Tag: karpalak
Macedonia 08.08.23 | 11:20

Glory to them: 22nd anniversary of the death of 10 army reservists in an ambush near Tetovo

The city of Prilep marks on Tuesday the 22nd anniversary of the death of nine army reservists. On August 8, 2001, during the conflict between the Macedonian security forces and the ethnic Albanian guerilla, near the locality, Karpalak on the Skopje – Tetovo highway, an army convoy was ambushed,...
Macedonia 08.08.22 | 09:14

21st death anniversary of soldiers ambushed near Karpalak

To commemorate the 21st anniversary of the death of ten army members near the village of Karpalak, a delegation led by the Army’s Chief of General Staff Lieutenant Colonel General Vasko Gjurcinovski and State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense Dragan Nikolic will lay flowers at the memorial near...
Macedonia 08.08.21 | 11:16

Neither Zaev, nor Sekerinska, nor Pendarovski will pay respects to Karpalak victims, will sends MPs instead

Several ceremonies to mark the 20th anniversary of the Karpalak ambush will be held on Sunday in Prilep, the hometown of the ten soldiers killed in the incident that took place on the Skopje – Tetovo highway in 2001. This year too, neither the Prime Minister, nor the Minister of Defense, nor the President...
Macedonia 10.08.20 | 15:50

After snubbing the Karpalak commemoration, Sekerinska personally laid a wreath in honor of the soldiers killed in Ljubotenski Bacila

After causing outrage last week with her no-show at a ceremony marking the ambush in which Albanian terrorists killed 10 Macedonian army reservists in Karpalak, Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska made sure to come in person for the honoring of the eight soldiers killed in Ljuboteski Bacila. The two...
Macedonia 08.08.20 | 15:06

Someone is obviously working to make Karpalak massacre slowly fading from people’s memory

Defence Ministry and Army delegations, led by State Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, Dragan Nikolikj, and Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurchinovski, lay wreaths Saturday on the Tetovo-Skopje highway, at a site dedicated to the ten Army members killed in the 2001 Karpalak...
Macedonia 08.08.20 | 11:24

Did the heroes get the deserved place in history or do we awarely run away from them?

Macedonia marks the 19th anniversary of the Karpalak massacre, when terrorists from the Albanian UCK/NLA organization attacked a convoy of Macedonian army reservists, killing 10 of them. The convoy was ambushed in Karpalak, a rocky stretch midway between Skopje and Tetovo, along the highway. Nane Naumoski,...
Macedonia 06.11.19 | 17:05

The fatal Gostivar bound bus had a device used to fool its speed sensors

The Durmo Tours company bus, which overturned on the Skopje – Tetovo highway in February killing 16 people, had a device that was used to forge speed data collected by the tachograph sensor. A driver from the same company who was summoned as a witness during the court hearing today confirmed that...
Macedonia 08.08.19 | 12:53

Macedonia marks 18 years since the Karpalak massacre

Macedonia marks the 18th anniversary of the Karpalak massacre, when terrorists from the Albanian UCK/NLA organization attacked a convoy of Macedonian army reservists, killing 10 of them. The convoy was ambushed in Karpalak, a rocky stretch midway between Skopje and Tetovo, along the highway. Nane Naumoski,...
Macedonia 15.02.19 | 10:10

The Interior Ministry should have a preliminary report on the bus crash today

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said that the police was preparing to question the bus driver on Thursday evening, as prosecutors are determining the cause for the tragic crash which killed 14 people. The investigation is on-going, forensics work on the ground has been completed and tomorrow we will...
Macedonia 13.02.19 | 23:59

Zaev: Bus crash death toll goes up to 14, six are listed as critical

Another person has died in the aftermath of the disastrous bus crash which happened this afternoon on the Skopje – Tetovo highway, increasing the death toll to 14. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev informed that additional six of the passengers are in critical condition. The tragedy happened when a Durmo...
Macedonia 13.02.19 | 23:48

Two days of national mourning declared

The tragedy on Wednesday afternoon, when a bus with 50 passengers slid off the Skopje – Tetovo highway, killing 13 on board, caused an outpouring of grief across Macedonia. President Gjorge Ivanov expressed his deepest condolences to the families of those killed and wished that the injured recover...
Macedonia 13.02.19 | 21:13

Horror bus crash: 13 fatalities, four remain in critical condition

Thirteen dead and four left in critical condition is the outcome of the tragic bus crash which happened on the Skopje – Tetovo highway this afternoon. A bus operated by the Durmo company was taking passengers from Skopje to Gostivar, when the driver lost control over the vehicle near the village...
Macedonia 13.02.19 | 19:03

Bus with 50 on board overturns on the Skopje – Tetovo highway

Rescue teams are feverishly working to save passengers from a bus which overturned on the Skopje – Tetovo highway, near the Karpalak half-way point. About 50 people were on the bus when it slid off the road and landed upside down in a deep ditch. Some of the passengers are injured but there is...

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