Tag: Tetovo
Macedonia 08.07.20 | 19:39

SDSM is trying to bribe and pressure a sick man to vote for them, the daughter claims

The family of a disabled man from Brvenica near Tetovo said that activists from the ruling SDSM party were harassing them to vote, even offering flour and cooking oil as bribes. They never come to ask how we are doing, how we are coping, but when election comes, they show up to campaign. How do you expect...

Macedonia 05.07.20 | 12:53

Doctor from Tetovo, who was months before his retirement, dies of the coronavirus

Arifikmet Deari (64), an urologist from Tetovo, is the first doctor to die from Covid-19 in Macedonia. The doctor had a prior neurological condition, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. He died months before retiring. My condolences to the family. I urge medical professionals to take care of themselves,...

Macedonia 02.07.20 | 12:14

Man from Tetovo shot several times after an argument

A man from Tetovo was shot several times in front of his home yesterday afternoon. The shooting followed a dispute between S.M. (40) and two men from the village of Lavci. At one point, the men opened fire on S.M., and left. The wounded man is being treated in Tetovo, while the police is investigating...

Macedonia 28.06.20 | 11:07

Zaev has no problem with an Albanian prime minister

Zoran Zaev wrote on Facebook saying that he and SDSM have no problem Macedonia getting an Albanian as prime minister. With that being said, the president of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, practically denies himself, because in his previous statements on DUI’s proposal for an Albanian prime minister, he said...

Macedonia 26.06.20 | 22:59

Zaev insists he will beat DUI in the 6th, majority Albanian district

During a pre-election rally with his coalition partner Bilal Kasami from BESA in Tetovo, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said that his party will beat DUI in the 6th electoral district. The north-western region is usually dominated by ethnic Albanian parties, but SDSM, with its own Albanian faction and with BESA,...

Macedonia 23.06.20 | 21:57

SDSM and DUI use their executive powers to replace the chief of police in Tetovo

The SDSM – DUI led Government decided to again dismiss the police commissioner of Tetovo, who was appointed by Interior Minister Nake Culev, in accordance with this authority under the pre-election power sharing agreement. The Government already replaced the commissioner once, and Culev won a case...

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 22.05.20 | 13:54

Two incidents involving police officers in Tetovo

Police officers in Tetovo were targeted in two separate incidents, the Interior Ministry reported. In one instance, an officer, accompanied by a friend of his, was intercepted by three men who cut off his path with their car and attempted to assault him. Following the incident yesterday evening the three...

Macedonia 21.05.20 | 18:42

Family gatherings lead to 10 new coronavirus cases in Tetovo

Tetovo local authorities warned that the spike in new Covid-19 cases is due to family gatherings. Three group gatherings in and around Tetovo led to 10 new cases in one day, said epidemiologist Naim Skenderi. Tetovo and Bogovinje have the most new cases. Citizens should not lower their guard and should...

Macedonia 22.04.20 | 17:12

City of Tetovo buys 300 laptops for school kids who couldn’t follow the online lessons

The Tetovo city council ordered the purchase of 300 laptop computers for school kids who don’t have computers and are excluded from the improvised online classes that are being prepared. Many schools across Macedonia are using Google Classroom and Youtube to get the pupils to study but this raised...

Macedonia 21.04.20 | 09:44

Entry and exit from Tetovo banned as of today

In accordance with the government’s decision, organized transport of passengers, namely entry and exit from Tetovo municipality and the surrounding municipalities, is banned as of Tuesday Economic operators transporting their employees to the job, police, army and fire fighting units are exempted...

Macedonia 20.04.20 | 09:47

Citizens of Tetovo, Kumanovo and Prilep ordered to start wearing masks and gloves

Citizens in Tetovo, Kumanovo and Prilep will be ordered to begin wearing face masks and gloves whenever they venture outside starting on Wednesday. This is the latest decree planned by the Government. Kumanovo and Prilep have had a major spike in coronavirus cases over the past weeks. The measure is...

Macedonia 20.04.20 | 09:43

Mass transit routes to and out of Tetovo ordered to close

The Government ordered mass transit routes to and out of Tetovo and the neighboring municipalities to close. Tetovo has had a relatively low number of coronavirus cases so far for a large city and the ban on the mass movement toward and out of the city is hoped to prevent the spread of the epidemic....

Macedonia 06.04.20 | 12:47

Alsat: Three patients died from the coronavirus overnight

Three patients died from Covid-19 overnight, reports Alsat TV. Two of them are reportedly from Tetovo, and the third from Kocani. The Kocani case was already confirmed by the local Mayor. This would bring the total death toll of the epidemic in Macedonia to 21.

Macedonia 06.03.20 | 16:00

Tetovo prosecutors refuse to investigate the overt ballot stuffing during the failed name change, EU and NATO referendum

Prosecutors in Tetovo rejected the proposed charges filed by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party over the apparent and obvious irregularities during the failed September 2018 referendum. Barely 37 percent of the population voted in the referendum in which Macedonians were asked if they support the name change...

Macedonia 29.02.20 | 18:29

Elderly man from Tetovo charged with sexually assaulting a 14 year old girl

A Tetovo judge ordered a 61 year old man to be detained for 30 days after he perpetrated as sexual assault on a 14 year old girl. The assault was reported by the father of the girl. The attacker picked her up in his car and drove her to a site where he attacked her, police said.

Macedonia 21.02.20 | 20:00

Customs inspectors attacked in Tetovo while seizing smuggled cigarettes

Inspectors were attacked in Tetovo by a large group of smugglers of tobacco and cigarettes, when they tried to seize their goods. The team from the Customs Office seized 113 kilograms of tobacco and 415 boxes of cigarettes in a raid in Tetovo, but the raid was marred by a large scale attack from the...

Macedonia 05.02.20 | 15:32

Angry husband of a patient pulls a gun on a nurse in the Tetovo hospital when she tried to charge him for the treatment

A nurse in the Tetovo hospital was threatened with a gun yesterday, when she tried to charge a family from the village of Bogovinje for the services. A 24 year old man and his father attacked the nurse, with the man pulling a gun on her. The reason was that his wife was treated at the gynecological department...

Macedonia 24.01.20 | 11:10

Incident reported in the Tetovo general hospital

Another hospital incident was reported yesterday, this time in Tetovo. Police was called up to the Tetovo general hospital when a drunken man was invited to the room where two of his friends were hospitalized. The meeting ended up in a fist fight involving a total of four men. The police informed they...

Macedonia 30.12.19 | 22:49

Police can’t locate the fugitive judge

Judge Zoran Teofilovski, the recently appointed member of the Judicial Council who is charged with defrauding the budget of roughly a million euros, is in hiding from the police. The charges were announced earlier today. The judge and seven municipal officials from Tetovo are suspected of allowing a...

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