Tag: Serbia
Balkans 05.06.21 | 23:02

2,000 citizens from Macedonia and BiH vaccinated in Serbia over the weekend

Free vaccination of citizens from neighboring countries continues in Serbia, with Macedonian citizens flocking to Vranje over the weekend to get the Covid-19 jab, and the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina getting vaccinated in Loznica, RTS reported. According to the Serbian public broadcaster, during...

Macedonia 05.06.21 | 10:47

Serbia to the rescue again: Hundreds of Macedonians go to Vranje to get Covid-19 jab this weekend

Organized by the Serbian Cultural Information Center “Spona”, during the weekend a new group of about 800 citizens of Macedonia will get vaccinated against Covid-19 at the vaccination site in Vranje. There is still an opportunity to apply, but “Spona” says that this action was...

Balkans 04.06.21 | 09:13

Serbia starts producing Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Serbia officially starts producing Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. The substance needed for the production of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived at Serbia’s Torlak Institute on Thursday. Serbian Minister of Innovation and Technological Development Nenad Popovic said on Thursday that everything...

Economy 26.05.21 | 10:33

Macedonia to give Serbian tourists e-cards for toll exemption

The Government adopted Tuesday the report on e-cards for Serbian passenger vehicles, towards exempting nationals of that country from paying toll during the summer season. For this purpose the Government will spend 172,000,000.00 denars for the purchase of 200,000 e-cards. The measure is aimed repaying...

Balkans 28.04.21 | 14:02

Serbia donates additional Sputnik jabs to Macedonia

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said on Wednesday that Serbia has donated additional 13,000 Sputnik V jabs to Macedonia, for a total of 48,000 vaccines. Brnabic added that Serbia has enough vaccines and that if necessary it will continue to be open to supporting friends and partners in the region.

Macedonia 25.04.21 | 08:47

Macedonian diplomats plan a mass vaccination trip to Serbia

The union of Macedonian diplomats has made an arrangement with their counterparts in Serbia to conduct mass immunization in Vranje on May 8th. A number of Macedonian trade organizations reached such agreements with their colleagues in Serbia, which is awash with vaccines, but the practice is especially...

Balkans 18.04.21 | 10:58

Macedonia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo together don’t have as much foreign investment as Serbia

In an interview with B92, Serbian President Aleksandar Vuci emphasized that Serbia has a larger inflow of foreign investments than Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo combined. Vucic exclusively presented documents that show that Serbia has almost twice as much inflow of foreign direct...

Macedonia 14.04.21 | 20:35

Serbia – the main source of vaccines for Macedonia – begins producing the Sputnik V vaccine

Even as it leads the Balkans and much of Europe in availability of coronavirus vaccines, Serbia is about to begin producing the Sputnik V vaccine. It’s Torlak institute, in cooperation with Russian experts, is prepared to begin producing tens of thousands of vaccine shots a week. Serbia is a major...

Macedonia 01.04.21 | 13:37

20,000 Sputnik V vaccines arrive in Macedonia – second donation from Serbia

At Thursday’s press conference Zoran Zaev said that a second donation from Serbia consisting of 20,000 doses of the Russian “Sputnik V” vaccine has arrived in Macedonia. This is only the first shipment, another shipment of 20,000 vaccines is yet to arrive, he said. Zaev said that with...

Macedonia 29.03.21 | 20:12

Even Zaev regime officials go to Serbia to get vaccinated

Even members of the Zaev regime used the opportunity Serbia made to get vaccinated. Deputy Economy Minister Kire Kolemisevski (picture) and Zaev’s coalition partner Lile Popovska were among the Macedonian citizens who headed for Belgrade and Nish in Serbia to take the vaccine. Macedonian citizens...

Economy 29.03.21 | 10:58

2,000 Macedonian businesspeople get vaccinated in Serbia

At the initiative of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce within the WB6 CIF Chamber Investment Forum, some 2,000 businesspeople from the Economic Chamber of Macedonia received AstraZeneca vaccines this weekend in Nis, Serbia. This is the first such action. We organized it with the support of the Serbian...

Macedonia 28.03.21 | 11:16

Thousands of Macedonians head for Serbian vaccination sites again today, as Western countries scramble to repair the PR damage

Thousands of people were registered leaving Macedonia for Serbia today, for a second day, looking for vaccines. Serbia set up mass vaccination centers in Belgrade and Nish, and opened them for foreign citizens from countries who have no vaccines. News sites are reporting that due to the heavy influx...

Macedonia 27.03.21 | 10:09

Long lines at the Kumanovo border crossing, as Macedonians head to Serbia to get vaccinated

Long lines of cars and buses are reported on the Tabanovce border crossing between Macedonia and Serbia, as thousands of Macedonians are scrambling to get vaccines. Serbia is awash with vaccines from all manufacturers, while Macedonia has only been able to provide two token batches – one of them...

Macedonia 26.03.21 | 20:03

Does the government want to restrict the right to vaccination: Movement permits during curfew hours for citizens who will go to Serbia this weekend revoked

This afternoon, the police called all the citizens who obtained movement permit during Covid-19 measures this morning and who wanted to go to Serbia this weekend for vaccination, to inform them that their permit would not be valid, “A1On” reported. Until noon today, the Ministry of Interior...

Macedonia 26.03.21 | 14:27

Macedonian citizens flock to Serbia to get vaccinated

Social media in Macedonia are buzzing with people swapping information about getting vaccines in Serbia. Serbian authorities are awash with vaccines from various producers and are opening their mass vaccination site at the Belgrade Fairgrounds to foreign citizens, mainly from Macedonia, Bosnia and Montenegro. All...

Macedonia 25.03.21 | 16:50

No obstacle for Macedonian citizens to get vaccinated in Serbia if they receive proper confirmation, says Health Ministry

The Macedonian Ministry of Health says that there is no obstacle for Macedonian citizens to get vaccinated in Serbia or any other country, if they receive a proper confirmation. This position of the Ministry comes after a large number of citizens this weekend received appointments to get the AstraZeneca...

Macedonia 24.03.21 | 17:09

Serbia about to close one of the few borders that are still open for Macedonian citizens

Serbia – one of the few countries where Macedonian citizens could travel without a coronavirus test (or at all) – announced it will begin requiring the test. Alternatively, travellers who have taken both doses of a coronavirus vaccine, will also be allowed in. Like other countries in the...

Macedonia 23.03.21 | 21:01

After Macedonian journalists, police officers to get vaccinated in Serbia as well

The Independent Police Trade Union informed on Facebook that in cooperation with the twinned unions from Serbia, it is in the final phase of negotiations for the provision of vaccines for the members of the Union. The vaccination primarily of the members, but also of the other employees from the organizational...

Balkans 19.03.21 | 13:57

Serbs angry with Zaev: We give him vaccines, and his ministers ask Spain to recognize Kosovo

Serbian media are reacting to the lobbying of two key ministers in Zaev’s government, Artan Grubi and Bujar Osmani, for Spain to recognize Kosovo’s independence. Republika.rs comments that this is a knife in the back of Serbia and “gratitude” that the first aid for vaccines came...

Macedonia 11.03.21 | 09:30

Serbian citizens were involved in the scandalous Chinese vaccine deal

The growing scandal over the botched procurement of Chinese vaccines is spreading into Serbia. Yesterday it was revealed that the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine manufacturer backed out of the deal to provide 200,000 vaccines to Macedonia, after Macedonian Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce tried to insert...

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