Tag: prilep
Macedonia 15.03.22 | 15:55

Trial begins of Prilep activist charged with insulting Zoran Zaev during the World War Two uprising anniversary

The Prilep court began the trial of Levica party activist Ivan Jovanoski, who crashed the October 11th ceremony at the monument to World War Two uprising and insulted Zoran Zaev. Jovanoski is charged with obstructing the peace and faces a financial fine. During the ceremony, to mark the 80th anniversary...

Macedonia 24.02.22 | 19:39

Railway disaster narrowly averted in Prilep

A railway disaster was narrowly averted near Prilep yesterday, when three minors diverted the railway tracks. A railroad employee noticed what was done and switched the tracks back. Prilep police informed that there was a real danger of train collision. The three culprits were detained and are being...

Macedonia 15.11.21 | 11:18

Woman gives birth under a bridge in downtown Prilep

A woman gave birth to a baby underneath a bridge in the dry river bed in Prilep yesterday. Local residents quickly called emergency services to help the woman and the child. They say that the woman is from a poor Roma neighborhood and was sometimes living under the bridge.

Macedonia 10.11.21 | 19:21

Work finally begins on a key tunnel on the road to Prilep

Work began today on drilling a tunnel that is part of the Gradsko – Prilep expressway. The road project, which is badly delayed under the Zaev Government, is meant to link Prilep and Bitola to the E-75 highway and the capital Skopje. The tunnel is about 140 meters long and is supposed to be built...

Macedonia 05.11.21 | 10:51

Goran Sugareski is the first top SDSM party official to resign in anticipation of Zaev’s resignation

SDSM party official Goran Sugareski announced his resignation as head of the SDSM Oversight Board, one of the top party institutions. Sugareski’s decision comes after he lost the mayoral race in Prilep, and he is the first official to resign in the anticipation of Zoran Zaev’s resignation...

Macedonia 28.10.21 | 17:25

Dejan Prodanoski from VMRO elected Chairman of the Prilep City Council

The Prilep City Council elected Dejan Prodanoski from VMRO-DPMNE as its new Chairman. The 27 seat Council has 15 VMRO-DPMNE members, 10 fom SDSM and two from Levica. This unifies the local administration under VMRO-DPMNE control, with the party’s candidate Borce Jovceski also winning the mayoral...

Macedonia 25.10.21 | 17:18

Prosecutors are looking into the Prilep police commanders who intimidated the opposition candidates

The OJO office of state prosecutors informed that it is looking into the evidence of police interference in the elections submitted by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. VMRO showed screen-shots of Viber messages exchanged between several dozens police officials in Prilep and high Interior Ministry officials,...

Macedonia 20.10.21 | 10:03

SDSM supporters in Prilep call on their leader Talevski to resign after the disastrous election day

After losing the local elections race in Prilep by a wide margin, SDSM supporters are calling on their member of Parliament Mile Talevski to resign. VMRO-DPMNE beat SDSM by a 2:1 ratio, after a brutal mayoral race in which SDSM activists sent death threats at the VMRO candidate doctor Borce Jovceski,...

Macedonia 18.10.21 | 17:41

New page has been written in the history of Prilep, said the newly elected mayor Borce Jovceski

Dr. Borce Jovceski from VMRO-DPMNE and the coalition is the new mayor of Prilep, who won in the first round with 21,196 votes, or 6,500 votes more than the opponent Goran Sugareski from SDSM. VMRO-DPMNE will also have a majority in the Municipal Council. In front of the municipal building, Jovceski said...

Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:48

Initial results: VMRO expects to win outright in nine municipalities, including Prilep and Vinica

VMRO-DPMNE is briefing the press that initial results in a number of smaller municipalities, as well as in Prilep and Vinica. The smaller municipalities are easier to compute, show victories for the opposition in the first round of the local elections. These municipalities include Petrovec near Skopje,...

Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:31

Initial report: SDSM candidate Sugareski seems in trouble in Prilep

Initial reports from the local elections are beginning to pour in. In the closely watched mayoral race in Prilep, Republika was informed that the SDSM candidate Goran Sugareski is losing even in his own neighborhood. VMRO-DPMNE candidate Borce Jovceski is also in a slight lead in Trizla, the Roma neighborhood...

Macedonia 17.10.21 | 00:38

Parties are abusing the ban on reporting to buy votes and intimidate voters

Numerous allegations of vote buying and intimidation of voters poured into the newsrooms from all parts of Macedonia over these past two days. Because of the strict rules banning reporting ahead of the elections, media outlets were prevented from fully informing the public, as parties abused the law...

Macedonia 17.10.21 | 00:27

Reports of vote buying, journalists attacked in Prilep

The Infomax news site crew was attacked in Prilep today, while they were investigating allegations of vote buying. The editor of the news site Aleksandar Mitovski said that a journalist and a cameraman are treated in the Prilep hospital, that their camera was destroyed and they are still trying to recover...

Macedonia 11.10.21 | 20:07

“Today was not the day for Zaev to visit Prilep”

Following the visit to Prilep by Zoran Zaev, and the incident that followed, local VMRO-DPMNE official Dejan Prodanoski said that Zaev had no business being in the city today, when Macedonia marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the WW2 uprising. Zaev faced by protesters during his visit to the...

Macedonia 11.10.21 | 19:29

Zaev faced by protesters during his visit to the WW2 monument in Prilep, told one that he “should go see a psychiatrist”

A protest took place in Prilep, during the celebration of October 11th – the 80th anniversary of the start of the uprising against the Bulgarian forces in World War Two. Zoran Zaev and Stevo Pendarovski visited the partisan monument in Prilep to lay flowers there, but a group of protesters from...

Macedonia 09.10.21 | 15:31

Mickoski: Prilep doesn’t deserve the difficult everyday life, the people of Prilep should not despair, better days are coming for Prilep with the new mayor Borce Jovceski

Thank you for your interest, today we are here in Prilep, the city of heroes, we will also have a central rally here in Prilep on Monday. What I want to say today in Prilep is that Prilep does not deserve this difficult everyday life, painful everyday life, this difficult political swamp that is lived...

Macedonia 03.10.21 | 22:25

VMRO candidate in Prilep says that the police does nothing about the SDSM activist who threatens his family

Prilep police has done nothing to act against the local SDSM party activist who issued foul threats against the VMRO-DPMNE mayoral candidate Borce Jovceski. The SDSM supporter, who goes under the name Robert Vretoski on the social media, threatened to kill Jovceski son unless he steps out of the race...

Macedonia 20.09.21 | 13:44

SDSM activist from Prilep sends out ghoulish threats against the top VMRO-DPMNE candidate

An SDSM party activist from Prilep is issuing death threats against the family of the VMRO-DPMNE mayoral candidate Borce Jovceski. A profile user under the name Robert Vretoski – who is the head of a dubious NGO group from Prilep and is frequently seen in the company of local and national SDSM party...

Macedonia 20.09.21 | 10:27

SDSM activist from Prilep sends out ghoulish threats against the top VMRO-DPMNE candidate

An SDSM party activist from Prilep is issuing death threats against the family of the VMRO-DPMNE mayoral candidate Borce Jovceski. A profile user under the name Robert Vretoski – who is the head of a dubious NGO group from Prilep and is frequently seen in the company of local and national SDSM...

Macedonia 19.09.21 | 13:59

Electric panel in the Covid hospital in Prilep was found damaged

Workers in the Prilep general hospital reported that an electric panel of the improvised Covid hospital in the city was damaged. According to the Healthcare Ministry, the panel was opened with a crowbar. Electric supply to the hospital was not interrupted since the panel is not part of the main line,...

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