Tag: strumica
Macedonia 24.05.20 | 12:00

Attempt to remove the video revealing SDSM activists bribing voters from Facebook

The video showing SDSM party activists bribing poor voters in the Roma neighborhood in Strumica, was promptly removed from Facebook in an apparent attempt to censor it. It shows SDSM activists noting that the packages with aid come from their party leader Zoran Zaev, in a clear attempt to get the recipients...
Macedonia 23.05.20 | 22:46

SDSM activists filmed distributing pre-election bribes in the Roma neighborhood in Strumica

A video revealing how SDSM party activists are buying votes in the poor Roma neighborhood in Strumica was shared online today. The video reveals a large number of food packages being distributed, and the name of SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev is heard in the tape. It’s clear that the shipment is...
Macedonia 13.05.20 | 21:06

The new president of the Strumica court regularly attends SDSM rallies

The Judicial Council of the Republic of Macedonia informed that at the 339th session held on May 7, Emil Gligorov was elected President of the Basic Court Strumica. From 2005 to 2009, Emil Gligorov was also president of the Strumica Court. Strumica people react that the head of the court will be a man...
Macedonia 01.05.20 | 17:50

Culev: The curfew needs to be made shorter, still too early to tell what’s behind the Mavrovka blaze

Interior Minister Nake Culev said that it is in the interest of public health not to have too lengthy curfews imposed on the citizens. Their physical healthcare requires that the curfew is made shorter, Culev said, pointing to the issues coming from lack of movement and being locked into the house for...
Macedonia 30.04.20 | 14:37

Police raids Zaev’s warehouse in Strumica in an investigation over vote buying

Police raided a warehouse in Strumica this morning, where companies linked to Zoran Zaev were repackaging food meant to be used for bribing voters. The ruling SDSM party was apparently preparing a massive campaign of buying off the votes in the poorest neighborhoods in Strumica, Kumanovo and other cities...
Macedonia 29.04.20 | 23:22

“Everybody in Strumica knows that Zaev’s companies are building in the old army complex”

Companies linked to the Zaev family are constructing apartment buildings in the former Strumica army barracks, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski during a TV interview. Nikoloski said that the background of this development is an open secret in Strumica, which is Zoran Zaev’s power...
Macedonia 26.04.20 | 17:35

Janusev: Skopje’s garbage company signed a contract with a businessman linked to Zaev’s business lobby

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev accused the management of the large Drisla dump site near Skopje of signing a corrupt contract worth 12 million denars (200.000 EUR) with a company linked to Dragi Raskovski, one of the closest political allies of SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev. Drisla was placed...
Macedonia 30.03.20 | 08:49

Family of first Strumica coronavirus patient says she was in quarantine since March 16

The first coronavirus case in Strumica was registered on Sunday. The family of the patient said in a statement to the local “Strumica denes” news portal that she is in good health and feeling well. According to them, she had been in isolation and quarantine since March 16 and had respected...
Macedonia 29.03.20 | 14:53

Strumica and Gevgelija register their first coronavirus cases, total number reaches 259

The number of coronavirus patients in Macedonia grew to 259, after 18 more were diagnosed in the past 24 hours. Strumica and Gevgelija registered their first cases – one each. Most of the patients are in the capital Skopje – 145, followed by Debar with 45 and Kumanovo with 21.
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 11:16

Father and son from Strumica region killed in Switzerland

Macedonian nationals Naum Kolev, 47, and his son Done, 23, have been killed in Sorens, in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland, local media report. Their bodies were found covered in compost at a horse farm. The Kolev family, originally from the village of Mokrievo near Strumica, has lived in Switzerland...
Macedonia 18.03.20 | 15:32

Mother and daughter from Strumica charged with refusing to self-quarantine

A mother and daughter from Strumica are being charged with failure to self-quarantine after returning from Italy. Police officers conducted a random check on the two women after they returned from Piacenza and found them outside of their apartment. The women were abusive toward the officers and refused...
Macedonia 10.03.20 | 17:57

Illegal migrants are taking a new, mountainous route to get from Greece to Macedonia

Recent police actions to stop groups of migrants crossing over from Greece reveal that the smugglers have changed their tactic. Instead of moving the groups through the main transport corridor along the Vardar river, the migrants are now frequently found over the Belasica mountain. Groups were intercepted...
Macedonia 24.02.20 | 11:18

Sign that said “North Macedonia” in Albanian language broken in Strumica

A trilingual sign on the National Archives office in Strumica, which used the name “North Macedonia”, was broken overnight. The placing of the sign was mocked in Strumica, as the city which served as launching pad for Zoran Zaev, has almost no ethnic Albanians but under Zaev’s law on...
Macedonia 19.02.20 | 11:00

Five migrants found in a van near Strumica

Strumica police stopped a van with Skopje licence plates in which they found five illegal migrants. The men are from Afghanistan and Pakistan. The 62 year old driver was detained while the migrants were sent to the Skopje and Gevgelija transit centers.
Macedonia 13.02.20 | 11:25

Macedonian police intercepts 53 illegal migrants

Macedonian police intercepted a group of 53 illegal migrants who were being transported near Strumica. The migrants were in a van driven by a man from Valandovo. The group included 37 Afghans, 12 Pakistanis, and a few people from India, Iraq and Egypt, who were sent to the Skopje and Gevgelija migrant...
Macedonia 07.02.20 | 13:41

SDSM media and prosecutors go after police officers who they suspect of revealing evidence of Zaev’s corruption

Pro-Government media outlets were ready and well briefed on Thursday evening, when they came out with a report that a judge has ordered the arrest of police officials promoted by the new, interim Interior Minister Nake Culev. Culev, who was appointed to lead a thoroughly compromised department as the...
Macedonia 31.01.20 | 12:03

Fire in a furniture factory near Strumica

A furniture factory near Strumica caught fire this morning. Firefighters and police are deployed at the northern exit from Strumica, working to contain the blaze. There are no reports of any injuries so far.
Macedonia 27.01.20 | 14:54

Video proves that Zaev is bribing voters in Strumica

A 2014 video has gone viral in light of the latest scandal to involve Zoran Zaev. Over the weekend it was revealed that organized crime prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska covered up an entire investigation into the former Prime Minister and his election theft in 2014. The evidence proves that Zaev and his brother...
Macedonia 27.01.20 | 13:48

Mickoski blames organized crime prosecutor Ruskoska for covering up scandals that lead directly to Zoran Zaev

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski discussed the on-going collapse of the Macedonian judiciary and asked “what else should happen before prosecutors begin investigate the allegations of wrongdoing on the part of the Government?” Mickoski reacted after the latest reports that organized...
Macedonia 24.01.20 | 13:09

Strumica police arrests the man who attacked a woman and a police officer

Strumica police arrested the man who attacked a woman and a police officer on Wednesday. He is a minor from the village of Prosenikovo. He initially attacked a woman who was walking downtown, touching her forcefully before fleeing. That same day he was confronted by the police but resisted the arrest...
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