Tag: Venko Filipce
Economy 05.05.24 | 18:12

SDSM officials took a pre-election drive along a road whose construction they delayed for eight years

In a pre-election stunt, Transportation Minister Blagoj Bocvarski and SDSM party official Venko Filipce took a drive along the road connecting Prilep and Drenovo.   The badly needed road was well under construction in 2017, when SDSM grabbed power, and construction has proceeded at glacial pace...

Macedonia 21.10.22 | 21:57

SDSM authorities beat patients!?

Venko Filipce and Bekim Sali took over the procurement of medicines from the clinics and institutes under their authority, under the authority of the Ministry of Health, so now the Institute for Transfusion Medicine does not have basic medicines. Meanwhile, directors of institutes and clinics verbally...

Macedonia 08.08.22 | 09:06

Zaev and Filipce vacationing together in Greece

Photos of former prime minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev and former health minister Venko Filipce are being shared on social networks, which are claimed to have been taken these day at a Greek resort. The friends are reportedly vacationing in Halkidiki. Filipce was photographed in Pefkohori about...

Macedonia 28.07.22 | 13:35

Filipce spent 5 million euros on new medicine for 12 patients, distributed by “Panovski “

The former Minister of Health Venko Filipce spent five million euros on a new medicine from the “Roche” pharmaceutical company, reveals “Fokus”, adding that the wholesaler “Panovski” is the only one that distributes it in Macedonia. It is a medicine that significantly...

Macedonia 20.07.22 | 10:25

VMRO-DPMNE: Besides “bad blood” there are also bloody tenders, why is Filipce still free?

If Macedonia was a legal state, Venko Filipce would have been detained yesterday for the “bad blood” scandal. Filipce was also part of the scandal with the “bloody tenders with reagents”, the phantom procurement of vaccines, and many other corruption scandals, but we see that...

Macedonia 15.04.22 | 09:39

Filipce at the Syriza Congress: We have built bridges and lasting friendships

Former Health Minister Venko Filipce accompanied former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to the SYRIZA party congress in Athens. The Congress marked the applause and ovation for Zaev on the occasion of the signing of the Prespa Agreement, which ended the decades-long dispute between Macedonia and Greece, which...

Macedonia 24.02.22 | 09:50

Filipce’s last scandal: Where is the money, Venko?

It is a major scandal that just before leaving office as Minister of Health, Venko Filipce transferred more than 2.5 million euros to the Greek Intrakat Construction company , which for years has been working on the Clinical Center in Stip. The investment that was announced as the pride of the government...

Macedonia 12.01.22 | 22:31

Kovacevski: Filipce will be at the disposal of the new Minister of Health

Venko Filipce played a big role in the crisis and led the Ministry of Health with concentration and calm. I must pay tribute to all medical personnel in the institutions in the country, who have been fighting hard for two years against the pandemic, said the new prime minister-designate Dimitar Kovacevski...

Macedonia 27.12.21 | 19:56

Filipce: Additional restrictions not needed

Health Minister Venko Filipce says no additional restrictions are needed neither due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant nor any other variants. According to Filipce, it is important for the citizens to adhere to the existing measures, not to gather in large numbers in a small space, to wear face masks where...

Macedonia 05.12.21 | 20:47

Who is Bekim Sali, the successor of Venko Filipce?

Bekim Sali is the proposal for a new Minister of Health from Alternative as part of the Government. This was confirmed by the outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. This means that Minister Venko Filipce will be removed from office, although on several occasions, Zaev did not accept that to happen, pointing...

Macedonia 01.12.21 | 18:11

Government will not enforce vaccine mandate for public sector employees, vaccination incentive for doctors is the only new measure

The state won’t enforce a vaccine mandate or mandatory testing for the public sector as proposed by the Infectious Diseases Commission because there are “workers who cannot bear the financial burden [of PCR testing] and don’t want to be vaccinated” so “the companies would then have to lay off...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 10:22

Filipce: Among the victims there are several members of a family, the youngest of whom is a 16-year-old girl

All seven injured passengers treated in the Sofia-based Pirogov hospital are in stable condition that is not life-threatening, said Health Minister Venko Filipce on Tuesday. After the visit to the hospital together with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani, Filipce emphasized...

Macedonia 23.11.21 | 10:02

Filipce: Injured bus passengers in stable condition that is not life-threatening

All seven injured passengers treated in the Sofia-based Pirogov hospital are in stable condition that is not life-threatening, said Health Minister Venko Filipce on Tuesday. He visited the injured passengers who survived the bus accident at a hospital in Sofia this morning. The news of the terrible tragedy...

Macedonia 20.11.21 | 21:30

Filipce warns: We do not want complete lockdown

Health Minister, Venko Filipce in an interview with Telma spoke about the coronavirus situation in Macedonia, which is still raging across the country. He stressed that no additional restrictions are being considered for the time being, but they will seriously tighten the controls on the implementation...

Macedonia 17.11.21 | 18:43

VMRO-DPMNE: Instead of stimulating measures, Filipce continues to threaten and blackmail the citizens

The covid death toll from is around 7,500. Every day young patients, a patient in his 20s, in his 40s die on the Minister of Death Venko Filipce. On the European list of deaths per million inhabitants, Macedonia is in a high third place. In the meantime, the Minister of Death multiplies the professional...

Macedonia 10.11.21 | 13:20

Filipce is not considering resigning

The Minister of Health Venko Filipce is not considering resigning due to the current developments in SDSM. No, I am not thinking in that direction, Filipce answered a reporter’s question at Wednesday’s press conference where he announced details about the Covid situation in the country. Asked...

Macedonia 20.10.21 | 22:44

Zaev went to Butel to save Filipce

There is growing dissatisfaction in SDSM after the catastrophic outcome of Sunday’s elections. The dissatisfaction of the party membership in Butel is especially big after the defeat of the current mayor Velimir Smilevski, who enjoys great trust. The dissatisfied members, according to Republika’s...

Macedonia 06.10.21 | 19:26

Mickoski blasts Filipce for going to rallies, laughing, when people burn alive

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hrsitijan Mickoski at Wednesday’s rally in Petrovec blasted Zoran Zaev for taking Venko Filipce to rallies with him, and he also blasted Filipce going to rallies, laughing, when 14 living people burned alive in the Tetovo hospital, emphasizing that he will not accept the report...

Macedonia 04.10.21 | 17:55

Filipce to recommend that Covid measures are observed at party rallies

Filipce says that at some of the rallies certificates were required, that the protocols were observed, but he agreed that the remarks of reporters that Covid measures are nor respected at rallies were valid. According to the minister, there are no indications that the party rallies in the open have contributed...

Macedonia 24.09.21 | 17:58

Filipce: A measure to be introduced in mid-October which covers only fully vaccinated citizens

For the time being, there are no new restrictions in addition to the citizens required to present a proof of being vaccinated with at least one dose to attend events or to go to restaurants. A measure will be introduced in mid-October which covers only fully vaccinated citizens, Health Minister Venko...

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