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Macedonia 13.12.20 | 18:15

SEC: Voter turnout in Stip 28.01%, in Plasnica 38.11% until 5 pm

Voter turnout in Sunday’s early mayoral elections in Stip municipality is 28.01% until 5 pm, i.e. 11,701 citizens voted, whereas in Plasnica municipality the voter turnout is 38.11% until 5 pm, i.e. 1,888 voters, the State Election Commission (SEC) said. So far, the SEC has not received any complaints...

Macedonia 13.12.20 | 16:13

SEC: Voter turnout in Stip 16.61%, in Plasnica 22.35% until 1 pm

Voter turnout in Sunday’s early mayoral elections in Stip is 16.61% until 1 pm, i.e. 6,938 citizens voted, whereas in Plasnica municipality the voter turnout is 22.35% until 1 pm, i.e. 1,107 voters, the State Election Commission (SEC) said.

Macedonia 13.12.20 | 16:11

Voter bribery with packages of oil and water in Stip, low turnout activates the headquarters

The NGO “Izlezis da glasas” came out with a series of remarks about pressure, testimonies of voter bribery and influence on the right to vote. Today, Stip elects a mayor, and according to the reports in front of the polling stations, vehicles of party activists can be seen bringing voters...

Macedonia 13.12.20 | 15:30

Two voters from COVID-19 isolation list went to the polls in Stip

A member of the Electoral Board that at a polling station in Stip reported that persons aged 72 and 67 cast their votes at the indicated polling station even though they were positive for the coronavirus and were on the list for isolation. They were ordered go into isolation on December 12, 2020. The...

Macedonia 13.12.20 | 11:00

SEC: Voter turnout 2.94% Stip, 7.37% Plasnica until 9 am

The voter turnout in Sunday’s mayoral election in Stip is 2.94% until 9 am, where 1,227 voters exercised their voting rights, while in Plasnica 365 voters, or 7.37%, informed the State Election Commission (SEC). The SEC reminds that a total of 41,177 voters are eligible to cast their ballot in...

Macedonia 13.12.20 | 09:53

Mayoral elections take place in Stip, Plasnica

Mayoral elections are taking place Sunday in Stip and Plasnica. According to the State Election Commission, at the early mayoral elections in Stip and Plasnica on Saturday, election boards carried out the voting process for the sick and the frail, and those in house arrest, and submitted the appropriate...

Macedonia 12.12.20 | 12:20

Homebound people, inmates vote in Stip mayoral elections

The sick and the frail, the prison inmates and the people in nursing homes are voting on Saturday as part of the mayoral elections in Stip. The President of the Municipal Election Commission (MEC), Senka Andreeva says that today the election boards will visit 66 sick and frail people in their homes. Five...

Macedonia Sport 28.11.20 | 18:38

Major incident between two groups of football hooligans in Stip

Brutal fighting broke out in Stip today between the fans of the local Bregalnica football team and Tikves from Kavadarci. The fan groups – Phalanx and Lozari, provoked a major incident after the Second League match. The footage clearly shows that a number of fans were injured, and even the police...

Macedonia 26.11.20 | 17:17

Despite out of control corona infections and opposition boycott, Stip begins preparations for elections

Even as he coronavirus infections are ran amok and the opposition boycotts the elections, electoral committees were formed today in Stip and Plasnica. The eastern Macedonian city and the rural municipality in the west are supposed to elect new mayors after the incumbents were named to the Government...

Macedonia 21.11.20 | 12:15

Amid a major corona spike, SDSM and its satellite candidates begin an election campaign in Stip

The five candidates for Mayor of Stip who decided to take part in the elections scheduled for December 13 began campaigning today. The elections are boycotted by all opposition parties, who say it is grossly irresponsible to hold a vote in the midst of a major second wave of the epidemic, as the number...

Macedonia 20.11.20 | 13:51

Zaev uses the crisis situation to control the elections in Stip?

At the proposal of the Security Council, which was accepted yesterday by the President Stevo Pendarovski, the Government is expected today to declare a crisis situation throughout the country for 30 days. As the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced, the Steering Committee will propose to the Government...

Macedonia 20.11.20 | 08:19

“We can’t hold elections under a state of crisis”

VMRO-DPMNE official Stefan Andonovski called out the Zaev regime for its decision to go ahead with mayoral elections in Stip and Plasnica, even as it is about to declare a crisis across the entire country. The two seats are vacated after the mayors were named to the Government and the Parliament, respectively,...

Macedonia 16.11.20 | 14:54

“Minister Filipce was informed about the lack of oxygen in the Stip Covid center”

Healthcare inspectors are investigating the Stip hospital after a large number of Covid-19 deaths allegedly due to lack of basic necessities such as oxygen bottles. The death of a 41 year old mother shocked the country and sparked the investigation, and local opposition member of Parliament Ivan Jordanov...

Macedonia 12.11.20 | 16:20

Field hospital being prepared in Stip as the corona center remains full beyond capacity

A field hospital is being set up near the Stip general hospital, which serves as a regional Covid-19 center for the whole of eastern Macedonia. The field hospital will have 56 beds, which are badly needed as the general hospital is overflowing with patients. Public municipal companies were asked to clear...

Macedonia 10.11.20 | 16:46

Man tried to force his way into the Stip hospital Covid ward

Another incident linked to the coronavirus was reported in a hospital, this time in Stip. A young man tried to force his way into the infectious diseases ward of the Stip general hospital, where a relative of his was being treated. An employee of the hospital called the police, as the man verbally harassed...

Macedonia 08.11.20 | 16:36

VMRO will not nominate candidates in Stip and Plasnica and will not legitimize the “corona elections”

VMRO-DPMNE will not nominate candidates in the mayoral elections in Stip and Plasnica, said party leader Hristijan Mickoski. He insists that the spiking coronavirus situation does not allow holding elections. VMRO won more votes that SDSM in Stip at the July 15 elections. SDSM had their Mayor of Stip...

Macedonia 08.11.20 | 10:44

With the opposition boycotting the elections, only SDSM and minor parties nominated candidates for Mayor of Stip

With the opposition parties boycotting the mayoral elections in Stip, only five candidates, from the ruling SDSM party and satellite parties, submitted their candidacies. VMRO-DPMNE said that it will boycott the election because of the huge spike in coronavirus cases, and called it unnecessary, given...

Macedonia 06.11.20 | 10:07

SDSM dismisses opposition concerns, insisting on holding “corona elections” in Stip and Plasnica

SDSM official Ljupco Nikolovski dismissed concerns from all the opposition parties and insisted that mayoral elections in Stip and Plasnica will take place in December, despite the huge spike in coronavirus cases. SDSM has a huge lead in all the polls ahead of the municipal elections in Stip. VMRO-DPMNE...

Macedonia 05.11.20 | 15:34

SDSM and DUI seem intent on holding “corona elections” in the municipalities of Stip and Plasnica

As more and more parties declare against holding early mayoral elections in Stip and Plasnica, only the ruling SDSM and DUI parties insist on another “corona election”. The two mayors, Blagoja Bocvarski and Ismail Jahoski, were appointed to the Government and the Parliament, and elections...

Macedonia 03.11.20 | 09:06

Much of Stip left without water

Much of Stip was left without water yesterday afternoon, after a defect knocked out a turbine used for water purification with ozone. We had to stop water supply until a spare turbine could be installed, said Zivko Tasev, head of the local water utility company.

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