Tag: Skopje
Macedonia 15.06.20 | 10:38

Nurses from hospitals across Macedonia sent to Skopje as the number of Covid-19 patients continues to spike

More than 50 nurses and two doctors from cities across Macedonia are sent to the two main clinics in Skopje tasked with caring for the most difficult Covid-19 cases. Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that 54 nurses and the two doctors will be deployed to the Infectious Diseases Clinic and the 8th...
Macedonia 13.06.20 | 09:40

1,040 active Covid-19 cases in Skopje alone

164 new COVID-19 cases have been registered in Macedonia over the past 24 hours, 12 patients have recovered, while two have passed away, the Ministry of Health said Friday. Most of new cases are registered in Skopje (85), then Kumanovo (24), Debar (3), Stip (5), Prilep (3), Tetovo (18), Struga (5), Ohrid...
Macedonia 09.06.20 | 12:46

Two dozen employees of the city of Skopje ordered into quarantine after a colleague was diagnosed with Covid-19

Employees working in a building that is part of the Skopje city hall complex are in isolation after one of their colleagues was diagnosed with the coronavirus. The Infomax news site reported that the incident prompted city hall to begin testing all employees who are having their temperature taken. A...
Macedonia 08.06.20 | 17:12

Government postpones its decision on whether to impose a new curfew for tomorrow

The decision on whether Macedonia will be exposed to a new round of evening curfews will be announced by the Government tomorrow. The Committee on infectious diseases proposed that the cities of Skopje, Kumanovo, Tetovo and Stip are placed under a curfew that will begin at 22h each evening. These densely...
Macedonia 07.06.20 | 14:23

Workers ordered to disinfect Ohrid after thousands of guests from Skopje descended during the lockdown weekend

Ohrid city authorities said they will thoroughly scrub and disinfect the city after the Pentecost weekend during which thousands of people from Skopje and other locked down cities flocked to Macedonia’s main tourist resort. The weekend lockdown strategy failed spectacularly, as tens of thousands...
Macedonia 05.06.20 | 10:22

Skopje and other large cities under coronavirus lockdown

Much of Macedonia is under a new weekend lockdown starting today. Four densely populated cities that have a major outbreak of coronavirus – Skopje, Tetovo, Kumanovo and Ohrid – are entirely locked down from Thursday evening, until Monday morning. In the rest of the country, citizens will...
Macedonia 04.06.20 | 18:52

Skopje evacuates as the lockdown is about to go into effect – worries that it will spread the virus to the countryside

The order to impose a three day lockdown on the capital Skopje prompted a massive evacuation. Streams of vehicles are leaving the city all day long, as people leave for their family or vacation homes in the countryside, or the resorts of Mavrovo and Ohrid. Weekend lockdowns will be lighter outside of...
Macedonia 02.06.20 | 18:05

The virus spreads to two retirement homes in Skopje

Five coronavirus cases were discovered in retirement homes in Skopje, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. So far Macedonia has been spared major outbreaks in these facilities which have claimed many lives in other countries. The cases were identified in who privately owned homes managed by the same...
Macedonia 02.06.20 | 10:15

Measures for whole of Skopje, not just putting Cair on lockdown, says Cair Mayor Ganiu

We took measures according to all recommendations given to us, what we had under our competence we as a municipality did our best, claims the mayor of Cair, Visar Ganiu, who went on Monday into self-isolation due to contact with an infected person. We were considered a municipality that had the least...
Macedonia 29.05.20 | 13:48

US B1 bombers buzz Skopje in show of support

Two American B-1 bombers made a low overflight of Macedonia today, accompanied by Greek F-16 fighters. The planes buzzed the capital Skopje in a move that the US Embassy said was meant to show American support for “North” Macedonia. Two U.S. B-1 Lancers from Ellworth Air Force Base, South...
Macedonia 23.05.20 | 19:43

Group armed with Kalasnikovs opens fire on a man in Skopje, no casualties reported

A serious incident was reported in Skopje’s Butel district this afternoon. Citizens are reporting that a gang opened machine gun fire on a person, who was left unharmed. The police identified the target of the mafia style attack as O.I., who said that two vehicles approached him and several men...
Life 21.05.20 | 11:35

Earthquake felt in Skopje

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale was reported at 12:43 am 760 kilometers south from Skopje, according to the Seismological Observatory within the Skopje-based Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics. The earthquake, with an epicenter in the Mediterranean Sea, measured 2-3 magnitudes...
Macedonia 20.05.20 | 13:21

Man from Skopje warns the public about his thieving ex girlfriend

A man from Skopje went public with a testimony how he was robbed by his mistress. Blagojce Petrevski (56) warned the public about the 49 year old woman from Prilep, who he said has a prior record of defrauding gullible men. Petrevski says that he spent eight months with the woman but she eventually took...
Economy 18.05.20 | 12:40

Koco Angusev denies personal involvement in the sale of electricity to the city of Skopje

Former Deputy Prime Minister Koco Angusev has denied media reports that he was involved in a major contract to sell electricity to the city of Skopje worth two million EUR. The contract was won by EDS, a company founded and long operated by Angusev, but in his clarification he points out that he sold...
Macedonia 16.05.20 | 15:01

Life for all with Alpine Air

Late Friday afternoon, Skopje climbed to the top of the list of the most polluted capitals in the world. In the middle of spring, when temperatures are above average due to the African wave that hit the country, as well as in a state of emergency when many employees are still working from home, the...
Macedonia 15.05.20 | 17:56

Skopje is again one of the worst polluted cities in the world

Skopje was again one of the worst polluted cities in the world, as estimated by the Air Quality Index, which placed the Macedonian capital second behind the Chinese city of Chengdu. The ranking is a surprise – Skopje is regularly listed among the cities with worst air pollution in the world, but...
Macedonia 13.05.20 | 10:32

Skopje city bus burns down

A Skopje city bus burnt down early this morning. The incident occurred at the central bus station. There were no passengers in the bus when the fire broke out. The driver was just preparing it for his morning run, when apparently there was a short circuit in the wiring. Another vehicle was affected and...
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 04.05.20 | 17:09

Jana Belceva resigns as head of the Centar municipal Council

Jana Belceva, NGO activist who the SDMS party elected as Chairwoman of the Centar municipal Council, resigned today. She cited disagreement with a set of proposals that are being pushed through the council of Skopje’s central, downtown district, but did not publicly elaborate what was she opposed...
Macedonia 01.05.20 | 17:54

Cache of guns and heroin found buried in Skopje

Police officers found an underground spot in Skopje’s Butel district in which 2,5 kilos of heroin were kept, along with automatic rifles and guns. A total of three automatic rifles, two automatic handguns, one sniper rifle and one semi-automatic rifle were found during the search. The police still...
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