Tag: struga
Macedonia 23.10.21 | 16:11

Zaev goes to Struga to endorse the notorious local boss Ramiz Merko for another term

Zoran Zaev campaigned in Struga today, to support the DUI party mayoral candidate, incumbent Ramiz Merko. Zaev is desperate for the DUI votes in his race against VMRO-DPMNE in the capital Skopje, so he has to repay the favor by campaigning for the DUI candidates in contested races. The coalition...
Macedonia 18.10.21 | 00:25

Run-off in Struga between the DUI and Albanian opposition candidates

The mayoral race in Struga will go to a run-off between the incumbent Mayor Ramiz Merko from DUI and his main challenger, Idri Istrefi from the Alliance of Albanians and Alternative parties. Merko insists that he is in the lead by 2,000 votes. Istrefi replied that he will continue to seek the support...
Macedonia Culture 01.10.21 | 17:31

Struga: Monument to poet Ante Popovski damaged by hooligans

A bust of poet Ante Popovski was torn off its pedestal in StrugaThe bust was eventually found near the shore of lake Ohrid. The Struga Poetry Evenings association called on the police to identify the vandals that damaged the monument to one of Macedonia’s best known poets.
Macedonia 29.09.21 | 14:29

Mickoski: Shared patriotism is to overcome the shared trouble, to create a common future

VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski said at Tuesday’s rally in Struga that we should build pacts and alliances that will lead us to the future, because all Macedonian citizens share the same trouble, it is necessary to create a common struggle for a better state and better future, where there...
Macedonia 28.09.21 | 21:43

Mickoski calls for a new style of patriotism during the opposition rally in Struga

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickosoki rallied with supporters in Struga and Resen today, on the second day of the local election campaign. Mickoski came to support the nomination of Idri Istrefi, the candidate of the Albanian opposition parties AA and Alternative, who are allied with VMRO-DPMNE in...
Macedonia 28.09.21 | 19:25

LIVE VIDEO: VMRO-DPMNE rally in Struga

VMRO-DPMNE is holding its pre-election rally in Struga, where party leader Hristijan Mickoski will address supporters. The rally can be viewed live.
Macedonia 26.08.21 | 12:18

Opposition Albanian parties nominate their candidate for the face-off with DUI in Struga

The Alliance of Albanians nominated Idri Istrefi, former head of the Council of the municipality of Velesta for Mayor of Struga. Istrefi will face off with the DUI candidate Ramiz Merko in one of the most anticipated competitions between the parties representing ethnic Albanians at the coming local elections. The...
Macedonia 20.06.21 | 09:32

Struga illuminates the Crn Drim river pink in display of pre-election kitsch

Only days after promising to cooperate with the Govenrment and with UNESCO to preserve the unique cultural heritage of the lake Ohrid region, Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko flipped the switch on a kitschy light installation along the Crn Drim river. The river is the main symbol of the city, whose bazaar area...
Macedonia 14.06.21 | 13:17

Now that it’s a green party, DUI tries to rein in the Mayor of Struga

Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko announced that he will demolish six beach platforms and other structures that were built without permission. Merko largely resisted removing unregulated beach development, especially with the summer season beginning, but the Government is under growing pressure from the EU and...
Macedonia 27.05.21 | 16:42

One local and three Albanian citizens arrested for illegal logging near Struga

Debarca police detained a man from Struga and three Albanian citizens who were logging timber without permit. The men were arrested near the village of Pesocani. They had illegally logged 1,147 cubic meters of oak and beech valued at about 2 million denars.
Macedonia 21.04.21 | 09:24

Man from Struga murdered his wife and then tried to kill himself

A 39 year old man from Struga killed his 34 year old wife yesterday evening, and then tried to kill himself. The murder was perpetrated with a knife, at the home of friends of the couple where the two were visiting. Police informed that the woman was found dead at the scene, and the man badly injured...
Macedonia 16.03.21 | 17:37

The case of the Debar woman who suffered horrible medical malpractice just got worse

The drama of Jildiz Veaposka from Debar, who apparently suffered from horrific malpractice when she went to Struga to give birth, took another twist today. The initial report prepared by doctor Muhamed Hasani, who delivered the baby, lists its gender as male, while Veaposka was given a girl to take back...
Macedonia 09.03.21 | 13:34

Woman who suffered shocking medical malpractice from politically linked doctor denied justice as committee finds no wrong-doing on his part

The Doctor’s Chamber found no wrong-doing in the actions of doctor Muhamed Hasani, head of the Struga general hospital, who treated a pregnant patient from Debar and removed her womb, uterus and one kidney. Jildiz Veapovska, who herself is a nurse, blames doctor Hasani of shocking medical malpractice...
Macedonia 24.02.21 | 10:35

Family from Struga narrowly survived a rockslide that collapsed on their house

The Pejoski family from the village of Radozda near Struga had a narrow escape when a 50 ton rock rolled into their yard. It just missed the house in which 15 people – four of them children – were staying. A miracle saved us from the huge rocks that fell on our shed. It was so close to levelling...
Macedonia 11.02.21 | 12:36

Once an elite resort for party commissars, Elen Kamen is beset by unregulated development

Elen Kamen, the once elite villa district for Communist era officials built on the rugged lake Ohrid coast, is now open for development with little oversight. Local environmentalist groups blame Struga Mayor Ramiz Merko of allowing unchecked construction at the resort – which has contributed to...
Macedonia 03.02.21 | 19:54

Struga doctors save a baby in a dramatic, overnight delivery by the side of the road

Two doctors and a nurse from Stuga had to perform an emergency delivery and resuscitate the newborn on the road, in an ambulance. The drama, which had a happy ending, occurred on the Struga – Debar road on the night between Monday and Tuesday. The Struga hospital received an urgent call from Centar...
Macedonia 17.01.21 | 17:12

Man from Struga prevented the rape of his niece

A man from a village near Struga prevented the rape of his 27 year old niece. The incident was reported by the man to Ohrid police yesterday evening. The 42 year old man said that he found a minor trying to rape his niece, after hearing the woman screaming and seeking help from neighbors. Police officers...
Macedonia 08.01.21 | 22:34

Citizens of Struga warned that the water is not safe to drink

The Struga water utility company warned the citizens not to drink the water, which is polluted because of the serious rains that fell on the region. Struga, which sits on the banks of lake Ohrid and the Drim river, is notoriously troubled with lack of potable water. The flows toward the springs that...
Macedonia 07.12.20 | 21:03

Protests against the lack of water supply planned in Struga

Protests are scheduled in Struga this Saturday, after the waterr supply situation in the city continued to get worse. Struga, which sits on the shore of lake Ohrid and on the Crn Drim river, has been suffering without enough water for several months now, due to the incompetence of the local administration....
Macedonia 27.11.20 | 20:14

Man from Struga gives up his Bulgarian citizenship in protest

Vasko Joleski from Struga, who says he obtained a Bulgarian passport in 2003 because he desperately needed to travel abroad and work, returned it today in protest against Bulgaria’s conditioning of Macedonia’s EU accession. Tens of thousands of Macedonians have obtained Bulgarian passports...
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