the cause of the attempted murder.

Macedonia 04.03.19 | 17:19

Man who set fire to 30 tires in Gostivar caught, faces up to 10 years in prison

A man from Gostivar faces up to 10 years in prison after he set fire to three dozen old vehicle tires near the city entrance. Even citizens of a city where the poorest people routinely use rubber tires to heat their homes were shocked by the plume of black, likely carcinogenic smoke, which rose above...

Macedonia 19.02.19 | 19:03

Driver from the bus disaster left Gostivar along with his family

Manoil Trifunovski, the Durmo company bus driver who was driving the bus which crashed on the Skopje – Tetovo highway last week, in an accident which killed 15 people, left his hometown of Gostivar. Journalists visiting his home report that his house is empty, the mail left uncollected. The victims...

Macedonia 18.02.19 | 15:03

VMRO-DPMNE reveals abuse in the Interior Ministry which may have contributed to the lethal bus crash

VMRO-DPMNE today revealed that the AMZ facility which conducts the mandatory annual mechanical tests for vehicles in Gostivar, had received a ban and was supposed to close down due to violations, but the ban was quickly reversed by the Interior Ministry. This is the testing station which gave the green...

Macedonia 15.02.19 | 13:33

Passengers refuse to take a bus from Gostivar after it displayed mechanical issues

Passengers in Gostivar refused to take Durmo company bus on Friday after a wheel on the bus jammed and dragged on the road for a short while. The bus had already left the station, but once the malfunction appeared, all passengers left the vehicle, Alfa TV reported. The city of Gostivar remains in shock...

Macedonia 31.12.18 | 13:57

Gostivar mayor Taravari blasts the Zaev Government

Gostivar mayor Arben Taravari wrote a social media post highly critical of the Zoran Zaev Government, including a mock photo of the Macedonia Gate, which Zaev said will report on all the billions “his Government will confiscate from criminals”, with the number of people amnestied so far instead. –...