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Macedonia 09.07.23 | 17:26

“We need to make real and radical changes in the health system of the country”

Public healthcare is poorly organized, patients wait for diagnostic results for several weeks, the Government made a strategic mistake when it stopped the construction of the “Mother Teresa” Clinical Center, and young doctors are leaving the country. These are some of the remarks of participants...
Macedonia 23.02.23 | 09:14

“We risk losing our public healthcare workers”

As public sector medical workers held a warning protest, doctor Igor Nikolov says that their situation was bad even before the devastating hacking attack that took down the public healthcare system. It’s believed that the fund paid a ransom to hackers who encrypted their data and kept the system...
Macedonia 03.04.22 | 19:10

Nikolov: Delayed new clinic and end to successful programs to train doctors abroad cost us lives during the pandemic

The SDSM led Government abandoned an already prepared project – to build a new clinic in the Mother Teresa complex in downtown Skopje – in exchange for a new, larger clinic outside of the city where work hasn’t even started yet. If we had this new clinic done, it could have helped greatly...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 21:26

VMRO candidate Jordanov takes the lead in Stip

Ivan Jordanov, the VMRO-DPMNE candidate for Mayor of Stip, who faced a tough campaign against the incumbent mayor doctor Sasko Nikolov, has a lead of 2,500 votes, the opposition party informed. According to the initial results, Jordanov won 7,000 votes, against 4,550 for Nikolov, with 50 percent of the...
Macedonia 12.10.21 | 23:41

Jordanov: The first people of Stip forgot where they come from

The citizens of Stip are eager to see change because their neighbors, the top officials of the city, forgot where they come from and what their city needs, said the VMRO-DPMNE mayoral candidate Ivan Jordanov, who is running against the Mayor of Stip Sasko Nikolov from SDSM. The coming future guarantees...
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 22.08.21 | 11:49

Doctor Nikolov: The Government allowed large parties and kept the border open throughout the summer, causing the new corona wave

This is now a Fourth Wave of the coronavirus epidemic and the Zaev Government caused it by keeping the border open during the summer and tolerating mass parties and family events, says doctor Igor Nikolov, who heads the VMRO-DPMNE Healthcare Committee. Until a little while ago we had no measures what...
Macedonia 16.07.21 | 10:59

The most notorious mayoral candidates – Sasko Nikolov of Stip

Doctor Sasko Nikolov, who is the incumbent Mayor of Stip, was confirmed by the ruling SDSM party as its candidate for the coming elections. Nikolov has been Mayor for only half a year, as he was elected after his predecessor Blagoj Bocvarski was named Transportation Minister, but even in this short period...
Macedonia 21.01.21 | 17:27

Nikolov: The Government seems to care more about the provision from the vaccines that making it available

The priority of the Government seems to be to decide which company will be allowed to import the vaccines and turn a profit on them, rather than prepare for their distribution, said doctor Igor Nikolov, head of the VMRO-DPMNE committee on healthcare. His comments come after the shocking announcement...
Macedonia 03.12.20 | 15:09

Bulgarian author calls on Macedonia to sever the link between ASNOM and the Ilinden Uprising

Bulgarian author Ivan Nikolov calls on the Macedonian Govenrment to agree on a wholesale review of the post-war history. Writing in BGNES, the same news agency which published the scandalous interview with Zoran Zaev through which he announced his new policy toward Bulgaria, Nikolov praises Zaev’s...
Macedonia 04.06.20 | 20:08

Doctor Nikolov: Who will dare vote if the candidates are in quarantine?

How can we hold elections if candidates are in quarantine, asked doctor Igor Nikolov, who is a member of the VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee. His comment comes as the ruling SDSM party continues to demand that elections take place on July 5, even as dozens of SDSM officials are infected with the coronavirus...
Macedonia 05.05.20 | 12:17

Nikolov: The Government is cutting down on Covid-19 testing to advance its narrative

VMRO-DPMNE official doctor Igor Nikolov warned that the Government is reducing the number of coronavirus tests that are being conducted and this had led to a drop in the number of confirmed cases. There are hospitals where the bulk of workers are Covid-19 positive but are not being tested. What is the...
Macedonia 16.03.20 | 21:46

Nikolov: Masks need to be made available immediately, the borders should’ve been closed by now

Doctor Igor Nikolov asked the Government to immediately make masks available for the public and to close down the borders. This proposal is expected to be accepted soon, in a move meant to restrict the spread of the coronavirus. During a livestream, the VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee member said that...
Macedonia 15.03.20 | 16:33

Nikolov: Fighting the coronavirus requires declaring a crisis situation

Doctor Igor Nikolov, who is a member of the VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee, called that a crisis situation is declared in Macedonia. Nikolov said that it is necessary for the protection of lives and for curbing the spread of the coronavirus. The borders need to be closed for all passengers, except for...
Macedonia 11.03.20 | 14:11

Minister Filipce called out for his mishandling of the coronavirus crisis

The measures proposed by the Government are insufficient to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, said VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee member doctor Igor Nikolov. He called for the creation of a crisis team that would inform the public and handle the situation, after a number of major failures by Healthcare...
Macedonia 13.06.19 | 15:31

Bulgarian historian says Macedonians were brainwashed, as the “Goce Delcev dispute” continues to fester

The dispute between Macedonia and Bulgaria over the historic legacy of VMRO leader Goce Delcev continues to fester. Bulgarian historian Georgi Nikolov, in an interview with 24 Casa, said that the Macedonian position on Goce Delcev is the result of “100 years of brainwashing”. Bulgaria insists...

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