Tag: Ohrid
Macedonia 02.05.19 | 13:59

Albanian flag stunt in Ohrid causes rift in Zaev’s Government

The nationalist provocation with the display of a huge Albanian flag over Tsar Samoil’s fortress in Ohrid caused a rift in Zoran Zaev’s Government. Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani said that the move by a group of Albanian nationalist was legitimate and that they had the right to display...
Macedonia 01.05.19 | 21:44

SDSM candidate for Mayor of Ohrid involved in a looming corruption scandal worth millions

The SDSM mayoral candidate in Ohrid Konstantin Georgievski is looking to cash in on a major real-estate deal, Lider.mk has revealed. According to the news site, the current acting Mayor has purchased a huge lakeside property together with Zarko Lukovski, former manager of the Macedonian Telekom. Documents...
Macedonia 30.04.19 | 16:00

Kosovar man who raised the flag: Ohrid is an Albanian city!

After the release from the police, Albanian news agency INA (Ilirya News Agency) made an interview with one of the four Albanians who caused Monday a huge scandal with the placement of a large Albanian flag over Tsar Samoil’s fortress in Ohrid, “Lider” reported. Nationalist provocation...
Macedonia 29.04.19 | 15:31

Four Albanians detained after provocative stunt in Ohrid

Four ethnic Albanians who raised an Albanian flag over Tsar Samoil’s fortress in Ohrid today were detained. They are members of a folk group who attempted to make a performance on the iconic fortress, while displaying the flag – a move seen as a nationalist provocation in the city. The flag...
News 29.04.19 | 12:37

Nationalist provocation in Ohrid – huge Albanian flag draped over Tsar Samoil’s fortress

Ohrid media have shared a picture of a huge Albanian flag being draped over Tsar Samoil’s fortress above the old city. Four men have reportedly placed the flag on the historic fortress. It’s the second time such a nationalist provocation was reported in Ohrid, after 2013, when similarly a...
Macedonia 22.04.19 | 16:14

Miloshevski: People are fed up with lies, “Beautiful City” option wins in the second round

The candidate for mayor of VMRO DPMNE dr Mitre Miloshevski, who will run in the second round of extraordinary local elections for mayor in Ohrid together with SDSM candidate Konstantin Georgieski, believes that the difference in votes between these two options from the first round can be compensated...
Macedonia 21.04.19 | 23:48

Second round of mayoral election to be held in Ohrid

Second round of election of mayor in Ohrid there will also be held. According to initial unofficial results, Dr. Konstantin Georgieski from SDSM won 12,409 votes, Dr. Mitre Miloseski from VMRO-DPMNE 9,606 votes, Stevce Stevoski from the Democrats party 971, Mihail Trendafilov-Nance of GDU 1,551, and...
Macedonia 19.04.19 | 19:13

SDSM accused of bribing Ohrid and Bitola voters with firewood and union payments

SDSM supporters are distributing firewood through Ohrid, in an apparent attempt to buy votes for the presidential elections this Sunday, claims VMRO-DPMNE Vice-President Aleksandar Nikoloski. Who paid the Macedonian Forests company for these deliveries? Is it SDSM? Do they realize this is a gross violation...
Macedonia 17.04.19 | 10:36

Late night construction work reveals SDSM pre-electoral worries in Ohrid

Besides the presidential elections, the Ohrid mayoral race is an important test case for the Zoran Zaev Government. It won the city in 2017, like most of other municipalities, but as Mayor Jovan Stojanovski died of heart attack, and new elections were called, the city is an important bellwether for the...
Macedonia 01.04.19 | 23:11

Mickoski and Siljanovska state their case for bringing down the Zaev regime

VMRO-DPMNE began its presidential campaign the way it does all its election campaigns – with a major rally in the Macedonian cultural capital of Ohrid. VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski introduced the party’s candidate in the coming presidential elections Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova,...
Macedonia 01.04.19 | 22:28

Mickoski calls on supporters in Ohrid: Join us, it is time

Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski addressed the large crowd of supporters in the Ohrid main square this evening, during the first major rally of the presidential campaign. Mickoski called on them to go out and vote in the presidential elections for Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova, as the first...
Macedonia 28.03.19 | 10:57

Islamic Community has no intention to stop building the downtown Ohrid minaret

The Islamic Community of Macedonia (IVZ) announced that it will not stop construction of the imposing Ali Pasha mosque minaret in downtown Ohrid. According to local media outlets, IVZ sources told them that the Muslims of Ohrid need the mosque and they will defy the order from state prosecutors to stop...
Macedonia 27.03.19 | 18:44

Open season on lake Ohrid reeds continues – new fire reported west of Ohrid

Citizens around the shore of lake Ohrid report yet another fire, this time in the reeds around the St. Erasmus clinic west of Ohrid. Firefighters were sent to stop the spreading of the blaze. The fire comes a week after the State environmental inspection began investigating the series of fires reported...
Macedonia 22.03.19 | 13:09

Five candidates in the race for the mayor’s office in Ohrid

Five candidates have submitted applications for the mayor’s office in Ohrid in the early elections to be held on April 21. These are Mihail Trendafilov – Nance from the Civic Democratic Union, Mitre Milososki from VMRO-DPMNE, Konstantin Georgieski from SDSM, Stevce Stevoski as a candidate...
Macedonia 20.03.19 | 15:07

Zaev meets Ohrid citizens who object to the Ali Pasha mosque minaret

Work continued on the disputed Ali Pasha mosque minaret in Ohrid today, as Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met with the acting Ohrid Mayor Konstantin Georgievski and representatives of citizens who protest against its construction. The minaret, torn down in 1912, is set to visually dominate the most visited...
Macedonia 18.03.19 | 18:03

Protest in Ohrid against the rebuilding of the Ali Pasha mosque minaret

The Svest organization from Ohrid is planning to hold protests in the ancient city’s bazaar against the construction of a large minaret at the Ali Pasha mosque. The mosque was built in the late XV or early XVI century, following the Ottoman conquest of the city, and the minaret, which used to tower...
Macedonia 17.02.19 | 20:28

Mickoski in Ohrid: Our goal is an honorable and strong Macedonia!

Today in Ohrid I had the pleasure to talk with the current and I firmly believe, the future President of the Republic of Macedonia. Macedonia needs people who will protect the interests and will of the citizens, and who will be uncompromising fighters for the letter of the law and the rule of law. And...
Culture 11.02.19 | 21:28

Plans underway to unite the five golden masks of Ohrid for a joint exhibition

A museum exhibition of the four golden masks of Trebeniste, unearthed in 1918 and then split between Serbia and Bulgaria, is planned later this year. The masks would be reunited with the fifth one, found by archaeologist Pasko Kuzman in 2011. The golden funeral masks used by nobles date back to the 6th...
Macedonia 06.02.19 | 13:42

Egyptian rights activists claims SDSM is pressuring him not to run for Mayor of Ohrid

Egyptian minority activist Demir Dalip claims that he is receiving threats from the ruling SDSM party which wants him to give up on his bid for Mayor at the upcoming local elections. Ohrid is voting for a new Mayor in April after SDSM’s Jovan Stojanovski died unexpectedly in December. Several local...
Macedonia 02.02.19 | 15:13

Zaev gets on the table to take a selfie

Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, today after the debate in Ohrid ended, in order to successfully to take a selfie with SDSM’s youth wing – Ohrid, he got on the table to take pictures with the phone.
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