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Macedonia 27.07.20 | 15:39

Unable to build a new Universal Hall, the city of Skopje plans an open air stage in front of it

The city of Skopje is calling for proposals to build an open air stage in front of the Universal Hall theater, that has been left closed for years. The city was planning to tear down the domed hall that was built after the 1963 earthquake with international help and was for a long time the main concert...
Macedonia 20.06.20 | 17:07

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov tests positive to the coronavirus

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov informed the public that he has tested positive to the coronavirus. He said that he is feeling well, with a slight fever, and currently has no need to be admitted to a hospital. Despite all the precautions I took I was unable to protect myself. I honestly hope that I haven’t...
Macedonia 08.06.20 | 17:42

VMRO calls on Mayor Silegov to resign after he abandoned the city during the three day lockdown

VMRO-DPMNE members in the Council of the city of Skopje called on the Mayor Petre Silegov to resign after his inexplicable decision to leave the city during the three days long curfew for the Pentecost weekend and to go to his villa in the ski resort of Mavrovo. During the weekend, a part of the city...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 16:39

Sekerinska has joined Mayor Silegov in Mavrovo, while the citizens of Skopje languish under curfew

Top Government officials, shockingly including the Mayor of Skopje Petre Silegov, left the capital for the three days long curfew they imposed on the citizsens. The curfew was meant to reduce the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, but backfired spectacularly as it only enticed tens of thousands...
Macedonia 05.06.20 | 11:20

Skopje Mayor Silegov accused of hiring SDSM party activists

Skopje authorities have announced they will hire new workers at the Drisla garbage plant for 140.000 EUR. The announcement comes at a time of unprecedented healthcare and economic crisis, but also ahead of elections expected in the second half of the year. Hiring in public sector institutions is often...
Macedonia 12.05.20 | 21:36

Skopje Mayor Silegov caught on a hot mic as he was ranting about Interior Minister Culev

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov was caught on a hot mic calling Interior Minister Nake Culev “a lunatic”. Silegov gave a press conference after a security officer of the city of Skopje was attacked by a group of people who were illegally throwing garbage at an old and disused dump site which was...
Macedonia 14.04.20 | 14:00

VMRO: With this weekend’s garbage crisis, SDSM showed it is not capable of running the capital Skopje

VMRO-DPMNE accused the ruling SDSM party of being completely incompetent when it comes to running the capital Skopje in times of a pandemic. SDSM appointed Mayor Petre Silegov failed to pick up trash during the past weekend curfew, leaving the dumpsters across the city overflowing when citizens got out...
Macedonia 13.04.20 | 21:06

Silegov says he will not have a repeat of the garbage crisis for Easter

Skope Mayor Petre Silegov accused the citizens of the capital city for the overflowing trash cans, and promised there won’t be a repeat of the crisis for the Easter weekend. Silegov faced strong criticism today, after the long weekend curfew, when citizens leaving their homes for the first time...
Macedonia 13.04.20 | 20:31

Skopje Mayor Silegov promises Greece he will begin removing monuments to Macedonian history from downtown Skopje

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov told the Greek Ethnos outlet in an interview that he plans to begin removing monuments to Macedonian history from downtown Skopje following the elections. Greece and other neighbors have demanded from the SDSM led Government to do away with the monuments to historic figures...
Macedonia 26.03.20 | 15:21

Great timing: Skopje citizens surprised to find property tax bills in the mail

Skopje residents were surprised to find their property tax bills in the mail yesterday. At a time when the entire country is worried when will their next paycheck come, and if it will come at all, Mayor Petre Silegov decided that it’s a good time to send out the annual bills, with a two weeks deadline...
Macedonia 06.03.20 | 12:47

Partisan justice: Judge accepts Republika’s arguments in our slander case against Mayor Silegov, but still finds in his favor

The court today gave a not guilty sentence to Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov for his slanderous assault on Republika four years ago. Silegov attempted to intimidate Republika by publishing false reports that the site was allegedly receiving public funds. He held a press conference oin front of the Republika...
Macedonia 20.02.20 | 22:42

Animal rights activists accuse Mayor Silegov of planning a purge of stray dogs

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov was accused by the Anima Mundi animal rights group that he plans to kill up to 70 percent of the stray dogs and other animals in the capital. The meeting held on Wednesday evening to present Silegov’s plans for the re-organized Lajka animal shelter – also ran by...
Macedonia 24.01.20 | 12:55

Silegov defends the snow removal contract: I’m not a Nobel prize winner to know if snow is going to fall

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov publicly defended the cleaning snow, under which the city will pay a million EUR to the Apolo company despite the fact that almost no snow fell so far. In defense of the contract, Silegov said that “I’m not a Nobel prize winner” to predict if snow is going...
Macedonia 27.12.19 | 10:50

Skopje Mayor Silegov calls a press conference to reveal a new pedestrian crossing button

Local officials are known to open all sorts of infrastructure projects, no matter how unimportant they may be, but Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov outdid himself yesterday when he organized a public event to celebrate the installation of a – pedestrian crossing button. It was not a project to install...
Macedonia 11.12.19 | 10:54

Silegov insults a female journalist

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov strikes again – after a series of gaffes in which he advised a Skopje citizen never to vote for him, built an overpriced leaky terrace, played a video game during a Parliament debate on air pollution in Skopje and messed up historic and religious events. The issue again...
Macedonia 04.12.19 | 17:23

Macedonian Orthodox Church rejects Mayor Silegov’s proposal to move the date when it celebrates Christmas

The Macedonian Orthodox Church rejected the proposal from Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov to switch to the Gregorian calender when it comes to celebrating Christmas. Most Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar – on January 7th, while some, like Greece, joined the Western...
Macedonia 26.11.19 | 16:53

Former Mayor Trajanovski says that Silegov has exploded the price tag for the Skopje amusement park

Former Skopje Mayor Koce Trajanovski accused his successor Petre Silegov of hugely inflating the price for the amusement park that is being built in the main city park. Trajanovski said that the original price tag of six million euros, planned by his administration, is now being tripled, and Silegov...
Macedonia 22.11.19 | 16:08

Ideological divisions over the Macedonian capital continue to run deep

A debate between the current and the former mayor of Skopje, Petre Silegov and Koce Trajanovski, exposed how deep the ideological divide between the left and the right in Macedonia really is, and how it is often filled with ignorance and double standards. Instead of discussing infrastructure, air pollution...
Macedonia 12.10.19 | 16:58

Mayor Silegov caves, orders the GTC cafe to be demolished

Following corruption allegations, Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov ordered the destruction of the half-built cafe on top of the GTC shopping mall in downtown Skopje. Silegov’s town hall described the decision as driven by comments from citizens, critical about the style and purpose of the object, which...
Macedonia 10.10.19 | 17:08

Mayor Silegov removes the name from the “Macedonian Phalanx” building

Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov ordered workers to remove the inscription “Macedonian Phalanx” from one of the newly built multi level parking garages in Skopje. The distinctly modernist building also houses a large supermarket and a posh restaurant. This is the latest target of his attempts to...
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