Tag: Tetovo
Macedonia 08.09.21 | 23:37

Sitel: About 30 victims in the Tetovo modular hospital fire

The fire in the modular hospital in Tetovo has been extinguished. However, the hospital is completely burnt down. Unofficially according to Sitel TV, there are about 30 victims, including patients and staff. The fire broke out around 9 pm and firefighters and police were immediately dispatched to contain...
Macedonia 08.09.21 | 23:33

Filipce: Terrible accident happened in Tetovo where there are victims

A terrible accident happened in Tetovo where there are victims in the fire that broke out in the Kovid center. The exact number of people who lost their lives, the injured and their condition is being determined at the moment, Health Minister Venko Filipce wrote on Twitter. Fire breaks out at Tetovo...
Macedonia 08.09.21 | 22:25

Fire breaks out at Tetovo Covid hospital, unofficially there are victims

Fire broke out at the Covid center in Tetovo on Wednesday evening. Reportedly, there are also victims in the fire. Eyewitnesses say there were casualties. The Ministry of Interior has confirmed that they have received such information but there is no confirmation of the number of victims. Unofficially,...
Macedonia 05.09.21 | 10:01

BESA nominates its leader Bilal Kasami for Mayor of Tetovo, adding to the tensions in Zaev’s coalition

The BESA party nominated its leader Bilal Kasami for Mayor of Tetovo. This expected move increases the tension in the ruling coalition where DUI is supporting the incumbent Mayor Teuta Arifi. The two parties called on the coalition leader Zoran Zaev to at least remain neutral in the election, if he won’t...
Macedonia 03.09.21 | 14:04

Tetovo woman found three unknown people registered at her address on the Voters’ List

By September 1, a total of 10,724 people had checked the Voters’ List, according to the State Election Commission. Among them is Barbara Stevceska from Tetovo, who after the check determined that there are plus three registered voters at her address who do not live with her. These three people...
Macedonia 02.09.21 | 17:27

Tetovo police files charges against violations of Covid isolation orders

Tetovo police filed charges againts local citizens who violated orders to self-isolate because of Covid. Nine people from the city and villages between Tetovo and Gostivar were charged when police patrols did not find them in their homes, despite the isolation order. These two cities in the Polog Valley...
Macedonia 27.08.21 | 14:11

High schools in Tetovo and Gostivar will remain closed at the start of the school year

High schools in Tetovo and Gostivar will start the school year holding only online classes. The Polog Valley region is hit especially bad by the current wave of the epidemic, due to the large number of mainly ethnic Albanian emigrants who came there from Western Europe during the summer. Tetovo Mayor...
Macedonia 27.08.21 | 09:31

Cities in the West of Macedonia continue to be hardest hit by the current corona wave

Cities in Western parts of Macedonia who hosted tens of thousands of majority Albanian emigrants during the summer continue to be worst hit in the on-going wave of the illness. Tetovo and Gostivar had 87 and 72 new cases diagnosed over the past day, and six and five of the newly reported deaths. Three...
Macedonia 26.08.21 | 18:43

Tetovo Crisis HQ requests Education Ministry to start school year with online classes

The Crisis Headquarters of the Municipality of Tetovo after a long break held a session today which, due to the serious epidemiological situation in the Municipality, requested the Ministry of Education and Science  to start the school year with online classes instead of in-person classes. Given the...
Macedonia 25.08.21 | 13:34

Six patients died of Covid in Tetovo, including a 21 year old

Gzim Nuredini, the Covid coordinator for Tetovo, said that the city lost six patients over the past 24 hours, including a 21 year old man. The city is especially badly hit by the epidemic, which was spread during the summer months because of the mass arrival of emigrants from all over Europe –...
Macedonia 15.08.21 | 17:07

Large influx of Covid-19 patients in Tetovo, additional measures could be enforced in the area

The Ministry of Health said Sunday there has been a large influx of patients in the Tetovo hospital over the past 24 hours and efforts are made to provide care for all of them. Additional measures could be enforced in the area. Appropriate support is provided in terms of staff and accommodation capacities....
Macedonia 07.08.21 | 12:16

Coronavirus situation in Tetovo extremely serious, Filipce demands ban on indoor weddings

The situation in Tetovo is extremely serious and the new coronavirus wave has already arrived, and that was to be expected because the situation is similar everywhere in the region. The Minister of Health, Venko Filipce, discussed Saturday the epidemiological situation in Tetovo with members of the...
Macedonia 27.07.21 | 22:30

Tetovo: Fully vaccinated patient with prior illnesses died of Covid-19

A 62 year old man from Tetovo died of Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated with the Sinopharm vaccine. Local hospital manager Gzim Nuredini said that the man suffered from several prior illnesses, including kidney deficiency and high blood pressure, and likely did not develop sufficient immunity even...
Macedonia 24.07.21 | 22:10

Local elections: Zaev expects that BESA will join him and DUI in a coalition

Zoran Zaev said that he expects his small coalition partner BESA to become part of his coalition for the local elections, with his SDSM party and with DUI. BESA threatened the very survival of Zaev’s Government as it is trying to challenge DUI for the mayoral position in Tetovo. Zaev said that SDSM...
Macedonia 19.07.21 | 10:40

Infectious Diseases Commission to decide on restrictions following rising number of infections after wedding celebrations in Tetovo

The Commission for Infectious Diseases will decide Monday whether certain restrictions will be introduced for parties indoors following the rising number of new infections after weddings and family celebrations in Tetovo. The Commission will also consider the possibility of intensified border controls,...
Macedonia 14.07.21 | 15:52

Daily corona report: 18 newly diagnosed cases, Tetovo and Skopje have the most active cases  

There are 18 new Covid-19 cases diagnosed over the past day, the Healthcare Ministry informed. The cases were found after a total of 2.798 tests. There were no deaths reported. The number of active cases increased slightly, to 207. Of them, Skopje and Tetovo have 74 and 70 cases, respectively. Given...
Macedonia 14.07.21 | 10:45

Patients from the Tetovo cluster are refusing to cooperate in identifying other potential cases

While overall the coronavirus infection rate is currently very low in Macedonia, the number of cases reported by the Healthcare Ministry each day, and the number of total active cases, have been growing lately to about two dozen/200. This increase is largely driven by a small outbreak in Tetovo, which...
Macedonia 11.07.21 | 12:24

Nine dancers arrested in a night club in Tetovo in a prostitution raid

Nine dancers were arrested in a night club near Tetovo, where they were likely engaging in prostitution.  Four were Macedonian citizens, three are from Russia and one each from Albania and Ukraine, aged between 22 and 44.
Macedonia 10.07.21 | 09:12

Mourners at the Christian graveyard in Tetovo are “welcomed” by piles of garbage and packs of wild dogs

Tetovo is a notoriously dirty city but the scenes seen in the midst of the summer heatwave these past days are horrific even for those used to the city. In one instance, local citizens and businesses have begun throwing garbage at a site near the city’s Christian graveyards, and the place is now...
Macedonia 05.07.21 | 22:27

Sajkoski: The people in Tetovo are dissatisfied with SDSM

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Georgija Sajkoski met with party supporters in Tetovo and Brvenica today, in the run up to the municipal elections. The citizens are disappointed with the empty promises they got from SDSM, when they were promised a European Macedonia and a society for all. SDSM promised...
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