Tag: Tetovo
Macedonia 08.10.24 | 21:04

Tetovo: Husband suspected after his wife and baby were found dead

A man from the village of Slatino near Tetovo is suspected with the murder of his wife and her baby. A local doctor was the person who called the police, after he was called out to come and help by the woman’s mother. He found a dead 36 year old woman and her daughter, while her husband (50) and...

Macedonia 14.09.24 | 12:13

Tetovo hikers will climb the Ljuboten peak at night

Hikers from Tetovo are preparing a nighttime climb of the Ljuboten peak. Their plan is to start the climb of the 2,499 meters peak on September 21st and reach it at sunrise the next day. Interested participants are urged to bring standard mountain gear, as well as flashlights and reflecting clothes.

Macedonia 01.09.24 | 10:12

Tetovo: man charged with attempted murder after a fight in front of a mosque

Tetovo prosecutors have asked for detention for a 36 year old man, suspected of an attempted murder in the village of Strimnica on August 30th. The attacker stabbed his victim in the chest following an argument after the Friday prayer at the village mosque. The attacker and his father claim that the...

Economy 31.08.24 | 09:10

Kiel Macedonia adds 300 new jobs to Tetovo

A new plant by Kiel Macedonia was opened yesterday in the Tetovo industrial zone. The manufacturer o1f bus and train seats will add 300 new jobs in the plant that spans 7,500 square meters, on top of the 40 working there right now. The investment is valued at 9 million EUR.    

Macedonia 23.06.24 | 23:07

Storm causes flooding in Tetovo

Torrential rains caused flooding across Tetovo this afternoon. Villages along the Vardar river were especially badly hit. In Siricino firefighters are working to save a family that was stuck in their home. The city and its valley were also hit by hail. Due to unplanned development, the city of Tetovo...

Macedonia 13.04.24 | 09:33

Mickoski: With Pendarovski, we will only get more DUI – SDSM corruption

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called out President Stevo Pendarovski for his support of the DUI – SDSM regime, and the major corruption scandals their top officials are involved in. Their entire rule is contained in the words – “just like until now”, Mickoski said, pointing...

Macedonia 20.01.24 | 18:09

One of the brothers shot in the Tetovo hospital has died

One of the brothers who were shot last week in the Tetovo hospital has died. The 41 year old man from the village of Gajre was shot during an argument that included four attackers, who belonged to a rival family. Tetovo court shocked the public when it released two of the attackers after only two days...

Macedonia 30.12.23 | 14:20

Tetovo judge “corrected” his university grades

Calls for an investigation in the State University of Tetovo are growing after it was revealed that Tetovo Judge Elvedin Ferati was fixing his own grades using a magic marker. Ferati needed an average of 8 to enroll in the Academy of Judges and Prosecutors, but only had a 7.88, even in the notoriously...

Macedonia 25.11.23 | 17:55

Ethnic Macedonian students in Neprosteno attend school in shipping containers

Ethnic Macedonian pupils from the village of Neprosteno and the surrounding villages near Tetovo continue to attend classes in improvised classrooms made of shipping containers. This was a temporary solution that was devised in 2001, during the civil war, when Macedonian pupils faced attacks from the...

Macedonia 15.09.23 | 19:28

Family members demand resignations and a serious investigation into the Tetovo hospital disaster

Famliies of the patients killed in the devastating hospital fire in Tetovo in 2021 protested in front of the office of state prosecutors in Skopje today. Pictures of the 14 victims were shown at the protest and the family members demanded the removal of state prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski, for the way...

Macedonia 14.09.23 | 17:41

Albanian opposition parties move to revoke prosecutor Joveski over the Tetovo hospital fire investigation

Albanian opposition parties Alternative, BESA and the Democratic Movement submitted a request to revoke chief state prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski. The controversial and higly partisan choice is charged with botching the investigation into the devastating 2021 fire in the Tetovo Covid ward that killed 14...

Culture 10.09.23 | 21:43

Tetovo library ordered to leave its current space, to make room for a “Europe House”

The city of Tetovo ordered the “Koco Racin” library to vacate its space and to move to the Musical Arts Faculty. The plan of the city is to give the current space used by the library to the EU mission in Macedonia, which wants to open a “Europe House” office. Library director...

Macedonia 10.09.23 | 21:15

Illegal loggers arrested near Tetovo

Tetovo police arrested two men from the village of Larce as they were transporting illegally chopped firewood. The man were caught with the wood and the axes and chainsaws. They face criminal charges.

Economy 07.09.23 | 14:09

The mechanization for the construction of Corridor 8 is on its way to the country, the works will start September 12

The first Vice-PM Artan Grubi announced from Tetovo on Thursday that the mechanization which will be used on constructin of the Highway Corridor 8 is on its way to Macedonia. At the beginning of June, the government already marked the start of the works, but only on geomechanical studies. “On the...

Macedonia 01.09.23 | 19:31

Interior Minister announces there will soon be an arrest after the map of Greater Albania was waved in Tetovo

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said that he expects an arrest to be made in the coming days, after Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti was welcomed with maps representing Greater Albania during his visit to Tetovo. The Interior Ministry is focuing on one man who was photographed with the map that...

Macedonia 25.08.23 | 20:35

Greater Albania maps again flown at a political event in Tetovo

Citizens of Tetovo again waved maps of Greater Albania, during an event involving Mayor Bilal Kasami. The move is in apparent protest against the misdemeanor charges filed against Kasami, over the welcoming ceremony for Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti. The ceremony did not include Macedonian state...

Macedonia 23.08.23 | 19:02

Tetovo: Journalists threatened while recording a burning dump site

A crew from Koha TV was stopped from recording at а dump site in Brvenica, near Tetovo, where fire is causing serious pollution affecting the city. Over the past several days citizens of Tetovo complained about the awful smell of burning plastic. But when a TV crew tried to record the fire, they were...

Macedonia 22.08.23 | 11:11

This is how the Tetovo electric vehicles factory looks one year after the Government’s announcement – an empty meadow

At the location in Tetovo where the Government made a bombastic announcement of a factory for electrical vehicles in August 2022, there is an empty field and a hole with several rebars protruding in the empty air – a leftover from the official celebration. Almost the entire Government, led by PM...

Economy 22.08.23 | 09:12

A year later, no sign of the e-car factory in Tetovo

The site of the much hyped factory for production of electric vehicles near Tetovo today remain empty, with just one hole meant to be used for a concrete post reminding people of the grand announcements. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and all the Government officials from DUI attended the opening...

Macedonia 21.08.23 | 20:22

Healthcare Minister Mexhiti says he will resign if BRAKO is paid for the shoddy hospital wards

Healthcare Minister Fatmir Mexhiti threatened to resign if the BRAKO company receives money for the three improvised hospital wards that it built and hasn’t been paid for yet. The wards are part of the large procurement that the politically linked company got under Zoran Zaev and Venko Filipce...

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